05.09 | 18:00 (ENG-UA)

Malte Stein will give a general introduction to how he approaches a subject for an animated short film or comic and what are his methods of story development. He will also go into the aspect of abstracting personal experiences, which makes it possible to create a fictional story without losing authenticity. Based on these theoretical explanations, Malte will give an insight into the creative process of some of his short films.

Malte Stein is an independent animation filmmaker based in Berlin. In 2013, he graduated from the University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam Babelsberg with a diploma in animation. Before that, he studied scriptwriting and has drawn a lot of comic stories since the 1990s. His animated short films, BLUE DREAM (2013), FLOOD (2018) and THING (2021) were screened at many festivals and won several awards. In 2022, he took part in the TAIS Artist in Residence Program in Toronto, Canada. He has worked as an animator for several short and feature films, as a screenwriter for TV series, as a co-curator for Dok Leipzig, and as a jury member at several film festivals. Since June 2022, he has been working on his new animated film project, for which he is also taking on the role of producer.