Frogs and Toads / Kikkerdril
The Netherlands ,
2008.
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Directed by: Simone van Dusseldorp
Script: Simone van Dusseldorp
Producer: Joost de Vries, Leontine Petit
Production company: Lemming Film
Cinematography: Daniƫl Bouquet
Editing: Wouter Jansen
Music: Kees van der Vooren, Arend Niks
Cast: Nino den Brave, Whitney Franker, Thijs Goedknegt, Georgina Verbaan, Juul Vrijdag, Remko Vrijdag
Format: 35mm
Running time: 75'
Synopsis
Six year old Max has an important mission: find some frogspawn for his older brother. Together with his girlfriend Jesse he makes an adventurous journey along fields, farms, animals and a forest that eventually lead to his grandma's home. On his overwhelming journey through nature he's accompanied by cheerful childrens songs.
Awards Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival 2009 Audience Award
Montevideo Film Festival for Children and Young People 2009 Best Feature Film
Directors Biography
Simone van Dusseldorp (1967) attended Gerrit Rietveld Academy (audiovisual) in Amsterdam and the Netherlands Film and TV Academy, from which she graduated with the film Waterlanders (1994), which won the Grolsch Filmprize and the first prize at the Oberhausen film festival. She has made a number of children's and youth TV titles. Other films: 'Diep' (2005), 'Subiet!' (2006), 'Koest '(2008).
Location and screening schedule: Europa Cinema, Friday, October 23rd at 13.00 MOVIEPLEX Cinema, Friday, October 23rd at 18.00
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