Night after night the ambitious Eduardo, assisted by the vertigo-suffering Loet, performs daredevilish stunts in the circus. When the rich mayor visits the matinée, Eduardo, blinded by greed, raises the stakes and difficulty of the Salto Mortale to dazzling proportions. Will the nervous Loet be able to hold up to the pressure?
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| Category | Out of competition |
| Section | FuturoPresente: Short Films from The Netherlands |
| Tipology | Animation, Short Film |
| Duration | 9’ |
| Production Year | 2015 |
| Nationality | Netherlands |
| Directed by | Frodo Kuipers |
| Screenplay | Rudi Brekelmans |
| Compositing | Albert 't Hooft |
| Animation | Marcel Tigchelaar, Ruben Zaalberg, Frodo Kuipers - ANIKEY STUDIO (animation studio) |
| Produced by | Chris Eimers-Mouw |
| Production | il Luster Films |
Frodo Kuipers
Frodo studied at the ABV in Tilburg, The Netherlands, and at KASK (Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten/Royal Academy of Fine Arts) Ghent in Belgium. He graduated with honors with the film ANTIPODEN. This film was selected at many festivals and received several awards. The film was also nominated for the selection for the Cartoon d’Or by the International Animation Film Festival in Brussels. Between May 2002 and February 2005 Frodo was a participant at the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film (NIAf). He finished two films at the NIAf: SHIPWRECKED and STREET. In March 2005 Frodo started Studio Mosquito. Since then, he has worked as an animator, director, storyboard artist on several projects, and received a grant from the Dutch Film Fund to make a new independent short BRICKS, produced by Il Luster Productions. Furthermore, Frodo works as a musician and actor, and is an animation teacher at the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam.
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