''The long-beaked-keeper of a botanical garden welcomes you in her hilltop-home.''
Festival Selections and Nominations:
2022 ESMoA Video Art + Film Festival: BLISS -
BLUE/S Animation, Finalist
Jersey Shore Film Festival
Qwik Qlips, Nomination
Shorts@Fringe - Selected,
Less then 60 seconds, Official Selection
FluXus Animation Film Festival
Benelux animated short films, Official Selection
Anilogue International Animation Festival
Competition of Short Animated Film, Official Selection
Berlin Flash Film Festival
Honorable Mention
I've always loved botanical gardens and the small trip to a tropical paradise they provide - I used to go there quite often, to draw plants and relax.
The feeling that you get when entering a tropical green house, the warm air on your face and the smell of the plants is something I tried to capture in this animation.
The music of this film was incredibly important to make people feel like they where in a different, warm, surreal and tropical world.
I asked Hans Nieuwenhuijsen - from Still Productions - to score the film.
He brought in Dominique Vleeshouwers to do the percussion,
and finally, Selle Sellink did the sounddesign
Together they made something absolutely extraordinary.
links to their work:
https://still.productions/
https://www.dominiquevleeshouwers.com/
I've made some making-of content go give some insight into how the animation was produced:
I've separated some of the layers the building consists of:
