Mario von Rickenbach

KIDS

game / film / installation

KIDS is an experimental project about the psychology of the group. The final products are an interactive animation, a short film and an exhibition.

playkids.ch

Awards & Recognition

Best Professional Film, ReAnima Festival	Bergen, NO
Best Animation, Interfilm Short Film Festival	Berlin, DE
14th Tacoma Film Festival, Best Animated Film	Tacoma, US
Best of Show, SIGGRAPH Asia 2019	Brisbane, AU
Best First Professional Film, KROK	Volga River, RU
Best Animated Short, Corti in Cortile	Catania, IT
Nuovo Award Nominee, Independent Games Festival	San Francisco, US
High Swiss Risk, Fantoche	Baden, CH
Special Distinction, ANIMANIMA	Čačak, RS
Honorable Mention, 27th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF	Vila do Conde, ES
Special Jury Prize, SESIFF	Seoul, KR
Honorable Mention, Florida Animation Festival	Florida, US
Honorary Mention, Computer Animation, Prix Ars Electronica 2019, Ars Electronica	Linz, AT
Best Animated Short, 21st Ismailia International Film Festival	Ismailia, EG
Egyptian Animation Society’s Award, 21st Ismailia International Film Festival	Ismailia, EG
Golden Zagreb Award, Animafest	Zagreb, HR
Special Mention, World Festival of Animated Film	Varna, BG

Exhibitions & Showcases

KIDS, Museum of Digital Art	Zürich, CH
Day of the Devs, Game Developer’s Conference	San Francisco, US
KIDS, Fantoche	Baden, CH
XOXO	Portland, US
REFRESH – Swiss Design – Zurich Made, 3 days of design	Copenhagen, DK
Kein Museum	Zürich, CH
Flatpack festival	Birmingham, UK
Shed im Eisenwerk	Frauenfeld, CH
Intercommunication Center	Tokyo, JP
Museum of Contemporary Art Metelkova	Ljubljana, SL
Design Biennale	Zurich, CH
REFRESH #2	Zurich, CH
Prix Ars Electronica CyberArts Exhibition 2019	Linz, AT
In a Gamescape REPLAY, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art	Kanazawa, JP
Now Play This	UK
Festival Maintenant, Association Electroni[k]	Rennes, FR
Macao Art Biennale	Macao, MO
Shenzhen New Media Art Festival	Shenzhen, CN
Chaos Butterfly: Xi'an Ing Sci-Tech Art Season, Xi'an City Art Center	Xi'an, CN

Film Festival Selections

43rd Cinanima, Espinho	PT
Banjaluka 2019	BA
KABOOM Animation Festival	NL
38rd Uppsala International Short Film Festival	SE
Balkanima, Belgrade	RS
Les Rencontres Cinessonne	FR
Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York	UK
23rd Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur	CH
New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival	JP
REX Animation Film Festival, Stockholm	SE
Cartoons Underground, Singapore	SG
Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow	RU
FILEM'ON, Brussels	BE
21st Wiesbaden International Festival of Animation	DE
TOFUZI International Animated Film Festival	GE
dokumentART, Neubrandenburg	DE
The International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Limassol	CY
Taichung International Animation Festival	TW
International Short Film Festival Brno 16	CZ
12th Heart of Gold International Film Festival, Gympie	AU
16th Sedicicorto International Film Festival	IT
Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival, Baltimore	US
Animest, Bucharest	RO
Animatou, Geneva	CH
Tacoma Film Festival	US
52nd SITGES IFFFC, Anima't Section	ES
63rd BFI London Film Festival	UK
Festival Animario, Madrid	ES
Edmonton International Film Festival	CA
Ottawa International Animation Festival	CA
13th Bali International Film Festival	ID
25th Encounters Film Festival, Bristol	UK
Tirana International Film Festival	AL
Buster	DK
The International Animated Film Festival KROK	RU
DC Shorts International Film Festival	US
Paris International Animation Film Festival	FR
IFF Message to Man, Saint-Petersburg	RU
CineFest Miskolc International Film Festival	HU
15th World Festival of Animated Film, Varna	BG
Ars Eletronica, Linz	AT
ANIMANIMA, Čačak	RS

SESIFF, Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival	KR
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden	CH
Odense International Film Festival	DK
Turku Animated Film Festival	FI
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art	UA
DokuFest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo	XK
Anima Mundi	BR
15th Lago Film Fest	IT
INSOMNIA Festival, Moscow	RU
31st Galway Film Fleadh	IE
27th Curtas Vila do Conde IFF	PT
Animator Poznan	PL
34th Valencia International Film Festival Cinema Jove - Short Film Competition	ES
Florida Animation Festival	US
Oltre Lo Specchio Festival	IT
Kloosterkino	NL
Annecy International Animation Film Festival	FR
Animafest Zagreb	HR
59th Krakow Film Festival	PL
VIS	AT
21st Ismailia Film Festival 2019	EG
47th Huesca International Film Festival	ES
Flatpack Festival Birmingham	UK
Anifilm Třeboň	CZ
Go Short Nijmegen	NL
31 Filmfest Dresden	DE
GLAS Animation Festival	US
69th Berlinale	DE