Penguins and Pastry
Series
Directed by
Tallulah H. Schwab
Written by
Lineke van den Boezem
In co-production with
VPRO
Genre
Youth
Duration
8×25 minutes
Release
2014
Sales agent
Dutch Features
Directed by
Tallulah H. Schwab
Written by
Lineke van den Boezem
In co-production with
VPRO
Genre
Youth
Duration
8×25 minutes
Release
2014
Sales agent
Dutch Features
Penguins and Pastry
Penguins and Pastry is an ode to love and imagination. Eight-year-old Kadir wants to be a polar explorer when he grows up. He knows everything about penguins and has an indestructible perseverance. His father Umut is the best pastry chef in the world, but since the death of his wife Umut is miserable. Kadir pulls out all the stops to make him happy again. After father and son move to a village where nobody could care less about Umut’s delightful pastry, Kadir knows just what to do: everybody needs cake.
“A bittersweet finger licking adventure“
Cast
Harvey Elgood
Gürkan Kücüksentürk
Eefje Kruijtzer
Daniel Verbaan
Eric Corton
Anniek Pheifer
Festivals & Awards
Cinema in Sneakers, Poland 2017
International Emmy Kids Awards, Cannes 2016 – Nominated Best Kids Series
Netherlands Film Festival, 2015 – Nominated Best TV Drama
Cinekid, Netherlands 2015 – Nominated ‘Kinderkast’ Jury Award
Television Images, the Netherland 2015 – Nominated Best Dutch Youth Television Award
Video afspelen
Crew
Director
Tallulah H. Schwab
Written by
Lineke van den Boezem
D.O.P.
Menno Westendorp, NSC
Production design
Jan Rutgers
Casting
Oi Mundo – Rebecca van Unen, Gwen Maduro
Costume
Alette Kraan
Make-up
Brigitte Pleijzier
1st AD
Dirk Achten, Pieter Veenhof
Line producer
Marlies van Ree
Sound
Kees de Groot, Jac Vleeshouwers
Sound design
Peter Flamman
Editor
Annelies van Woerden, NCE
Composer
Fay Lovsky, Jorrit Kleijnen, Alexander Reumers
Co-producer
VPRO – Anna van der Staak
Producer
Iris Otten, Sander van Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers
