Tup Tup

Tup Tup
Directed byNedeljko Dragić
Produced byNedeljko Dragić[1]
Music byTomica Simović
Production
company
Release date
  • January 1, 1972 (January 1, 1972)
Running time
10 minutes
CountrySFR Yugoslavia
Languagenone

Tup Tup is a 1972 Yugoslav animated short by Nedeljko Dragić at Zagreb Film animation studio, in cooperation with Corona Cinematografica in Italy.

Plot

A man is trying to go to sleep but a noise keeps him up. In the process of trying to stop the noise, he exposes a bizarre mixture of sounds and images.[2]

Accolades

It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film,[3] but lost to Richard Williams' take on A Christmas Carol.[4]

Reception and legacy

In a 2020 poll among 38 Croatian film critics, Tup tup was ranked as the third best Croatian animated film ever, behind Dušan Vukotić's Academy Award-winning Surogat and Zdenko Gašparović's Satiemania.[5]

References

  1. ^ Short Film Winners: 1973 Oscars
  2. ^ Oddball Films:Visions of Dystopia - Thurs. June 2nd - 8PM
  3. ^ "Dragić, Nedeljko". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
  4. ^ 1973|Oscars.org
  5. ^ "Kritičari izabrali najbolji domaći igrani film svih vremena, pogledajte tko je ušao u top 10!". Jutarnji list. Hina. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2021.