Bonkers Shorts

70 minutes

Forget logic and sanity! Welcome to the madhouse of Kaboom: a bonkers short film collection where the bizarre reigns supreme.

Logic? Banished. Sanity? Evicted. Your grip on reality and normalcy? Poof, gone! Welcome to a cinematic madhouse, where the bizarre reigns supreme and the laws of physics (and good taste) are gleefully ignored.

Kaboom proudly presents a deranged collection of shorts so unhinged, even your wildest imagination wouldn't have come up with them. Fasten your seatbelt - or don't. At this point, it won't help. The chaos is coming for you either way.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2025

Showing in this program

Art & Davey: The Housemate From Hell

Art & Davey: The Housemate From Hell

  • Kayne Mosch
  • The Netherlands, 2024
  • 3 min.

Art, a twenty-something year old student returns to his apartment after a long day of work. Only to find out that his stoner roommate, Davey, accidentally let a demon into their apartment. Now Art is faced with two problems: getting rid of actual satanic hellspawn, and dealing with a roommate too inconsiderate to help out in any meaningful way.

Baby Bro

Baby Bro

  • Celia Bullwinkel
  • United States, 2024
  • 2 min.

Three babies in a maternity ward discuss what it's like to be born. Baby Bro is a dark satire about men's private spaces, and the ways women are discussed.

Corn Man Origin Theory

Corn Man Origin Theory

  • Alexandre Louvenaz
  • France, 2023

Corn Man was just a simple man. One day, his cornfield was invaded by ducks. Fueled by a righteous anger at the desecration of his immaculate field by these creatures, he decided to chase them away, as he held a sacred aversion to animals. It was at that moment that he triggered something that would change his life forever.

Forever

Forever

  • Theo Djekou / Pierre Ferrari / Cyrine Jouini / Pauline Philippart / Anissa Terrier
  • France, 2024
  • 6 min.

While golfers play on the other side of the fence, peaceful garden gnomes find themselves attacked by stray golf balls.

Little Edy: The Joyride

Little Edy: The Joyride

  • Felipe Di Poi
  • United States, 2024
  • 3 min.

Little Edy and Banjo go for a joy ride.

Mindaugas and Crusade for Love and Freedom

Mindaugas and Crusade for Love and Freedom

  • Gytis Baranauskas
  • Lithuania, 2023
  • 10 min.

This is a short full-length documentary film about the wedding of Mindaugas and Morta. It is based on true events, long-lost facts censored by the Vatican, and stories passed down from generation to generation.

In 1251, Lithuania was the last kingdom in Europe to adopt Christianity—not because the Christian God was better than the pagan gods, but simply because baptism was necessary for political, strategic, and other similarly dull reasons.

So, the baptism was performed, and the time came for the future King of Lithuania, Mindaugas, to marry Morta and live happily ever after.
But then, a beam of light abducted her from her wedding...
Fun...
And so, like some generic hero from a fairytale, Mindaugas embarks on a quest that takes him from hell to heaven and even higher dimensions to save the love of his life.

Muscle Man in: Metal Mayhem

Muscle Man in: Metal Mayhem

  • Nicolas Gemoets
  • Belgium, 2023
  • 8 min.

Muscle Man, the world's cleanest superhero, embarks on a thrilling battle against a giant robot determined to reduce the city to rubble, but his obsession with order could lead him to his downfall.

Phallic Don Is Dead

Phallic Don Is Dead

  • Jack-Henry Lee
  • United States, 2024
  • 4 min.

Phallic Don – an aimless killer who was just murdered by his already-deceased nemesis, Lord Megaf*cker – realizes how much he cares about his longtime rival.

Rushmore

Rushmore

  • Oriane Azzhiri / Sarah Balanger / Alex Bruneau / Eva-Luna Delmas / Emeline Guidé / Clara Maynard / Tom Perrony / Elie Plisson
  • France, 2024
  • 5 min.

Kurt and Freddy are two rednecks who own gas stations across from each other on a deserted road in South Dakota, at the foot of Mount Rushmore. Their daily lives are marked by boredom until the day they hear an intriguing announcement on the radio: an exceptional posthumous award will be given to the person who dies in the most ridiculous way. The winner will have his face engraved on Mount Rushmore. Fascinated by this prospect, the two neighbors then launch into an absurd competition to obtain this macabre distinction, unknowingly endangering a scout camp located nearby.

Senior Activity

Senior Activity

  • Julianna Misincsuk
  • The Netherlands, 2024
  • 2 min.

What if life after 70 just begins?
This sketch is about a grandma who has peculiar pets, questionable friends and is involved in some illegal activities. There is gambling, murder, and a deer.

The Mole

The Mole

  • Alexey Sukhov
  • Russia, 2023
  • 13 min.

Victor, at the request of his wife, goes for a pipe cleaning liquid “The Mole”. On the way, he reflects and philosophizes, but a sudden incident leads him to a memory loss. Thus, a series of events is launched in which the hero is forced to try on different essences of the word Mole.

Why Won’t Anyone Eat Me

Why Won’t Anyone Eat Me

  • Lewis Macaulay
  • United Kingdom, 2024
  • 4 min.
You’ve Got a Friend in Me

You’ve Got a Friend in Me

  • Peter Millard
  • United Kingdom, 2024
  • 2 min.

You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
When the road looks rough ahead
And you're miles and miles from your nice warm bed
Just remember what your old pal said
Boy, you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got troubles, I've got 'em too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you
We stick together, we can see it through
'Cause you've got a friend in me
Yeah, you've got a friend in me
Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too, maybe
But none of them will ever love you the way I do
It's me and you, boy
And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see, it's our destiny
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me