Anima – My Father's Dresses

Little Uli wants to become a pirate or the pope, but in no way does she want to fit into the role stereotypes of her Bavarian village. After her father dies, her mother hands her his "secret" box as an inheritance. The contents suddenly change her view of her father, herself, her family and the society in which she grew up.
A true story about family secrets, gender roles and a childhood in the Bavarian province - told as a tragic-comic rollercoaster ride through animated and documentary images.

With: Monika Decker, Cordula Decker, Helmut Decker, Uli Decker, Irmtraud Karlitschek, Herbert Karlitschek, Christl Spiegel, Inge Schleußinger and special appearance by Cora Frost.

2022
International Film Festival Max Ophüls Preis, Germany – Jury Award Best Documentary & Audience Award Best Documentary
Achtung Berlin Festival, Germany, Jury Award Best Documentary & Award of the Ecumenical Jury
International Documentary Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece - WIFT Award: Women in Film and TV
Dok.Fest München, Germany - Nominated for the Goethe Insitut Award
DOKKA, Karlsruhe, Germany - Opening Movie
Filmkunstwochen München, Germany
Festival des Neuen Heimatfilms, Freistadt, Austria - Honorary Mention Documentary Competition
Fünf Seen Filmfestival, Germany
Queerfilmfestival Nürnberg, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Köln, Wien, München, Berlin, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Fürstenwalde, Halle, Leipzig
RIFF, Reykjavik, Iceland
Filmtage Oberschwaben, Ravensburg, Germany
Queer Streifen, Regensburg, Germany
Pride Pictures Karlsruhe, Germany - Audience Award Best Queer Movie
Perlen Filmfestival Hannover, Germany - Audience Award Best Queer Movie
Porn Film Festival Berlin, Germany
Film Festival Radstadt, Austria - Audience Award Best Documentary
Queer Sicht, Bern, Switzerland
Mix Brasil - Queer Film Festival São Paulo, Brasil - Prémio Ida Feldmann
Kasseler Dok Fest, Germany
Dialogues - Calcutta International LGBTQIA+ Film and Video Festival, India
Festival Internacional de Documentales Buenos Aires - FIDBA, Argentina - Jury Award Best International Documentary
Duhok International Film Festival, Iraq

2023
shortlisted #lola23 – Deutscher Filmpreis Dokumentarfilm
Best Documentary 2022 by Readers of epd Film
nominated German Documentary Award
Bavarian Film Award