The Sunset Special 2

a film by

Germany | 19' | 06/2024 | experimental animation

This exclusive luxury cruise presents itself as the perfect holiday and family utopia. However, all artificial facades of this attractive consumer product dissolve, as a psychedelic dream world unfolds, illusions break and the crude reality beyond superficial comfort is unveiled.

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Crew Festivals Press Materials

Nicolas Gebbe

Biography

Nicolas Gebbe was born in London in 1986. He currently lives and works in Frankfurt am Main / Germany as a 3D artist, filmmaker, and sound designer. 2018 he received his art diploma at Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach with a film major. He focuses on experimental 3D animation and hybrid film formats. His animated short films have been screened at a variety of international festivals such as Locarno Film Festival, TIFF and London International Animation Film Festival. In 2022 his hybrid project The Sunset Special won the Hessian Film Award.

Filmography

  • Display Nature – 2026 – short animation
  • The Sunset Special 2 – 2024 – short animation
  • Lockdown Dreamscape – 2022 – VR
  • The Sunset Special – 2021 – short animation
  • Urban Dreamscape – 2019 – student film
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Crew

Director: Nicolas Gebbe
Screenplay: Nicolas Gebbe
Producer: Nicolas Gebbe
Sound Design: Nicolas Gebbe
Editor: Nicolas Gebbe
Composer: Nicolas Gebbe

Festivals

50+ selections, 2 awards

Select highlights: 

  • Curtas Vila do Conde IFF, Portugal (July 12 – 21, 2024)
    Experimental Competition
  • Fantoche International Animation FF, Switzerland (3 – 8 September, 2024)
    International Competition
  • Toronto International Film Festival, Canada (5 – 15 September, 2024)
    Short Cuts Competition
  • Bucharest International Experimental Film Festival, Romania (24–  29 September, 2024)
    International Short Film Competition
  • Curtocircuíto – International Film Festival, Spain (1 – 6 October, 2024)
    COSMOS Official Competition
  • Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada (9 – 20 October, 2024)
    Shorts’ Les nouveaux alchimistes Compétition
  • Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Hungary (16 – 19 October, 2024)
    Silhouettes Competition Won: Silhouettes Award (Audience Award)
  • Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland (5 – 10 November, 2024)
    International Competition
  • Kino Pavasaris – Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania (7 – 23 March, 2025)
    Short Film Competition
  • Glasgow Short Film Festival, United Kingdom (19 – 23 March, 2025)
    Competition
  • Ann Arbor Film Festival, United States (25 – 30 March, 2025)
    Competition Won: The Terri Schwartz Film Award for Parody and Satire
  • Filmfest Dresden, Germany (8 – 13 April, 2025)
    National Competition

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Press materials

EPK: Click here

Stills & directors’ photos: Click here

Dialogue lists – English, English audio descriptions, French, Spanish, German: Click here

Downloadable trailer: Click here

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