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Mascha Halberstad

Mascha Halberstad

Directing

Biography

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.

Known For

Oink
7.0

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.

Oink

2022
Vos en Haas
N/A

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Vos en Haas

2019
Fox and Hare Save the Forest
6.3

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.

Fox and Hare Save the Forest

2024
Short Plays
5.1

Football seen through the eyes of some of the best directors of the world.

Short Plays

2014
King Sausage
6.0

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?

King Sausage

2022
Goodbye Mister De Vries
6.0

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.

Goodbye Mister De Vries

2012
De Grote Hummimummi Kerstspecial
N/A

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?

De Grote Hummimummi Kerstspecial

2017
Pregnant
4.5

Shy student Tyn gets the fright of his life when he finds out he is pregnant.

Pregnant

2015
Micha Wertheim: Voor de Zoveelste Keer
7.0

Stage registration of the fourth comedy special by Dutch comedian Micha Wertheim. A show about anger, repetition, change, and repetition.

Micha Wertheim: Voor de Zoveelste Keer

2012
Micha Wertheim: Voor Gevorderden
6.5

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.

Micha Wertheim: Voor Gevorderden

2008
STEAL
N/A

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.

STEAL

2016
Trailer
5.3

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.

Trailer

2014
Munya in Me
N/A

"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.

Munya in Me

2013
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N/A

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.

King's Christmas