Competition Dutch Animation 1

70 minutes
Competition Dutch Animation 1

A committed jury watches the contenders and grants an award for the best professional Dutch film. Besides the jury prizes an award will be chosen by the festival audience for which student films can compete as well. The competition Dutch animation is open for all Dutch animated film productions such as commercials, promotional films, music videos, educational or information films, film or television leaders, television films, episodes from television series, independently produced films, student films, broadcast design and industrial films. The mixture of all genres in competition showcases an varied and interesting showcase of the finest Dutch animation. A Grand Prize will be appointed to the winner of the jury prize for best Dutch professional film. For the competition for Dutch animation 55 films have been selected, 16 of these are student films.

This program screened as part of Haff 2015

Showing in this program

A Single Life

A Single Life

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

When Pia puts on a mysterious vinyl single, she's suddenly able to travel through her own life.

Bodily Dysfunctions

Bodily Dysfunctions

  • Aisha Madu
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

A collection of sketches about people in awkward, painful or just plain absurd physical situations.

Cat meets Dog

Cat meets Dog

  • Paul Driessen
  • Canada / Belgium / The Netherlands, 2015
  • 11 min.

An anthropomorphic cat and dog, their images divided over 4 panels, receive an invitation for a romantic rendez­vous.

When they eventually arrive at their destination after multiple moments of near-­interaction the lovers don’t turn out to be whom we thought they were.

At the end it’s their abandoned spouses who meet and reveal the naked truth.

Composition nr 7

Composition nr 7

  • Elly Sloep
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

Compositie 7 is an abstract movie with vertical lines moving across the screen.
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Cursed

Cursed

  • Merel van den Broek / Nicole Derksen
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 4 min.

Cursed is about a villainess who enjoys bringing chaos and disaster. But when something crosses her way of evil-doing, things turn out for the unexpected.

Dog-e

Dog-e

  • Patrick Raats
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

In our modern, technological "gadgetsociety", sometimes it's hard to see the difference between reality and fiction...

Don’t Do This to Me Now

Don’t Do This to Me Now

  • Jack Fitzgerald
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 8 min.

Satirical ‘newscast’ full of verbal and visual puns in which a maladjusted character tries to understand himself and the world. This leads to a series of sketches ridiculing phenomena of our modern society in encounters and occurrences with a twist. An animation at daggers drawn in very sober lines.
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Exhume

Exhume

  • Johan ten Woude
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 5 min.

In the futhere, humanity tries to create a livable atmospher on the planet Kepler-662. Automatic harvesters drill deep into the core to release the planets resources and by that creating a livable atmosphere. Two engineers travel to the planet to repair some of these harvesters. Things don't go as smooth as they had hoped for.

Gemoed

Gemoed

  • Jeroen Hoogaars
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

Een visueel spel tussen de hedendaagse prikkels van natuur, geluid en het menselijk lichaam. Dit verbeeld in verschillende Animatie, Film en motion technieken.
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ING MVO – A Better World for Our Children

ING MVO – A Better World for Our Children

  • Peter Mansfelt
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

ING sustainability animation video: a better world for our children.

Just Kids

Just Kids

  • Sverre Fredriksen
  • The Netherlands, 2014

Animated leader & credits for documentary series Mensjesrechten, commissioned by IKON.
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Lam 2: Red Hands

Lam 2: Red Hands

  • Tess Martin
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 4 min.

Animated music video for Seattle band Dark Hip Falls using ink, water and gum arabic solution. It uses the theme of Rorschach tests to interpret the restless and fast-paced lyrics in their song ‘Lam2: Red Hands’.

Mario

Mario

  • Tess Martin
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 2 min.

In Italian playgrounds a song is chanted that dates back to World War I. This paint on glass animation tells this dark tale of a soldier who returns home from war to find his girlfriend has left him.

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Meet the Citizen Inspector

Meet the Citizen Inspector

  • Wiep Teeuwisse / Iris Frankhuizen / Renske Cuijpers
  • The Netherlands, 2014

This animation is made for The Blackfish and shows you all about their Citizen Inspector Network, which trains citizens to realise independent monitoring of fishing operations in European seas by carrying out inspections in fishing ports, markets and coastal areas. Collected evidence is then used to aid policy work of other organisations and to initiate prosecution.

Nobody Beats the Drum – Let It Go

Nobody Beats the Drum – Let It Go

  • Max Italiaander / Levi Jacobs
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

A man leaves his stressful work life to go on an adventure through Planet Tropicana. Official music video for Nobody Beats The Drum

Parallel Parking

Parallel Parking

  • Silvester Zwaneveld
  • The Netherlands, 2015

A little alien tries to park his alien craft.

The Tango of the Dogs

The Tango of the Dogs

  • Gerrie Hondius
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

sand animation to an improvised tango of two piano players. Women transformating into dogs and other dog motions.
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Volunteer’s Academy Amsterdam

Volunteer’s Academy Amsterdam

  • Robert Bolwijn
  • The Netherlands, 2014

This explain animation gives you a good start on becoming a great volunteer.

Wende – Last Resistance

Wende – Last Resistance

  • Aimée de Jongh
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 4 min.

Animated videoclip for the song 'Last Resistance' by the Dutch artist Wende. The video is about a girl who has to go underwater, metaphorically and literally, to find her inner self.

Woodoo

Woodoo

  • Andre Maat
  • The Netherlands, 2014

A simple piece of wood is not always what it seems.