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Get ready for Kaboom Animation Festival 2026! Be the first to check out our full program and grab your tickets before they’re gone—first come, first serve!

Mark your calendars:

Feb 17 – Full program drops!

Feb 19  – Ticket sales go live!

Kaboom tickets for both our online and offline programs are now live!

If buying the tickets online isn’t your thing, you can also buy tickets at our box offices at the following locations:

• Slachtstraat Filmtheater (Utrecht) & Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam): Open from 30 minutes before the first film starts until 30 minutes after the start of the last film.
• HKU | AG (Utrecht): Open 10:30–20:30 on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, and 10:30–18:00 on Monday.

Check this page and you will have a great overview of all the possibilities.

Individual tickets:

– Single regular ticket & VR tickets: €12

– Kaboom Kids Program: €6 (also for adults)

– Kaboom Industry Days: €35/day (Kaboom Camp / Kaboom PRO)

– Peuterbios: €9

Festival passes:

– Mad Animation Lover Pass: for €115 you’ll get to go to as many programs as you’d like! Both on- and offline. This is a good deal if you’re planning to see 10 programs or more (including VR slots), or if you want to also have access to the full online short competition program. If you change your mind, we kindly ask you to cancel your seat, so another person gets to book a ticket. Please note that this is a personal pass, giving access to only one ticket per screening and to be used only by you.

– All You Can Eat Online Pass – for € 33 you get access to the full online program, that means all the shorts in competition! Please note: our feature film competition isn’t available online, nor is our theme program or any of the specials. The pass is available from 13 March – 22 March, 2026 (only available in the Netherlands)

– 5 Bumpy Rides discount: buy 5 tickets for only €48. That means a €12 discount!  If you want to visit the festival with a group, you can buy one or more of our 5-bumpy rides. This isn’t a personal card, so you can also use it to go to 2,5 screenings with your bestie, or to one screening with your korfball team.

– Students: By creating a Kaboom account with your student email address, you can enjoy a student discount on the following: one ticket per regular screening or one VR experience (€8,50 instead of €12), Online All You Can Eat (€25 instead of €33) or a discount on the Mad Animation Lover Pass (€90 instead of €115).

– Cineville members: As a Cineville member, you have access to regular Kaboom screenings and VR projects. You can reserve Cineville tickets once our ticketing starts and need to scan your Cineville pass on location to get access to the screening. Please don’t forget to cancel your reservation if you decide not to visit the screening.

– We are Public members: As a We Are Public member you can go to a selection of films! Keep an eye out for our collaboration through their website & socials!

– U-pas members: As an U-pas member, you can either get a 40% discount on our Utrecht program or pay with the credit on your card. You won’t be able to reserve a ticket beforehand, but you can simply come to our box office at Slachtstraat Filmtheater to buy a discounted ticket.

– Stadspas members: As a Stadspas member you can see our Amsterdam program! One ticket costs €8,50 (discounted ticket price). You make a reservation on the website, but you only get the ticket on location when you have shown your Stadspas.

– Uitpas members: as an Uitpas member you can go to a selection of screenings in Amsterdam for the reduced price of 8,50! The program will be announced on their website.

– CJP members: As a CJP member you can see our entire program with discount! One ticket costs €8,50 You make buy a ticket on our website and show your CJP when entering the room.

You will receive e-tickets via e-mail as a PDF to print or scan from your phone at the cinema. You can find them when you log in to your account at our website.

If you log in to your account on our website, you’ll get the full overview of everything you’ve bought. And the good thing is: all your tickets are available and scannable here as well, so you can’t lose them anymore!

We do not offer refunds or reimbursements, so please double check your order before you buy. If you made a mistake, you can give the tickets to one of your friends and make them very happy!

No, you can’t. If you made a mistake, you should probably just go see both films.

Before purchasing a ticket, please make sure to check all available discounts. You snooze you lose, my friend.

We have different ticket options that cater to different needs. To watch the full online collection (of more than 160 shorts in competition!) on demand, we offer the Online All You Can Eat Pass. To watch everything on- & offline, we offer the MAD Animation Lover Pass. Check out the festival passes here!

Want to keep it profesh? Get the Industry Days tickets!

Please find the online Hub here! I will be available on March 13th from 12:00 to March 22nd until 23:59 (CET time zone, only available in the Netherlands).

Don’t you worry, we are taking good care of our fans. During the festival (March 13th– 12:00 to March 22nd – 23:59 CET time zone), all online films can be viewed from your sofa (only available in the Netherlands).

No. The online program contains the short films in competition, but not the features, the theme program or any other programming. Please note that certain films might be excluded from online viewing.

Forgive us Father, we have no other option: the public content is only available in the Netherlands.

Note: Professional guests who have an Industry Accreditation, do have access to the online collection from outside the Netherlands.

Unless our fans crash the internet (which is of course a possibility), an online screening cannot be sold out. All content during the festival is available on demand.

As long as it has a screen and a stable internet connection, you should be fine. Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge are the most reliable browsers to stream films.

Yes, and it’s normal if the first few secs are lowered. If your connection is good enough, the player will then switch to HD. We offer content in 360p, 720p, 1080p and sometimes 4K.

Kaboom is an international festival and our standard language is English. You don’t need to have a Ph.D. in English, but the majority of our content will be in English, without subtitles. Films in a foreign language other than English will be subtitled in English. Please note: our kids programs on both Sunday mornings either have Dutch spoken language or a Dutch live dub, so children can understand what’s going on.

Really? This should be on your calendars since 5000 B.C. Kaboom Animation Festival kicks into full gear from Friday March 13th and culminates on Sunday March 22nd.

The festival takes place in Utrecht, Amsterdam and online.

• Utrecht: 13-16th of March at different locations: Slachtstraat Filmtheatre, HKU AG, De SIEN, ACU and Neude Library. Also, we have the Kaboom Industry Days which take place in the HKU Media, located at Oudenoord 700 in Utrecht on 17th & 18th March.
• Amsterdam: 19-22nd March we are mainly showing in Eye Filmmuseum. With a few events and screenings in Melkweg, Eye Collection Centre and Boom Chicago. See the information on locations here.

At Kaboom we welcome everyone from age 3 to 300, but not all content is meant for children. Our Kaboom Kids program will clearly state the appropriate age group per program. We consider a lot of our programming to be 12+.

You can bring your baby to the festivities, but our screenings are generally too noisy and confusing for humans under the age of 3.

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Photographs taken by our professionals will be used for festival reports and promotional purposes by Kaboom Animation Festival only.

You can find the Kaboom locations here.

We find it important that Kaboom Animation Festival is accessible to everyone. Accessibility can differ per venue, so we recommend checking our Accessibility page for detailed information per location. If you need additional information or assistance to prepare your visit, feel free to contact us via

Can’t join us in person? Our online program is accessible to anyone with a screen, wherever you are!

If you go to our website, you will find different tickets you can purchase. Choose the All You Can Eat Online Pass. This grants you access to all the online films! It’s not possible to buy loose tickets for only one online program.

Please note: Our online program can only be watched in The Netherlands, between March 13th– 12:00 to March 22nd – 23:59.

If you log in to your account on our website, and click on ‘My Tickets’, you’ll get the full overview of everything you’ve bought. And the good thing is: all your tickets are in here as well, so you can’t lose them anymore! Still having trouble finding them? Please contact .

If you order your tickets online, you get an e-ticket sent to your mail in PDF. You can also buy your tickets at the front desk of the screening on the day of the event.  

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Luckily, we have your back. All personal data can be updated or changed after logging into your account. Just click on the pencil next to the desired subject and adjust the information you want. Click ‘save’ and you saved your soul.

Our ticket sales are online and we need some of your data to make it work. By logging in, you have easy access to all your tickets in one place. You won’t be able to lose anything now! Please check our Privacy Policy here.

If you lose your details, no worries. We will help you! Just go to the login page and click ‘forgot your password’ and we will fix it!

Luckily, we have your back. All personal data can be updated or changed after logging into your account. Just click on the pencil next to the desired subject and adjust the information you want. Click ‘save’ and you saved your soul.

When you log in, you open the doors of animation heaven. You’ll get an overview of the festival and its films, which are divided into several categories. Want to know more? Every film has a short synopsis to give a taste of what to expect.

Our ticket sales will be online and we need some of your data to make it work. By logging in, you have easy access to all your tickets in one place. You won’t be able to lose anything now!