antisocial

Short Film

Antisocial ist ein nonverbaler Stop-Motion-Kurzfilm, der die Geschichte eines einsamen Cowboys erzählt, der sich in einer surrealen Wüstenlandschaft einem Aufstand von Würmern stellen muss. Die groteske Auseinandersetzung zwischen Mensch und Kreatur entwickelt sich zu einem absurden, schwarzen Western mit groteskem Humor und gesellschaftskritischen Untertönen. Ohne Dialoge, getragen von Musik und Bildsprache, eröffnet der Film verschiedene Deutungsmöglichkeiten – von Macht und Rebellion bis hin zu Isolation und Widerstand.

Trailer Making of the Skeleton Drummer Repairing the Main Character Stop-Motion Sets and Post-Production Insights

Produktionsland

Deutschland – 2024

Laufzeit

00:02:00

Genre

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Western

Regie

Tobias Rothacker

Tobias Rothacker

Tobias Rothacker is a self-taught stop-motion animator, director, and model maker for film and display based in Gera, Thuringia, Germany. In addition to his deep engagement with stop-motion animation, he has participated in workshops led by Jürgen Kling (Weirdoughmationfilms), a recognized expert in the field.
Through his own studio, *Re-Anima-Tro*, Tobias has completed several stop-motion projects. His music-animated film *Consume Pedagogic*, an independently produced work, was released in 2016 and comprises over 3,000 individual frames. Tobias is also a musician in the band *Pedagogic Torment*, whose music video *Consume Pedagogic* accompanied an album with a critical focus on societal issues. Through the band, he actively engages with topics related to education and society, fostering creative projects in this context.
His latest project, the stop-motion film *Antisocial*, completed in 2024, further expands his animation techniques, incorporating more than 6,000 frames and utilizing advanced model-making approaches across different scenarios.

Cast & Crew

Director: Tobias Rothacker
Writer: Tobias Rothacker
Animation: Tobias Rothacker
Cinematography: Tobias Rothacker
Editor: Tobias Rothacker
Post-Production: Tobias Rothacker
Creative Consultant: Martin Herzog
(Plot Development & Creative Advice)
Composer: Pedagogic Torment
(Original Soundtrack, composed specifically for the film)