2025 / Short / puppet
Kinder Doll: A Kindertransport Story
United States
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Overview
The University of Texas at Dallas's first stop-motion puppet film, made in the Bass School's experimenta.l. Animation Lab with the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies and animated in spring 2025 by six students. Two fictional children, Otto and Edith, board a Kindertransport train to Britain with a teddy bear and a doll. Premiered at UT Dallas's International Animation Day on 28 October 2025, with a behind-the-scenes exhibit in the AHT Gallery (UT Dallas news).
Cast & crew (10)
| Person | Role | Department | Source |
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| Christine Veras | project lead (director of the experimenta.l. Animation Lab) | direction | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Paula Goldberg | script | writing | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Philip Martin | storyboard | art | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Bridget Kleiner | project manager | production | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Margaret Ridley | animator (Edith) | animation | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Colton Dillard | animator (Otto); puppet fabrication | animation | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Audrey Wass | animator (route map); historical prop research | animation | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Chloe Serimontrikul | sets; furniture fabrication; prop painting | art | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Jimmy Cramer | train car; 3D-printed props | art | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
| Katrina Rushing | composer | music | Press source news.utdallas.edu high confidence DetailsDaily enrichment 2026-10-18. (Press-sourced). |
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