KUAP – An animated short film by Nils Hedinger
7min 38sec, no dialogue, Switzerland, 2018

A tadpole somehow misses out on becoming a frog and is left behind, alone. But there is much to discover in the pond and spring is sure to come again next year. A little story about growing up.

Trailer

Credits

A Film by Nils Hedinger
Camera Antonia Meile
Camera Assistant Stefan Holaus
Animation Nils Hedinger
Simon Eltz
Fela Bellotto
Compositing Stefan Gallego
Fela Bellotto
Editing Support Mischa Hedinger
Sounddesign Thomas Gassmann
Music Julian Sartorius
Mix Christof Steinmann
Colour Grading David Röthlisberger
Graphics Kaspar Flückiger
Production prêt-à-tourner
Filmproduktion
Lina Geissmann
Production Assistant Daniela Campanile
Co-production Nils Hedinger Trickproduktion
Nils Hedinger
Co-production Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Gabriela Bloch Steinmann
Financial Support Bundesamt für Kultur
Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Zürcher Filmstiftung
Berner Filmförderung
Kulturförderung Kanton Luzern
Succès Passage Antenne
Burgergemeinde Bern
Fuka Fonds Stadt Luzern

Making-Of

Presskit

Awards

Hermina Tirlova Award - Zlin Film Fest
Junior Jury Award - ANIMAGE
Best International Animated Short - CineKids
Jury Prize, Public Prize - El Meu Primer Festival
Audience Award - Solothurner Filmtage
Best Family Film - GLAS Animation Festival
Best Animated Film - Rencotres Cinema-Nature
Best Film For Kids Under 5 - Big Eyes, Big Minds
Innerschweizer Filmpreis

Festival Screenings

Zlin Film Fest Childern and Youth Czech | Zlin, CZ | 25.5. – 2.6.2018 | Mo&Friese KinderKurzFilmFestival Hamburg | Hamburg, DE | 3. – 10.6.2018 | Festival Plein Air Grenoble | Grenoble, FR | 3. – 7.7.2018 | NaturVision Filmfestival Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg, DE | 19. – 22.7.2018 | Anima Mundi Brasil | Rio de Janeiro, BR | 21. – 29.7.2018 | Guanajuato International Film Festival | Guanajuato, ME | 20. – 29.7.2018 | La Guarimba International Film Festival | Amantea, IT | 7. – 11.8.2018 | Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival | Sao Paulo, BR | 22.8. – 2.9.2018 | Film Festival della Lessinia | Bosco Chiesa Nuova, IT | 24.8. – 2.9.2018 | Animanima Festival | Cacak, SR | 4. – 8.9.2018 | Fantoche Baden | Baden, CH | 4. – 9.9.2018 | Bristol Encounters | Bristol, UK | 25. – 30.9.2018 | Milano Film Festival | Milano, IT | 28.9. – 7.10.2018 | Animatou | Geneve, CH | 5. – 13.10.2018 | Klik Amsterdam Animation Festival | Amsterdam, NL | 10. – 14.10.2018 | REX Animation Film Festival Stockholm | Stockholm, SE | 11. – 14.10.2018 | ANIMAGE - International Animation Festival of Pernambuco | Recife, BR | 12. – 21.10.2018 | CineKids | Amsterdam, NL | 17. – 26.10.2018 | Warsaw Film Festival | Warsaw, PL | 12. – 21.10.2018 | shnit Shortfilmfestival | Bern, CH | 18. – 28.10.2018 | Uppsala International Short Film | Uppsala, SE | 22. – 28.10.2018 | Filem'On - Festival For Young Audiences | Brussels, BE | 24.10. – 3.11.2018 | Asiana International Short Film Festival (AISFF) | Seoul, SK | 1. – 6.11.2018 | Kurzfilmtage Winterthur | Winterthur, CH | 6. – 11.11.2018 | Reggio Film Festival | Reggio Emilia, IT | 10. – 19.11.2018 | Manchester Animation Festival | Manchester, UK | 13. – 15.11.2018 | KUKI - International Short Film Festival for Children and Youth | Berlin, DE | 18. – 25.11.2018 | Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation | Montreal, CA | 21. – 25.11.2018 | Séquence Court-Métrage | Toulouse, FR | 21. – 25.11.2018 | KINEKO International Children’s Film Festival | Tokyo, JP | 22. – 26.11.2018 | Anilogue International Animation Festival | Budapest, UN | 28.11. – 2.12.2018 | Leuven Short Film Festival | Leuven, BE | 1.–8.12.2018 | Animateka | Ljubljana, SL | 3. – 9.12.2018 | Bogotá Short Film Festival BOGOSHORTS | Bogotá, KO | 4.–11.12.2018 | El Meu Primer Festival | Barcelona, ESP | 10. – 25.11.2019 | Campoo International Short Film Festival | Campoo, ESP | 1.–9.12.2018 | SIFFCY | New Delhi, IN | 10. – 16.12.2018 | London International Animation Festival LIAF | London, UK | 30.11. – 9.12.2018 | First Fortnight Positive Mental Health Festival | Dublin, IR | 7. – 19.1.2019 | Flickerfest Short Film Festival | Bondi Beach, AU | 11. – 20.1.2019 | Göteborgs Lilla Filmfestival | Göteborg, SE | 17. – 20.1.2019 | Un poing c'est court | Vaulx-en-Velin, FR | 18. – 26.1.2019 | Solothurner Filmtage | Solothurn, CH | 24. – 31.1.2019 | PequeFilmes, International Children Film Festival of Galicia | Galicia, SP | 26. – 27.1.2019 | IndieJunior Allianz - International Children's and Youth Film Festival | Porto, PT | 29.1. – 3.2.2019 | Clermont Ferrand Filmfest | Clermont Ferrand, FR | 1. – 9.2.2019 | CINÉMA PUBLIC / Festival Ciné Junior | Val-de-Marne, FR | 13. – 26.2.2019 | PLAY - Lisbon's International Kids Film Festival | Lisbon, PT | 16. – 24.2.2019 | New York International Children's Film Festival | New York, USA | 22.2. – 17.3.2019 | Anima Festival | Brussels, BE | 1. – 10.3.2019 | Montreal International Children’s Film Festival (FIFEM) | Montreal, CA | 2. – 10.3.2019 | Athens Animfest | Athen, GR | 4. – 17.3.2019 | REGARD Saguenay International Short Film Festival | Saguenay, CA | 13. – 17.3.2019 | Cine court anime festival Roanne | Roanne, FR | 18. – 24.3.2019 | GLAS Animation Festival | Berkeley, USA | 21.–24.3.2019 | BUFF International film festival for children and young people | Malmö, SE | 23. – 29.3.2019 | Zoomz – Kinder- und Jugendfilm Festival | Luzern, CH | 26. – 30.3.2019 | Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen | Nijmegen, NL | 3. – 7.4.2019 | Rencontres Cinema-Nature Festival | Dompierre, FR | 5. – 7.4.2019 | Filmfest Dresden | Dresden, DE | 9. – 14.4.2019 | Festival du Film Court d'Angoulême | Angoulême, FR | 10. – 13.4.2019 | Ciné Filou Festival | Castres, FR | 12. – 13.4.2019 | EarthxFilm | Dallas, USA | 13. – 22.4.2019 | KIKI Film Festival for Kids | Veliki Tabor, HR | 23. – 27.4.2019 | Longue Vue sur le Court | Montréal, CA | 24. – 28.4.2019 | DocLands Documentary Film Festival | San Rafael, USA | 2. – 5.5.2019 | Internationales Trickfilm-Festival Stuttgart ITFS | Stuttgart, DE | 30.4. – 5.5.2019 | Flatpack Festival | Birmingham, UK | 30.4. – 5.5.2019 | Festival de courts-métrages du Courtivore | Rouen et Mont-Saint-Aignan, FR | 3. – 24.5.2019 | Seoul Guro International Children's Film Festival GUKIF | Seoul, SK | 9. – 16.5.2019 | International Children's Film Festival of Kerala IFFK | Kerala, IN | 10. – 16.5.2019 | OderKurz-Filmspektakel | Oderaue, DE | 17. – 18.5.2019 | International Nature Film Festival of Gödöllő | Gödöllő, HUN | 24. – 26.5.2019 | Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival | Warsaw, PL | 30.5. – 9.6.2019 | FEST — New Directors New Films Festival | Espinho, PT | 24.6. – 1.7.2019 | Big Eyes, Big Minds - International Children's Film Festival | Singapore, SI | 27.5. – 16.6.2019 | Goldener Spatz | Erfurt, DE | 43623 | Nantucket Film Festival | Brooklyn, USA | 19. – 24.6.2019 | Fear No Film (Utah Arts Festival) | Utah, USA | 20. - 23.6.2019 | Festival du film d'animation de Savigny | Savigny, CH | 43638 | Fest Anca International Animation Festival | Zilina, SK | 27. – 30.6.2019 | International Children’s and Youth Film Carnival 2019 | Hong Kong, CN | 1.7. – 30.8.2019 | Umbria Film Festival | Montone, IT | 9. – 14.7.2019 | Busan International Kids&Youth Film Festival BIKY FF | Busan, KR | 9. – 15.7.2019 | Fantasia International Film Festival | Montreal, CA | 11.7. – 1.8.2019 | Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival | Tel Aviv, ISR | 16. – 20.7.2019 | New Zealand International Film Festival | Auckland, NZ | 18.7. – 14.8.2019 | Lago Film Fest | Levine Lago, IT | 19.7. – 27.7.2019 | Dokufest | Prizren, Kosovo | 2. – 10.8.2019 | Cervino Cinemountain | Breuil-Cervinia, IT | 3. – 11.8.2019 | Almagro International Film Festival | Almagro, ESP | 8. – 11.8.2019 | Turku Animated Film Festival TAFF | Turku, FI | 21. – 25.8.2019 | Festival Silhouette | Saint-Ouen, FR | 30.8. – 7.9.19 | Festival FNE Isère | Albenc - Isère, FR | 31.8. – 1.9.2019 ? | BUSTER | Copenhagen, DK | 23.9. – 6.10.2019 | Long week-end du court | Trois-Rivières, CA | 27. – 29.9.2019 | Best of International Short Films Festival | La Ciotat, FR | 2. – 6.10.2019 | Corto e Fieno – Rural Film Festival | Lake Orta, IT | 4. – 6.10.2019 | Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) | Taichung, TW | 11. – 20.10.2019 | Sharjah International Film Festival For Youth & Children | Sharjah, ARE | 13. – 18.10.2019 | Mumbai Film Festival | Mumbai, IND | 17. – 24.10.19 | Milwaukee Film Festival | Milwaukee, USA | 17. – 31.10.2019 | Satisfied Eye International Film Festival | London, UK | 18. – 20.10.2019 | Environmental Film Festival Australia | Melbourne, AUS | 24.10. – 1.11.19 | Primanima | Budapest, HU | 30.10. – 2.11.2019 | Gold Coast International Film Festival | New York, USA | 4. – 13.11.2019 | KABOOM (KLIKxHAFF) | Utrecht & Amsterdam, NL | 9. – 17.11.2019 | Les 12 courts de Minuit | Paris, FR | 12. – 17.11.2019 | NaturVision Filmtagen Füssen | Füssen, DE | 12. – 13.11.2019 | Court en Scène | Troyes, FR | 13. – 17.11.2019 | Ajyal Film Festival | Doha, QT | 18. – 23.11.2019 | ZUBROFFKA film festival | Bialystok, PL | 4. – 8.12. 2019 | Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) | New York, USA | 1. – 2.2.2020 | Providence Children’s Film Festival | Providence, USA | 14. – 23.2.2020 | SOMA Film Festival | New Jersey, USA | 18. – 22.3.2020 | Children’s Film Festival Seattle | Seattle, USA | 27.2. – 8.3.2020 | IBAFF | Murcia, ESP | 28.2. – 7.3.2020 | Mountainfilm | Telluride, USA | 22. – 25.5.2020 |

Producer

prêt-à-tourner
Langstrasse 64
8004 Zürich
Switzerland
+41 (0)43 344 58 74
lgeissmann@pretatourner.ch
www.pretatourner.ch

Director/ Co-producer

Nils Hedinger
Industriestrasse 17
6005 Luzern
Switzerland
+41 (0)79 722 02 62
info@nilshedinger.ch
www.nilshedinger.ch

Sales

Hamburg ShortFilmAgency
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22765 Hamburg
Germany
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sales@shortfilm.com
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