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. In 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 festivals such as Locarno Film Festival, Festival du Nouveau Cinèma Montreal and Ann Arbor Film Festival. In 2022 his hybrid project The Sunset Special won the Hessischer Filmpreis, and his VR Short Lockdown Dreamscape VR won the VR storytelling award at LICHTER Filmfest Frankfurt International.

Filmography

  • 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

35+ selections

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
  • 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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