Petra Stipetić

✿ director ✿ visual storyteller ✿ animator ✿


VOM DUFT DER ROTEN BEETE UND DEN MENSCHEN, die ewig leben
[the scent of beetroot and the people who live forever]



In "Vom Duft der Roten Beete und den Menschen, die ewig leben" [engl. Scent of beetroot and the people who live forever] a scientist discovers the key to immortality - by means of a special vegetable: beetroot! Those who surround themselves with its scent will live forever. Through the excessive use of the beet scent, an impenetrable magenta atmosphere soon envelops the entire planet. Immortality spreads like a virus: death is now not only avoidable, but impossible.
An absurd array of images from a utopian dystrophy – or a dystopian utopia – with a wilful aftertaste.







The film has been awarded the "Prädikat wertvoll" by the official German film and media rating agency: https://www.fbw-filmbewertung.com/film/vomduftderotenbeete


AWARDS

Goldener Herkules @Dokfest Kassel 2023
Nomination @Hessischer Film- und Kinopreis 2023 for 'Best Graduation Film'
1st Mention International Graduation Short Film Award @BitBang Festival 2023
Golden Horseman Animated Film National Competition - Special Mention @35. Filmfest Dresden 2023

Golden Horseman Sound Design - Special Metion @35. Filmfest Dresden 2023


SCREENINGS

35. Filmfest Dresden - National Competition (GER), Fest Anča International Animation Festival (SVK), Anibar (XK), BLON (LTU), Flipbook (MKD), dokumentART (GER), Filmfest Weiterstadt (GER), Animateka (SLO), Bit Bang (ARG), Dokfest Kassel (GER), Interfilm Berlin 2023 (GER), FAB (GER), Brighton Animation Festival (UK), Brighton International Animation Festival (UK), Experimental Film Guanajuato Experimental Film Guanajuato (MEX)

funded by HessenFilm und Medien
funded by HAB