Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society

Arthropod Tales - epic one- Red-end and the Seemingly Symbiotic Society

Ants gather sugar cubes in an icy marl cave in order to build a palace. This turns out to be a nursery to cultivate larvae. These grubs grow in a cave and reveal themselves as bizarre, marching gluttons called Cricusts. The ant Red-end is different and tries an experiment resulting in one of the Cricusts being different as well. While the other Cricusts eat all the green in a military way and fly to the next forage field, the different one takes it easy in a field of raspberries. The greedy group soon turns all green landscapes into a barren desert with fatal consequences. Except for the raspberry field where Red-end keeps an eye on his big friend finally enabling them to walk together into the future.

A 4K Digital Cinema stopmotion animation by Bethany de Forest and Robin Noorda. Music composed by Phantom Frank.  

AWARDS, NOMINATIONS AND SELECTIONS

• 11-2009 Utrecht première and openingsfilm HAFF (NL), 4K projection - Movie Squad Award
• 11-2009 Espinho IAFF (PT) - Best Short Film Award
• 11-2009 Talinn AFF Animated Dreams: Academy of Arts - Brain-tap Award (EE) - Best Film
• 1-2010 Angers EFFF - Premiers Plans (FR) - Audience Award European Short Films
• 3-2010 Nijmegen Goshort festival (NL) nomination Best Dutch Short Film
• 3-2010 selected for the animation festivals of Annecy, Barcelona, Brussels, London, Melbourne, Stuttgart and Zagreb.

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