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Lion's Return

9 Min. | English | Released: 12.12.2018

Lion’s Return is a live action Overwatch cinematic short film by Think Big Studios based on the original game characters of the Overwatch video game by Blizzard Entertainment. It tells a fan’s interpretation of how Reinhardt was introduced into the current story world of the game. Reinhardt’s character map Eichenwalde is the setting of the events. The narrative pick up and incorporate elements, memes and scenes of the Overwatch story world and their characters.

Cinematic short

Lion’s Return received 16 film awards, several nominations / finalist placings and numerous festival performances in countries like Germany, England, Italy, USA, India, Japan and Australia.

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Screening and Q&A Panel at the MEX Berlin 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

StreaMEX 2020

October 2020 [Twitch]
ONLINE SCREENING AND Q&A
Worldwide

MostiCon 2020

September 2020 [Main Stage]
SCREENING, Q&A AND JURY OF THE AMV & COSPLAY CONTEST
Wieselburg, Austria

Lift-Off Extravanagza Genre Content 2020

May 2020
ONLINE SCREENING
Worldwide

Austria Comic Con 2020

[CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19]
March 2020 [Main Stage]
SCREENING AND Q&A
Wels, Austria

Leipziger Buchmesse 2020

[CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19]
March 2020 [Main Stage - Hall 1]
SCREENING AND Q&A
Leipzig, Germany

Azure Lorica Fan Film Awards 2020

March 2020 [Pasadena Public Library]
SCREENING AND AWARD CEREMONY
Pasadena, USA

Screening and Award Ceremony at the Golden Fox Awards 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

GOLDEN FOX AWARD 2020

January 2020 [Theatre at Calcutta]
SCREENING AND AWARD CEREMONY
Calcutta, India

Screening at the Berlin Sci-fi Filmfest 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Sci-Fi Film Festival 2019

29th & 30th November 2019 [BABYLON Cinema]
SCREENING AND Q&A-PANEL
Berlin, Germany

Screening and Q&A Panel at the VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2019

23th November 2019 [Main Stage]
SCREENING AND Q&A-PANEL
Vienna, Austria

Screening at the Golden Galaxy Awards 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Golden Galaxy Award 2019

November 2019 [Rotary Sadan]
SCREENING AND AWARD CEREMONY
Calcutta, India

ATOMACON 2019

22th November 2019 || 8 PM [Hilton Garden Inn]
SCREENING & FLMFESTIVAL JUDGING
North Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Grand Rapids Comic-Con 2019

9th November 2019 || 1:50 PM [DeVos Place]
SCREENING
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Screening and Q&A Panel at the MEX Berlin 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

MEX 2019

26th October 2019 || 5 PM [Community Stage]
SCREENING AND Q&A-PANEL
Berlin, Germany

Screening at the YuniCon 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

YuniCon 2019

6th October 2019 || 3:35 PM [Main Stage]
SCREENING
Schwechat, Austria

Screening at the Zurich Game Show 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Zurich Game Show 2019

15th September 2019 || 5 PM [Main Stage]
SCREENING
Zurich, Switzerland

Screening and Cosplay Video Wettbewerb at the Connichi 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Connichi 2019

7th September 2019 || 2:15 PM [Main Stage]
SCREENING AND COSPLAY VIDEO CONTEST
Kassel, Germany

Screening and Q&A Panel at the AniNite 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

AniNite 2019

1st September 2019 || 12 PM [Main Stage]
SCREENING AND Q&A-PANEL
Vienna, Austria

Screening and Award Ceremony at the Oniros Film Awards 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Oniros Film Awards 2019

24th August 2019 [Palais Theater]
SCREENING AND AWARD CEREMONY
Saint-Vincent, Italy

Screening and Award ceremony at the Olympus Filmfestival Los Angeles 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Olympus Film Festival Los Angeles 2019

10th July 2019 [Cinema "Laemmle NoHo 7"]
SCREENING AND AWARD CEREMONY
Los Angeles, United States of America

Screening at the Comicpalooza Houston Texas 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Comicpalooza 2019

10th May 2019 || 5 PM [Main Stage]
SCREENING
Houston, Texas

Screening at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2019

March 2019 [Indira Cinema]
SCREENING
Calcutta, India

Screening at the MystiCon 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

MystiCon Independent Film Festival 2019

22th February 2019 [Holiday Inn Tanglewood]
SCREENING
Roanoke, Virginia

Screening at the Virgin Spring Cinefest 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Virgin Spring Cinefest 2019

January 2019 [Rotary Sadan]
SCREENING
Calcutta, India

Screening at the Cult Critic Movie Awards 2019 of Lion's Return an Overwatch Fan Film by Think Big Studios

Cult Critic Movie Awards 2018

DECEMBER 2018 [Indira Cinema]
SCREENING
Calcutta, India

Behind the scenes

Lion's Return - An overwatch cinematic short

Behind the scenes

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Soundtrack

Lion's Return - An overwatch cinematic short

The soundtrack

The talented Swiss composer Yannick “GoldenZen” Zenhäusern has produced the soundtrack for our movie Lion’s Return. Based on the popular Overwatch theme, Brigitte’s theme and the theme of Eichenwalde.

The soundtrack of “Lion’s Return” is available on Spotify, Apple Music and Amazon Music.

THE CAST

Amy Nickell

Tracer
Amy Nickell as Tracer in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Thomas Geerlings

Soldier76
Thomas Geerlings as Soldier76 in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Vittorio Pirbazari

Reinhardt
Vittorio Vito Pirbazari as Reinhardt in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Felicitas Franz

Brigitte
Felicitas Franz as Brigitte in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

ShiSha Rainbow

Widowmaker
ShiSha Rainbow as Widowmaker in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Michael Tschida

Reaper
Michael Tschida as Reaper in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Calssara

D.Va
Calssara Cosplay as D.Va in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Chiaro Cosplay

Sombra
Chiaro Cosplay as Sombra in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Liechee Cosplay

Mercy
Liechee Cosplay as Mercy in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

Hartigan Cosplay

Jack Morrison
Hartigan Cosplay as Jack Morrison in Lion's Return an Overwatch FanFilm by Think Big Studios

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