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Smiley Jr.

Meet Smiley Jr.

Run that clip! Or just walk it: I love Saturday Night Fever…. Wanna know what ...

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Well aaaaall right then!

Wanna know what makes me smile? Designing characters! In this vlog, you’ll get a glimpse ...

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Sculptin’, printin’ ‘n testin’

Wanna know what makes me Smile..? The Appletree-gang is at it again: R&D-ing the hell ...

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The Smile kicks off

Kick-off!

Today we started work on our new animated film, The Smile, which is going to ...

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JasperT

JasperT, watercolour genius

Last year my father passed away. He was a gifted draftsman and watercolourist. I created ...

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Video impression gig rowing

Here is a little impression of our gig-rowing society. Every week we jump in these ...

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Promotional sketch

Nosferatu 100 years

To celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of Erik’s favourite movie, we are developing a stop-motion animated ...

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Smile!

We have a new stop-mo animated short in the making, working with the same core ...

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Green is good

A little fun fact about ‘green in the office’ (commissioned).

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CD and promo material

My friend Martin Fondse asked me to design his new CD, Many Faces Of Jazz, ...

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Watch online: Under The Apple Tree

Animated horror-comedy Under The Apple Tree has returned from its worldwide festival tour. It is ...

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Beep Oink

Piep Knor

We’re testing out a new format. The working title is Piep-Knor (Beep-Oink?). Music for kids. ...

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VENT re-digitized

My first short film, Vent (2004), has recently been re-digitized (from 35mm film to DCP). ...

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Under The Apple Tree winner BAFF

Under The Apple Tree is the winner of Best Short as well as Best Feature ...

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Apples wins Melies d’Argent for best European fantastic short film

Under The Apple Tree has won the Melies D’argent for best European fantastic short film ...

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Winner wildcard Hellfire UK

Last night, just before going to bed, we were informed that Under The Apple Tree ...

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Best Horror at U-Horror Fest, LA, USA

Under The Apple Tree has won ‘Best Horror’ at U-Horror Fest, Los Angeles, USA. Woke ...

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Winner Animation Marathon, Greece

Under The Apple Tree wins the 1st prize at Animation Marathon 2016 in Romanso, Athens, ...

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Under The Apple Tree wins at South African Horrorfest

A mooooost bodacious win for Under The Apple Tree in Cape Town: Best Stop-Animated Short ...

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A win in the Big Apple

Under The Apple Tree has won Best Short at NYC Horror Film Festivall, New York, ...

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Double win for the apples

Under The Apple Tree has picked up the award for Best Director and the award ...

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Winner Best Animated Short 2016 at Atlanta Horror Film Festival

Under The Apple Tree has won the award for Best Animated Short 2016 at the ...

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Best Professional Film at Festival Stop Motion Montréal

Under The Apple Tree wins the award for Best Professional Film at Festival Stop Motion ...

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Apple Tree wins at Dragon Con USA

77,000 people, one of the largest pop culture conventions in the world, and yet ANOTHER ...

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Shortalkz – Erik van Schaaik

A video interview with Erik van Schaaik for Shortcutz Amsterdam.

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Skwigly interview with Erik van Schaaik

Laura-Beth Cowley wrote an in-depth interview with Erik about Under The Apple Tree and the feature ...

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Nominated for Dutch Directors Guild Award

Erik van Schaaik is nominated for the Dutch Directors Guild Award for his film Under ...

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Talking about directing

Here’s what my collegues and me think about directing animation (Dutch only). We were asked ...

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Golden Calf award Best Short Film

Friday, October 2, 2015 Under The Apple Tree was honoured with the prestigious Golden Calf Award ...

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Colors and sounds

Holy moly, we’re doing foley! And a lot of editing, compositing, colour grading, digital animating ...

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