Pond / Tümpel
Ελβετία / Switzerland, 9′, 2023
age recommendation: 4+
A shoal of herrings, adopting fantastic formations, roams the vast ocean. When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool. As it searches desperately for a way out, it discovers many other sea creatures here. And now there is no time for fear: only by joining forces can they hope to defend themselves against the hungry seagull.
Lena von Döhren & Eva Rust
Lena von Döhren was born 1981 in Berlin. In 2007, she got a bachelor’s degree in Audio-Visual Communication at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. She has been living and working in Lucerne since 2009. In 2011 she got a master’s in design, Major Animage from the HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Design & Art). During her master's degree she came up with the idea of the Little bird, which led to four films that celebrated their world premiere at the Berlinale. Her animated films have been shown at numerous festivals and have received awards in Sapporo, Paris, Hiroshima, Ottawa and La Bourboule, among others.
Eva Rust was born in 1986 in Zurich. In 2010, she earned a bachelor’s in visual communication, focus on illustration nonfiction from the HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Design & Art). In addition to her work as an illustrator, she teaches at the SfG BB (School for Design in Bern and Biel). Her picture books have been published by various publishers internationally.

Cast & Crew
- direction: Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
- screenplay: Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
- animation: Lena von Döhren, Simon Eltz, Ramon Schoch
- editing: Fee Liechti
- music: Martin Waespe
- sound: Tobias Diggelmann, Thomas Gassmann, Martin Waespe
- producer: Sarah Born, Rajko Jazbec, Dario Schoch
- production company: Catpics AG
- original language:
- πρωτότυπη γλώσσα / original language
- Χωρίς Διαλόγους / No Dialogue
Filmography
Lena von Döhren
- The little Bird and the Bees (2020)
- The little Bird and the Caterpillar (2017)
- The little Bird and the Squirrel (2014)
- The little Bird and the Leaf (2012)