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.


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


Mo & Friese Children’s Short Film Festival – Hamburg, Germany (2025)
Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival – Portugal (2025)



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