''Tup Tup'' is a 1972 Yugoslav animated short by

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at Zagreb Film animation studio, in cooperation with Corona Cinematografica in

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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.

Accolades

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

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 Dušan Vukotić (7 February 1927 – 8 July 1998) was a Yugoslav and Croatian cartoonist, author and director of animated films of Montenegrin descent. He is the best known member of the Zagreb school of animated films. Biography Vukotić w ...

's Academy Award-winning ''

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'' and Zdenko Gašparović's '' Satiemania''.

References

External links

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