Great film based on a comic strip

Jake spends most of his time playing video games indoors until his mother decides to give him a present.

“The Present” is based on a great little comic strip by the very talented Fabio Coala. “The Present” is a thesis short from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in Ludwigsburg, Germany.

The Present screened on over 180 film festivals and won more than 50 awards world wide.

Director: Jacob Frey
Writers: Jacob Frey (screenplay by), Fabio Cavalcanti (based on a comic strip by) (as Fabio Coala)
Stars: Quinn Nealy, Samantha Brown, Paul Bürger