My Brother Heinz - An animated film by Meghan Horvath
Click to DonateA sister recovers her older brother’s legacy by taking an inspiring journey across his imagination.
Eva and Heinz
What we need
We are raising $150,000 USD to complete My Brother Heinz. We expect the film to be finished in early 2023.
My Brother Heinz is a 2D animation using a combination of techniques - computer animation, hand drawn pen and ink sketches, collaged archival material and oil painting.
Heinz' Work
Heinz, while in hiding, created more than 30 painting using different and unusual materials.
Heinz at his desk – Painting by Heinz Geiringer
Sailboat – Painting by Heinz Geiringer
The team
Meghan is an American director/producer/writer based in London.
She began her career in New York City as an Associate Producer for Ken Burns’s television documentary series The War. Since moving to the UK she has directed 7 short documentaries, including the web documentary The Good Life shot in Namibia and Bulgaria.
She was shortlisted for the Bumble Female Film Fund and was a member of BAFTA Crew in 2018.
She participated in the Edinburgh Pitch (June 2016), the Filmonomics Programme by Bird’s Eye View, Docunexion development programme (Sheffield DocFest & DOCSMX), the Women in Film & Television Mentoring Scheme (UK), Binger Film Lab (Amsterdam), and the European Social Documentary workshop.
She is a member of Women in Film and Television (UK), Cinesisters and Film Fatales. She studied at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University and the London School of Economics.
For more information about her work, visit: www.vimeo.com/meghanhorvath
Dominica is an award-winning artist from Moscow currently based in the U.K. She specialises in animation direction and illustration, with a particular focus on printmaking.
Her short film Illusions was made entirely using a screenprint technique and had worldwide success at festivals and art exhibitions. She has worked as a painter and animator on the feature animation Loving Vincent.
Her latest short film Chado, made with the support from BFI Network, has just been long listed for the BAFTA 2021 Short Animation Award. Dominica is the creator of all the visual content in My Brother Heinz.
We are grateful to our Donors:
$50.00
$220.00
Harold Davis
$2,860.00
Heinz’s art work has been hanging in my office for quite a while. Best wishes on the the success of this important film. Harold, Marilyn, Max, Rachael and Abbie
Bill Younglove
$110.00
May this additional tribute to your beloved Heinz be shown far and wide.
Erica Rivera
$550.00
We love you Eva
Nancy Levy
$100.00
In honor of Eva Schloss
Margaret Smith
$100.00
Anonymous
$1,000.00
–Toni Alperin Goldberg
Prasuna Tanchuk
$275.00
May their memory be a blessing. Thank you for your beautiful work Meghan. Looking forward to seeing this when it comes out.
Anonymous
$500.00
–Atty. Morey and Sondra Myers
Ryan Cooper
$165.00
Like Anne Frank, Heinz Geiringer's life was cut short, but through his paintings, he lives on and will be remembered.
Anne Rosen
$100.00
Mike and I eagerly await this film and its inspiring message of love, loss, devotion, and art.
John Neiman
$1,100.00
What a beautiful and inspiring project. I am dedicating my donation in loving memory of my dear friend Fritzi Frank Geiringer.
PATRICIA STROHM
$50.00
Susan Cielinski
$5,500.00
This donation comes from Buck Herron and Jim and Sue Cielinski
Donna Preddy
$2,750.00
Jeremy and I are honoured to support Eva Schloss's film and look forward to seeing Heinz's artwork coming alive through this story of loss and love.
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