SYNOPSIS

Little Uli wants to become a pirate or the pope, but in no case does she want to fit into the role stereotypes of her Bavarian hometown. After her father ́s death, her mother hands over his “secret” box to her as an interheritance. The content suddenly changes her view of the father, herself, her family, and the society in which she grew up. A true story about family secrets, gender issues and the turmoil of love - told as a roller coaster ride through animated and documentary images.

in co-production with ZDF/ Das kleine Fernsehspiel

Funded by Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media,

German Federal Film Fund,

Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung und

FilmFernsehFonds Bayern

CAST

Monika Decker

Cordula Decker

Helmut Decker

Uli Decker

Irmtraud Karlitschek

Herbert Karlitschek

Christl Spiegel

Inge Schleußinger

Special Appearance Cora Frost

'ANIMA - My Father's Dresses' wins the Bavarian Film Award 2022. 

Singer, actor, director Cora Frost alias Peter Frost hands Uli Decker the Award (16.6.2023)

FESTIVALS: 

Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken, Germany 2022 WORLD PREMIERE  - Achtung Berlin Filmfestival, Germany 2022 - Thessaloniki - International Documentary Film Festival Thessaloniki, Greece 2022 INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE - Dok.Fest München, Germany 2022 - Festival der Neue Heimatfilm, Freistadt, Austria 2022 - Queer Film Festival Stuttgart/Nürnberg/Berlin/Frankfurt etc. 2022 - Fünfseen Film Festival, Starnberg/Gauting, Germany 2022 - Dokka Karlsruhe, Germany 2022 OPENING MOVIE - Dokfest Kassel, Germany 2022 - Pride Pictures Karlsruhe, Germany 2022 - Perlen Filmfestival Hannover, Germany 2022 - RIFF/Reykjavik International Filmfestival, Island 2022 - Film Festival Radstadt, Austria 2022 - Mix Brasil - International Queer Film Festival, São Paulo, Brazil 2022 - Queer International Film Festival Playa del Carmen, Mexico 2022 - Trostberger Filmtage, Germany 2022 - International Film Festival Duhok, Irak 2022 - FIDBA/Festival Internacional de Documentales Buenos Aires, Argentina 2022 - Biennale Bavaria, Germany 2023 - Deutscher Dokumentarfilmpreis, Stuttgart, Germany 2023 - Bend Film Fest, Oregon, USA 2023 - Sommernacht Film Festival Nürnberg, Germany 2023 - German Film Festival Goethe-Institut Mexico 2023 - LGBT+ Film Festival Poland, Warsaw 2023 - SANFIC/Festival Internacional de Cine de Santiago de Chile, 2023 - Festival International du Film de Nancy, France 2023 - Let's Dok, Germany 2023 - MOSTRA FIRE, Barcelona 2023 - Queere Filmwoche Leipzig, Germany 2023 - German Film Festival Goethe-Institut Barcelona 2023 - Sguardi Altrove Film Festival Milano, Italy 2023 - 14th German Film Festival, Malta 2023 - Oslofusion, Norwegen 2023 - Deutsches Filmfestival Goethe-Institut Ungarn 2023 - German Movie Nights Goethe-Institut New York 2024, Inconvenient Film Festival, Vilnius, Lithuania 2024 - Non-Fiktionale, Bad Aibling, Germany 2025 OPENING MOVIE - Online Screenings Goetheinstitute worldwide August 2025 - Flussnah, Wilberhofen, Germany 2025 

ANIMA was released in German cinemas in October 2022 by Farbfilm Verleih, Berlin and in Austrian cinemas by Polyfilm in November 2022

and was broadcast on German TV (ZDF) in April 2024