Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas

Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas is a 2014 Dutch-Belgian traditionally animated adventure film written and directed by Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink in their feature film directorial debuts.

Premise

As animals do not believe in Sinterklaas, Freddy, Cari and Mosus go on a journey to find Sinterklaas and give him their Christmas list in person.

Voice cast

Hans Somers as Freddy the ferret
Georgina Verbaan as Cari the canary
Reinder van der Naalt as Mosus the stick insect
Bartho Braat as Bello
Kasper van Kooten as Rat

Production

Albert 't Hooft and Paco Vink founded their own studio Anikey Studios, in 2007 at The Hague. Commissioned animators from Il Luster Productions approached them in 2008 to direct and write the film with Arnoud Rijken and Michiel Snijders acted as producers. In order to improve their storytelling skills and build a team of animators, 't Hooft and Vink created with il Luster Productions two 10-minute short films and the 25-minute Paul and the Dragon. With a budget of €1.7 million for Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas, 't Hooft stated "I don’t want to be too proud of that since it isn’t realistic. The last six months we practically worked for free because there was more to be done than we anticipated."

Release

Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas was released in Dutch cinemas on 8 October 2014 by A-Film Distribution. It was released in Belgium on 22 October by Kinepolis Film Distribution, simultaneously in Dutch and French. In Belgium, it grossed $352,618 from 485 screens.