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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Julia Ocker

Julia OCKER (1982, Germany) is an animation director, designer and author from Stuttgart. She first studied Visual Communication at Hochschule Pforzheim and afterwards Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her films cover a wide range of subjects, from her dark and frightening drama Kellerkind (2012) to the ingeniously funny Zebra (2013). Julia discovered her passion for children’s movies as she had the opportunity to produce five short films with Studio FILM BILDER for the SWR series I Know an Animal. In 2022 she realised T-Rex, an animation about a dinosaur learning how to play basketball.

Filmography

Apfelbaum (2007, short), Kellerkind (2012, short), Zebra (2013, short), Wolf (2016, short), Anglerfish (2020, short), Animanimals (2013-2022, TV series), T–Rex (2022, short), Katze (2023, short), Squirrel (2023, short)

Julia Ocker at IFFR