Dec 12, 2010
German animator Moritz Mayerhofer, was accepted into the
Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Germany, to study
animation.
After three years, Moritz
took up an exchange program at Gobelins, Paris. There
he started the visual development and design for 'Urs', which was
his thesis-project. He has since graduated with that film at the
Institute of Animation at the Filmakademie.
Urs, is a touching and atmospheric CGI animated film
about a son helping his aging by carrying her up a mountain to find
a better life for each of them. Urs has garnered
several awards globally and is a finalist in the Academy Awards for Best Animated Short Film.