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If an eyelash falls out, lay it on the back of your hand, make a wish as you blow it away – and your wish will come true! (a popular belief)
Wishing is not easy if everything is already perfect. And Wanner’s life is perfect. All the same, Wanner is constantly endeavouring to optimise his everyday life with an eyelash. A balancing act between the ideal and reality.

Fällt sie dir aus, leg‘ sie auf den Rücken deiner Hand, wünsch‘ dir was, während du sie wegbläst – und dein Wunsch geht in Erfüllung! (Volksglaube)
Wünschen ist nicht einfach, wenn schon alles perfekt ist. Und Wanners Leben ist perfekt. Trotzdem versucht Wanner immer wieder, mit einer Wimper seinen Alltag zu optimieren. Eine Gratwanderung zwischen Wunschvorstellung und Realität.

Solothurn Film Festival, Switzerland, Jan 2008, premiere
Short Film Night, St. Gallen, Switzerland, February 2008
3rd Biennale of animation film, Pontarlier, France, May 2008
Avanca08, Portugal, July 2008, int. competition
Monterrey International Film Festival, Mexico, August 2008, int. competition
Animasyros, Athen, Greece, Sept 2008, competition
VI Religions and Movies Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, September 2008
10th European Film Festival Essonne, France, Oct 2008, competition
10th Int. Short Film festival, la Boca del Lobo, Madrid, Spain, Oct 2008, International scene
Cinématou animation film festival, Geneva, Switzerland, Oct 2008
ANIMAE CARIBE Festival, Trinidad, Oct 2008, competition
Festival Cinema Int. Abtitibi Temiscamingue, Rouyn-Noranda, Canada, Oct 2008, int. competition
10th Animation Film Festival ANIMATED DREAMS, Tallin, Estonia, Nov 2008, competition
Int. Film Festival DaKino, Buckrest, Rumania, Nov 2008, competition
18th Int. Animation Festival, Les Nuits Magique, Bègles, France, Dec 2008, competition
21th European First Film Festival „Premier Plans“, Angers, France, Jan 2008, competition
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia, Juin 2009, competition
Short Film Festival Palm Springs, Palm Spring, USA, Juin 2009, competition
London International Animation Festival (LIAF), UK, Sept, 2009
Int. Animation Festival Fantoche, Baden, Switzerland, Sept 2009, swiss cempetition
Monstra animated film festival, Lisboa, Portugal, March 2010, Best of world – swiss program
Anifest, International Festival of animated Films, Teplice, Czech Republic, May 2010, competition
Animator, 3th International Animation Festival 2010, Posznan, Poland, July 2010, international competition
Rooftop Films Summer Series 2010, New York, USA, July 2010
8. Rencontres Internationales du Cinema d’Animation de Wissembourg, Wissembourg, France, Nov 2010, Programme Best of 2007 - 2008

Director and Screenplay:
Marcel Hobi

Text:
Linda Gosteli and Marcel Hobi

Animation:
Brigae Haelg, Marcel Hobi, Andrej Zolotuchin and Ivan Zolotuchin

Scanning/Painting/Controlling/Compositing:
Svetlana Tschumi, Maja Gehrig, Dorothée Nörz and Julien Duc

Script consulting:
Andrej Zolotuchin

Music:
Willi Häne

Narrator:
Christoph Schwegler

Voices:
Daniela Belte, Matthias Kiel

Voicerecording:
Chriz Flueler, klangfaktur, Aarau

Foley Art:
Dieter Hebben

Sounddesign:
Michael Frenken, Sound Vision, Cologne

Soundmix:
Hans Künzi, SDS AG, Ostermundingen

Film transfer:
Swiss Effects, Zurich

Laboratory:
Schwarz Film AG, Zurich

Commissioning editor SF Schweizer Fernsehen:
Susann Wach Rozsa

Production assistant:
Regula Begert

Executive producer:
Marcel Hobi

A co-production by:
looping animations and FAMA FILM AG

With financial support from:
Bundesamt für Kultur, Sektion Film (EDI)
Succès
Passage Antenne
Succès Cinéma
Kanton St. Gallen
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Suissimage

In co-production with:
SF Schweizer Fernsehen and TELECLUB

Special thanks to:
Nora de Baan, Johanna Bossart, Christian Eberhard,
Thomas Emmenegger, Kirsten Hamacher,  Philipp Koller,
Philipp Neff, Christof Schertenleib,
Rolf Schmid, Pia & Carla Thür