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Luftwaffles
William Barr
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animation | 2008 | Northern Ireland | 1 min
Published 09 Dec 08
Kaiser Wilhelm II introduces a family of no nonsense Brits to a new potato snack that’s taken mainland Europe by storm!
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In this short, animated film we find the 20th Century's most devious, yet adorable German, (Kaiser Wilhelm II) taking it upon himself to introduce a family of no-nonsense, stiff-upper-lipped Brits to a new potato-based taste sensation that's taken mainland Europe by storm!

This comic parody makes no apologies for the abundance of historical inaccuracies in the telling of this short but savoury tale.
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"I made this film while studying 3D animation at university in Swansea.

I’d like to use the word satire but, in regards to this sentence and due to my poor grasp of the English language, I’m not exactly 100% sure of the context I should be using it in... but I’m convinced it should be in there somewhere.

Basically, I just hoped this piece would act as a playful form of escapism that would entertain and endure in the mind of the audience. It was also a darn sight more fun to produce than some half-baked arthouse piece about evil corporations killing fluffy bunnies... now that I think about it, maybe that could have been quite entertaining as well. Ah well, there’s always next time."
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comment by Matthew  Hobbs
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posted Feb 9, 2009

Liked it ... very much! Was alarmed by one line of dialogue though, and thought it unnecessary ("done in the kitchen!?"...)
Matthew  Hobbs is President of Firefly and a member of Film Network's Industry Panel.
comment by Gareth  Crook
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posted Feb 4, 2009

Ha ha, brilliant! Very nicely animated and full of great British humour.
comment by shane  walter
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posted Feb 4, 2009

short, snappy, witty and well done 3d. less is sometimes a lot more - well rounded script and characterisation - well worth a 1 minute fly through!
shane  walter is Director of onedotzero and a member of Film Network's Industry Panel.
comment by Seamus  Devine
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posted Jan 30, 2009

Excellent!! I really enjoyed that and thought it was very funny!! The 3D animation is great! Hope to see more of your work soon!
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