Edition 24: 1–9 August, 2025

SHORT MATTERS

Dissonance

Germany
2015 — 17' / Color

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Synopsis

A genius musician lives a lonely life in a surreal, floating world. He plays the piano every day in a gigantic concert hall, but there is nobody to listen. One day his animated world collapses and he must face reality. He only has one wish: to share his music with his daughter, but her mother doesn‘t allow it.

Director Biography

Born in 1980, Till Nowak is a digital artist, designer and filmmaker and has been working since 1999 as a professional computer graphics artist on his own independent projects and for high-profile clients. Till graduated in 2005 in Media Design from the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz, Germany. He recently moved from Hamburg to Los Angeles. Till’s work has been widely exhibited and awarded and he has given lectures at various events and universities.

Director

Till Nowak

Producer

Till Nowak

Cinematographer

Ivan Robles Mendoza

Animation

Malte Lauinger

Till Nowak

Editor

Philipp Hahn

Till Nowak

Contact

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Till Nowak
4532 Avocado st. LA, 90027 USA
+1 310 8040540
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