A Thousand Kisses

This is a short animation that I worked as illustrator and art direction on. It is directed by Richard Goldgewicht. The film was produced in both English and German, where its titled Tausend Küsse.

The story tells of a young Jewish couple in Berlin who are separated by the fear of prosecution in the Nazi Germany of 1933, and make loose plans to reunite on the safe tropical shores of Brazil. Inspired by the actual correspondence recovered by the couple’s grandsons 80 years later in São Paulo, A Thousand Kisses presents a peculiar love story tainted by the harsh historical context of its time, with a light appeal of irony and real-life poetry. It was decided that the recovered letters should have a huge part to play in the visual resolution of the story.

The production of this film was a truly international endeavour. I was illustrating in Dublin, the animation team were based in Montevideo in Uruguay, the voice actors are German, director and writer was LA based, and the producer was in Sao Paolo. It required good organisation and communication through various digital platforms.