Xmas Xpress

Season 1 (Episode 1-13)

13 Episodes á 3 min. 2004, Animatronic Puppets with 60 sec. 2D Animation and 3D Intro for each Episode.
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Ole the moose and its partner Skip the reindeer operate a Christmas courier service, the XmasXpress in the proximity of the north pole. They always expect the call of Santa Claus or one of its international colleagues. Until the telephone rings finally, they tell stories of earlier orders. Each Episode refers to the Christmas custom of another country.

Broadcast on German public TV Stations KiKa and Bayerischer Rundfunk: November, Dezember 2004 and 2005.

A Coproduktion from spoonfilm and Bayerischer Rundfunk.

CAST: Puppeteers: Daniel Wagner, Jan Mixsa, Vera Harter, Carsten Dittrich. Voices: Michael Pan, Tom Deininger CREW: Puppet shooting: Director: Jörg Daiber; Redaktion BR: Andreas Reinhard, Wolfgang Frankenstein; Producer: Rolf Ernst; Scripts: Karla Schmidt, Editor: Oliver Brand; Camera: Claudia Marcell; Produktion Manager: Doreen Rechin; Music: Eike Hosenfeld & Moritz Denis Sounddesign: Christian Riegel; Production Assistant: Kathy Hieber; Kamerassistant: John Marcell, Tomas Schneider; Sound: Bojana Vidakovic, Holger Frey2D Animation: Atelier Animationsfilm Berlin: Storyboard and 2D-Direction: Ingo Panke und Michael Markus Wende ; Layout and Backgroundart: Ingo Panke; Characterdesign and Flashanimation: Michael Markus Wende; Zeichenanimation: Andreas Rohde; Animation Assistant and Cleanup: Daniel Bäß, Thomas Henseler, Olaf Encke; Trainee: Jonas Lieberknecht Produktions-Design Puppets and 3D: Chris Creatures Filmeffects: Art Director: Christoph Kunzmann; Costume: Birgit Tappe; Stage Technican: Nico Nitsch; Props: Eike Tuschhoff, Aline Fischer; Sculptor: Sebastian Lochmann; Mould Maker: Dennis Penkov; Foamlatextechnican:Tommy Opatz; 3D & Compositing Supervision: Andreas Mattijat

Episodes

Australia
UK
Finland
Greece
India
Italy
Japan
Kenya
Poland
Russia
Spain
Timbuktu
USA