Mascha Halberstad
Mascha Halberstad is a Dutch director specialized in narrative animation. She loves stopmotion as a technique the most because it is so honest and transparent. In her work she tries to be as analogue and old school as possible.
Works
Fox and Hare Save the Forest
One day, Fox and Hare find that Owl has disappeared. Together with their friends, they search the forest to find him, but instead they discover a big lake that was not there before. Could the sudden appearance of the lake have anything to do with Owl’s disappearance? They must go and find Owl, who is somewhere out there on the rapidly rising water... It is the start of an exciting and fun adventure.
Release Date:2024-04-24
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
King Sausage
When Greetje's father Mr. Tuitjes, a butcher, decides to compete against his Italian rival Smakkerelli, their whole usually so quiet village is turned upside down. The enemies have closed the deal that whoever loses the competition organized by the Society or Meat Products from Fresh Pigs must leave town forever. And that threatens not only Mr. Tuitjes' business, but also the love between Greetje and Nol. Suddenly, the annual sausage competition becomes a devilish dilemma: will Greetje choose her father's luck, or her own?
Release Date:2022-10-13
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Oink
A young girl sets out to prove to her disapproving mother she can house-train the endearing but unruly little piglet she gets as a birthday gift from her estranged oddball grandfather.
Release Date:2022-07-01
Department:Editing
Job:Editor
Vote Count:40
Fox and Hare
Release Date:2019-09-14
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
De Grote Hummimummi Kerstspecial
Christmas is celebrated with the people you love. Right? In De Grote Hummimummi Kerstspecial Hummimummi wants to film a karaoke special, together with his best friend Oessiepoessie, but Oessiepoessie is lovesick and does not want to. They fight and each decide to make their own Christmas show. It ends in a battle, when both of them acquire the help of the best singer of The Netherlands. Will Hummimummi and Oessiepoessie unite before Christmas?
Release Date:2017-12-10
Department:Directing
Job:Director
STEAL
A young boy plays soccer in a misty field when he suddenly is challenged by an UFO! This short film was part of 'Short Plays', an anthology consisting of 31 short films about the World Championship 2014.
Release Date:2016-07-14
Department:Editing
Job:Editor
Pregnant
Shy student Tyn gets the fright of his life when he finds out he is pregnant.
Release Date:2015-09-25
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:2
Trailer
A trailer is recorded on the set of a disaster movie that should entice a mass audience. But it turns out the staging and the voice-over, modelled on the American example, don’t go together well for the hero in the doomsday scenario.
Release Date:2014-11-19
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:3
Short Plays
Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.
Release Date:2014-06-05
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:7
Munya in Me
"Munya in Me" is a stop-motion animation about heavy ten-year-old Munya trying to avoid her bullies on her daily trip to the Turkish supermarket, mostly without success. Until one day she realizes that she shouldn't hide. She should show herself.
Release Date:2013-10-01
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Micha Wertheim: Voor de Zoveelste Keer
Stage registration of the fourth comedy special by Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. A show about anger, repetition, change, and repetition.
Release Date:2012-12-30
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:1
Goodbye Mister De Vries
Mister De Vries (93) sits at his window awaiting his death. Until one cold winter day he is surprised by the arrival of a parcel. When he subsequently sees a pigeon flying off he knows that this is no ordinary message. His time has come. Mister De Vries momentarily hesitates to open it. When he chances it, he finds his old Frisian skates. There’s only one thing to be done.
Release Date:2012-09-09
Department:Directing
Job:Director
Vote Count:1
Micha Wertheim: Voor Gevorderden
Stage registration of the second comedy special by the Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. This performance takes place in a dream, a dream in which Micha Wertheim shares all kinds of confessions, for example about how he manages to cope with the knowledge that he is probably not a real genius.
Release Date:2008-11-29
Department:Visual Effects
Job:Animation
Vote Count:3
King's Christmas
Stopmotion animated feature film. Sjap (8 years old) goes looking for his mother around Christmas. Only then, he discovers that his father, with whom he is good friends, is hiding something from him.
Department:Directing
Job:Director