The wildest bunch of animals helping out world’s greatest tree planters - the endangered orangutans.
In a small DIY TV studio, panda Pandy and raccoon Robbie greet the audience of the Pandy Show. The wildest show on the planet begins! Today's guest is Bumi, a young Bornean Orangutan. He is the tree planting champion of his forest. Pandy is amazed by his title and wants to know more about it. Bumi reveals that he plants trees by pooping seeds of the fruits he eats. He confesses that he hasn't pooped for days now because all the orangutans from his forest went on poop strike. TV reporter, chicken Henrietta reports live from Borneo with her cinematographer, octopus Octavia. They interview orangutans about their everyday life. Orangutans explain that they went on poop strike because giant machines are destroying everything they plant. Back in the studio, Robbie gets an idea to make seed bombs - they will use them to plant even more trees and help orangutans save their home! Pandy, Robbie and Bumi go to Borneo. The poop strike is over! Orangutans are finally revealed.
Director’s statement
All animals are too awesome to go extinct! That’s the main idea behind this short. If endangered animals could host their own show, what would they say? The inspiration comes from talk shows and podcasts – both being the “me telling you my own story” formats. Although we speak about climate change, an important topic that affects every living being on our planet, we don’t want to scare kids and make them sad. That’s why Pandy Show has been imagined as fun and playful. Kids will see how funny and smart orangutans are. They will also find out how important they are for making their island green.
Producer
Janja Pilić
Janja Pilić is a co-founder of the Tetrabot studio, where she works as a producer, currently on the animation short Fačuk (dir.: Maida Srabović). Previously, Janja worked in production management for the Zagreb Jewish Film Festival, Pipser and independent and student film projects. She also has significant experience working for the Croatian Radiotelevision on TV shows and fiction series in various roles.
info@tetrabot.hr
Director and Scriptwriter
Vedran Štefan
Štefan Vedrna is a co-founder of the Tetrabot studio. A director, animator, VFX artist and scriptwriter, he won the Golden Arena for Best Visual Effects in 2020 for his work on the Croatian feature film Go, Went, Gone (dir.: Ljubo Zdjelarević). For 2 seasons, he was a VFX artist on the TV series #don’t tell anyone (2014-2016, Kombinat for HRT). He made the animated intro video for the Zagrebdox festival. He was the main animator and VFX artist of the Music Biennale Zagreb kidz web series (2021).
vedran@tetrabot.hr
Director and Scriptwriter
Maida Srabović
Maida Srabović is a co-founder of the Tetrabot studio. A film editor, director and illustrator, she is currently directing her first animated short, Fačuk. Previously to working in animation, she was the editor on numerous projects of different formats: TV series, documentaries, features and almost 100 music videos. Her transition to animation happened while she was editing the animated experimental short Microcassette – The Smallest Cassette I’ve Ever Seen.
maida@tetrabot.hr
Country of production
Croatia
Target audience
children 4-6
Animation technique
2D, puppet movie
Production company
TETRABOT
