Casa Luna

Last night we were interviewed live on Dutch Radio 1 show 'Casa Luna'.
We talked about 'Paul and the Dragon', Klaus Wunderlich and the upcoming featurefilm 'Trippel Trappel'. If you missed it, (because you were probably sleeping) or if you simply just can't get enough of the soothing sounds of Klaus Wunderlich, you can listen to the show HERE.

Anikey @ Ochtendspits

We were interviewed by the morning news show 'Ochtendspits' about animation in Holland. Our item starts at 6:00 minutes into the broadcast, after the bit about the 96 year old prostitute. Click the image to watch the video:

Paul & Dragon coloring book

Last year we already posted some coloring pages but now it's finally here! A while ago we finished the Paul and Dragon coloring and puzzlebook and this week we received the first books. It contains 25 pages full of puzzles and coloring pages for the kids. It'll soon be available in the VOKK store, but for now you check out some of the pages below:

Denmark!

Today, 'Paul and the Dragon', or as they call it in Denmark 'Lille Poul og Dragen' was officially presented to the Børnecancerfonden in Den mark! On the picture below there's Paul (not a little boy anymore) and his father handing over the dvds to Helle Nissen of the Børnecancerfonden.

Paul & the Dragon goes international

'Paul and the Dragon' goes to Denmark! Yes, 'Lille Poul og Dragen', as the film will be called in Danish, will be distributed in Denmark by the Børnecancerfonden.
Next up is Croatia. We're very happy the film is slowly starting to have an international audience. And look, it also makes animators Davor & Junaid very happy:

Paul & the Dragon on TV

Today it's International Childhood Cancer Day; also today it's been exactly one year since our film 'Paul and the Dragon' was officially released.

This week the film will be broadcast for Dutch viewers on the digital television channel Familie 24. The film will be shown on Monday the 15th, Wednesday the 17th and Saturday the 20th of February at 20.30. Or you can watch the film online on their streaming live channel.

Paul & the Dragon coloring pages

To conclude this crazy year, here are a couple of Paul and the Dragon coloring pages for the kids and a crossword puzzle (in Dutch of course) :

More coloring pages will follow in the new year!

Anikey @ HAFF 2009

Tomorrow the Holland Animation Festival 2009 starts and our film 'Paul and the Dragon' will feature in 2 competitions; the competition Commissioned films 1 and the competition Dutch Animation Audience Award 3.
If you want to catch the film, it will be shown in different theatres every day of the festival:

5 november, competition commissioned films, 14:30 in Kikker
6 november, competition Dutch Animation Audience Award, 20:30 in Movies 1
7 november, competition Dutch Animation Audience Award, 14:30 in Movies 2
8 november, competition commissioned films, 14:30 in Hoogt 2

Cinekid 2009

We had a great screening and a nice short Q&A of Paul and the Dragon at Cinekid. Afterwards we got a nice Cinekid Certificate and a pile of chocolate.

Anima Mundi award

The beautiful Anima Mundi award from Rio de Janeiro! The character even walks when you pull the small lever on the globe. Obrigado, Brasil!

Paul & The Dragon wins Brazil

Paul & The Dragon did well at the Anima Mundi festival in Brazil
We won 1st prize for Best Short for Children in Rio de Janeiro.
Click HERE to see a list of all the winners:

We also came in 2nd at the festival in Sao Paulo.
A big shout out and thank you to all the local Brazilian people who voted for the film.
Hope to be there in Rio next year!

'Paul & the Dragon' wins Divercine!

Last week Paul & the Dragon won the price for 'Best Animated Film' in Montevideo, Uruguay, at the the 18th International Uruguayan Film Festival for Children and Teen-agers, DIVERCINE. The film also got a Special Mention on the festival. Excellent!

This is what the jury had to say about it:

"Por el excelente guión que, sin diálogos, logra transmitir lúdicamente la visión y las emociones de un niño ante el diagnóstico de cáncer en su cuerpo. Logra encontrar humor donde habitualmente sólo hay drama y logra encontrar vida donde se cree que solo hay muerte"

Roughly translated by Google:

"Its excellent script, without any dialogue, manages to convey the vision and playful emotions of a child before the diagnosis of cancer in his body. It finds humor where there is usually only tragedy and finds life where it is believed that there is only death"

Interview Digital Movie Magazine

A couple of weeks ago we got interviewed by Digital Movie Magazine. Here's the result with a whoppin' four pages interview (in dutch) full of 'Paul and the Dragon' goodness:

Paul travels to South America

Even more festival news: Paul and the Dragon will be playing at the 18th International Uruguayan Film Festival for Children and Teen-agers, DIVERCINE 2009, held in Montevideo, Uruguay, between the 29th June and the 12th July 2009.
'Paul y el dragón' will be playing there on Saturday the 4th and Friday the 10th of July in the Sala Zitarrosa theatre. After Divercine, the film will be playing at different festivals in South America.
Below you can see the shiny Hermína Týrlová Award, we won at the Zlin festival in Czech Republic. It's sorta looks like a magic crystal ball, except you can't predict the future with it, but when you place it in the bowl, you can spin it around and it keeps spinning for a real long time, which is awesome.

Paul & the Dragon wins Zlin!

This Saturday our film, Paul & the Dragon, has won another prize; the excellent Hermina Tyrlov Award (Award for Young Artists aged fewer than 35) at the 49th Zlin international Film Festival for Children and Youth!

For Dutch visitors, read all about it on Dutch news sites: NU.nl and Telegraaf.nl

*UPDATE*: Click HERE for another nice Dutch review of the film by filmsite Movie2Movie. Four out of five stars.

P&D mini international website

Better late than never: here's the international website for 'Paul and the Dragon'. It's basically a mini version of the Dutch version with all the basic information about the film, plus the trailer available in glorious HD!

In other news, the film got selected for the Anima Mundi Festival 2009 in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo, Brazil! Excellent!

P&D wins @ Ranimatie!

Yesterday Paul & the Dragon won the Animation for Kids price
at the Ranimatie festival in Rotterdam!
Special thanks to the jury and organization of Ranimatie!
We are now the proud owners of this most excellent lamp:

Festival news!

Last weekend 'Paul & the Dragon' won the first prize in the competition for professionals at the Zwolle Animation festival 2009. We won an Adobe CS4 software package. Excellent! Special thanks to the jury of the festival and to Adobe! The film will also be shown this weekend and Monday at the Ranimatie festival in Rotterdam. The film has also been selected for this year's International Film Festival Zlin for Children and Youth in the Chech Republik!

P&D reviews, interviews, fanart and...oh my!

First off, a big thanks to the crew of Animated Views. They put up a review of our film Paul & The Dragon, plus they interviewed us on the making of the film.
Click *here* for the interview and *here* for the excellent review.

Then, here are two more (Dutch) reviews in two magazines, BSM magazine and Nederlands dagblad:

Last month, in connection with the International Childhood Cancer Day, the kids of primary school Johan Friso held a fundraiser for the The Dutch Childhood Cancer Parent Organisation (VOKK). Those crazy kids raised 1170,93 euros! And in class they also made these wonderful Paul & the Dragon drawings and paintings. Sweet! Check out all the other art pieces by clicking --->HERE.

Stuttgart here we come!

'Paultje en de Draak' will be playing at the 16th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film in Germany. It's been selected for the Tricks for Kids competition. We'll be attending the festival from the 5th till the 10th of May.