The “Centrifuge Brain Project” gives an insight on scientific experiments with amusement park rides. It is about our sometimes mislead search for happiness – in the crazy world we live in.

Original title: The Centrifuge Brain Project
Director: Till Nowak
Cinematography: Ivan Robles Mendoza
Production: Till Nowak
Music: Siriusmo
Editor: Till Nowak
Cast: Leslie Barany
Script: Till Nowak
Others: Sound: Andreas Radzuweit, Lukas Bonewitz
Dialogue: German, English
Clearance of minors: 0 years
FBW rating: particularly valuable
Licensed territory: Worldwide

2012
Slamdance Filmfestival, Park City
Clermont-Ferrand Int. Short Film Festival
Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Atlanta Filmfestival
Aspen Shortsfest
Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg
Filmfest Dresden
IndieLisboa
Annecy International Animation Festival Newport Beach Film Festival
Norwegian Short Film Festival Grimstad IFF Art Film Fest
NIFFF Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival; Filmfest Weiterstadt
Chicon 7, World Science Fiction Convention, Chicago
Fantoche Film Festival
TCIF3 Tri-Cities International Fantastic Film Festival
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway

2011
DOK Leipzig
San Francisco Int. Animation Festival interfilm Int. Short Film Festival Berlin Science+Fiction, Trieste

2012
Team Work Award, Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Best Short Short International Competition, Aspen Shortsfest
Publikumspreis und Lobende Erwähnung der Jury, Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche
Gewinner Shortfilmslam, Zeisekino Hamburg
Lobende Erwähnung der Jugendjury, Filmfest Dresden
Publikumspreis Deutscher Wettbewerb, Internationales Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg

2011
Audience Award, Filmfestival Münster Audience & Jury Award Best Short Film, San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
Kurosawa Award for creative Excellence, 24fps Filmfestival
2nd Price Audience Award & Pille non-cash prize for video and film technology, exground filmfest, Wiesbaden