BULLET TIME

57w Nederlands Twee kogels, gemaakt om te doden, worden midden in hun dodelijke vlucht verliefd op elkaar. Het overkomt Stanley en Daisy, de twee kogels die door cowboys Jesse en Pedro tijdens een ouderwetse wild-west shootout op elkaar worden afgevuurd. In plaats van voor hun dodelijke doel, kiezen de kogels voor de liefde, met desastreuze gevolgen voor de cowboys.

49w Engels A desolate street in a small village in the Old West. Two cowboys face each other in a good-old- fashioned shootout! But when both of the colts fire their deadly bullets, those bullets immediately fall in love with each other, forgetting what they're supposed to do! This has dramatic consequences...

17w Engels A good old-fashioned western shoot-out, in which both the fired bullets fall in love with each other...

English title: Bullet Time Original title: Bullet Time production: Merlijn Passier Productions producer: Merlijn Passier executive producer: Zamire Thijssen script: Merlijn Passier, Frodo Kuipers, Rudi Brekelmans director: Frodo Kuipers animation: Frodo Kuipers, Elian van der Heiden, Peter Schop backgrounds: Frodo Kuipers compositing & special effects: Jeffrey Schreuders music: Alex Debicki sound: Jeroen Nadorp, Robin van der Heiden (Bob Kommer Studio’s) voices: Simon Zwiers, Luciënne van Eeden, Frodo Kuipers voice recording: Alex Debicki, Koen Donker, Simon Zwiers length in minutes: 5'30” filmformat: DCP, 4K ProRes, 2K ProRes, (2.39), 25 fps, color sound: 5.1, dolby digital release: november 2016 version: international, no dialogues genre: animation teaser: https://vimeo.com/200886397 website: http://www.bullettimethefilm.com/ facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BulletTimeTheFilm/

Production: Merlijn Passier Productions Marijkestraat 14 - 5671 HL Nuenen - The Netherlands T: +31-6-53981813 E: [email protected] I: www.merlijnpassier.nl

Festival distribution: KLIK Distribution, Ursula van den Heuvel Kardinaal Vaughanstraat 33 - 5046 DP Tilburg - The Netherlands T: +31-6-20689423 E: [email protected] I: http://www.klik.amsterdam/services/

Biography Frodo Kuipers: Frodo Kuipers (1976) studied animation at the ABV Tilburg (NL) and at KASK HogeschoolGhent (). In 2001 he graduated with great honours with his short ‘Antipoden’. This film won awards at several film festivals and was nominated for the selection of the Cartoon d'Or by Anima Brussels (B) in 2002.

Frodo was an artist in residence at the NIAf (Netherlands Institute for Animation film) for almost 3 years, where he took part in numerous masterclasses and workshops by professionals like Michael Dudok de Wit, Paul Driessen, Normand Roger, Mark Baker, Daan Jippes, Piet Kroon, Konstantin Bronzit, Amanda Forbes and Wendy Tilby. He finished two films at the NIAf: 'Street' and 'Shipwrecked', which both were successful at international film festivals worldwide. 'Shipwrecked' was also noticed by ACME's Ron Diamond and became a part of ACME's Animation Show of Shows in 2006.

In 2005 Frodo founded Studio Mosquito was founded, where he focused mainly on directing shorts, but he also animated a broad collection of commissioned work, including a few scenes for Paul Driessens 'Oedipus' (il Luster Productions/ NFB-ONF). In 2016 Frodo finished his latest short film 'Bullet Time' (Merlijn Passier productions).

Frodo mainly works as a traditional 2D hand drawn animator. In his films he creates his own characteristic animation logic, with a focus on character. He is hugely interested by the way his characters manage in these imaginary worlds. Humour is taking an important place in his work, but there's definitely room for meaning.

Beside his animation work, Frodo teaches animation and directing at both the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam (NL), and the Arts Academy St. Joost in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL).

Filmography: Ballone di Cannone (2015, animated short) Fata Morgana (2011, animated short) Awards: Third Prize Audience Award (Anima Mundi 2012) - Anima Mundi On The Road Award (Anima Mundi 2012) - Best Animation (Novara Filmfestival 2012) Lost in Space (2010, animated short) Bricks (2010, animated short) Awards: Golden Apple (audience award), 51st Zlìn Film Festival Street (2005, animated short) Awards: Third prize Fest. Int. del Cinema d'Arte Bergamo '07 Shipwrecked (2005, animated short) Awards: Best Shortfilm European Youthfilmfestival Antwerp '05 - Moviesquad Junior Audience Award HAFF Utrecht '06 - Audience Award Festival CineJunior Paris '07 Antipoden (2001, animated short) Awards: ACE-prize for Best Flemish Studentshort Filmfest Gent (Belgium 2001) - Audience Award Filmfestival LeuvenKort (Belgium 2001) - Grand Prix de la Communaute Flamande Anima Brussels (Belgium 2002) - Canal+ Award Anima Brussels (Belgium 2002) - VRT Award Anima Brussels (Belgium 2002)

Awards: Special jury distinction at Animfest (, March 2017) Audience award at Zwols Animatie Film Festival (Netherlands, June 2017) Audience award for the Best Vermouth Short at Festival de Cine de Madrid – PNR (Spain, October 2017) Golden Wings award for Best Animation Film at Eindhovens Film Festival (Netherlands, December 2017) March winner Best film at Shortcutz Amsterdam (Netherlands, March 2018) Best Animation Award at FilmQuest Festival (USA, September 2018) Best Narrative Short Film Award at Routes to Roots Film Festival (Canada, September 2018)

Festival screenings: Anima Brussels (Belgium, February 2017) Festival Ciné Court Animé Roanne (, March 2017) Athens Animfest (Greece, March 2017) Corti da Sogni International Short Film Festival (Italy, March 2017) Holland Animation Film Festival (Netherlands, March 2017) International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Sousse (Tunesia,March 2017) Sarasota Film Festival (USA, April 2017) Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival (Bulgaria, May 2017) Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart (Germany, May 2017) Northwest Animation Festival (USA, May 2017) VAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin (, May 2017) Festival International de Contis (France, June 2017) Zwols Animatie Film Festival (Netherlands, June 2017) Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia, June 2017) Nantucket Film Festival (USA, June 2017) Snake Alley Festival of Film (USA, June 2017) Neum Animated Film Festival(Bosnia & Herzegovina, June 2017) Insomnia Festival (Russia, July 2017) Cartoon Club Rimini (Italy, July 2017) Anima Mundi (Brazil, July 2017) Divercine - Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños y Jovenes (Uruguay, July 2017) Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (Korea, July 2017) Animix Festival Tel Aviv (, August 2017) Frog Festival Zabljak (Montenegro, August 2017) Molise Cinema (Italy, August 2017) Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany, August 2017) Animanima Festival (Serbia, September 2017) Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival (USA, September 2017) KROK Animation Festival (Russia, September 2017) Nederlands Film Festival (Netherlands, September 2017) Animasyros International Animation Festival & Agora (Greece, September 2017) 3D Wire Festival & Market (Spain, October 2017) Anima-São Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação de São Gonçalo (Brazil, October 2017) Almeria Western Film Festival (Spain, October 2017) Festival de Cine de Madrid – PNR (Spain, October 2017) KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival (Netherlands, October 2017) Cinekid Festival (Netherlands, October 2017) Kuandu International Animation Festival (Taiwan, November 2017) Festival du Film Court de Villeurbanne (France, November 2017) Etiuda & Anima Festival (Poland, November 2017) London International Animation Festival (UK, December 2017) Leuven International Short Film Festival (Belgium, December 2017) Shortz Festival Novi Sad (Serbia, December 2017) Eindhovens Film Festival (Netherlands, December 2017) Tomsk Animation Festival (Russia, December 2017) European Day of the Short Film (Netherlands, December 2017) Certamen de Cortometrajes Sección Western (Spain, December 2017) Pop Up Cinema: Spruit Cinema (Netherlands, February 2018) Animac Lleida (Spain, February 2018) Shortcutz Amsterdam (Netherlands, March 2018) Ammehoela Festival (Netherlands, March 2018) Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Netherlands, April 2018) Skepto International Film Festival (Italy, April 2018) Tilburgs Film Festival (Netherlands, May 2018) Valletta 2018 - European Cultural Capital, Solar Cinema film tour (Malta, Summer 2018) Pannen op het Dak, Breda (Netherlands, June 2019) Animator Festival (Poland, July 2018) International Children's and Youth Film Carnival (Hong Kong, July 2018) Constantine's Gold Coin, Int. Animated Film Festival for Children & Youth (Serbia, July 2018) La Guarimba International Film Festival (Italy, August 2018) FilmQuest Festival (USA, September 2018) Filmoteca Cine-Doré, PNR Madrid FF (Spain, September 2018) Routes to Roots Film Festival (Canada, September 2018) Filmets Badalona Film Festival (Spain, October 2018)