Feferle
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Running Time 14 minutes 48 seconds
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Genre Animation - Short film
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Language German
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Completed March 28, 2024, Germany
Feferle, a whimsical and childlike being, awakens one fateful day with the unsettling knowledge that something terrible has happened. The sudden loss of her father shatters her world, leading her into a poignant exploration of family history. Tasked with sorting through the cluttered apartment, Feferle delves into the material remains, with each item revealing the story of generations and encapsulating a century, a region, and the intricate history of a Jewish family wandering through Eastern Europe. "Feferle" unfolds as a touching tale of a young woman's quest to make sense of her past, finding solace amid the artifacts that narrate not just her father's life but the rich mosaic of a bygone era.
Project Type: Animation
Runtime: 14 minutes 48 seconds
Completion Date: March 28, 2024
Production Budget: 16,000 USD
Country of Origin: Germany
Country of Filming: Germany
Language: German
Shooting Format: digital
Aspect Ratio: 3:2
Film Color: Color
Writer and Director
Alica Khaet
Producer
Alica Khaet
Cast
Evelina Zadorna – “Feferle”
Robert Mai – “Feferle’s Father”
Music
Hannes Lingens
Robert Mai
Sound design
Robert Mai
About the director
Alica Khaet was born in 1988 into a Russian-Jewish family in Rostov-on-Don, Russia. In 2006 she emigrated to Israel, where she was admitted to the Bezal’el Academy for Art and Design after a one-year language preparation course. In 2009 she decided to go to Germany, where she initially lived in Göttingen and moved to Halle an der Saale in 2011. Alica Khaet studied art and animation in Jerusalem, Prague and Halle and completed her studies in painting and graphics at the Burg Giebichenstein Art University in Halle in 2018 with a diploma. Her artistic work includes graphics, painting, animation and performative/dance work.
She is a scholarship holder of the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation, the Kunstverein Röderhof e.V., the WUK Theaterquartier, etc. Khaet’s works are represented in the collections of the House for German History in Bonn, the Henneberg Museum in the Veßra Monastery and the Röderhof Art Association. Alica Khaet also regularly exhibits her work throughout Germany and Europe.
In my debut project, I attempted to touch upon the elusive theme of generational heritage in the family, the history of a Jewish family in the 20th century, and the lack of continuity in this history due to historical disturbances in Eastern Europe in the first half of the 20th century. Drawing from authentic experiences, I not only set the task of describing a very painful experience but also the helplessness that comes with the loss of a loved one. This loss cannot be filled or compensated; it can only be lived through by immersing oneself in one’s feelings, memories, and contemplating insignificant material objects from the past.