Welcome to the space of oddities. A selection of shorts that will make you think WTF!
Welcome, dear people, to the space of oddities! With evil and uncomfortable laughter, Kaboom presents a sumptuous selection that fully embraces the weird and the wild, the trippy and the twisted, the mad and the mental. Be baffled, yell WTF, cry with laughter ... Or just cry. This year's protagonists in the Bonkers selection include (amongst others): a farmer's bestiality, Barbie's climax, a Jewish farmhouse where slapstick reigns, a hilarious and gory murder mystery, motorized mayhem, a fascist with a hammer, a curious guy who presses all the buttons, a cat on an audition, Tasmanian backyard critters, and four people in an elevator!
Alone in an elevator? People do the craziest things. Together in an elevator... Totally different. Inspired by everyday life and the difference in people's behaviour when they are alone (in contrast to the socially acceptable behaviour when they are in a public space), this student short is a clever and funny study of the awkward public setting of an elevator.
Madness. Mayhem. The game is on! Three interlocking vignettes of motorized mayhem attack your brain with their over-the-top zany characters and design. Guns are blazing, cars are racing, craziness is piling up... By being more like an early 2000s game, you keep asking one question: where the hell do I plug in my controller?!
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Phew, is it getting hot in here? Exploring the inner world of female lust and pleasure, this student short reaches an orgasm, not by explicitness, but by associative images and sensual movement. We follow Barbie, who's emerging like Alice in Wonderland into a magical world, a place of temptation and pure joy. Here, she gets rid of her stiffness and repression, ultimately reaching a climax.
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Never, never press buttons that you are not supposed to press. But discourage by waiting for his coffee, Patrick enters a curious room filled with buttons. Transported by the music, he is unaware of the consequences of each button he presses. A short about how humanity unwittingly(?) is destroying the planet.
MURDER MYSTERYYYY!!! A series of murders in strange circumstances is devastating the city and there is only one person who is capable of finding the culprit: Toni Clues. Reminiscent of Aardman's stop-motion films and with clever funny references to classics as Seven and Psycho, this hilarious spoof on the detective genre holds an unmistakable commentary on meat consumption. It's also deliriously gory!
Well, that's a bit awkward ... A cat goes to a job interview where his skills are valued by ... three mice. As the interview progresses the situation becomes increasingly uncomfortable for everyone involved. A perfect portrayal of how threatening and terrifying an audition is ... even for a cat.
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Winter, 1895. In a small Ukrainian village, farmer Shlomo is expecting his tenth child. Thrown into a panic, he runs to the rabbi for some advice and discovers that, in life as in physics, everything is relative. But not before slapstick ensues and we get to witness pure mayhem at the family house!
Did someone say bestiality? This wickedly menacing and deliriously funny short follows a farmer who lives an idyllic life in the Swiss Alps, until one of his goats gives birth to a creature that looks more like the farmer than a goat. Trying to hide the traces of this, he hits on a winning formula for a new brand of cheese.
Australian animator Felix Colgrave is a creative wonder, which is why his Youtube channel is so popular. As weird as it is, Colgrave's style is utterly distinctive. Throat Notes is a psychedelic look at the bizarre backyard creatures you might cross paths with in Tasmania and the strange things they might be up to.
All the way from Australia comes a truly bonkers short. The fall of a civilization leaves a desolate landscape where a single fascist - black hat included - hammers away at the constant resurgence of happiness.
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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