Next up in our series interviewing the Sundance animators, we have a conversation with Aline H\u00f6chli\u00a0 animator of the short Caries.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n How did you get into animation?<\/strong><\/p>\n It was an odyssey, to be honest, with many deviations. In short, the animation class with Basil Vogt in the foundation course at the Lucerne University of Arts was the crucial factor. I was truly enthusiastic by all the workshops and disciplines in the course that we were taken through in speed. The way Basil introduced us to animation seemed like a great possibility not to have to choose just one of them and on top to be able to work narratively. During my studies I learned that animating not only brings a lot of freedom, but also demands a lot of work. Looking back, it was fortunate that I didn\u2019t see this coming.<\/p>\n Where did you get the idea for Caries<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n I find it terribly difficult to answer where ideas come from. They seem to linger in the air, you get infected with them, they mutate, enter the neural pathways, and are eventually flushed into your brain, where they latch on and take over control. That\u2019s how it seems to me at least.<\/p>\n The work process itself began during my last film project out of a need for variety\u2014and a new income, I suppose. The story for Caries<\/em> changed several times in the process. I remember submarines were an element of it at one point. The idea for the world was there before the plot: that\u2019s not the case with all my films, sometimes a character or a story is the starting point.\u00a0I tried different things, and it took me some effort to choose from the many possibilities of what could happen in the mouth. In the end, the due date for the production dossier was just around the corner. The money had completely run out, so the deadline was non-negotiable. The story as it is now, was the result of two very intensive weeks of work and \u2013 although it contained many things I had in mind \u2013 it was very different from what I had expected: One of those strange moments when the story takes over.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/portrait_caries2-300x200.png\")
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