RoadTrip by Xaver Xylophon

ROADTRIP from Xaver Xylophon on Vimeo.

Roadtrip (2014) | with english subtitles
Julius can't sleep. To get his head empty he decides to go on a roadtrip, but somehow he can't manage to leave.
A hand drawn film about failure, insomnia, a red motorbike, pretty bargirls, the desolateness of Berlin (even in summer) and waterproof socks.
*Nominated for the German Short Film Award*
Festival Highlights 2015
Annecy *Junior Jury Award* / SXSW / Clermont-Ferrand / Moscow Int'l Film Festival / IndieLisboa /
Primanima *Special mention* / SICAF / Brussels Short Film Festival *Next Generation Audience Award*
Triesete Film Festival / Premiers Plans Festival / GoShort / Interfile Berlin


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Social Skills - A Thing I Do Lack. OH! The Truth Liberates

NPR - Brains on Play from Xaver Xylophon on Vimeo.

Why do we humans like to play so much? Play sports, play tag, play the stock market, play Duck Duck Goose? We love it all. And we're not the only ones. Dogs, cats, bears, even birds seem to like to play. What are we all doing? Is there a point to it all?

For the National Public Radio Education Blog

Produced by
John Poole

Animation by
Xaver Xylophon

Editors
Ben de la Cruz
Jon Hamilton
Steve Drummond

http://npr.org
http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/04/337387726/brains-at-play
http://xaverxylophon.de