Nest - poster

Nest

2019 | 4' | animation | HD | color

NEST trailer from Talking Animals on Vimeo.

SYNOPSIS

A slightly naive paradise bird is going out of his way to attract a mate.

SOUNDTRACK

Listen to the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack on

Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.

THE SOUNDTRACK IS AVAILABLE ON

  Spotify

  Apple Music

  Amazon Music

AWARDS

Short Tiger 2019  | Best national animated short film - Filmfest Schlingel | Best Mini Short Family & Children at Sapporo International Short Film Fest | Honourable Mention – Animation for Young Audiences: Preschool Ottawa 2019 | Special-FBW price at interfilm Berlin | Special prize at Hiroshima International Animation Festival

FESTIVALS

Berlinale | Annecy International Animated Film Festival | MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Festival | GLAS Animation Festival | Ottawa International Animation Festival | BFI London Film Festival | Animateka | IndieLisboa - Festival International de Cinema | Deutsche Kinder-Medien-Festival Goldener Spatz| Mo&Friese Children's ShortFilmFestival | FEST - New Directors / New Films Festival | Cannes | Curtas Vila do Conde | Sapporo Short Fest | Kurzfilmtage Winterthur | Guanajuato International Film Festival | BuSho International Short Film Festival | Insomnia International Animation Film Festival | Turku Animated Film Festival | FAB Festival of Animation Berlin | Milano filmfestival | Filmfest Weiterstadt | LUCAS - International Festival for Young Film Lovers | Festival Silhouette | Sarajevo Film Festival | Brest European Short Film Festival | Umbria Film Festival | Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival | Cervino Cine Mountain Festival | SWEAT & TEARS animation festival | Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema | Lublin Film Festival | Dok Leipzig | London International Animation Festival | Exground Filmfest Wiesbaden | Cinanima | Primanima World Festival of First Animations | Chicago International Film Festival | IndieJunior Allianz | Banjalukanima | Flensburger Kurzfilmtage | Kaboom Animation Festival | Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People | St. Louis International Film Festival | interfilm Berlin - International short film festival | PSIAF Palm Springs International Animation Festival | Max Ophüls Prize Film Festival | Minimalen Short Film Festival | Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg | Festival Travelling Rennes | MEME PAS PEUR Festival - International Fantastic Film Festival of Reunion Island | Taiwan International Children's Film Festival | Internationalen Frauenfilmfestivals Dortmund | International Children Film Festival of Galicia | Montreal International Children’s Film Festival (FIFEM) | PLAY – 7º Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil & Juvenil | 58 Cinemagic Film Festival | ANIMA Festival | European Film Festival | Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski | Rural Film Festival | ISFF Detmold | ALPINALE short film festivalGISFF Globe | International Silent Film Festival | Athens International Film + Video Festival | Cinemira - Budapest International Children's Film Festival | Mecal Pro -Barcelona International Short and Animation Festival | HIROSHIMA 2020 International Animation Festival | European Film Festival of Lille

CREW

director & producer: Sonja Rohleder
music: Jens Heuler
mixing: Michal Krajczok
additional instruments: Silke Büscherhoff, Esther Remmen
graphic design: Ines Gomes Ferreira

SALES

interfilm Berlin

Jens Heuler

VITA

 

Jens Heuler is an award-winning composer and electronic music artist from Germany. He composes music for films and media, instrumental music, electronic music and songs. His work includes, among others, the original music for Jan Gadermann's stop-motion animated short film "Laika & Nemo", which won a Student Academy Award 2022, Liisa Zielke's documentary "Sexploration - How Do I Really Want It?", Melanie Lischker's "Life On Tape", a collaboration with Freya Arde, as well as the music for several short films such as Pola Rader's "Beromut," Sonja Rohleder's award-winning animated shorts "Nest" and "Somni," both of which premiered at the Berlinale, and Lukas Olszewski's "Remember Me," awarded for Best Original Score at the 2024 New Bedford Film Festival. His work ranges from orchestral compositions and intimate piano music to electronic music and Pop songs.

In addition to his work in films, Jens Heuler composes and publishes his own instrumental and electronic music. His first solo EP "Rising" was released in 2022, followed by "Siren's Wake" in 2024. He combines acoustic and electronic elements to creates organic music and soundscapes, fusing classical, generative and experimental composition approaches while mainly focusing on analogue and modular synthesis.

His work also includes teaching as a lecturer in music production at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, composing additional music for films as well as working as an assistant composer, arranger and music editor and so he is involved in the music for the Oscar-nominated documentary "Of Fathers and Sons", the German television series "Die Dasslers", "Behringer und die Toten" and "Nächste Ausfahrt Glück", the documentaries "Rabbi Wolff" and "The Corridors of Power" and many other films.

Jens Heuler studied Keyboards & Music Production at the University of Münster and film music at the Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolff and was part of the Berlinale Talents 2025.

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