Isolation - Just an abstract word or even the biggest human struggle?
Everybody can relate to the feeling of being isolated in one way or another. Talking to each other about Isolation can be the first step to get out of it. That sounds a bit like therapy - but maybe that's what it is. Since the pandemic started, we probably all developed a new awareness for very little things that can have a surprisingly big impact on our lives before we even realize it - almost like the virus itself. If I had to pick some other tags then "Isolation" for what I focussed on while working on my films, they would be: Human deficits, mental health, injustice, exploitation...The list can get very long.
Let's talk about those topics and what they have to do with animated documentaries!
Frédéric Schuld is a french-german author, director (Carlotta's Face, The Chimney Swift) and co-founder of the animation studio Fabian&Fred
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Frédéric Schuld is a designer and art director for advertising agencies, before he studied direction and arts at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. He founded the studio “Fabian&Fred” with Fabian Driehorst in 2011. Frédéric works with a strong focus on animated documentaries. In 2014 he received the Wim Wenders Foundation scholarship with Fabian Driehorst for the development of their first animated feature. Since then he has been involved in a variety of experimental, documentary, commercial, 2D, 3D and mixed-media animation production.
His award winning shorts “Carlotta’s Face”and “The Chimney Swift” are screened in over 200 festivals till today. Frédéric’s first feature as director and co-author “What Happened to the Dog?” won the Gerd Ruge scholarship and is currently in development.
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