Commissioned Shorts

60 minutes
Commissioned Shorts

An anthology of the very best commissioned animated shorts in the past year.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

Showing in this program

Anibaaar

Anibaaar

  • Britt Raes
  • Belgium, 2018

Anibar loves kids, and kids love Anibar!

Belgian director Britt Raes created a trailer especially for the youngest members of our audience.
A boy and a girl spell out letters as they communicate with each other. In the end they come to an agreement, and shout out ANIBAR together.

Clipphanger: What are blisters?

Clipphanger: What are blisters?

  • Erik Butter
  • The Netherlands, 2018

Short educational animation about blisters.

Fraude: Dieselgate

Fraude: Dieselgate

  • Roman Klochkov / Anna Heuninck
  • Belgium, 2019

An educational video about Dieselgate from Volkswagen.
In order of Erasmus University of Rotterdam (2019).

Google: 20th Anniversary Doodle

Google: 20th Anniversary Doodle

  • Nico Piccirilli / Fran Marquez
  • The Netherlands, 2018

We celebrated Google’s 20th birthday with an eclectic animation featuring 20 original scenes based on 20 original searches for each year in 20 languages.

It’s All Family

It’s All Family

  • Johnny Kelly
  • United Kingdom, 2019

IT’S ALL FAMILY is meant to open kids’ eyes to other family dynamics, touching on everything from adoption to parental relationships, and reiterating that every family is different and that’s okay.

Just Be You

Just Be You

  • Johnny Kelly
  • United Kingdom, 2019

JUST BE YOU touches on the idea of growing up and discovering who you really are. This film encourages kids to be proud of who they are – even if that might be considered “different” to others.

Kinky Kitchen

Kinky Kitchen

  • Bea Höller
  • Germany, 2018
  • 2 min.

Choosen kitchen utensils and groceries are leading a life of their own. In an intimate moment filled with lust they interact in an untypical way. The viewer experiences the pleasure of their sensuality through sounds that at first set them on the wrong track.

Multiply

Multiply

  • William Medcalf / Amy Wright / Sam Mowforth
  • United Kingdom, 2019

"Disaster strikes an unusual city."

Mushrooms at Work

Mushrooms at Work

  • Qieer Wang
  • United States, 2018

Mycelium, an alternative new packaging material to styrofoam that was invented by engineer Eben Bayer, which was inspired by he's childhood memory.

My Best Friend “Rewinds”

My Best Friend “Rewinds”

  • Will Anderson / Ainslie Henderson
  • United Kingdom, 2018

Two reflexive animated characters cling to sanity inside the changing parameters of their world.

Only Slightly Exaggerated

Only Slightly Exaggerated

  • Psyop & Sun Creatures Studio
  • United States, 2019

Based on actual events. More or less.

Pip

Pip

  • Bruno Simões
  • Spain, 2018
  • 4 min.

Little Pip has a big dream, to graduate as an elite guide dog. But as the smallest in her class, she never imagined it would be this hard. Does she have what it takes to be a hero?

Reis Mee – Kinderen Voor Kinderen

Reis Mee – Kinderen Voor Kinderen

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2019
  • 2 min.

Six kids get stuck in traffic while they are heading for their holiday destination. They escape the traffic jam by the power of imagination and save the day!

Sit With Someone New

Sit With Someone New

  • Johnny Kelly
  • United Kingdom, 2019

SIT WITH SOMEONE NEW encourages kids to step out of their comfort zones to help others feel welcome. They might learn something new, or make a great friend by keeping an open mind when it comes to who they hang around.

Step Up

Step Up

  • Johnny Kelly
  • United Kingdom, 2019

STEP UP is an anti-bullying rally song and an easy- to-follow tool for kids who aren’t sure how to approach a situation involving a classmate being picked on, whether in the playground, or online.

Ted-Ed “Why Should You Read ‘Waiting for Godot’?”

Ted-Ed “Why Should You Read ‘Waiting for Godot’?”

  • Tomas Pichardo Espaillat
  • United States, 2018
  • 4 min.

Two men, Estragon and Vladimir, meet by a tree at dusk to wait for someone called Godot.

The PVC-Horse

The PVC-Horse

  • Ambassadors
  • The Netherlands, 2019

For socially responsible Dutch bank ASN's latest television campaign, the aim was to encourage a plastic-free ocean in the same well-loved, character-driven animated style the spots are now known for.

The Sex Recession

The Sex Recession

  • Jackie Lay
  • United States, 2018
  • 3 min.

Why are young people having less sex? In the space of a generation, sex has gone from something most high-school students have experienced to something most haven’t. The average adult used to have sex 62 times a year. Now, that number is 54. In a culture that is becoming increasingly more tolerant, why is sex on the decline?

The Story of François and Amélie

The Story of François and Amélie

  • Douwe van der Werf
  • The Netherlands / Spain, 2018
  • 3 min.

François just can't keep up at school. It seems like the harder he tries, the less he understands. His teacher Amélíe just doesn't know what to do. Then one day she wakes up from a dark dream...

Unstoppable Kingdom

Unstoppable Kingdom

  • Elyse Kelly
  • United States, 2019
  • 2 min.

Most mushrooms that are poisonous, will just give you a headache or make you throw up. It's rare that a species will actually kill you. The death cap is one of those.

The bigger story is that death caps are becoming more of a global species, and how that’s affecting the larger ecosystem is still a bit of a mystery.

A commissioned film for The Atlantic’s “Life Up Close” project.

Window Worlds

Window Worlds

  • Moth Studio
  • United Kingdom, 2018

As part of its makeover, E4 commissioned us and a group of other wonderful UK talents to create their new idents. We were given absolute creative freedom to create something fun and unexpected. We went and did just that!

Wutong Emerging Industrial Cluster

Wutong Emerging Industrial Cluster

  • Bohong Deng
  • China, 2018
  • 3 min.

Shenzhen is the youngest international metropolis of the world. Grew from a small town into a metropolis of 20 million population, it only takes 40 years of time. The city is changing rapidly every day. In this video, it showed the new look of a region in Shenzhen within 5 years in the future.