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One day Tom is thinking about how much he'd like a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey. His old friend The Miller gives him a slice of bread, but when it comes to strawberries the Strawberry Mouse isn't quite so generous. She gives Tom a single strawberry seed and tells him to grow his own...

Karl Anton wants to shine - as an immortal megastar in rock'n'roll heaven. He has all a popstar needs: good looks. And he knows how to move, how to hold the guitar and how to deal with the girls. He knows what it's all about. It's everybody else who is the problem. When the pop legend meets the real world, things really get hair-raising. How will Karl Anton cope with the ignorance of his audience and the obstacles of everyday life? Answers are given in these groovy and electrifying thirty-second performances. Direction: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Script: Udo Schöbel, Thomas Meyer-Hermann Title figure © Udo Schöbel Key animation: Andreas Hykade Animation: Ralf Bohde, Jürgen Haas, Thomas Meyer-Hermann Sound: Udo Schöbel, Ralf Schübel Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Studio FILM BILDER 1999

This film considers the case of Jakob L (Yankale), a lowly civil servant who fails to turn up to work one day. We get to know more about him, his life, his childhood, and above all his relationship with his oppressive mother. His childhood is portrayed as a peaceful island, where time and formalities do not exist. The contrast between the square shapes of the office world and the rounded, organic forms of the sea and the island emphasize the conflict between our desires and our duties. This film won eight prizes at international film festivals. Direction, Design, Animation: Gil Alkabetz Editing: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Music: Udo Schöbel Soundstudio: Ralf Schübel, AD1 Sponsored by: BMI und FFA Production: Gil Alkabetz and Thomas Meyer-Hermann Studio FILM BILDER 1995

We Lived in Grass The good guys rode through the grass on their tigers. But I went on foot. Idea and realisation: Andreas Hykade Together with: Sabine Huber and Ala Tantz Music: Ulrich Reuter Camera supervision: Katja Marks Camera: Ala Tantz Sound: Christian Diedrichs, Frank Dabrock Sound mix: Stefan Runge Production: Michael Jungfleisch 1995

The Kings Of Siam is Ged Haney's first film. Completed in 1992, before the days of digital assistance, it took seven years to complete. A pair of Siamese Twins live and work as part of a travelling fair. One dreams of being a rock and roll star, while the other dreams of scoring the winning goal for England in the 1966 World Cup final. Written, Animated and Directed by Ged Haney Music by Ged Haney Additional animation by Emma Calder and Lesley Bushell Produced by Pearly Oyster Productions for Channel 4

TOM is asking Mine and Mona for a slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey. But instead of helping him, they explain him how boring and silly TOM and his slice of bread with strawberry jam and honey is. TOM is very upset and hides out. Luckily, the poor little girl finds him and comforts him with the help of his friends. Script, direction: Andreas Hykade Narration: Ben Miller Animation: Ged Haney Music: Daniel Requardt, Florian Käppler Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Studio FILM BILDER 2012

Karl Anton wants to shine - as an immortal megastar in rock'n'roll heaven. He has all a popstar needs: good looks. And he knows how to move, how to hold the guitar and how to deal with the girls. He knows what it's all about. It's everybody else who is the problem. When the pop legend meets the real world, things really get hair-raising. How will Karl Anton cope with the ignorance of his audience and the obstacles of everyday life? Answers are given in these groovy and electrifying thirty-second performances. Direction: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Script: Udo Schöbel, Thomas Meyer-Hermann Title figure © Udo Schöbel Key animation: Andreas Hykade Animation: Ralf Bohde, Jürgen Haas, Thomas Meyer-Hermann Sound: Udo Schöbel, Ralf Schübel Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Studio FILM BILDER 1999

While out eradicating space debris, a strange object is discovered and brought back to Earth. The consequences are disastrous. Script, design, direction: Phil Mulloy Production: Spectre Films

"Flaming Arrow", 1984 Cartoon & Collage Animation: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Music: Marcel Noll Sound: Rs Wolkenstein We are put in a world where television has complete power. "Flaming Arrow", the hero of the film, is the only one among the masses of TV dependent people who still knows genuine feelings. We feel with him. He takes up the fight against the power of the media. He meets with the same problems as we do: to recognize what is reality and what is film.

Batpig is a creature the world has never seen before. Half pig, half bat, a superhero, but one who is just like you and me. He loves wallowing in the mud, generally hanging out and munching raspberries. But don't let that fool you - whenever animals are in danger, he knows just what to do. Full batspeed ahead! Idea, script, direction: Sabine Huber Direction of animation: Andreas Hykade Animation: Varga Studios Music: Ulrich Reuter Sponsored by: MFG Baden-Württemberg and BMI Coproduction: Westdeutscher Rundfunk Production: Thomas Meyer-Hermann Studio FILM BILDER 1997