Camille & Chameleon / Camille in Kameleon

Lucie Nichelmann (Hug Films)
2026, Germany, 12’30’’

Camille, who literally likes to set the tone, and the height-anxious Chameleon are inseparable. They love playing hide-and-seek and perfectly complement each other. That is, until the day Chameleon comes up with an idea that changes everything, and things don’t go quite as Camille expected.

Camille, ki rada – in to dobesedno – daje ton, ter Kameleon, ki se boji višine, sta neločljiva. Najraje se igrata skrivalnice in se odlično dopolnjujeta. Vse dokler Kameleon nekega dne ne dobi ideje, ki vse spremeni, in se stvari ne odvijejo tako, kot je pričakovala Camille.

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Language: None
Technique: Cut-out animation, Puppet animation, Multiplan-technique mixture of cutout-puppets and 2D drawn replacement animation painted on transparencies
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: Yes

Team

Script: Lucie Nichelmann
Animation: Lucie Nichelmann, Manuel Schroeder
Music: Eric Kröber
Sound Design: Tilman Köhler
Foley: Henrike Sommer
Compositing: Julian Quitsch
Production: Falk Schuster, Alina Cyranke (Hug Films), www.hug-films.com , @hugfilmshalle

Lucie Nichelmann

is an illustrator, animator and filmmaker from Berlin currently based in Halle, Germany. She studied illustration, design and Fine Arts in Germany ( Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle) and France (ESAAIX and HEAR Strasbourg) and ventured into big commissioned animation TV productions and artistic stop-motion films. At the centre of her interest is a sensible research on the human condition, colourful and textured worlds, often times inspired by natural haptics. "Camille & Chameleon" is her first short film as a director.

Find more: www.lucie-nichelmann.com , @lunimond