A shy seventeen-year-old construction worker tries to hold his own in the macho world of roofers. Animated in a Dutch painting style called 'magical realism'. Seventeen was invited to numerous festivals like Telluride, Annecy, Montreal and Seattle, and was released in the Dutch theaters together with American Splendor. Seventeenis the official Dutch entry for the Academy Awards 2005 in the category 'Best Animated Short'

Runtime: Netherlands:12 min
Country: Netherlands
Language: English

Color: Color
Sound Mix: Dolby SR / Dolby Digital

Dresden Film Festival
2004Won
Best Soundtrack - Honorable Mention
Hisko Hulsing

Hisko Hulsing (Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1971)

Majored in painting and animation at the Art Academy of Rotterdam in 1995. He started working on his first animated short Harry Rents a Room during an apprenticeship in the