Film detail | Much Better Now
International Competition of Animated Films for Children

Countries: Austria, Italy
Language: No Dialogue
Subtitles: (No Subtitles)
Directed by: Philipp Comarella, Simon Griesser
Year: 2011
Length: 6`
Rating: 7
Screenplay: Philipp Comarella, Simon Griesser
Music: Silvio Canazei, Simon Griesser
Main Animator: Phillipp Comarella, Simon Griesser, Kris Staber - Arx Anima
Production: Salon Alpin
Synopsis: A bookmark is stuck in a forgotten book that is one day knocked over by the wind. It experiences its environment by surfing the pages that turn into ocean-waves and the bookmark enjoys the ride of its life. As the book cover closes, new challenges are revealed.
Philipp Comarella, Simon Griesser: Philipp Comarella (1985) and Simon Griesser (1979) are animators, graphic artists and designers, the founders of the Salon Alpin design studio, focused primarily on animation and illustration. Comarella is originally from Italy. He graduated from the University of Applied Arts Vienna with his graduation film Much Better Now (2012), with which he collaborated with Simon Griesser. Griesser is from Austria. He graduated in multimedia art from the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, specializing in 3-D graphic techniques. He helped in the making of several computer games and later moved to South Africa and worked in advertising. He collaborated on the graduation film of Philipp Comarella Much Better Now (2012).
Where and when Much Better Now is screened
Where | When | Reservation |
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Golden Apple Cinema, č. 3 | May 27th at 13:20 | N/A |
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