Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken: The Gingerbread House

PASSION PICTURES’ renowned stop-motion director Mark Waring directs Christmas film for German banking group Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, produced PASSION Commercials (a division of PASSION PICTURES) with agency DDB Berlin. The emotional film 'The Gingerbread House' is told in two parts. In animation it’s the story of a little gingerbread boy who meets a reindeer, freezing in a cold winter forest. The boy struggles to build a shelter from gingerbread but when his whole family lend a hand they manage to build and decorate the house ready for Christmas. The film switches to live action showing a real little boy sat in front of a real gingerbread house that he and his family have just built together. Brought to life by the artists in PASSION’s CG Studio, the film was directed by stop-motion master Mark Waring. Led by his expertise, PASSION Studio were able to add detailed textures and animate on every second frame to give a crafted, tactile look to the film, reflecting the homemade and highly decorated gingerbread house the family in the film build together.