A Sparrow's Song - Short Film

Written & Directed by Tobias Eckerlin

2025, Animation, 09:11 min

Inspired by a true story, a widowed air raid warden in the midst of World War II struggles to overcome grief and rediscover joy in her life – until she finds a dying sparrow she hopes to save.

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Trailer for A Sparrow's Song

“This narrative transcends the need for language or dialogue, is visually striking, and emotionally fulfilling.”

– Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF)

BEHIND THE SCENES

Explore the behind-the-scenes process of our graduation short film A Sparrow’s Song in this livestream, or visit our Rookies entry for additional insights:

A Sparrow's Song - Making of article

Written & Directed by Tobias Eckerlin

Producer: Tobias Eckerlin
Production Manager: Vincent Maurer
Pre-Production Producer: Avina Graefe

Lead Animaton: Lilli-Luisa Heckmann, Jiro Magracia

Animation: Janina Brummer, Iris Burkhardt, Carine Chrast, Aaliyah Danner, Malte Fasold, Faruch Halmetov, Eileen Kammer, Isabelle Kramer, Lena Laudanski, Caroline Laville, Rebecca Liebelt, Ben Marquardt, Astrid Novais, Kübra Ögüt, Felicitas Schmelz, Elias Weber

Additional Animation: Minja Caesar, Leo Neumann, Jonas Opderbecke, Riyaaz Roy, Violette Talalaeff

CG Supervisior / Technical Director: Vincent Maurer

Character Lead: Elias Weber

Character Modeling: Marie-Lys Mathias, Elias Weber

Modeling: Elisha Bednarsky, Jonas Funk, Jan Klingner, Karolina Nathusius, Tanja Nuijten, Hannes Sturm, Elias Weber

Shading & Texturing: Valeska Bruns, Tobias Eckerlin, Jan Fülöp, Jan Klinger, Ben Marquardt, Marie-Lys Mathias, Vincent Maurer, Liliane Maurer, Alina Schubel, Hannes Sturm, Elias Weber

Groom & Feather Lead: Rebecca Liebelt

Groom: Carole Naegelen, Alina Schubel, Elias Weber

Character Rigging Sparrow: Lukas Kapp
Character Rigging Humans: Elias Weber

Prop Rigging: Fynn Aurich, Lilli-Luisa Heckmann, Elias Weber

CFX: Levin Wunder, Christiane ‘Cas’ Sommer, Paul Merten, Konstantin Meidenbauer, Philipp Dörrer Nicolas Dalmer

FX: Benjamin Gätzschmann, Levin Wunder

Environment Generalist: Marc Reuter

Lighting & Compositing: Vincent Maurer, Tobias Eckerlin

Additional Lighting & Compositing: Max Wolfmajer, Felicitas Schmelz, Haiyang Liu

Film Music written & performed by Dominique Girod

Sounddesign & Mix: Marc Uhlherr
Foley Artist: Vladyslava Kandyba

Recording & Contracting: FOUR FOR MUSIC LTD
Recorded by: SOFIA SESSION ORCHESTRA & CHOIR

Production Design / Art Direction: Tobias Eckerlin
Character Design Humans: Gregor Wittich
Character Design Sparrow, Environment & Color Script: Valeska Bruns
Concept Art Environment: Esther Brechlin

Additional Concept: Robin Lemke, Michael Offner

Storyboard, Animatic, Layout, Camera, Editorial & Color Grading: Tobias Eckerlin

Title & Credit Design: Tobias Gallé, Luise John

Widow Reference Actress: Barbara von Frankenberg
Voice Actors: Karin Larsson, Evanna Stirn, Moritz Fuchs

Produced at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg & Animationinstitut

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