Shorty and the Secret of the Magic Reef: German animated film about a trio of fish who search for a fabled underwater world.
Film plot and background
German animated film about a trio of fish who seek a fabled underwater world.
The red perch Shorty (Dirk Petrick) and his best friend sawfish Jake (Andreas Bourani) are real sportsmen and want to win the reef cup at the annual football tournament. While Shorty’s sister Indigo (Emilia Schüle) is sometimes nasty with the two of them, a big disaster happens in their idyllic reef. A human trawl devastates their home. Can they find a coral reef elsewhere that is safe from humans?
On an adventurous journey across the ocean, they search for a new home within swimming distance. When they meet the octopus lady Oana (Veronica Ferres), she tells them about a magical reef that would be untouched by human hands not far from a sunken city. There one could live in peace, they tell themselves. Always ahead of the fish fin, the three of them search the ocean. In the process, they meet strange creatures like the angler fish (Hannes Jaenicke), who prophesies an unbelievable story to the listening fish. Can they find the legendary idyll?
“Shorty and the secret of the magic reef” – background, cast, cinema release
Sensitisation to the topic of environmental protection can never start early enough: With his new animated film “Shorty and the Secret of the Magic Reef”, director Peter Popp wants to encourage viewers young and old to internalise the protection of the oceans.
A team of 60 creative people worked on the film over a period of three years. The finished animated film shows an underwater world that brings the hidden world closer to us, sometimes in a fantastic way, sometimes in a humorous way. Stars such as Emilia Schüle (“Traumfabrik”), Veronica Ferres (“Rubinrot”) and Hannes Jaenicke (“Männertag”) lend their voices to the fish.
Shorty and the Secret of the Magic Reef” will be released in German cinemas on 8 July 2021 and is approved for all ages from 0 years upwards.
