All Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014 Films
The Sunshine Egg
Bariq - ages 4+ - Ajyal Youth Film Festival 2014
Michael Haas / Short Narrative / Germany / 2012 / 6 min / Colour / DCP / In No Dialogue / MENA Premiere
Rated: General Audiences. Suitable for ages 4 and up.
Synopsis
It’s dim and dreary inside a battery-farm shed, where hundreds of hens sleep, eat and deliver their eggs in a neverending daily regimen. When one bedraggled bird dares to dream of life in the sunshine and defies the standard routine – much to the horror of her feathered companions – the rules that regulate her dull-as-dishwater existence no longer apply. ‘The Sunshine Egg’ looks at the joy freedom brings, as well as the courage it takes to claim it.
About the Director
Michael Haas graduated from high school in Regensburg, Germany, in 2002. He apprenticed as a digital media designer in 2003, and was an intern in the 3D department of Spans & Partner in 2009. In 2011, he directed the short film ‘Durchgebrannt’, and in 2012 he studied Media Design at the Georg Simon Ohm University of Applied Sciences. There he produced ‘The Sunshine Egg’, which has been screened at several international film festivals and won numerous awards.
Credits
- Director
- Michael Haas
- Screenwriter
- Michael Haas
- Producer
- Michael Haas
- Editor
- Michael Haas
- Music
- Simon Scharf
- Cinematographer
- Michael Haas