A mysterious changing creature can take almost any form. Is he one animal with many eyes or many animals? Can he fly? Can he talk? Does it come from the stars? Is he alone? Is he the only one in his world?
Strange Creature (Vreemd Beest) was originally an educational art film commissioned by Kunstgebouw. It slowly evolved into a piece of animation worth to be seen on its own and has been shown in festivals and screenings all over the world.
Strange Creature is selected for the following festivals:
- Ottawa International Animation Festival
- Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival
- Holland Animation Film Festival
- Online Competitie Nederlands Film Festival
- Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Bradford Animation Festival, UK
- ANIMAGE, Recife, Brazil
- Expotoons, Buenos Aires
- KROK International Film festival
- Screencutz Amsterdam
- Monstra, Lissabon
- Cinema Piccolo (The Netherlands)
- Best of MONSTRA (90 days tour around Portugal, France, Mozambique and more to come)
NEWS: Strange Creature in Mozambique
Best of MONSTRA is now going to Kugoma Festival in Mozambique. Monstra has been invited to program screenings for the underprivileged children of Maputo's outskirts. The festival has a special bus that picks up the kids at their neighborhood and takes them to the festival screenings for free.
This is the first Strange Creature screening in Africa, hopefully, there are more to come!
If you would like to show "Strange Creature" at your festival/gallery/school/community/home/yard please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Pictures
CREDITS
Directed by
Cristina Garcia Martin
Animation
Cristina Garcia Martin
Nora Höppener
Sound
Cristina Garcia Martin
Nora Höppener
Mat Wijn
Script
Fleur van den Berg
Cristina Garcia Martin
Voices
Sophie Campagne
Igor Kramer
Maarten van Dorp
Mees en Kira Kuijper
Editing advice
Matthieu Hes
Special Thanks
Gijs Kuijper
Winko Erades van den Berg