38th edition
17-25 january 2026

What They Believe

Shoko Hara

Image What They Believe
Germany
2016 Animation 10 min
The events portrayed in this movie are a collage of actual occurrences. Anecdotes of ambiguous love and hope. They assemble a world, where evangelical fanaticism has become an everyday insanity.
Screenplay : Simon Thummet
Animation : Shoko Hara, Sofiia Melnyk
Sound : Luis Schöffend, Marc Fragstein
Editing : Svenja Baumgärtner
Music : Marius Kirsten
Production : Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Born 1988 in Okayama / Japan. Shoko Hara studied Motion Design at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg from 2012-2016 and completed it with her animated short What They Believe.