Winner If I could fly Commercial Work: Cultural Impact

CLIENT/BRANDVOICES OF CHILDREN

PRODUCTION COMPANYFILMAKADEMIE BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG GMBH

DIRECTOR(S)ALEXANDER KÜHN

PRODUCER(S)MARCO HENN

DOPJAN DAVID GUNTHER

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY JAN DAVID GUNTHER

PRODUCTION DESIGN OLGA GREDIG

EDITOR DAVID GESSLBAUER

SCRIPT ALEX KÜHN

VISUAL EFFECTS MONKEYS.TV, UPP, ACHT, S&E, SPELLWORK, CELLULOID, ELEVATE, EYE CANDY, (CLEANUP BY REPLAYBOYS)

COLOUR GRADING MARINA STARKE

COSTUME DESIGN SAMIRA SCHENK

MUSIC COMPOSER ALEXANDER DAVID WOLF

INSTAGRAM TAG @MSBMARCO @ALEXKUEHNDIRECTOR #IFICOULDFLY #CHILDREN

SOUND DESIGN BERG & DAHL AUDIO

SHORT SYNOPSIS IF I COULD FLY EXPLORES THE TRAUMA OF A YOUNG GIRL, WHO FLED FROM WAR WITH HER SISTER AND MUM, LEAVING BEHIND HER DAD. IN HER NIGHTMARES, SHE LEARNS TO FLY. FLYING SYMBOLIZES HER ESCAPE FROM THE FEAR CAUSED BY THE WAR. WHEN SHE SHARES THESE DREAMS WITH HER LITTLE SISTER, WHO NAIVELY ASSUMES THAT THE DREAMS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND EXCITING, THE 4-YEAR-OLD ASKS HER SISTER, "WHY DON'T YOU FLY TO PAPA?"
IN HER DREAMS, OUR HEROINE FLIES TO HER FATHER AT THE FRONT AND ASKS HIM WHY HE CAN'T COME HOME.
THE FILM VIEWS THE WAR THROUGH THE EYES OF CHILDREN. IT DOES NOT JUDGE OR TAKE SIDES. IT SIMPLY
DESCRIBES: WHAT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST SOLUTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A 4-YEAR-OLD? SHE JUST WANTS HER DAD TO COME HOME.