mice and more

It is highly recommended to visit the Mouseland on the blog Mouses Houses. It somehow reminds me of my childhood. Maybe because the old school puppet films looked a little bit like this. And they weren't ignoring small details. Or because of the snow? Very very nice work... just come here and keep scrolling :)

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For the Belgian audience I have another hot tip for the second week of march! All puppetry lovers probably already heard of the BOZE WOLF festival (it means bad or angry wolf). This festival starts on the 8th of march in Aarschot. And the programme looks very very interesting! 

(And I won't be there... too bad. But than please all of you, who'd go, just let me know how it was, ok?) Have fun!

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Puppet of the week

Some say he looks like spaghetti. Some call him a hairball. (Well he is practically a hairball... ) Some don't trust him, some want to cuddle him endlessly... I am talking about Jos. A muppet who comes from the US and has definitely the most charming American look.

Jos is a heartbroken young man (I mean, human man) but one morning he wakes up and he realizes that he is a fluffy puppet. Nobody knows why. His best friend Najib is totally frightened but at some point they will find some way to work it out and together they'll seek for adventures. 

If everything goes well, the Belgian public might see a show about Jos and his friend soon on television. And this one isn't for small children. But until than, there has to be still a lot of work done. (like rolling on a floor or so...)  

And here's the handsome crew: Fabrice, Jakob, Jos, Aziz, Wesley and Jan. (Kris -the real human Jos is missing. And I was also supposed to be on a picture... have I mentioned that I was the puppet's hands?) Anyway, it was fun, especially being stuck under the table or elsewhere:) 

Good luck, Jos, hope you make the show run!

Puppets in music

I've got three very favourite music videos with puppets.
This one: 

This heartbreaking one:

And there is one more but I couldn't find it anymore. I forgot the name of the band and of the song. (And googling "singing men with a sock puppet" didn't bring any good results.)

But while searching I found this one: (please click the link) :)

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Made by these very nice Slovak animators duo Ove Pictures from Slovakia. 


Have a good watch and enjoy the music too!! 

short and animated

Last time I went to see short films on a festival I had to run away. I hope it wont be the case tonight at Ciné Privé here in Ghent. There's one film I already longer want to see, it's called Oh, Willy (see video below). I like the 'texture' of it. The films should be projected in the greenhouses of the University of Ghent, so the atmosphere will be quite special and warm :)  

I let you know, how it was! (Or see you there!)