What an unexpected treat. Almost two years after the film was completed, The Highway Rat has won ‘Best Short Film’ at the largest Children Film festival in Germany, the ‘Goldener Spatz’. What is a first is that it’s not the original but the German dubbed version, Räuber Ratte, that got this accolade. So a big thank you to German TV channel ZDF and its editor Nicole Keeb, not only for co-producing the film, but also spending a lot of time and care on a translated version of the highest standard. I’ll have to brush up on my German now before having a look... 'Stehen und liefern!', oder 'Halt und abgeben!'?
