Wander to Wonder
Nina Gantz
Belgium | 2023 | 13’20
Mary, Billybud and Fumbleton are three miniature, human actors who perform in an eighties kids TV series called “Wander to Wonder”. After the creator of the series has died, they are left alone in the studio. With their slowly decaying costumes and growing hunger, they continue to make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
Director, Writer: Nina Gantz
Writer: Simon Cartwright, Daan Bakker, Stienette Bosklopper
Producers: Stienette Bosklopper, Maarten Sawrt
Producer: Beast Animation, Les Productions de Milou, Blink Industries, Pictanovo images en Hauts-de-France
Nina Gantz is a Dutch London-based animation director. After graduating at the St. Joost Art School in Breda, Gantz began a Masters in directing animation at the National Film and Television School where she completed her first stop-motion film EDMOND in 2015. EDMOND has received 38 awards including the BIFA for best short film, the Best Short Animation award at Sundance and a BAFTA for best animated short. Gantz has been working freelance on a variety of projects and she is signed to London production company BlinkInk. WANDER TO WONDER will be her next independent stop motion animation.
Filmography:
2023 “Wander to Wonder” A short film, Circe Films.
2022 Whiskas commercial, involved as creative director, BlinkInk
2021 Whiskas commercial, global campaign “Purr More”, Blinkink
2020 “Kamp Koekieloekie” (dir Joost van Hezik) Title sequence for kids TV series, ZAPP
2019 Christmas fashion commercial for “Loewe”, Blinkink.
2019 Title sequence for “De stad was van ons” voor Netty van Hoorn.
2019 “Nightingale Wood” Pilot for ITV series, Blink Industries.
2019 “Hoofdzaken” Title sequence for Dutch TV series (dir Menno Ofen), Kepler Film and VPRO.
2019 “De regels van Floor” Title Sequence for Dutch TV 2nd series (dir Maurice Trouwborst) NL Film and TV and VPRO.
2018 “Fool” Short Film, BlinkInk Industries.
2018 “De regels van Floor” Title sequence for Dutch television 1st series (dir Maurice Trouwborst) NL Film and TV and VPRO.
2017 “Tulipop” Pilot for Childrens animated TV series (as Cartwright Gantz), Blink Industries.
