This year’s opening featured not only “Guten Abend, du Schöne” by Ina Borrmann, but also a preview screening of the stop-motion short film “Zellenkumpel” by Melle Windig. We had the chance to interview the stars of the evening—and our guests included not only the director but also his lovingly crafted puppets: the grumpy raccoon Sam and his good-natured companion, manatee Bob.
In this video interview, filmmaker Melle Windig answers a few questions from a curious audience member, our spotter Hannah Pauline Malou.
In our conversation with the director, we learned how Melle Windig came up with the idea of putting two such dissimilar characters in a cell, how long it took him to make the stop-motion film, and what we can expect from him in the future:
Malou