When 9-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it under the condition that Oink follows a puppy training. But her parents are not the biggest threat to Oink because actually her grandfather is secretly taking part in the sausage competition organized by The Society for Meat Products from Fresh Pigs…

Nominated to European Animated Feature Film 2022.

OINK is a film about growing up and relationships and trust. The relationship between Babs and Grandpa, but also the one between Babs and Tijn. And Margreet’s relationship with her father, Grandpa Tuitjes. Also the Dutch element in OINK is very important. It should be recognisable as a typical Dutch landscape. It should possess a certain degree of cosiness while at the same time being structured and designed.

The film is also concerned with the unconditional love Babs has for Oink, her pet, and her struggle to save Oink from going into the meat mincing machine on the one hand and her parents who would rather have Oink removed at once on the other.

Oink / Świnka / Knor

Directed by: Mascha Halberstad
Writing Credits: Fiona van Heemstra
Animation: Jasper Kuipers, Marike Verbiest, Mirjam Plettinx, Iris Alexandre, Quentin Haberham
Cast: Remko Vrijdag (Freddy Willekes), Hiba Ghafry (Babs), Kees Prins (Grandpa Tuitjes), Jelka van Houten (Margreet), Henry van Loon (Nol), Matsen Montsma (Tijn)
Country: Holandia, Belgia
Year: 2022
Running Time: 70 min.

WHERE / WHEN

25th November(Saturday) - godz. 11:00
Małopolska Garden of Arts - Large Screening Room

26th November (Sunday) - 1 PM
Paradox Cinema

Mascha Halberstad

born in 1973; attended the ArtEZ Art Academy in Arnhem. She made animations for several live action feature films, including TAKING CHANCES (Berlinale Generation 2012) and HOW TO SURVIVE…
In 2012 she directed the short animation film GOODBYE MISTER DE VRIES. Also in 2012 she made the 13-episode animation series PICKNICK WITH PIE adapted from Thé Tjong-Khing’s books, which was broadcast by the VPRO and awarded the Cinekid Kinderkast Fiction - Jury prize 2013. Her film MUNYA IN ME won the Grand Jury Prize of the BANFF World Media Festival.
In 2015, the Prodigy’s Liam Howlett asked her to make a music video for the song WILD FRONTIER. After that she directed several short films, the series FOX & HARE and the hilarious THE GREAT HUMMIMUMMI CHRISTMAS SPECIAL.
Her first feature film OINK premiered at the Berlinale in 2022 as Opening Film of the Generation K+ section. Currently she's finishing the short film KING SAUSAGE, a 20’ musical prequeling OINK.