Detlev

A constantly freezing man in his forties drives to a lonely petrol station every evening and orders a microwaved Toast Hawaii. Detlev indulges in this in a bizarre ritual, because it's the only thing that warms him in his daily life. But when he is observed by a stranger one night, his world begins to crumble into shameful pieces.

The film participated in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025, the Tirana International Film Festival 2025, or the SXSW Film Festival 2025. The film had its Czech premiere on BOO 2025.

Ferdinand Ehrhardt, born 1999, grew up in Dresden, Germany. Acting with his brother's cuddly toys in his children's bed somehow led to his studies in animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. There he tried his hand at several different approaches of audiovisual storytelling and with the stop-motion short Detlev he completed his studies in 2024.