Private Project

1Minute of Nature

1Minute of Nature is a series of short animated documentaries for children. The central theme is how children see and experience nature. The series started in 2008 as a radio production, and audio remains the point of departure.

The stories come from actual interviews, that feel like fiction. This play on the boundaries between fact and fiction is also reflected in the imagery; in the films, objects photographed from daily life form a 3D background for a world in which 2D animated characters live.
1Minute of Nature encourages children to reflect on the world around them, in the hopes that they will see it differently afterwards.

1Minute of Nature is produced by a team of independent and Prix Europa winning radio producers in cooperation with a team of animators.

  • Stefanie Visjager
    Director
  • Katinka Baehr
    Director
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  • Stef Visjager
    Writer
  • Bente Hamel
    Writer
  • Tjitske Mussche
    Writer
  • Maartje Duin
    Writer
  • Stef Visjager
    Producer
  • Kris Kobes
    Animation
  • Lotte van Dijck
    Photography, drawings
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Documentary, Short
  • Genres:
    animated documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 18 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 31, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    4,700 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    Dutch
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1,77
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Klik! Animation festival
    Amsterdam
    October 31, 2015
    Netherlands
  • Cinekid International
    Amsterdam
    October 19, 2015
    Netherlands
  • Ottawa International Animation festival 2016
  • Beijing IFF
  • Oberhausen Short Film Fest
  • IDFA
    Amsterdam
    Netherlands
    November 19, 2016
  • Berlinale 2017
    Berlin
    Germany
    February 14, 2017
  • CHP dox
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    March 1, 2017
  • New York International Childrens Film festival
    New York
    United States
    February 25, 2017
Distribution Information
  • NTR
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Stefanie Visjager, Katinka Baehr

Katinka Baehr (1969) is an independent radio producer based in Amsterdam. She is internationally acclaimed and awarded for her radio documentaries. Together with Stefanie Visjager she initiated the 1Minute Nature series.

Stefanie Visjager (1968) works as an independent radio producer. In 2003 she was one of the founders of Radiomakers Desmet, a production house for radio in the Netherlands. Recently she initiated and produced 1Minutes Nature, a series of animated documentaries. Her work was internationally awarded with the Prix Europa, and with several Dutch prizes.

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Director Statement

"As a radioproducer it is scary to put images to words, since the visual perception is so much stronger. Yet we wanted to try and I think we succeeded wonderfully. We kept the intimacy of a radio interview, enhancing it by animation. Both story and images (drawings on photographs) reflect a play on boundaries between fact and fiction."