Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas

Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas (Dutch: Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas) is a 2014 traditionally animated adventure film written and directed by Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink in their feature film directorial debuts.[1][2] An international co-production between the Netherlands and Belgium, Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas was produced by the Dutch Il Luster Productions and Belgian Luna Blue Film and Vivi Film. It was released in Dutch cinemas on 8 October 2014, and in Belgium on 22 October, where it was released simultaneously in Dutch and French.[3][4]

Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas
DutchTrippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas
Directed byAlbert 't Hooft
Paco Vink
Screenplay byAlbert 't Hooft
Paco Vink
Produced byArnoud Rijken
Michiel Snijders
Production
companies
Il Luster Productions
Luna Blue Film
Vivi Film
Distributed byA-Film Production (Netherlands)
Kinepolis Film Distribution (Belgium)
Release dates
8 October 2014 (Netherlands)
22 October 2014 (Belgium)
Running time
67 minutes
CountriesNetherlands
Belgium
LanguagesDutch
French
Budget€1.7 million
Box office$353,000 (Belgium)

Premise

As animals do not believe in Sinterklaas, Freddy the ferret, Cari the canary and Mosus the stick insect go on a journey to find Sinterklass and give him their Christmas list in person.[1]

Dutch voice cast

Production

Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink founded their own film studio, Anikey Studios, in 2007 upon realising that there was a lack of Dutch animation studios.[5] Commissioned animators, Il Luster Productions approached them in 2008 to direct and write the film. Il Luster Productions' Arnoud Rijken and Michiel Snijders acted as producers.[6] 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."[5]

Release

Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas was released in Dutch cinemas on 8 October 2014 by A-Film Distribution.[4] 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.[3][7]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Wouter, Los. "Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas (2014)". Cinemagazine (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  3. Engelen, Aurore (22 October 2014). "The race to reach younger audiences". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. "Trippel Trappel: Dierensinterklaas". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  5. Vollenbroek, Tunde (8 October 2015). "Interview: Directors Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink on 'Trippel Trappel'". Cartoon Brew. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  6. 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.
  7. "Trippel Trappel Dierensinterklaas". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Amazon. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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