Closed (Verschlossen ) | A Short Film by Albert Radl

While walking out Arthur finds a mysterious door and tries to go through, but it´s locked. First just curious, step by step he becomes very angry. Will he finally open the door?
Maybe he will, but ...

Ein Dickkopf und eine verschlossene Tür - ein alltägliches Drama wie es scheint - bis die Situation eskaliert ...

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Closed won the following awards:

25th International Short Film Festival Uppsala / Schweden:
Best Children´s Film 2006
3rd International Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA 2006,
Belgrad / Serbien & Montenegro: Most Satiric Film

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Closed has been shown at numerous festivals, including:

Internationales Tricklmfestival Stuttgart / Deutschland (27. April - 2. Mai 06)
Unabhängiges Medienfestival, Tübingen / Deutschland (19. - 21. Mai 06)
shorts at moonlight, Hofheim, Bad Soden, Hanau / Deutschland (26. Juli 06)
Imaginaria 2006 International Film Festival, Conversano / Italien (1. - 7. August 06)
PIAF, Portland Indy Animation Festival 2006, Portland, Oregon / U.S.A. (11. - 12. August 06)
30. Open Air Filmfest, Weiterstadt / Deutschland (10. - 14. August 06)
14. Contravision Filmfestival, Berlin / Deutschland (14. - 17. September 06)
27th International Cinematographers Film Festival „Manaki Brothers“, Bitola / Mazedonien (26. Sept. - 10. Okt. 06)
3rd International Animated Film Festival BALKANIMA 2006, Belgrad / Serbien & Montenegro (4. - 8. Oktober)
Filmfest Hamburg / Deutschland (5. - 12. Oktober 06)
23rd Chicago International Childrens´s Film Festival, Chicago, Illinois / U.S.A. (19. - 29. Oktober 06)

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Director: Albert Radl
Screenplay: Albert Radl
Producer: radl animation
Music: Thorsten Schreiner