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Das Rad
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1 Nomination
Year 2002
Director Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger
Writer Chris Stenner, Heidi Wittlinger, Arvid Uibel
Starring Rainer Basedow, Michael Habeck
75th Academy Awards

Das Rad (English title: Rocks) is a 2002 German animated film written and directed by Chris Stenner, Arvid Uibel and Heidi Wittlinger. It was produced using a mixture of stop motion, puppetry, and CGI animation. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film. It won several other awards in respectable festivals like the Anima Mundi Animation Festival, Annecy International Animated Film Festival, Sweden Fantastic Film Festival, and the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival. It was also included in the Animation Show of Shows.

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The stone-people Hew and Kew have seen a lot in their everlasting lives on top of their mountain. Therefore they're only mildly amazed by the ongoings in the valley below, they've got their own little problems to deal with - But all of a sudden, Mankind is discovering and inventing, instead of just woozeling, and this new behavior starts to threaten Hew's and Kew's stoic peacefullness.

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