The Longing of Michael Dudok de Wit

Michael Dudok de Wit was asked by the famous Japanese animation studio Ghibli to create his first feature length animated film This would be Ghiblis first international coproduction ever Maarten Schmidt and Thomas Doebele followed Dudok de Wit and his team during the complex creative process for over two years He is a perfectionist that is used to making his own hand drawn animated films by himself For this new and timely production he was assisted by a team of 20 to 30 artists from all over Europe