Nuggets

Nuggets (2014)

Kiwi tastes a golden nugget. It's delicious.

A 5 minute animation on the nature of addiction.

Date of release
2014-10-13
TMDB
7.3 / 10 (21)
Runtime
5m
Genres
Animation
Director
Andreas Hykade

Interesting facts

Nuggets is a 2014 animated short film created by German animation director Andreas Hykade. It was uploaded on 13 October 2014 onto the Filmbilder & Friends YouTube channel. The film was covered by media outlets internationally and achieved virality on YouTube, receiving over 3 million views in a little over a month following its release. As of July 2026, Nuggets has received over 35 million views.

Production and release

Nuggets was created by Andreas Hykade and funded by the Federal Film Board. Nuggets features a stylised and minimalist animation style. A kiwi, the short's only character, is drawn with black strokes and lines, and is staged on a pure white background, with splashes of goldish yellow being featured in the form of the titular nuggets.

German studio Film Bilder released Nuggets onto their Filmbilder & Friends YouTube channel on 13 October 2014. Nuggets is just over 5 minutes in duration. Nuggets credits Hykade with the script, direction, and animation. Angela Steffen worked on the animation and artwork. Heiko Maile worked on the music and sound design.

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