19th century in Europe. A child climbs up a chimney while a bird sails down into it to build a nest. An encounter with no way back.

The Chimney Swift
5 minutes / Germany / 2020 / 2D

19th century in Europe. A child climbs up a chimney while a bird sails down into it to build a nest. An encounter with no way back.

A British chimney sweeper describes his everyday routine of forcing young kids to become workers. While we observe a kid cleaning a chimney, the master’s statement gets more personal with every sentence until we understand, that he is speaking about his own past

Director: Frédéric Schuld
Writer: Frédéric Schuld, Fabian Driehorst
Producer: Fabian Driehorst
Animation: Frédéric Schuld, Alba Dragonetti. Rebecca Blöcher

Fabian Driehorst
festival@ag-animationsfilm.de