The Role

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The Role

The Role
Paolo Chianta
International Competition Animated Film
Animated Film
UK
2023
5 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English
German premiere

Lines scrawled on white paper with a ballpoint pen. Everything looks like a hastily drawn scribble – a sketch of ideas rather than a finished film, possibly only a quick storyboard. The jerkily connected images show a food stall somewhere in the middle of nowhere. Something extraordinary happens here: Two filmmakers – brother and sister – hire the chef as the leading actor of their project. They are planning a biopic about their father. The fast-food expert is not only the spitting image of the famous man, he is just like him! The casting could not be more apt, the film business newcomer lets them convince him. But the task turns out to be difficult. Though the cook does everything to do justice to this demanding role, he seems less and less suited for the job every day. Completely engrossed in the preparations for the part, he becomes increasingly distant from his own children. The boundaries between the film and the single father’s real life begin to blur. Is it possible that shooting has already begun?


Franka Sachse

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Director
Paolo Chianta
Script
Paolo Chianta
Editor
Paolo Chianta
Producer
Paolo Chianta
Co-Producer
Lilah Vandenburgh
Score
Paolo Chianta
Animation
Paolo Chianta
Animation Technique
Drawn

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Main Contact
Paolo Chianta
paolindromes@gmail.com
Nominated for: mephisto 97.6 Audience Award