Kaboom Animation Festival Kaboom Animation Festival annually presents an international program of daring, creative and innovative animation in various competitions, themed programs and Expanded Animation (games, a VR exhibition, installations). Kaboom is a qualifying festival for the Oscars®, BAFTAs and Annie

Kaboom Internships   4 Internships available: Communication - Industry - Program - Production Kaboom Animation Festival  Kaboom Animation Festival is the biggest animation festival in the Netherlands and brings audiences and professionals the most daring, creative and innovative national and international animated films and expanded

It's officially a wrap! As our beloved festival comes to an end, the vibes are a mix of joy, pride, and a touch of bittersweet heartbreak

On Saturday, March 29th, we held our Award Night and what a night it was

It’s finally there, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: only a few clicks away lie your tickets for all the wonderful adventures our team has been preparing for you.

Happy Valentine's Day from the Kaboom team! A list of animations to celebrate love

Your favorite animation festival is back! To make this LEGENDARY edition happen, Kaboom relies on your support. Want to become our hero? 🦸

Get ready for Kaboom 2025! Be the first to catch our complete program and get ready to snatch your tickets. First come, first serve. Save these dates in your calendar:

With a lot of excitement we announce that Kaboom is now an BAFTA  Qualifying Festival

On Saturday, April 13th, we held our Award Night and what a night it was!

We have prepared a marvelous selection of VR projects for you

The Irish filmmaker co-founded Cartoon Saloon and has made three Academy Award-nominated animated features: ‘The Secret of Kells’, ‘Song of the Sea’ and ‘Wolfwalkers’

Peek into the vibrant world of adult animation with Adult Swim, a trailblazer in the genre known for its bold storytelling and boundary-pushing creativity.

Inés is an animation director in search of inspiration when she suddenly stumbles upon Sultana's Dream in a bookshop in India

It’s finally there, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: only a few clicks away lie your tickets for all the wonderful adventures our team has been preparing for you.

Exciting news! Together with Omroep Zwart, we are bringing you an unmissable 3-part bundle of destinations

We are proud to annouce that the Kaboom Animation Festival 2024 opening film is

📅 On the 5th of April, let Kaboom 2024 begin! Join us on opening night with an utterly creative audiovisual city tour

📅 On the 6th of April, be prepared to fully immerse yourself in the best this country has to offer

Great news! We can now finally share the program with you! Please go on our website and navigate through all the features films, shorts and live shows and make a must-see list.

Happy Valentine's Day from the Kaboom team! A list of animations to celebrate love

Ready to immerse yourself in some arts and culture? On the 18th of February the city of Utrecht will transform into an exciting playground for workshops, screenings and more. Of course, we had to take part too. ⁠

Save the date: Kaboom Industry Days: April 9th & 10th

The masterclass includes screenings, a live drawing demonstration and a free gift for all and every attendee

Your favorite animation festival is back! To make this LEGENDARY edition happen, Kaboom relies on your support. Want to become our hero? 🦸

It is finally TIME for the announcement of the films in the Official Selection of 2024

Yaaaay…. we can finally share the poster with you! Here it is

Happy holidays from the Kaboom team! A list of Christmas animations to enjoy during the holiday season

With a lot of excitement we announce that Kaboom is now an

If you always felt that VR holds something in store for you

Call for entries 2024 is now open!

On Saturday, April 1st, we held our Award Night and what a night it was

Dollywood, the legendary Dutch stop-motion studio

De releasedatum van We Lost Our Human op @netflix is 21 maart, en we zijn ervan overtuigd dat je het geweldig zult vinden

We’re delighted to welcome the lovely little people to the Kaboom Kids program of our festival

Here are our suggestions for events that you certainly don't want to miss

How about a permanent Kaboom 2023 memory

We are thrilled to introduce our jury members 🎉

Warm-up for Kaboom Animation Festival 2023 with the monthly anime night in our Cinema with Harmony from Michael Arias and Takashi Nakamura

We have prepared a marvelous selection of VR projects for you

On Saturday, March 25, Sencity Festival will celebrate its 20th anniversary at TivoliVredenburg

The story of a revolutionist in disguise, challenging all societal codes and conventions by just embracing who he is

It’s finally there, the moment you’ve all been waiting for: only a few clicks away lie your tickets for all the wonderful adventures our team has been preparing for you.

We are proud to annouce that the Kaboom Animation Festival 2023 opening film is

On 28 and 29 March in Utrecht and online, Kaboom Animation Festival offers a true godsend to animation professionals: the Kaboom Industry Days 2023.

Great news! We can now finally share the program with you! Please go on our website and navigate through all the features films, shorts and live shows and make a must-see list.

Happy Valentine's Day from the Kaboom team! A list of animations to celebrate love

What can the amazing Kaboomers expect? Curated by the one and only Chris Robinson we’ve got

On Sunday, April 2, 2023, at 4 PM, we invite you to witness the gathering of several Dutch voice-over actors at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam.

Kaboom Animation Festival and Animated Women/World are excited to announce our open call for submissions to create a dynamic poster exhibition at the City Hall in Utrecht during the month of March 2023.

It’s 'Bambi meets Apocalypse Now' in this provocative and strangely beautiful horror comedy from acclaimed filmmaker and illustrator Alberto Vazquez

Your favorite animation festival is back! To make this LEGENDARY edition happen, Kaboom relies on your support. Want to become our hero?

From an early age, songs and fairytales convinced Zelma that Love would solve all her problems as long as she abided by societal expectations of how a girl should act.

Watch Hiroyuki Okiura: A Letter to Momo on the 21st of January at Melkweg Amsterdam

It is finally TIME for the announcement of the films in the Official Selection of 2023

Tokyo, a few days after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Kyoko suddenly leaves her husband after spending five days in a row glued to unfolding earthquake footage on TV.

Marcel, a 1-inch-tall shell, lives with his grandmother, Connie, the only resident of their town after their neighbors' sudden, mysterious disappearance.

Discover the Kaboom Animation Festival 2023 Poster with Leyla

Happy holidays from the Kaboom team! A list of Christmas animations to enjoy during the holiday season.

Your favorite animation festival is back! To make this LEGENDARY edition happen, Kaboom relies on your support. Want to become our hero?

Watch Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist & Tokyo Godfathers this weekend at Melkweg Amsterdam

Kaboom Animation Festival Kaboom Animation Festival presents the most daring, creative and innovative international animation  in a mind-blowing festival from 24th March to 2nd April 2023 in Utrecht, Amsterdam and online. Besides film, we offer an Expanded Animation program, in which

90 animators from Utrecht made magic together to celebrate their city! Come and join the opening night of the animation 900 seconds project in Tivoli Vredenburg.

A collaboration that seems meant to be! From this February we will organize every month an anime evening in the Melkweg Cinema Amsterdam.

3 Kaboom Internships:   (online) Marketing Department - Program Department - Production Department    Kaboom Animation Festival Kaboom Animation Festival is the biggest animation festival in the Netherlands and brings audiences and professionals the most daring, creative and innovative national and international animated films and expanded

During the last six months, several festivals and professionals teamed up to form a new collective called “Keep Festive”.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS In the beginning, there was the… World! The world-building VR Metaverse workshop (Kaboom Animation Festival & Imagine Film Festival) What? A 3-weekend workshop in VR Dates: 9-11, 23-25 September and 2-4 December 2022 (three weekends for the full workshop) Have you ever dreamed

Call for entries 2023 is now open!

Melkweg X Kaboom Anime 16-04 ADOLESCENCE OF UTENA (1999)

DAY 7 - Kaboom 2022

The Winners of the Kaboom Awards 2022 are!!!

DAY 6 Wow wow wow our hearts are full! Saturday of Kaboom was one in the books.

Oh, sweet Sunday!

DAY 5 - Kaboom 2022

The Saturday Afternoon of Kaboom is again filled with a lot of creativity and fun! 👇🏼

DAY 4 - Kaboom 2022

The Thursday night of Kaboom we will bring you amazing Kaboom Specials & films 🌋🔥

DAY 3 - Kaboom 2022 Opening day Amsterdam

ARCHIPEL / ARCHIPELAGO today at 15:00

DAY 2 - Kaboom 2022 Utrecht

Tonight is the big opening of Kaboom 2022 in Amsterdam. The opening film is ‘Where is Anne Frank’

DAY 1 - Kaboom 2022 Utrecht

Feature Films in Competition: Belle

Too Good to Ignore: A Sci-fi Double Bill 🌋 Showtimes: Saturday 2nd of April 2022 23:00 EYE 2

Stand-Up Comedy & Live Animation Showtimes: FRIDAY 01 APRIL 2022 Eye at 21:30

Panel: Is it our story to tell?

Meet the Doc and Dutch Competition Jury 2022..

Discover the Kaboom Animation Festival 2022 Poster with Leyla

Meet the International Jury 2022

In Pursuit of Pleasure

Dreaming of Electric Sheeps - Creating stories natively in Virtual Reality Kaboom 2022

Meet this years VR jury 2022! We are to present to you a very diverse team.

Short Movie Sunday at Volkshotel

Ukraine Benefit: Kaboom x Linoleum Festival

Join our Installations at Kaboom Animation 2022

Join our VR Exhibitions at Kaboom Animation 2022..

Melkweg Anime X Kaboom 12-03-2022 - Memories

THE PROGRAM FOR OUR INDUSTRY DAYS IS COMPLETE!

Ticket Sale Kaboom 2022 is on!

Feature: The Timekeepers of Eternity

Oscar Nomination for Flee screens at Kaboom '22

A collaboration that seems meant to be! From this February we will organize every month an anime evening in the Melkweg Cinema Amsterdam.

The complete program of Kaboom Animation Festival 2022 is now online!

Your favorite animation festival is back! To make this LEGENDARY edition happen, Kaboom relies on your support. Want to become our hero?

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

It is a wrap! Kaboom 2021 is really over, and we are happy to say that animation in the Netherlands has more fans than ever!

In the spring of 2022 our Kaboom Festival will be offline again in theatres in Amsterdam & Utrecht. 

Congratulations to all winners of the Kaboom 2021 Award!

The animated AR works of Willem de Kooning Academy students for Kaboom 2021

Check out the complete schedule of all our live shows during Kaboom 2021

Kaboom and Animated women teamed up to celebrate female excellence in animation: an augmented reality exhibition

The European Space Agency (ESA) invites screenwriters to submit proposals for short films about European space exploration.

On January 28th we will host an NFB shorts online filmmaker panel discussion and Q&A

Join us for a creative process talk and Q&A with the directors of Wolfwalkers

Saying goodbye to our business director Bram

short film festival | weekly | online, free

Breaking News: New dates for the upcoming Kaboom Animation Festival Edition

short film festival | weekly | online, free

Midnight Madness | Monday 13 April, 20:00 | online & free

We are looking for a head of marketing

Looking back on our first edition of Kaboom.

We're now accepting submissions

We're back from hibernation!

They had hard jobs, but they did them with style & class.

The votes have been counted, the mathematicians have cracked the numbers, and the results are in.

The winners of the very first edition of Kaboom Animation Festival are

We've opened the festival with a very loud bang in Amsterdam.

A dazzling start to a dazzling festival

Full program & tickets available today!

Are you a Subbacultcha memba? Come get what you deserve.

'Top 3' by Sofie Edvardsson won Best Nordic-Baltic Feature Film

Meet your Kaboom jury this year

Full program & tickets available today!

The program for our Industry Day is here.

Full program & tickets available today!

We proudly present the super official, full, complete and entire selection of Kaboom Animation Festival. We ask your undivided attention for the selection for the competitions of the first edition of Kaboom Animation Festival.

Kaboom Animation Festival is looking for volunteers to help out during the very first edition of our festival! You'll make frenz for life, get all the free food, limited edition clothes and swag, and you can gorge on all the

Industry and Festival Accreditations are available now. And since you’re extra early we’re even offering you a 20% Early Bird discount. Chirrup chirrup! Don’t be shy and register now. NO LONGER AVAILABLE Industry Accreditation Whether you’re attending Kaboom for business or

The feature films for Kaboom Festival 2019 are selected! We've got the best of the best selected for you and your mini-me right here, so prepare to be blown away by these animated treasures. Mirai Tux and Fanny The Wolf House The Swallows

After months of preparation and anticipation, KLIK and HAFF in Utrecht are excited to announce the big news.

While we're working on the immediate future of our first edition in November we are also looking far ahead at the future of European animation festivals. With the announcement of the Creative Europe MEDIA Future Program 2021 - 2027 we decided to collaborate