Anikey Demoreel 2012

Our new Anikey demoreel:

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:

Another Festival Update!

'Paul & the Dragon' is now playing at the 30th Amiens International Film Festival in France. It's shwowing in the Panorama - European animation cinema- program from the 12th-20th of November.

Then our second shortfilm 'Little Quentin'will be playing at the International Shortfilmfestival Leuven in Belgium in the Going Dutch 3 selection.

We're honored to be selected in the same Festival Favourites selection as Michael Dudok de Wit's Oscar winning Father and Daughter.

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

il Luster & Anikey in the press

This weeks VPRO TV guide brings an interview (in Dutch of course) with our producer Michiel Snijders from il Luster with some nice pictures and info on films produced by il Luster, including Paul and the Dragon. Then there's also a nice small article about Anikey in business magazine ZJournaal:

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!

Festivals update!

Paul and the Dragon will be shown at quite a few festivals in Holland the upcoming months.
First, we have the KLIK animation festival in Amsterdam. This Saturday the film will play in the Hollandse Nieuwe (Fresh animation from the Netherlands) shows at 14:00 in De Balie Small and on Sunday at 16:30 at the Kriterion.

Later this month the film will play at the Dutch Film Festival in Utrecht. It will play on Friday the 25th of September at Hoogt 2 at 14:00 and on Wednesday the 30th of September at Hoogt 3 at 22:15.

Then in October, the film will play at the Cinekid festival in Amsterdam, on Friday the 23rd at Ketelhuis 1 at 14:00.

Finally the film will play at the Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) in Utrecht. It will enter the commissioned shorts competition and the audience award for Dutch animation.

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 screening @ Warner Bros.

Bob Beresh was kind enough to organize a screening of 'Paul and the Dragon' at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank on Friday, the 12th of June at 7:00pm.
If you're in the neighborhood, we hope you'll be able to make it to the screening.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to paulscreening@gmail.com with the names of all guests. Bob made this nice official invitation for the screening: