Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas (Dutch: Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas) is a 2014 Dutch-Belgian traditionally animated adventure film written and directed by Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink in their feature film directorial debuts.[1][2]
| Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas | |
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| Dutch | Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas |
| Directed by | Albert 't Hooft Paco Vink |
| Screenplay by | Albert 't Hooft Paco Vink |
| Produced by | Arnoud Rijken Michiel Snijders |
| Music by | Vidjay Beerepoot |
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| Distributed by | A-Film Benelux (Netherlands) Kinepolis Film Distribution (Belgium) |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Countries | Netherlands Belgium |
| Language | Dutch |
| Budget | €1.7 million |
| Box office | $353,000 (Belgium) |
Premise
editAs animals do not believe in Sinterklaas, Freddy, Cari and Mosus go on a journey to find Sinterklaas and give him their Christmas list in person.[1]
Voice cast
edit- Hans Somers as Freddy the ferret
- Georgina Verbaan as Cari the canary
- Reinder van der Naalt as Mosus the stick insect
- Bartho Braat as Bello
- Kasper van Kooten as Rat
Production
editAlbert 't Hooft and Paco Vink founded their own studio Anikey Studios, in 2007 at The Hague.[3] Commissioned animators from Il Luster Productions approached them in 2008 to direct and write the film with Arnoud Rijken and Michiel Snijders acted as producers.[4] In order to improve their storytelling skills and build a team of animators, 't Hooft and Vink created with il Luster Productions two 10-minute short films and the 25-minute Paul and the Dragon (Dutch: Paultje en de Draak). With a budget of €1.7 million for Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas, 't Hooft stated "I don’t want to be too proud of that since it isn’t realistic. The last six months we ['t Hooft and Vink] practically worked for free because there was more to be done than we anticipated."[3]
Release
editTriple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas was released in Dutch cinemas on 8 October 2014 by A-Film Distribution.[5] It was released in Belgium on 22 October by Kinepolis Film Distribution, simultaneously in Dutch and French. In Belgium, it grossed $352,618 from 485 screens.[6][7]
References
edit- ^ a b van der Molen, Rianne (8 October 2014). "Trippel Trappel veruit beste sinterklaasfilm van dit jaar" [Trippel Trappel by far the best Sinterklaas film of this year]. Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Wouter, Los. "Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas (2014)". Cinemagazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ a b Vollenbroek, Tunde (8 October 2015). "Interview: Directors Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink on 'Trippel Trappel'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Ruyters, Jann (9 October 2014). "Filmpiet is zwart, beetje blauw en een vrouw" [Movie [Zwarte] Piet is black, a little blue and a woman]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ Engelen, Aurore (22 October 2014). "The race to reach younger audiences". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
- ^ "Trippel Trappel Dierensinterklaas". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
External links
edit- Official website (in Dutch; archived)
- Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas at IMDb
- Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas at Movie Meter—Dutch film database (in Dutch)