Experiencing Interruptions?

Sand

You get up at five, eat your vitamins, take some water with your coffee, work for a few hours, eat your omegas and flavonoids, work a little more, get some exercise and then take a shower. But don’t bother trying to wash the sand out of your hair.

  • Arjan Brentjes
    Director
    Hybris, Tempo
  • Arjan Brentjes
    Writer
    Hybris, Tempo
  • Arjan Brentjes
    Producer
    Hybris, Tempo
  • Bart van der Schaaf
    Key Cast
    Hybris
  • Arjan Brentjes
    Animation
    Hybris, Tempo
  • Arjan Brentjes
    Music
    Hybris, Tempo
  • Project Type:
    Animation
  • Genres:
    Satire, Retro, Science
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 48 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 19, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    4K digital animation
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • SICAF
    Seoul
    Korea, Republic of
    July 28, 2017
    World premiere
  • Dutch Film Festival
    Utrecht
    Netherlands
    September 24, 2017
    Dutch premiere
    Nominated for Golden Calf for Best Short
  • Videomedeja
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    September 22, 2017
  • International Festival of Animated Films TOFUZI
    Batumi
    Georgia
    October 3, 2017
  • Conway Film Festival
    Conway
    United States
    October 7, 2017
  • Tucson Film & Music Festival
    Tucson
    United States
    October 6, 2017
  • Warsaw Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    October 20, 2017
  • Imagine Science Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 15, 2017
  • KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    October 20, 2017
  • Braunschweig International filmfest
    Braunschweig
    Germany
    October 20, 2017
  • Multivision Animation Arts Festival
    st. Petersburg
    Russian Federation
    October 30, 2017
  • FICPA
    Pasto
    Colombia
    October 20, 2017
  • Curtas
    Vilagarcía de Arousa
    Spain
    October 28, 2017
  • Animation Marathon
    Athens
    Greece
    November 10, 2017
  • Red Rock Film Festival
    Ceddar City
    United States
    November 15, 2017
  • Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation
    Montréal
    Canada
    November 22, 2017
  • London International Animation Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    December 2, 2017
  • Bucharest Short Film Festival
    Bucharest
    Romania
    December 3, 2017
  • Bogotá short film festival BOGOSHORTS
    Bogotá
    Colombia
    December 6, 2017
  • Eindhovens Film Festival
    Eindhoven
    Netherlands
    December 8, 2017
  • RAW Science Film Festival
    Santa Barbara
    United States
    January 12, 2018
    Best Professional Short Film
  • Artfools international Film Festival
    Larissa
    Greece
    February 1, 2018
  • Anima, Brussels Animation Film Festival
    Brussels
    Belgium
    February 17, 2018
  • Cine Lebu Festival Internacional
    Lebu
    Chile
    February 25, 2018
  • Micro & Films
    Aubenas
    France
    March 3, 2018
    Prix des Lycéens
  • Monstra
    Lisbon
    Portugal
    March 10, 2018
  • Athens AnimFest
    Athens
    Greece
    March 15, 2018
  • Internationale Kurzfilmwoche
    Regensburg
    Germany
    March 17, 2018
  • Animation Dingle
    Dingle
    Ireland
    March 20, 2018
  • Tallahassee Film Festival
    Tallahassee
    United States
    March 24, 2018
  • Shortcutz Amsterdam
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    April 3, 2018
  • Tlanchana Fest
    Metepec
    Mexico
    April 5, 2018
  • Independent Days International Filmfest
    Karlsruhe
    Germany
    April 19, 2020
  • Boomtown Film and Music Festival
    Beaumont
    United States
    April 20, 2018
    Best Animation Film
  • Festival du Film Court d’Angoulême
    Angoulême
    France
    April 21, 2018
  • Kyiv International Short Film Festival
    Kyiv
    Ukraine
    April 26, 2018
  • Indy Film Fest
    Indianapolis
    United States
    April 28, 2018
  • Working Title Film Festival
    Vicenza
    Italy
    April 30, 2018
  • Philadelphia Independent Film Festival
    Philadelphia
    United States
    May 1, 2018
  • Sorsi Corti, Short Film and Wine Festival
    Palermo
    Italy
    May 1, 2018
  • Altered Esthetics Film Festival
    Minneapolis
    United States
    May 31, 2018
  • Rebel Film Festival
    Plymouth
    United Kingdom
    June 1, 2018
  • deadCenter Film Festival
    Oklahoma
    United States
    June 8, 2018
  • Florida Animation Festival
    Tallahassee
    United States
    June 16, 2018
  • British Animation Film Festival
    London
    United Kingdom
    June 30, 2018
  • Transilvania Shorts
    Târgu Mureș
    Romania
    June 30, 2018
  • Manlleu Film Festival
    Manlleu
    Spain
    July 12, 2018
  • Open Eyes FilmFest
    Marburg
    Germany
    July 24, 2018
    3rd place Best Animation
  • Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    July 27, 2018
  • Wiz-Art International Short FIlm Festival
    Lviv
    Ukraine
    August 3, 2018
  • Open-Air Filmfest Weiterstadt
    Weiterstadt
    Germany
    August 18, 2018
  • Animaze
    Montreal
    Canada
    August 25, 2018
  • Festival de Cine de Madrid
    Madrid
    Spain
    October 20, 2018
  • Rome International Film Festival
    Rome
    United States
    November 10, 2018
  • Indie Memphis Film Festival
    Memphis
    United States
    November 10, 2018
  • St. Louis International Film Festival
    St. Louis
    United States
    November 10, 2018
  • Miami Short Film Festival
    Miami
    United States
    November 16, 2018
    Best Animation Film
  • CinemaForum
    warsaw
    Poland
    November 9, 2018
  • Siciliambiente
    San Vito Lo Capo
    Italy
    July 16, 2019
    Best Animation Film
  • Manifesto Film Festival
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    September 7, 2019
Director Biography - Arjan Brentjes

Arjan Brentjes often takes the viewer back to a movie style from the past, to look at our future from there. Thereby wittily commenting on the development of our technological society. ‘Sand’ is his second fully animated film.

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