CARLOTTA’S FACE

As a child, Carlotta didn’t expect the people around her to have faces. She doesn’t even recognize her own face. Years later, she learns about a rare, untreatable deficit of her brain. It was art, after all, that offered her a way to finally recognize herself.

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VALENTIN RIEDL is a physician and neuroscientist. In videos of brain scans, he searches for patterns of neuron activity. His first short film BURNED SOIL (2012) won the LA Movie Award for Best International Film and Best Editing. His other short films include TWELFTH NIGHT (2014) and CARLOTTA’S FACE (2018). He is currently developing his first feature-length documentary in which Carlotta’s intimate story will merge with a sphere of brain science.

FRÉDÉRIC SCHULD studied at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne and founded the studio Fabian&Fred with Fabian Driehorst. He works as a director and animator of short films and documentaries. His films as a director include THE NEW CHIMNEY (2018) and ARLOTTA’S FACE (2018).

Valentin Riedl
Valentin Riedl
photos © Fabian&Fred
  • Genre
    Animation, Art, Children & Youth, Documentary, Drama
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2018
  • DIRECTORS
    Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
  • SCREENPLAY
    Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld
  • ANIMATION
    Frédéric Schuld
  • PRODUCER
    Fabian Driehorst
  • CO-PRODUCER
    Fabian Driehorst
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Fabian&Fred, in co-production with Filmstahl
  • RUNTIME
    5 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German
  • FESTIVALS
    San Francisco 2018, Cleveland 2018, Hot Docs 2018, Oberhausen 2018, Hamburg 2018
  • AWARDS
    Short Tiger 2018
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