Produced as part of her animation studies at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany, director Bea Höller says her short film Klimax is “meant to show how unique and beautiful every woman’s body is.”

Bea Höller: “Klimax explores the topic of female masturbation in order to redefine the negatively connoted image of the female sex and thus strives to create new aesthetic associations of femininity.”

“Our main protagonist, Barbie, undergoes a process of transformation. Like Alice in Wonderland, she is immersed in a magical world, a place of allure and delight. It is a fantastic place that leads her to change little by little to free herself from her stiffness and oppression.”
 

 
School:  Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Director: Bea Höller
Producer: Jiayan Chen
TD | Lighting | Compositing: Justus Schmidt
Rigging & Animation: Mariia Prokopenko
2D Animation: Daniel Leyva
Sculpting: Christian Leitner, Alexander Frey, Ramon Schauer, Chris Schmier, Ihabo Azzamo, Till Sander-Titgemeyer Modeling: Steffen Oberle
Simulation: Bea Höller, Martin Egger, Lucas Bruchhage, Moritz Trieu. Manuel Carullo
Grooming: Wunna Winter, Tan Sander Lieske
Character FX: Ramon Schauer
3D Generalist: Sebastian Selg
Layout Design: Felix Mertikat
2D Animation: Daniel Leyva, Bea Hoeller
Logo Design: Felix Preis
Concept art: Hazel Jankowski
Shading: Justus Schmidt, Jérôme Farzamfar, Sebastian Selg, Bea Höller
Texturing: Elias Kremer
Color Grading: Julian Niesner

Music: Alexander Wolf David, Chiara Strickland
Sound Design: Marco Dahl
Vocalist: Jenny Marsala

Special Thanks: Dennis Müller, Hendrik Panz, David Maas, Martin Lapp, Tim Markgraf, Brigitte Höller, Anna Matacz, Arvid Schneider, Jan Burda, Pascal Schober, Patrick Baitinger, Ingram Schell, Christoph Sarow, Jakob Jan Steffen