Project Description

As you like it?

Germany, 2020, 9′
by Hannes Rall

NOVEMBER 10

Palazzo dei Congressi, Ravenna

from 9:30 to 11:30 am

AS YOU LIKE IT?
Germany, 2020 – 9’

Director: Hannes Rall / Screenwriter: Daniel Keith Jernigan, Hannes Rall / Production: Hannes Rall / Cinematography: Hannes Rall / Cast: Yu Beng Lin Duke Fredrick, Kheng Hua Tan Celia, Noella Menin Phoebe, Julie Wee Rosalind / Music: Patrick Kuhn Botelho

An animated adaptation of the famous play by William Shakespeare. It transposes the setting to a Southeast-Asian environment. The style combines influences from local shadow puppet play traditions with inspiration by the German animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger.

The director: Hannes Rall

Hannes Rall is a tenured professor at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University Singapore. He is also a successful director of independent animated short films. His films, primarily adaptations of classic literature, have been shown in over 650 film-festivals worldwide and won 72 international awards.