The Forbidden Zone (2025)
Die Verbotene Zone ist ein Stop-Motion-Kurzfilm über Dumont, einen Botaniker, der in einem verlassenen Bahnhof unter Quarantäne gestellt wird. Die Welt ist von einem giftigen Nebel durchtränkt, der alle Lebensformen zerstört und Sauerstoff durch Gift ersetzt. Er verbringt seine Tage damit, ums Überleben zu kämpfen, da seine Ressourcen schnell schwinden. In einer Nacht, in der alles verloren scheint, stürzt eine Nymphe vor Dumonts Bunker ab. In einem plötzlichen Akt der Tapferkeit setzt er seine letzte Sauerstoffflasche auf und verlässt die sichere Station. Dumont nimmt die verwundete Nymphe in seine Arme und riskiert sein Leben, um die leuchtende Kreatur auf den Gipfel des roten Berges zurückzubringen. Auf seiner Suche nach der Rettung seines neuen Schützlings riskiert Dumont sein Leben und entdeckt dabei Hoffnung jenseits des Nebels.
Der Regisseur: Zach Tolchinsky
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Tom Wild as Dumont |
| Writing | Zach Tolchinsky | Writer |
| Production | Candace Hammer | Producer |
| Directing | Zach Tolchinsky | Director |
| Crew | Zach Tolchinsky | Cinematography |
| Sound | Paul Michael Cardon | Music |
| Editing | Zach Tolchinsky | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Bona Bones | Animation |
| Sound | Jessie Pariseau | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Brittany Ellis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Eric A. Norris | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Jessie Pariseau | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Katherine Rose | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Sanaa Kelley | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Brittany Ellis | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Jordan McClain | Foley Mixer |
| Visual Effects | Tristan Kilmer | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Tristan Kilmer | Production Design |
| Production | Will Martinez | Executive Producer |
| Production | Cody Williams | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Philip Mangano | Colorist |
| Visual Effects | Dick Kaneshiro | Visual Effects |
| Crew | Luca Cioci | Other |
| Visual Effects | Joe Heinen | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Lindsay Berkebile | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Savannah Steiner | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Porter Young | Lead Animator |
| Visual Effects | Daniela Montaño | Lead Animator |
| Art | Ty Wilson | Additional Storyboarding |
| Visual Effects | Christian Ibarra | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Dillon Markey | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Luca Cioci | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Cat Saldana | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Ian Boone Timothy | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aaron Holmes | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Christina Brous | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sean Willets | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Zach Tolchinsky | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Willy Fair | Animation |
| Visual Effects | Grace K. Garcia | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Grace K. Garcia | 3D Modeller |
| Art | Dick Kaneshiro | Props |
| Art | Max Lopez | Props |
| Art | Aaron Rivera | Painter |
| Art | Meirav Haber | Painter |
| Costume & Make-Up | Felicia Bleu Rose | Costumer |
| Crew | Luca Cioci | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Kei Chong | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Paula Lauterbach | Prop Maker |
| Art | Kathryn Evans | Set Painter |
| Lighting | Warren Sheetz | Lighting Artist |
| Art | Zach Tolchinsky | Set Decoration |
| Art | Joel Heinrick | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jason Rudd | Set Decoration |
| Art | Luca Cioci | Set Decoration |
| Crew | Daniela Montaño | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Meredith Quinn | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Flora Xia | Prop Maker |
| Crew | Drew Marquardt | Prop Maker |
| Sound | Josh Plotner | Musician |
| Crew | Will Martinez | Compositor |
| Crew | Tahnee Gehm | Compositor |
| Crew | Daniel Craven | Compositor |
| Crew | Noah Monaghan | Compositor |
| Crew | Elyse Filigheri | Compositor |
| Crew | Nick Snyder | Compositor |
| Directing | Aaron Holmes | Stage Director |
| Visual Effects | Kim MacMahon | Visual Development |
| Visual Effects | Daniel Craven | Visual Development |
| Writing | Stephen Chiodo | Story Consultant |
| Writing | Kataneh Vahdani | Story Consultant |
| Camera | Pat Hammer | Still Photographer |