ANIMATION
FROM THE NETHERLANDS
荷蘭動畫世界
Animated shorts from the Netherlands
are unique and remarkable products noted for their clever
ingenuity and daring approaching to subject matter.
Dutch animation has developed into an outstanding art
form and Dutch animators and their work have influenced
animation around the world. Many animators began as visual
artists; illustrators, painters or photographers. The
work of a number of Dutch animators is now recognized
worldwide for its excellence and over the years, Dutch
animation films have received many national and international
prizes including Academy Award nominations and Oscar.
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荷蘭的繪畫藝術對當代荷蘭動畫藝術家影響深遠，他們仍以傳統手工繪製，在世界各地影展取得耀眼的成績。「荷蘭動畫世界」每個故事都是精心製作，具獨特創新意味深遠。
1. THE 4 SEASONS
A lonely hotel room, a picture on the wall. The 4 seasons in 1 minute. Kwaaak!
Awards: Selected for competition Festival International du Film Cannes 1993 - Silver Cairo for Cartoon Films, 4th Cairo International Film Festival for Children 1993. Directed by Maarten Koopman.
1:20 mins.
English version
2. ABOUT A BANANA, WHO HAS LOST HIS SKIN
'About a Banana, Who Has Lost His Skin?' is the title of a film animated with real fruit about a banana that cannot find his skin. Two well-dressed bananas look on in a very disapproving way, and see how the unfortunate banana tries to present himself in the peels belonging to other fruits. This is also very displeasing to a skin-robbed orange, kiwi, apple, cucumber and a coconut. Directed by Paul Moggr.
3:12 mins.
English version
3. APPLAUSE
The conductor uses his audience to achieve his own success. The innocent audience allows itself to be accused at its own expense. The conductor stands as a metaphor for the meaning of dominance and power. Directed by Jan Hintjens & Pierre Leterme.
4:20 mins.
English version
4. BACK TO THE INKWELL
A character from the early days of the American cartoon creates his own, modern figure, but he soon loses control over his creation. Directed by Ronald Bijlsma.
8:30 mins.
English version
5. Barcode
'Barcode' is a road movie through an abstract virtual world. Travelling over and through landscapes the spectator is taken in a play of light and shade. Sometimes the light moves freely, then is collected, reflected or transformed. The shades lengthen and crawl together. Quick lamps make stroboscopic effects, race through curves and settle down. In the end the afterimage fades out and the spectator blinks. Directed by Adriaan Lokman.
6 mins.
English version
6. BLACK THUNDER
A white horse and his cowboy are riding into an old Western town in the hot Utah desert. The locals return from a hanging and are looking for more trouble. A shoot-out seems inevitable, but … this film is in homage to the traditional western and to the horror movie, creating a whole new genre: the animated horror western comedy. Directed by Udo Prinsen.
5 mins.
English version
7. BON APPETIT!
A vagabond and his little dog discover some nice leftovers in a dustbin. Just as we wish him the rich owner of the dustbin storms out of the house and chases the poor vagabond and his dog away. That was a stupid thing to do! The garbage comes to life and takes revenge... It will bring about the fall of the rich man... and the vagabond and the dog will have a wonderful meal: 'Bon Appetite' Directed by Maarten Koopman.
10 mins.
English with some Dutch phrases
8. BRUSH AT SEA
An artist's brush enters a museum of modern art. The brush is fascinated by the paintings and photos of water and the sea. These works inspire the brush to begin its own paintings. While dreaming about these pictures, the brush finds itself in a world of clouds and waves. Directed by Paul Moggre.
4:30 mins.
No Dialogue
9. CAPRICCIO
Animated in clay, 'Capriccio' is a film about a young girl and three fun-loving musical creatures that fly in and out of her life as she pursues a career in classical music. They playfully inspire her until, on the night of her symphonic debut, they return with unexpected consequences. Directed by Ellen Meske.
11:20 mins.
No Dialogue
10. CAR CRAZE
An environmental inspector gets stranded in a forgotten oil town, dominated by monstrous cars. His short stay in a motel doesn’t give him a moment’s rest. He discovers that cars evolve into parasitic live forms, enchanting mankind and taking vital juices from the earth. Directed by Evert de Beijer.
12:20 mins.
English version
11. THE CARNIVAL SHOUT
'Joelfeest' (The Carnival Shout) is an animated film about the development of carnival through the ages, from heathen times until the present day. Directed by Ties Poeth.
13:30 mins.
English version
12. THE COW WHO FELL IN THE CANAL
When Hendrika the cow accidentally falls in the water and drifts away from her pasture, she is on the way to the adventure of her life! Lots of fun and excitement in this animated version of the popular children’s book by Robert Spier and Phyllis Krasilovsky. Directed by Gene Deitch.
8 mins.
English version
13. DA DA
A short animated film about the high expectations with which parents can burden their children. The story takes place in a strange world where people walk around carrying books on their head. The higher the pile of books, the smarter one looks. When a baby is born that is unable to balance any books on its head, its poor parents are thrown into raging despair. Can mummy’s little angel ever be its father’s pride and joy? Directed by Piet Kroon.
10 mins.
English version
14. DAEDALUS’DAUGHTER
This programme is a poetic film that was inspired by the myth of Icarus and the beautiful and sensuous voice of Jennifer Larmore, the American Mezzo-soprano who also sings the score of the movie. In Daedalus’Daughter’ flying is the metaphor for the unattainable ideal: It was Daedalus’ son Icarus, who fell from the sky for trying to reach for the sun. Daedalus’Daughter’ is a duet for music and animation, a pas de deux in colours of the earth in which the sway of the animated movement and the warmth of Jennifer Larmore’s voice mingle for one brief sensuous and melancholy moment.
5 mins.
No Dialogue
15. DECEPTION IN FOUR PARTS
A little girl's quest to use reality to her advantage. Djohha and the Honeyjar. Directed by Violette Belzer.
4:20 mins.
No Dialogue
16. THE DROP
A man goes to see his doctor. He feels very tired. The doctor takes some blood from the patient and puts it under a microscope. Through the microscope we see why this man is not feeling so good. Directed by Maarten Koopman.
8 mins.
Dutch with English subtitles
17. FRIEZE FRAME
Where animation film and oil paintings meet, animator Gerrit van Dijk in his entirely unique way brings life to static pictures. In one fluid movement he animates 39 paintings from the collection in the Frans Hals Museum. No more looking at the frozen images immortalized by the painter in his work of art, but at people and animals who served as models for the painting. Loving, teasing, dancing, joking we emerge from the masterpiece by Frans Hals and enter the world of Karel Appel. An improvisation by saxophonist Harrie Sparnaay on a theme from Russian composer Mussorgsky’s ‘Pictures of an Exhibition’ forms the musical line along which the metamorphoses take place. Directed by Gerrit van Dijk.
4:30 mins.
English version
18. A FORTIFIED CITY
Eight statements of filmmakers and artists from Canada, the United States and Holland. Each individual gives his vision on film. The documentary function of the film has been created in Paul de Nooijer’s own particular way. He has made some 30 short films in addition to his photographic and three-dimensional work. Directed by Paul de Nooijer.
9 mins.
Dutch with English Subtitles
19. THE GARDEN
'The Garden' is a short animation, which is situated, in a good garden where evil rule. The beginning of the end or a new beginning? Directed by Richard Duijnstee.
8 mins.
English version
20. GRACIAS A LA VIDA
A poetic story about a woman's course of life. Both inside and outside influences shape her into the person she is. Directed by Marret Jansen.
4:20 mins.
English version
21. HARRY RENTS A ROOM
This film tells the story about the frightful first night of a tenant in his new flat. What seems to start off like a classical tale, soon changes into a succession of nightmarish hallucinations when the landlord starts to penetrate every aspect of the tenant’s life. The house itself becomes a firmly shut room, in which the tenant seems to become a defenceless victim of the landlord. ‘Harry Rents a Room’ is an intense trip where some will never get out. Directed by Hisko Hulsing.
9 mins.
English version
22. HERO
Two actors, one playing the hero, the other playing the bad guy, both win an Academy Award for their respective parts in a film. However, as always, the actor playing the hero is determined to take all the credits. Directed by Geertjan Tillmans.
5 mins.
English version
23. A HISTORY OF THE NETHERLANDS
‘A History of the Netherlands’ takes a light-hearted look at the country and its people, as reflected in an outline of its history. In just ten minutes, this animated film presents a series of events and personalities that illustrate the characteristics of the nation. The pictures speak for themselves and there is no commentary. Directed by Petra Dolleman.
9:47 mins.
English version
24. HOLLAND SYMPHONY LUCTOR ET EMERGO (I STRUGGLE AND OVERCOME)
Awakening: Long ago when the water ruled over The Netherlands the first inhabitants started the struggle to wrest the land from the water. Later, it appears that as well as being an enemy; the water could also be an ally in the development towards independence and prosperity. Enterprising: New sea-ways to exotic countries are being fought over. Upon returning with the loot the ships are given a warm reception. The growing prosperity and culture are partly based upon the flourishing slave trade. Directed by Rens Groot.
30:45 mins.
English version
25. HOLY SMOKE
The main character is a woman around her 50’s. She writes a letter and looks back on her life. Looking at her ashtray she remembers the most important cigarettes of her life. Directed by Monique Renault.
9:30 mins.
No Dialogue
26. THE HORROR FROM HELL
‘The Horror from Hell’ was the winner of the 1998 Annecy International Animation Festival Prize for the Best Educational Film for its use of humour and its ability to teach in a non-pedagogic manner. The Horror from Hell’ is an “Instructional film” that conveys a serious message through wacky, slapstick, and cartoon comedy. It was commissioned by Pathe Cinemas BV to demonstrate to their patrons that a cleaner environment in the cinema makes the film experience more pleasant for everyone. Directed by Greg Lawson.
1:30 mins.
No Dialogue
27. HOTEL NARCIS
A young man, on holiday in an exotic country, is too busy admiring himself to notice the threat hanging over him. Directed by Evert de Beijer.
7:30 mins.
English version
28. I SHOULD SEE
A living room with mountains in which photographs are used. Directed by Paul & Menno de Nooijer.
2 mins.
English version
29. INTERFERENCE
About a creature living in his natural surroundings, the desert. Occasionally his journey gets interrupted. Looking for his own species he accidentally enters the world of the filmmaker, the studio. The difference between reality and illusion fades away. Directed by Jos Neutgens.
8 mins.
English version
30. JANNEKE
The wonder of evolution takes place during the drinking song of Gustav Mahler’s ‘
Das Lied von der Erde’ (‘Song of the Earth’). The lovemaking between man and woman is the overture to the conception of new life. Birth, a microscopic part of evolution, is used to reflect how the earth came to exist. The birth of JANNEKE is lovingly included in time’s family picture album. Directed by Gerritvan Dijk.
8:30 mins.
English version
31. JAZZIMATION
A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. This is an abstract film animated directly on the computer. Directed by Oerd van Cuijlenborg.
4:40 mins.
English version
32. THE JOURNEY OF DRAGON
In 1560 Pieter Brueghel painted ‘The Struggle of Saint George and the Dragon’. Also in later years the dragon’s game was an important item of the carnival celebrations. A society in Breda, the Netherlands asked Ties Poeth to design a dragon for the annual carnival in Breda. He registered the process of the construction of the carnival-coach. ‘The Journey of a Dragon’ is his first documentary after several experimental films. Directed by Ties Poeth.
3:15 mins.
English version
33. KRAZZ
A walk through the city on the rhythm of Jazz. Two minutes of speedy curves, risky crossroads, regular sidewalks and huge buildings. Directed by Femke Hoyng.
2:30 mins.
English version
34. LA DONNA E MONILE
'Woman is wayward as a feather in the breeze...' is based on the famous aria from Verdi's 'Rigoletto' The Duke of Mantua dreams of nudes, languishing beauties. They move constantly. The women depicted recall famous paintings, (Matisse, Ingres, Botticelli, Degas) revealing the beauty of a pose or the sensuality of a gesture. Monique Renault’s film is a journey into male fantasies seen through the eyes of a woman. Directed by Monique Renault.
4 mins.
English version
35. LABYRINTH
Three generations are being confronted with themselves and their apparently pointless surroundings. The beginning of a mysterious search. Awards: First Prize Competition for Student Films, Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht 1992. Directed by Sjaak Meilink.
9 mins.
English version
36. L’ ALLIANCE
Is there a life after separation? Directed by Monique Renault.
2 mins.
English version
37. LOC LIGHT LOUIS: A TOY FOR THJEU
An animation filmmaker designs a piece of furniture for his son Thjeu ?
Awards: Silver Plaque “Animated shorts under 30 minutes”, Chicago International Film Festival, USA 1998 - Finalist Award “Independent Short Subject. Directed by Ties Poeth.
3 mins.
English version
38. ME
“Me” is the story of a daring girl, with rosy cheeks, her very own imagination and a keen eye. We see her world from her perspective. She comments on it, with fuss, without favour. There’s a lot going on, if you look and listen carefully. Not only in the head of “Me”, but also in the world that surrounds her. Everyday events are anything but everyday. Cosy family get-togethers are anything but cosy. “Me” is intense. It is a circus of colours and a cacophony of associations, vibrant lines, trembling images and mood changes. It’s creators, Jola Hesselberth and Gerard Prent, combine a wide variety of techniques - watercolours, pencil, oil paints, crayon - in thousands of drawings to bring the world of “Me” to life. Directed by Jola Hesselberth & Gerard Prent (co-director).
50 mins.
English version
39. MISSION VILLE
Mission Ville is an art film created from a journey filmed from a hot-air balloon. First we see a landscape in black and white but later it changes to full color. Finally we see a totally abstract landscape that reminds us of the beauty of stained glass. In the last shot we return to the desperate city. Awards: Silver Award, International Film Festival, and Houston 1990. Directed by Ties Poeth.
10 mins.
English version
40. MUSIC FOR AN OWL
While the seasons pass, new steps are taken on the ladder of evolution. Insects are followed by birds, mammals and humans. The owl plays a leading role in the decor of an old Gothic church. Directed by Ties Poeth.
12 mins.
English version
41. A NIGHT A THE OPERA
When night falls and everybody goes to sleep, the kitchen floor becomes the home of the mice. In this humorous short for all ages a little mouse has a musical encounter with the frightened human inhabitants of his kitchen.
This film is created in the traditional cartoon style but the images are computer-generated giving it a unique look. Directed by Sander Peschier.
3:30 mins.
English version
42. OPUS DEI
A heavenly figure builds a world full of nice freaky creatures. But the last one he builds doesn’t agree and turns against its maker. Directed by Cecile Noldus.
7:45 mins.
English version
43. THE PINBOARD
A man tells us how he met the love of his life and how this completely changed him. As he is telling this we are looking at his pinboard, which illustrates the story. Directed by Mark van der Maarel.
8:23 mins.
English version
44. POOR LITTLE MAN, DIRTY LITTLE DOG
A man and his dog are observed as they awake and get up. All their simple everyday actions follow the rhythm of the lifelike figures in the comic tragedy of their existence and their disrupted communication. The film focuses on the timing of their movements, glances and sounds. The film was made as a graduation project at the Academy of Visual Arts in Tilburg. Directed by Chanet Bello.
3 mins.
English version
45. THE QUESTION
The film presents the age-old riddle about which came first,” the chicken or the egg?” How did we come into existence? As the wrestling match continues between the theory of evolution and the bible’s story of The Creation, the filmmaker believes it is high time to raise the question in a different way. He looked for an appealing yet funny way to let everyone realize that we are still looking for the answer. Directed by Reka Baliko.
2 mins.
English version
46. RADIO UMANAK
A girl lies in her bed. Listening to the radio she falls asleep, dreaming away on the sound of the changing programs. She dreams that she takes a trip to the last channel: Umanak. A trip with lots of imaginary and associative images. Directed by Marie Jose van der Linden.
6:20 mins.
English version
47. ROUTINE
The small daily routines of everyday life are not as clear and obvious as one might think. The film shows the surreal side of routines that seem simple and ordinary. By abstracting and showing extreme details and connecting routines with themes and emotions, Liesbeth Worm gives a whole new perspective on day-to-day life. Within the five walls of the boxes, the rythmic and dynamic movements become a fascinating visual experience. Directed by Liesbeth Worm.
5:30 mins.
No Dialogue
48. RUN OF THE MILL
A young boy living in a happy family falls victim to a drug dealer who has exploited the boy’s natural curiosity with the inevitable result. Not only does the boy suffer from his addiction but also the whole family is drawn into the tragedy. The boy lives on as if he’s in a transparent bubble isolating him from reality. Directed by Borge Ring & Joanika Ring.
8:35 mins.
English version
6. BLACK THUNDER
A white horse and his cowboy are riding into an old Western town in the hot Utah desert. The locals return from a hanging and are looking for more trouble. A shoot-out seems inevitable, but … this film is in homage to the traditional western and to the horror movie, creating a whole new genre: the animated horror western comedy. Directed by Udo Prinsen.
5 mins.
English version
49. SAFE SEX
Safe Sex: the Manual is an extremely animated lesson in the art of putting on a condom. It has won awards at many international film and animation festivals including Zagreb, Holland, Italy, San Francisco and others. Safe Sex: the Manual reinforces the fact that learning to use condoms can be a comedy of errors, but that practice makes perfect. Directed by Greg Lawson.
2 mins.
English version
50. SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
Short animation film about events surrounding the dead-end relationship between two people in their living room being watched by a cat. The most important individual present is a fish in a very special fishbowl. Directed by Irene Beerten.
7:45 mins.
English version
51. SAVE YOUR SOUL AND BUY MY $ONG
Zapping on our TV set we’ll find rockstar Michael Moneymaker presenting his latest music video for the ultimate good cause: himself. A parody with a sting. Directed by Huibert den Draak.
4 mins.
English version
52. SCRATCH
In Scratch both the animation and the soundtrack are abstract. The movie is a conversation of sounds and images. Directed by Oerd van Cuijlenborg.
2:40 mins.
English version
53. SIENTJE
A little girl gets very upset after a quarrel with her parents. What to do to get rid of anger? We see naughty examples how to let off steam to finally restore the peace with mum again. A rebellious and witty debut. Directed by Christa Moesker.
4:30 mins.
English version
54. SOMETHING’S WRONG AT HOME
Something’s Wrong at Home is a Dutch-French co production about a poor man who describes the feeling of being downcast and disillusioned in his daily life. Unable to earn enough money for a decent living, the poor man dreams of a better existence. While something’s wrong at home, he gives vent to a deep, self-mocking feeling, representing his inner flame to change his situation and break out of his misery. After this night he will be home, the blues in his heart and teardrops in his eyes. Directed by Bernard Courtial & Dennis Bodewitz.
4 mins.
English version
55. STOP THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT
A four-minute video clip to inform young people about the greenhouse effect, shown in 70 film theatres in the Netherlands, various times on Dutch National TV and on MTV Europe in high rotation for four weeks. Energy use causes CO2. CO2 causes the greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect causes global warming. But the trees and the forests absorb CO2. So think of the future and stop the energy waste; stop the greenhouse effect. Directed by Paul & Menno de Nooijer.
4 mins.
English version
56. THE STORY OF THE KOLOBOK
In this modern version of an old Russian folktale, a humble round loaf leaves its baker and embarks on a journey through a modern city, where it provokes a more than usual hunger among the residents. We follow its progress through an urban jungle in which ancient peasant customs and monuments of the Soviet era cast an equally long shadow over everyday life. Directed by James M. Boekbinder.
12:30 mins.
English version
57. TEMPERA
Six brightly coloured characters explore an old inventor’s workshop. Cheerful, funny and colorful interactions in somewhat faded surroundings. Directed by Liesbeth Worm.
9:40 mins.
English version
58. THAT’S BUSINESS
This production wants to draw the attention of the general public to the link between many of the environmental problems in the third world-countries and our western way of life. The soundtrack, based on candid interviews, gives us a colorful collage of opinions, facts and (non) sense, expressed by character puppets and objects. Directed by Huibert den Draak.
10 mins.
Dutch with English subtitles
59. THIS SIDE UP
A painter, eager to visualize a certain memory, is stuck in a painting he is working on. In the meantime, he tries to live as comfortable as possible. Directed by Demian Geerlings.
8 mins.
English version
60. TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
The recollection of many months of serious illness and the difficulties of communicating about cancer and the pain that even the memories about it evoke. When the main character puts on one of her hats to hide her bold head, the memories of this painful period suddenly re-surface into reality. A journey full of fear, doubt and hope. The film mixes drawings, photographs, models, objects and paintings. Directed by Beatrijs Hulskes.
10 mins.
English version
61. TERRITAURA
Territaura is a movie in cutout animation in a cartoon-like style. The story is set on the beach, where a number of animals are looking for peace and privacy. Although there seems to be ample space, they won’t move an inch. Soon everybody is only guarding his or her own territory. The atmosphere is very tense. One minor incident, and already things are getting out of hand. Directed by Paul Moggre.
5 mins.
English version
62. WALHALLA
Walhalla tells the story of three dead Vikings. Killed in a violent fight, they think they are going to Walhalla. How big is their surprise when Odin, God of all Vikings, tells them that Walhalla is full. Looking at the confused and desperate Vikings, Odin feels sorry for them and offers them an alternative. Directed by Martijn Adema, Berry van Dijk, Peter van Driel & Marcel Vos.
14:35 mins.
English version
63. THE WATER PEOPLE
In a small country, surrounded by a dyke, dwell the Water People. They live partly submerged in water, for instead of keeping it out, the dyke keeps the water in. The Water People like it that way. Their King however hates water and tries to sell out. The characters and situations in this animated tale are the products of the filmmaker’s imagination. But any resemblance to legendary characters or events is not entirely coincidental. Directed by Paul Driessen.
24:54 mins.
English version
64. THE WELL
A music clip about the world we created. The world, as we want it, is comfortable and satisfying. A diversity of animation and real pictures shows wishful thinking for a better existence. Can we preserve this way of life? Directed by Dennis Bodewitz.
3 mins.
English version
65. WHAT’S IN AN EGG?
There can be no doubt about which of the twin brothers is the mother’s favourite. Changing her mind might no be as difficult as it seems, but it takes a lifetime.
Awards: Selected for Panorama Programme, Annecy 1998 Directed by Jan Sanctorum.
9 mins.
English version
66. WHO CAN DO THAT?
Who can do what? Is a look at human rights as seen through the eyes of children? “These rights exists otherwise it would all be one big mess!” The film follows a girl as she develops from infancy to old age. At every stage of her life different human rights become more important. Each right is interpreted by a child from a different country and is illustrated by using various animation techniques and styles that were inspired by children’s drawings. Directed by Femke Hoyng.
11:38 mins.
English version
67. WITHOUT WORD
Without Words: A Message from the Artist depicts five artists and the five different art forms they use to express themselves. To achieve this, the artists and their works are playfully located in a museum using two-dimensional and ‘cut-out’ techniques. The film shows their source of inspiration, their approaches, the development of their oeuvre, their individual fascinations and the meaning of a title. Directed by Paul Moggre.
8 mins.
English version
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