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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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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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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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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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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 ...
READ MOREApples 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 ...
READ MOREWinner wildcard Hellfire UK
Last night, just before going to bed, we were informed that Under The Apple Tree ...
READ MOREBest Horror at U-Horror Fest, LA, USA
Under The Apple Tree has won ‘Best Horror’ at U-Horror Fest, Los Angeles, USA. Woke ...
READ MOREWinner Animation Marathon, Greece
Under The Apple Tree wins the 1st prize at Animation Marathon 2016 in Romanso, Athens, ...
READ MOREUnder The Apple Tree wins at South African Horrorfest
A mooooost bodacious win for Under The Apple Tree in Cape Town: Best Stop-Animated Short ...
READ MOREA win in the Big Apple
Under The Apple Tree has won Best Short at NYC Horror Film Festivall, New York, ...
READ MOREDouble win for the apples
Under The Apple Tree has picked up the award for Best Director and the award ...
READ MOREWinner Best Animated Short 2016 at Atlanta Horror Film Festival
Under The Apple Tree has won the award for Best Animated Short 2016 at the ...
READ MOREBest Professional Film at Festival Stop Motion Montréal
Under The Apple Tree wins the award for Best Professional Film at Festival Stop Motion ...
READ MOREApple 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 ...
READ MOREGolden 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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