For the competition for best Dutch animation, a selection committee made a selection from 141 Dutch entries. 36 titles passed the test. The committee was made up of Reinier Hattink (producer, for VERS - the new name of NFTVM), Patrick Chin (animation filmmaker, on HAFF’s invitation), Lisette Looman (production manager Telescreen, on behalf of the Vereniging Nederlandse Animatieproducenten - VNAP).

This program screened as part of HAFF 2010

Showing in this program

Amsterdam Osdorp

• Martijn Hogenkamp
• The Netherlands, 2010

Characteristic buildings and people from the Amsterdam Osdorp district, which recently merged with the districts Slotervaart and Geuzenveld-Slotermeer

Blackhole

• Arjan van Meerten
• The Netherlands, 2009
• 2 min.

A visual exploration of the song blackhole.

Chaos

• Harde K
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 3 min.

One of the fifty subjects of the Dutch bèta canon, the school standard stipulating what every student should know about natural sciences.

Esther Groenenberg: Strange Birds

• Demian Geerlings
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 3 min.

When all colourful, creative and autonomous birds are no longer welcome, what is left?

In Other Words

• Joost Bakker
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 2 min.

A message in a whirling newspaper seems to reunite a man and a woman.

Love and Strange Places in 2110

• Lucette Braune
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 3 min.

Doll-like character travels into space to an unknown universe. Dreamlike story about loneliness and love.

Monster (Monsterboard): Xmas Viral

• Joris Oprins
• The Netherlands, 2009

Santa Claus is about to deliver the presents, but he acts a little strange.

Noisia: Machinegun

• Henk Loorbach
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 3 min.

Music video about the self-destruction of mankind.

Olaf Happy Little Cannon

• Martin Venema
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 11 min.

A fairy tale about a small cannon that finds itself in a fragile world.

Runaway

• Job Kind
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 2 min.

Music video for 'Runaway' performed and written by Dutch singer-songwriter Bart van der Lee.

Soup

• Margriet Westerhof
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 5 min.

A pot of soup is the universe. A piece of cauliflower can spark off a hurricane.

Starshipluck to You

• Lotta Sweetliv
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 4 min.

Catwoman is visited on her planet by dancing alter egos, who declare their love to her, and joins them.

Teleac/NOT: Hoelahoep

• Elmer Kaan
• The Netherlands, 2010

Leader for a children’s show.

The Masters of the Media

• Rogier Klomp
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 5 min.

First documentary from the This Is Propaganda series about monopolies in the media industry.

Tim Knol: When I Am King

• Sverre Fredriksen
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 2 min.

Music video in stop motion reveals a fantasy world where a young man discovers a destroyed city.

Vera Jührend: Always Something

• Mark Pot
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 4 min.

Music video for debut album. Vera packs her suitcase for a show with her band, but her suitcase soon goes missing.

Victory

• Guusje Kaayk
• The Netherlands, 2010

A dancer fights the eternal enemy, the laws of gravitation.

Visitor

• Jeroen Cremers
• The Netherlands, 2010
• 4 min.

A boy wanders by himself in a strange, surreal water world where nothing is what it seems.