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The history of Tomer Eshed could be material for a Hollywood film. The native-born Israeli army decides after time, to leave his homeland and the world to discover. With a sketch book and a guitar in the luggage, he flies to New York to take his luck in the U.S. to find.
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After several failed attempts starting in the film business he falls on a trip to Central and South America into a German. Two visits to Germany, it needs until it is established for him: "Here I want to live."
At the Academy for Film and Television Potsdam-Babelsberg (HFF) indicates the creative potential Esheds. And with his first film succeeds in Berlin living man into a surprise finale to the student Oscars.
Nature film hits Blockbuster Action
What started as a diploma project began, became a huge success: since its premiere a year ago ran Esheds five Debut "Our Wonderful Nature" about the love life of water shrews at more than 100 film festivals worldwide and was, inter alia, with the "Siggraph Best Well Told Fable Prize 'and the' Short Tiger Award ".
Through computer animation tried the 31-year-old animal documentary and "American blockbuster action" to combine. Invent characters and model, and they bewegungsfähig with matching shades inferior - a year's work put into the project Eshed. "In this time I'm mainly with the principles of computer animation employed," he says.
But soon he reached the end of his technical skills. "The difficulty was that I film a naturalistic look wanted," said Eshed. But nature is in its finesse difficult nachzugestalten. To Vordiplom over his instructors work with the words: "More I can not do this time."
But the ambition was not the slender man go. Through the support of friends, he continued his project: "It was just luck that I am in the right moments, people have taken to help me with my problems with the image could help." Through their support allowed the student, his short film with a film-like action sequence and the musical accompaniment of the Babelsberg film orchestra to perfection.
Praise for the chosen home of Berlin
Twelve more months of hard work invested in the strip Eshed, success rewarded his perseverance. The HFF let their students a lot of freedom in the design, financial support for projects was enormous - and Eshed called "no self-evident".
In the race for the Student Oscar, with 57 participants from 39 countries had submitted their contributions, took Eshed against four other finalists from Sweden, Britain and Israel for the best foreign film. He had beaten in the end only the Swedish competitors.
"Disappointed that I did not receive the prize, I am not," says the film student. Now he wants on his diploma project focus. The computer will then short another species in the center of Esheds design are: it illuminates the lives of flamingos in a herd with only fellow homosexual lives.
On politically sensitive issues, which his native land of Israel shall be Eshed dares not yet: "I still have no clear statement about certain topics and that is exactly what I find in a political film important is the honesty and strength." In Berlin, however, he found his second home. "The city manages to never be too stressful or too boring." You can choose any life, which he gladly would like to live.
German film students at the Student Oscar often well cut off times and reached the finals, sometimes the price fetched. The German list of winners:
2008:
Reto Caffi for "Auf der Strecke"
2007:
Toke Constantin Hebbeln (Berlin) for "Nimmermeer"
2005: Ulrike Grote (Hamburg) for "The Outlier"
2003:
Florian Baxmeyer (Hamburg) for "The Red Jacket"
2000: Florian Gallenberger (Munich) for "Quiero ser"
1999: Marc-Andreas Bochert (Potsdam) for "small"
1998: Thorsten Schmidt (Baden-Württemberg Film Academy) for "castling"
1997: Raymond Boy (Cologne) for "A simple job"
1994: Katja von Garnier (Munich) for "Abgeschminkt"
1988: Wolfgang Becker (Berlin) for "Butterflies"
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