Cat and Bird, Franke Sachse

CAT AND BIRD

DIRECTED BY FRANKE SACHSE
GERMANY // 2021
7 MINS

A white bird living in a black world encounters a black cat living in a white world. The moment they meet, their backgrounds literally collide.

Director's Statement

 

Cat and bird – two creatures whose images are highly characterised by natural behaviours and stereotypical classification. Two opponents, two foes, hunter and hunted. Two characters that just don't match. They move in different elements and they speak with different voices.

As a character both of them carry there own experience and as a symbol they carry implied qualities. Wherever they go, they take this background with them.

How does that influence their behaviour during an encounter? Is a friendship possible and is it about to last? This is the story I'm going to tell.

Filmmaker Bio

 

2010 .. MfA Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, 2010 International Animation Masterclass Halle, since 2011 Teaching Fellow Kunsthochschule Kassel, since 2015 also Artistic Assistant Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, since 2010 independent animation filmmaker