A dirty lake bursts its banks and begins to flood the town. At last there´s a good reason to keep the son at home. But in isolation, nightmarish associations start to mix with reality. And whilst outside the world sinks peacefully under water, a domestic apocalypse rages inside. Written and directed by Malte Stein Production, Design, Animation, Compositing, Edit, Sounddesign: Malte Stein Music, Foley: Malte Stein, Mauro Marzo Soundmixing: Michal Krajzak Voices: Manuela Buske, Darius Kolski, Gitte Hellwig, Malte Stein AWARDS Best First Film Kinoproba Film Festival 2019 Best Animated Film Award Toronto Arthouse Film Festival 2019 Special Mention FAB Festival of Animation Berlin 2019 Honourable Mention 13th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase Toronto 2019 Best Animated Film Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival 2019 Best First Film Zladko Grgic Award ANIMAFEST Zagreb 2019 Grand Prix Animation Mecal Pro International Short and Animation Film Festival 2019 – Barcelona Best Animation Sound & Image International Festival 2018, Macau Best International Short Film ANIMASIVO-Mexico City Contemporary Animation Festival 2018 Special Mention Balkananima – European Animated Festival 2018 – Serbia Special Mention Tofuzi – International Festival of Animated Film 2018 – Georgia Nominee for Børge Ring Award OFF18, Odense International Film Festival 2018 – Denmark FESTIVALS Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione 2019 17th Mumia Brazil Kinoproba Film Festival LIAF 2019 London International Festival Linz International Short Film Festival Klappe Auf! Kurzfilmfestival Feinaki Beijing Animation Week Animaevka 21.Internationales Trickfilmfestival Wiesbaden LUFF Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival Toronto Arthouse Festival OAXACA Film Fest X Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival Ottawa International Animation Festival 2019 Bit Bang Fest Festival of Animation FAB Animation Volda FANTOCHE International Animation Film Festival Warsaw Animation Film Fest der Neue Heimatfilm Filmfest La Guarimba Film Festival 4th Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival 13th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase INSOMNIA Festival Super F!?ked Up Film Festival SICAF 2019 The 23th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival KO:SH Film Festival Fest Anca International Animation Festival FECI Bogota International Independent Film Fairof Bogota Animadeba 12th Festival Internacional de Animacion Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival Festival d`Animation Annecy Holly Weird Film Festival ANIMAFEST Zagreb Kinomorphia Film Festival Bal Can Kino Anifilm International Festival of Animated Film 29. Filmkunstfest MV ITFS 26th International Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart Cellu l`art Kurzfilmfestival Filmfest Dresden International Shortfilm Festival Skepto International Film Festival Animakom International Animation Festival Cinema Perpetuum Mobile ISFF Mecal Pro Barcelona Internationl Short and Animation Festival Europanorama 2019 FluXus Animation Film Festival VOID International Animation Film Festival 2019 CRASH-10th. International Fantastic Film Festival 2018 Sound & Image International Festival 2018 TINDIRINDIS International Animation Film Festival 2018 Magma – mostra di cinema breve 16th ANILOGUE International Animation Festival ANIMASIVO-Mexico City Contemporary Animation Festival 2018 GIRAF animation festival 2018 Sommets du cinéma d`animation 2018 KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°12 PÖFF-Black Nights Film Festival 2018 Asiana International Short Film Festival 2018 New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018 DOK Leipzig/German Competition Balkananima – European Animated Festival Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) Tofuzi – International Festival of Animated Film AnimaSyros International Festival + Agora Ars – Independent Festival 2018 Linoleum Animation Festival Turku – Animated Film Festival OFF18, Odense International Film Festival OpenWorldAnimationFest2018