The Grand Book
(trailer)
The Grand Book (2023) – 19:59 min
A young woman lives on the streets in a city that, in style and development, is reminiscent of the 1920s. The city has an inescapable surveillance system, as invasive as our world of Big Tech. The main character learns that the only place to escape from this can be in the world of her dreams.
Written and directed by Arjan Brentjes
Produced by Valk Productions
Performance capture actor - Anne-May de Lijser
Performance capture technician - Edwin van het Bolscher
Art design, 3D animation and editing by Arjan Brentjes
2D animated backgrounds by Dana Alink
Additional 3D modelling by Renske Peeters Weem
Music produced, arranged and mixed by Jasper Boeke
Music compostion by Arjan Brentjes
Audio master by Bob Kommer Studios
This film was supported by The Netherlands Film Fund, AFK and Norma
Distribution by KABOOM DISTRIBUTION ursula@kaboomfestival.nl
Awards and nominations
-Best Animation Short at Red Rock Film Festival Award Night, Cedar City, USA (Apr 2025)
-1st Αnimation Marathon Award, Animation Marathon, online, Greece (Nov 2024)
-Jury Mention at ÉCU, European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France (Apr 2024)
-Grand Prix “Athena” at Athens Animfest, Greece (March 2024)
-Music Award at Athens Animfest, Greece (March 2024)
-Best Animation Award at Boomtown Film & Music Festival, Beaumont, USA (Feb 2024)
-Best Animation Audience Award at SF Indiefest, San Francisco, USA (Feb 2024)
-Nominated for Best Animation at Shortcutz Amsterdam, Annual Awards, Netherlands (Jan 2024)
-Nominated Best Animation at Rome International Film Festival, Rome, Georgia, USA (Nov 2023)
Screenings
Nov 2024 - Animation Marathon, Athens, Greece
Nov 2024 - Alter-Native International Film Festival, Targu-Mures, Romania
Nov 2024 - Tokyo International Short Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
Oct 2024 - Seoul International Short Film Festival, Seoul, South-Korea
Sep 2024 - Torino Underground Cinefest, Torino, Italy
Sep 2024 - Red Rock Film Festival, Cedar City, USA
Aug 2024 - NewFilmmakers Los Angeles, InFocus: International Animation, Los Angeles, USA
Jun 2024 - PSIAF Palm Springs Animation Festival, Palm Springs, USA
Jun 2024 - Film Maudit 2.0, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Jun 2024 - River Film Festival, Padua, Italy
May 2024 - Golden Kuker, Int Animation Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria
May 2024 - Radical Frame Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Apr 2024 - EKO International Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria
Apr 2024 - ÉCU, The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France
Apr 2024 - Filmfest Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Mar 2024 - Athens Animfest, Athens, Greece
Mar 2024 - Lanterna Mágica, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Feb 2024 - Findecoin IISFF, Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela
Feb 2024 - Boomtown Film & Music Festival, Beaumont, USA
Feb 2024 - Love Your Shorts Film Festival, Sanford, USA
Feb 2024 - SF Indiefest, San Francisco, USA
Feb 2024 - Jaipur International Film Festival, Jaipur, India
Nov 2023 - Shortcutz Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nov 2023 - RIFF Awards, Rome Independent Film Festival, Rome, Italy
Nov 2023 - Shorts Not Pants, Toronto, Canada
Nov 2023 - Rome International Film Festival, Rome (Georgia), USA
Oct 2023 - Raindance Film Festival, London, UK
Oct 2023 - International Animation Festival AJAYU, Puno, Peru
Oct 2023 - Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
Musicians
Jelte van Andel – double bass
Vera van der Bie - violin and viola
Daniel Cross - percussion
Koen Kaptijn - trombone
Jonas Pap - cello
Jur de Vries - cello