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GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Atlantic Film Festival – Park Lane – Theater 8 – Halifax, Nova Scotia CANADA
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World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays in Frame X Frame III: Drawn From Real Life.

(l-r) Amie, Sarah, and Joshua Littman with Mike and Tim Rauch.

Sunday night was the 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. There were two hours of animated films. Categories included student film, commercial and sponsored film, and independent film. It was exciting to see so much strong work on screen. You couldn’t help but feel some East Coast pride.

We were thrilled to accept the award for Best in Show along with Joshua and Sarah Littman, the stars of “Q&A”. Again, many thanks to StoryCorps who we collaborated on the film with, to our fantastic Ink and Paint team, to our family, and most of all to the Littmans for being so brave and gracious to share their story with so many people. After the screening, there was no doubt that the Littmans had truly inspired the audience.

Also, “Germans in the Woods” screened in the BeFilm Festival on Saturday night, marking the first time that two Rauch Brothers films played over the course of the same weekend— an exciting milestone for us.

More photos from the weekend’s events below.

We met with the Littmans and our Ink and Paint team for a celebratory lunch before the screening. After chowing on mac and cheese, nachos, fries, and wings (the healthy stuff!) we headed over to the screening.

On stage with the Littmans.

I think we were ALL nervous as could be standing in front of hundreds of people, but Tim and I really appreciated the opportunity to publicly honor the Littmans and all the people who made “Q&A” possible. Sarah commented that it was the biggest audience she and Joshua had heard their StoryCorps interview with.

Tim and Dad sport 3D glasses at BeFilm Festival.

Best of all, our dad came out from Michigan. It was his first time seeing our work on the big screen. It was a quite a weekend!

For more:

Cartoon Brew highlight of “Q&A” and “Dirty Rom Dancing”.

Michael Sporn’s photo gallery from the after-party.

Dayna Gonzalez’s Flickr album from the awards. (Thanks Dayna for the Best in Show photo above!)

GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Kalamazoo Animation Festival International
State Theatre

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Buy tickets

We created a Rauch Brothers Flickr page to share screen shots and concept art from our films with you. The slideshow above is concept art from Germans in the Woods. Check out our other Flickr sets and our photostream to see more. Check back often. We’ll be adding new work all the time.

GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Nashville Film Festival
4 – Regal

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays in “Animating History/Animating Reality – Shorts”. Buy tickets

GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Cleveland International Film Festival

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays in “Shorts Program #9″. Buy tickets

GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Lake County Film Festival
College Of Lake County Room A162 and B271

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays in “Animated Shorts”. Buy tickets

GERMANS IN THE WOODS
Ashland Independent Film Festival
Varsity Theatre 3

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays in “Animation Shorts”. Buy tickets

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True/False Film Fest
at Forrest Theater (Feb. 28) and Big Ragtag (Mar. 1)

World War II veteran Joseph Robertson remembers a German soldier he killed at the Battle of the Bulge; a story from the archives of America’s national oral history project StoryCorps. Plays with “Secret Screening Red”. Buy tickets