BLOCKS


DIRECTOR: Adrián Jaffé
SOUND DESIGN: Tim Hennig
THEATRICAL DISTRIBUTION: Kurzfilmverleih Hamburg
EDUCATIONAL DISTRIBUTION: Cinekid Netherlands

SELECTIONS AND AWARDS:

Best CGI Nomination, Animation Dingle 2023
Chicago International Childen Film Festival, US
Interfilm Festival 2022, Berlin
London International Animation Festival 2022, London
Encounters Film Festival 2022, Bristol, UK
International Short Film Festival Hamburg 2022, Germany
Animateka Ljubljana 2022, Slovenia
Pictoplasma 2022, Berlin 2022, Germany
DOK Leipzig 2022, Germany
Festival Biennial of Animation Bratislava 2022, Slovakia
Quarter Finalist, Student World Impact Film Festival 2023
Festival International du Film de Nancy 2022, France
Un Festival C‘est Trop Court 2022, Nice, France
La Guarimba 2022, Italy
Primanima 2022, Hungary
Uppsala Short Film Festival 2022, Sweden
Fest - New Directors 2022, Portugal
SHORTS 2022 - Trieste, Italy
Kinosaray - Positive Film Festival 2022, Kiev, Ukraine
Animist Tallinn 2022, Estonia
La Guarimba 2022, Italy
Filem’On 2022, Brussel, Belgium
Filmfestival Weiterstadt 2022, Germany
Filmkunstfest MV 2022, Schwerin, Germany
2D & 3D Animation Festival 2022, Italy
Filmfest Weiterstadt 2022, Germany
Festival dell‘Animazione 2022, Italy
Chania Film Festival 2022, Greece
Flensburger Kurzfilmtage 2022, Germany
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2023, Germany
TIAF 2022, Georgia
Ladshuter Kurzfilmtage 2023, Germany
IDF 2023, Karlsuhe, Germany
Ilmenau Kurzfilmabend 2023, Germany
Animation Dingle 2023, Ireland
BAMkids Film Festival 2023, NYC, US
Fest Anča 2023, Slovakia
Gütersloher Kurzfilmfestival 2023, Germany
Brussels Short Film Festival 2023, Belgium
Le Chouette Festival 2023, France
Cinekid Festival 2023, Netherlands
FBW - Prädikat Besonders Wertvoll
Winner: LS Junior Designer Award 2022
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ALL RIGHTS: adrianjaffe.de

FIRST FLIGHT

LOGLINE: Three little birds, a symphony of frogs, and a first flight unlike any other.

now available on DISNEY+


DIRECTOR: Adrián Jaffé
SOUND: Max Gausepohl
SOUND MIX: Lasse Kröger
YEAR: 2025
DURATION: 3:18 min
RESOLUTION: 2048 × 1080
AUDIO: 5.1
FUNDING: FFA Kurzfilmförderung
ALL RIGHTS: adrianjaffe.de




SELECTIONS & FESTIVALS


SPECIAL MENTION:
SCHLiNGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences (Chemnitz)

WINNER:
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (Italy)


Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand)
Pictoplasma (Berlin)
Kaboom Animation Festival (Netherlands)
ANIMA – Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Brussels)
Cinekid Festival (Amsterdam)
Giffoni International Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana)
London International Animation Festival (London)
IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Lisbon)
Curtas Vila do Conde – International Short Film Festival (Vila do Conde)
Filmfest Dresden (Dresden)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia)
Leuven International Short Film Festival (Leuven)
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (Lübeck)
MONSTRA – Lisboa Animation Festival (Lisbon)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Uppsala)
Valdivia International Film Festival (Valdivia)
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival (Saguenay)
Animocje (Bydgoszcz)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations (Budaörs)
ANIMAC – International Animation Film Festival (Lleida)
Animafest Gdańsk (Gdańsk)
Weird Market & WFest – International Animation Short Film Market and Festival (Spain)
Festival of Animation Berlin (Berlin)
Cardiff Animation Festival (Cardiff)
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (Fredrikstad)
Viborg Animation Festival (Viborg)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (Ljubljana)
Banja Luka International Animated Film Festival (Banja Luka)
World Festival of Animated Film – Varna (Varna)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (Italy)
SCHLiNGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences (Chemnitz)
Ale Kino! – International Young Audience Film Festival (Poznań)
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival (Belfast)
KUKI – Young Short Film Festival (Berlin)
Mo&Friese – Junges Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg (Hamburg)
PLAY – Lisbon International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Lisbon)
IndieJúnior Porto International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Porto)
SIFFCY – Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (New Delhi)
Mi Primer Festival de Cine (Barcelona & Madrid)
Bucharest Kids Film Festival (Bucharest)
Cork International Film Festival (Cork)
FilmFest Osnabrück (Osnabrück)
FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos (Mainz)
KINO Athens International Independent Film Festival (Athens)
Aguilar Film Festival (Aguilar de Campoo)
Courts en Champagne (France)
International Short Film Week Regensburg (Regensburg)
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Landshut)
Independent Days International Film Festival (Karlsruhe)
XXS Kurzfilmfestival (Dortmund)
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (Bamberg)
Underdog Film Festival (Wolfsburg)
Festival Music & Cinema Marseille (Marseille)
Manipulate Arts Festival (Edinburgh)
Warwick Arts Centre Film Events (Coventry)
BAMkids – Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York)
Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival (Greece)
Youth Film Festival Antwerp (Antwerp)
AnimationsClub Hamburg (Hamburg)
Animation Nights New York (New York)
Cactus Film Festival (2026)
Fest Anča – International Animation Festival (Žilina)
ZACK! Europäische Animationsfilmtage (Germany)
Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards (Taiwan)
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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT


“First Flight plays with different ways of learning
—but in the end, it’s not about how fast you take off.
It’s about the journey—and the people who’ve got your back.”
– Adrián Jaffé


DIRECTOR'S STATEME

MEDIA PLUS IDENT


CLIENT
Media Plus House of Communication

AGENCY
Blynk

CREATIVE PRODUCTION
Blynk

CREATIVE DIRECTION
Ruben Riegamer

DESIGN & ANIMATION
Adrian Jaffe

SOUND
86Tales


PALMBERG


AGENCY
Blynk

PRODUCTION
Ruben Riegamer

DESIGN, CONCEPT & ANIMATION
Adrian Jaffe

TAKE–OFF

very short film - personal project