The scent of beetroot and the people who live forever

DIRECTRESSES Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetić
PRODUCTORS  DOKfront
CAST Moritz Kienemann, Marina Kalmykova, Fabian Mankat, Oskar Fröhlich and many more
ANIMATION Petra Stipetić, Yannick Stark, Maren Wiese
MUSIC Thomas Höhl

Maren Wiese, Petra Stipetić | Deutschland | 2023 | 12’30’’

People are immortal in this world. Unfortunately, they are not happier because of that and start to worry and rebel against their creator.

PETRA STIPETIĆ is a trained sculptor and educator who professionalised her love of storytelling in her animation studies in Kassel. Since then, she has produced award-winning short films that have been shown at festivals worldwide. She has been a lecturer in Animation & Visual Storytelling since 2022.

The Scent of Beetroot and People Who Live Forever (2023), Jeijay (2021), Brush My Hair Till I'm Dead (2019), Nauru (2019), Your Future (2019).

 

MAREN WIESE, born in 1990, completed her higher education in 2009 and moved to Düsseldorf in order to work at the dance theatre “tanzhaus nrw” as a production assistant and intern of the stage department. In 2013 she started her bachelor studies in Applied Theatre Science at the University of Giessen. In 2014 she moved to Kassel and began her studies of Visual Communication. She graduated with honors in 2022. The scent of beetroot and the people who live forever (2023), Jeijay (2021), brush my hair until i’m dead (2019), Nauru (2019), Your Future (2019)