SO IST DAS LEBEN UND NICHT ANDERS.
Germany 2024 – Director: Lenia Friedrich – Original language: German – Subtitles: English – Length: 13 min.
Frau Miko lives right next door. She is old, very old, maybe almost a hundred. Nobody can know for sure because Frau Miko forgets things. And this is what provides the impetus for the director and animator to reflect on her own aging: what happens when we lose our memories, what remains of us then? Animation films have always been a magnificent medium for exploring big philosophical questions. And thus we are gently transported on an intellectual journey by this short, masterfully composed film. Pure cinema magic. Jan Sebening
We are showing this film together with READY TO DIE, ACCIDENTAL ANIMALS and THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS in the short film reel DOK.fest SHORTS.
Biography
Lenia Friedrich is a trained draughtswoman. She then found her way to animation via graphics and illustration. She also works in the fields of installation and creates multimedia works. After graduating in media art from the KHM in 2024, she now works freelance.
Filmography (selection)
DISTORTED MEMORIES, DE 2024 (Augmented Reality Installation)
MUTTERMALE, DE 2021, 9 min. (Animadoc)
Nominated for the Student Award
The Student Award of DOK.fest München presents outstanding documentary films by students of German-speaking film schools. The films are nominated for the megaherz Student Award, worth 3,000 Euros.
No youth rating
English/Original Title: LIFE IS LIKE THAT AND NOT OTHERWISE.. Writer: Lenia Friedrich. Sound: Lenia Friedrich. Editing: Lenia Friedrich. Music: Fabian Widmann, Milan Raduz. Animation: Lenia Friedrich, Studio Huckepack (Friedrich Schäper, Anna Spiridonova), Judith Bornmann. Dialog Bearbeitung: Steffen Pfauth. Mischung: Judith Nordbrock. Production: Lenia Friedrich & Academy of Media Arts Cologne. Producer: Lenia Friedrich.
