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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