The kids from Wolves HC are about to play their first major handball tournament. Surrounded by professional players, talent scouts and potential sponsors, the Wolves are on the rise. But, the games are suddenly interrupted when adults question who’s really allowed to play.

FESTIVALS

BUFF film festival – Offical selection – 2024
IndieLisboa – Indiejunior – 2024
Giffoni – Offical selection – 2024
Reykjavik film festival – Offical selection – 2024
TIFF Junior – Tromsø International Film Festival – Offical selection – 2024
Minikino Film Week – Bali International Short Film Festival – Offical selection – 2024
Lucas Film Festival – Offical selection – 2024
Nordisk Panorama – Offical selection – 2024
Discover Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
Sidewalk Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
IFI Family Fest – Official Selection – 2024
SCHLINGEL – Official Selection – 2024 – WINNER ”Best International Short”
KINEKO International Children’s Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
Drama International Short Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
Uppsala Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
Cambridge International Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024
Hawaï International Film Festival – Official Selection – 2024

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Two gnomes are chased by a flood, caused by the tears of a childish king. When they meet, the king starts playing with them and smiles: causing the sun to start shining. Alas, we discover why after sunshine comes rain again..

Int. Independent Film Festival of Athens /Greece/ Golden Stag of the City of Athens Award
Kaboom Animation Festival – The Netherlands / Audience Award for the Best Short Film
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival – Porto Alegre – Brazil
KUKI International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth
PÖFF Shorts – (Black Nights Film Festival) – Tallinn – Estonia
Go Short – Int. Short Film Festival – Nijmegen – The Netherlands
Filmfest Dresden – Dresden International Short Film Festival – Germany
And many others!

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A short animated documentary exploring the immigration experience through the eyes of a little Israeli girl learning how to swim with clothes on in the Netherlands.

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When Greetjes’ father, butcher Tuitjes, is getting into fierce competition with the Italian butcher Smakkerelli, the poetic old village Moppel suddenly stopped being peaceful. Not only Greetje is about to loose the yearly sausage competition, but also her big love Nol.

King Sausage is the prequel of the very successful stopmotion feature Oink.

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A chameleon tries to protect himself against approaching danger with his camouflage but is forced to flee away. This only gets him into more dangerous situations.

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3000 BC. A small group of inhabitants of the ‘Low Countries’ are fighting the elements and hunger. Their endless inaptitude to organize themselves combines with their impulsiveness and this leads to the building of the mysterious standing stone buildings of The Netherlands. And the invention of ‘Hooba’.

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A big group of animals makes itself dependent on a power grid, hooked onto the socket-shaped snout of a single sleeping pig… How long will that last?

Kaboom 2022 (world premiere) – Best Short Audience Award
Ciné Court Animé Roanne 2022 – Special Jury Distinction
Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart 2022
Anifilm, Czech Republic 2022
Indy Shorts, USA 2022, Directorial Debut Award Winner
Animatou Festival, Switzerland, Audience Award
Cinekid 2022, Best Dutch Animated Short
Spark Animation, Canada, Special Mention
Clermont-Ferrand 2023
Regard, 2023, Canada

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After a heated training match with the team, twelve-year-old Viggo and Noel go home to challenge each other’s limits and masculinity. A sudden stop to an innocent game questions what a male friendship is allowed to be.

World Premiere – 2021 BUFF Malmö Filmfestival

2021 Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
– ECFA SHORT FILM AWARD
2021 Show Me Shorts Film Festival
2021 Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival
2021 RIFF Reykjavík International Filmfestival
2021 Buster Film Festival
2021 Tirina International Filmfestival
2021 Cinekid – BEST INTERNATIONAL LIVE ACTION SHORT
2021 St. Louis International Film Festival
2021 Budapest International Children’s Film Festival – GOLDEN SQUIRREL AWARD
2021 Kurzfilmtage Winterthur
2021 Chicago International Children’s Festival
2022 Flickerfest Australia – BEST EU SHORT FILM

 

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Ultra-short, lovingly made stop-motion animation about ten-year old Kevin, who is growing up in a family with a tyrannical father. He wants to escape from this situation and dreams of becoming a pilot, finally leaving it all behind him – literally – with his little sister Jaimy.

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When a New Year, in the form of a rowdy toddler, arrives in a frozen forest, and brings along the thaw, the Previous Year, in the form of an old man of snow and ice, tries to protect “his” forest.

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