Future Films
 
Jester Till
35mm/2003/Begium-Germany
Director and Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf
 
One of Europe's most loved folk tale characters comes for the first time to colorful life in the animated version of the adventures of Jester Till, the original class clown.
Till is a free spirit representing the simple wisdom and earthy humor of the peasant folk.
In countless legends, he wanders the landscape of the late Middle Ages getting in and out of trouble and making fun of the rich and powerful.
He has the universal appeal of a clown or court jester, instantly understood and embraced in every country.
In this totally new adventure, young Till is on his way to the bustling city of Boomstadt to visit his dear old grandfather, the slightly off- center wizard Marcus.
The old man and his faithful assistant, the owl Cornelius, are cooking up a special magic potion of happiness for Till to give to the people of the city.
Unfortunately, however, the potion is sabotaged by Marcus' old enemy Dr .
Death, a skeletal figure, and Marcus disappears in a terrible explosion.
Now, Cornelius and Till have to find him …

 
 
   
The Fearless Four
35mm/1997/Germany
Director and Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf
 
A sad fate awaits all tour at their present owners.
They take to their heels and meet up on the country road: Gwendolyn the cat, Buster the dog, Fred the donkey, and Tortellini the rooster.
Not only their refugee existence and loneliness forget them together- it is, above all, their love of music that proves to be a strong bond of friendship.
They decide to make capital from their vocal chords as a singing group: The Fearless Four want to become famous in Paris on the lines of "One for all and all for one"! However, they end up in Bremen- all the fault of signpost pointing in the wrong direction.
The hanseatic town is ruled by the concern of the mysterious tyrant Dr.
Greed who has forbidden singing by polis order.
The four newcomer bards also get into his clutches.
They actually get a contract and are allowed to make appearances, but they have to waste their musical talent on mindless advertising jingles.
They need to call on all of their unbeatable team spirit and heroic courage to stand up to the evil doctor.
And so The Fearless Four finally manage the city from its curse.

 
 
   
Help- I'm a Fish
35mm/2001/Germany
Director and Producer: Eberhard Junkersdorf
 
It is always the same: children simply won't obey their parents.
But this time the outcome is a real adventure: It all begins when three children, out on a fishing expedition, take refuge from sudden floods in a mysterious house belonging to Professor Confusius.
This well- meaning professor aims to save the world from over- population with his "fishbrew".
Little Stella drinks some of the mixture by mistake, and before anyone can do anything to help, she ends up as a starfish at the bottom of the deepest ocean.
Her brother fly then makes the professor turn him into a fish in order to rescue his little sister- and Chuck does the same.
Then there is nothing the children can do but set off to look for the professor's antidote- they have exactly 48 hours to find it.
Unfortunately, right now the antidote is in the hands of the power- mad fish Joe and a simple- minted shark....

 
 
   
The Tune
75'/1992/USA
Director and Producer: Bill Plympton
 
A songwriter is given 47 minutes to write a hit or lose his job and his sweetheart in Bill Plympton's critically acclaimed full-length feature film "The Tune".
Featuring ten songs that each pay homage to different forms of American popular music, "The Tune" follows the adventures of Del, a nerdy carrot-toped songwriter, after he takes a wrong exit from a cloverleaf and finds himself standard in Flooby Nooby, a strange and unfamiliar farming town.
He is led around by the town's mayor and learns form the townspeople how to write songs from the heart and not from a rhyming dictionary.