Wander to Wonder
2023
Oscar Shorts 2025 - Animation
Strangely enigmatic and quirky is the mix about a children's series from a past decade, where the puppets are moved with stop-motion and the creator is shown in feature film scenes.
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A ★★½ review of Wander to Wonder (2023)
Oscar Shorts 2025 - Animation Strangely enigmatic and quirky is the mix about a children's series from a past decade, where the puppets are moved with stop-motion and the creator is shown in feature film scenes. Three characters play in a fictional series for children in which their creator also appears. When the creator dies, they are left alone. It has its very own nostalgic look and a morbid melancholy. Trapped in their movie studio, the characters write to children to get food from them. Reminds me of the forgetting of stories, which also drives the plot in The Neverending

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Variety[09:28] Dutch animated film “Wander to Wonder” wins Bafta award
Dutch short animated film Wander to Wonder has won a Bafta at the glittering prize ceremony in London. Dutch director...
https://www.dutchnews.nl/2025/02/dutch-animated-film-wander-to-wonder-wins-bafta-award/
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Dutch animated film "Wander to Wonder" wins Bafta award - DutchNews.nl
Dutch short animated film Wander to Wonder has won a Bafta at the glittering prize ceremony in London. Dutch director Nina Gantz won the award for best short animation, having earlier picked up a Golden Calf at the Dutch film awards and a British Independent Film Award. It is also on the Oscar nominations long list. Wander to Wonder is about three dolls who star in a 1980s children’s television series but are left alone in the studio when the...
DutchNews.nl[05:50 PM] Dutch animated short film Wander to Wonder is nominated for an Academy Award
The animation film Wander to Wonder by Dutch director Nina Gantz has been nominated for an Academy Award.
https://nltimes.nl/2025/01/23/dutch-animated-short-film-wander-wonder-nominated-academy-award
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Dutch animated short film Wander to Wonder is nominated for an Academy Award
The animation film Wander to Wonder by Dutch director Nina Gantz has been nominated for an Academy Award. The film has been nominated for the category Best Animated Short Film, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday. Wander to Wonder is a stop-motion animation film about three stars of a children’s TV show in the 1980s Mary, Billybud, and Fumbleton. After the creator of the show passes away, they are left alone in the studio. Plagued by hunger and sadness, they soldier on and make increasingly strange episodes for their fans.
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