Wad is, is nu
(What is, is now)
A bird restaurant on a sandbank in the Dutch Wadden Sea lives by the rhythm of the tides, until a single footprint throws everything off balance.
CREDITS
Director & writer: Jikke Lesterhuis
Producer: Jeroen Zijlstra, Richard Valk, Eline Van Hagen
Production Company: Valk Productions
INFO
Running time: 2 min
Release: 2025
Country: the Netherlands
Technique: Stop-Motion
Target audience: All Ages
Festivals
Dutch Film Festival (NFF) – Dutch Premiere – September 23, 2025; Utrecht.
Process
Wad is, is nu is a 2 minute stop-motion short film. Made as part of UltraKORT 2025. Made by hand in 6 months the film has been our first finished one where we implemented complicated 6-axis robot moves to help tell the story.
