​Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society

Arthropod Tales - epic one - Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society - 2009
Ants gather sugar cubes in an icy marl cave in order to build a palace. This turns out to be a nursery to cultivate larvae. These grubs grow in a cave and reveal themselves as bizarre, marching gluttons called Cricusts. The ant Red-end is different and tries an experiment resulting in one of the Cricusts being different as well. While the other Cricusts eat all the green in a military way and fly to the next forage field, the different one takes it easy in a field of raspberries. The greedy group soon turns all green landscapes into a barren desert with fatal consequences. Except for the raspberry field where Red-end keeps an eye on his big friend finally enabling them to walk together into the future.

A pioneering 4K Digital Cinema stopmotion animation by Robin Noorda and Bethany de Forest. Music composed by Phantom Frank.  

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS AND SELECTIONS
  • 2009 Utrecht premiére and opening film at the Holland Animation Festival (HAFF) (NL), 4K projection, Movie Squad award
  • Espinho IAFF (PT), Best Short Film Award
  • Talinn AFF Animated Dreams: Academy of Arts, Brain-tap Award (EE), Best Film
  • 2010 -Angers EFFF Premiers Plans (FR) Audience Award European Short Films
  • selected a.o. for the festivals of Annecy, Barcelona, London, Melbourne, Stuttgart, Zagreb and Cartoon D’or
  • Utrecht, Dutch Film Festival, nomination “Golden Calf” (Gouden Kalf)
  • St Petersburg; International Festival of Animation Art, special mention for unconventional look.


Above: Making off pictures
Below: Some storyboard pages
Below: Press reviews: Algemeen dagblad, Matthijs van Nieuwkerk at the NFF,
Volkskrant, VPRO Gids,
Waag Society magazine, Parool

















































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