Patchwork Penguin

Angela
Steffen

Angela Steffen was born in Dannenberg, Germany in 1979. Spending her childhood years in SaudiArabia, she came back to Germany in 1990 when the Gulf War started. After some basic studies in Graphic Design she studied animation at the Animation-School-Hamburg and then at the Institute of Animation, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, graduating in 2009. Whilst at the Filmakademie she developed a personal and poetic style culminating in Lebensader, her diploma Film. Angela Steffen works as an independent director and animator at Studio FILM BILDER since 2009. Her series „Patchwork Pals“ won the „Best Preschool Series“ at Cartoons on the Bay Festival in Venice in 2014 and the „Award for the best TV series“ at the Expotoons in Buenos Aires. The second season was completed in 2020. FILMS 2002 – Shadow Play 2004 – Wie ich mich traf 2005 – Loko Mare 2009 – Lebensader SERIES 2012 – 2016 – Development and realisation of the series „Patchwork Pals“, Episode 1-26, Production Studio FILM BILDER 2018 – 2020 – Development and realisation of the second season of the „Patchwork Pals“, Episode 27-52, Production Studio FILM BILDER

Patchwork Penguin has a problem: he wants to run fast, but he doesn´t know how! Will the Patchwork Pals find a way to help him?

This film screens as part of the programWarm Star and other animations.