Blessing in Disguise
TITLE
Blessing in Disguise
DIRECTOR
Kevin Koch, Emma Holzapfel
COUNTRY
Germany
YEAR
2021
DURATION
5′
GENRE
Animation
Blessing in Disguise
Kevin Hines hears voices due to auditory hallucinations that one day order him to end his life. A hand-drawn documentary about one of the few people to survive a jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Kevin Koch, Emma Holzapfel
Kevin Koch, born in 1995, traveled once around the world after graduating from high school, to surf the best waves in the world and then studied media science in Bayreuth. It was there that he discovered his love of filmmaking and has been studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2020. "Blessing in Disguise" is his first animated film at film school. Emma Holzapfel, born in 2000, studies editing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Since graduating high school in 2018, she has been working as an assistant director on German and international film and television productions. and edits short films, music videos, YouTube and social media formats.
- Director Kevin Koch, Emma Holzapfel
- Screenplay
- Cinematography
- Editing Emma Holzapfel, Kevin Koch
- Cast Kevin Hines
- Producer/s Onur Can Kargin
- Production Company Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Distributor/s Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
- Project Title Blessing in Disguise
- Project Type Animation
- Completion Date June 25, 2021
- Country of origin Germany
- Country of filming Germany
- Language English
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student Project Yes
Kevin Koch, Emma Holzapfel
Kevin Koch, born in 1995, traveled once around the world after graduating from high school, to surf the best waves in the world and then studied media science in Bayreuth. It was there that he discovered his love of filmmaking and has been studying directing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg since 2020. "Blessing in Disguise" is his first animated film at film school. Emma Holzapfel, born in 2000, studies editing at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Since graduating high school in 2018, she has been working as an assistant director on German and international film and television productions. and edits short films, music videos, YouTube and social media formats.
Tirana International Film Festival
Student Animation Competition, 2022
