I am not afraid! / Jeg er ikke redd!
2022
Jeg er ikke redd! / Ish habe keine angst! / I’m not afraid!.
Written and directed by Marita Mayer.
A co-production with the German animation company Fabian&Fred.
Digital 2D; 7 min.
Norwegian funding by
Festival selection:
Berlinale - Generation KPlus, Germany, 11.02.22
Animac Animation Festival, Spain, 03.03.22
Kaboom Animation Festival, Netherlands, 28.03.22
Sehsüchte Film Festival, Germany, 20.04.22
RiverRun Film Festival, USA,
21.04.22
Kristiansand Children’s Film Festival, Norway, 26.04.22
Plot Summary
A film for the youngest children about fears in the dark and the discovery that there are many things you need not be afraid of, if you know what they are.
During a game of hide and seek Vanja leaves the bright living room and enters a dimly lit courtyard, which has far too many dark corners, weird shadows and strange noises. To overcome their fear, Vanja turns into a dangerous tiger!
About the director
Marita Mayer (*1976) grew up in Hamburg, Germany. She has a background in Cultural Management and Education from the University of Hildesheim. She worked for several festivals and specialized in drawn animation at the Animation School Hamburg.
Her graduation film Be Nice was screened at several festivals around the world and won the audience awards at Flensburg Short Film Festival and Wiesbaden Short Film Festival in 2010. Marita has worked for several 2-D and stop-motion productions since and was the program manager for five editions of Fredrikstad Animation Festival (FAF) in Norway. In August 2018, she and her family moved to Dovre to work on Anita Killi’s short film Mother didn’t know. I am not afraid! is Marita’s debut as a director.