87 student films from the Netherlands and Belgium were selected for the Competition Student Films. The jury consisted of Bill Plympton, Annick Teninge and Run Wrake.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

529 (Five to Nine)

• Niek Castricum / Maarten de With
• The Netherlands, 2004
• 6 min.

A man drastically tries to get out of the rut, over and over again.

Aki

• Frieda Van Raevels
• Belgium, 2004
• 5 min.

Two men meet in ancient Japan.

Animation

• Frederic Dirixks
• Belgium, 2003

A Mafia boss searches for a gangster with certain qualities.

Blox

• Harm van Zon
• The Netherlands, 2004
• 5 min.

Blocks form themselves into organisms with their own particular movement patterns.

Gevallen Sterren: Eva Cassidy

• Wip Vernooij / David Storm
• The Netherlands, 2003
• 3 min.

Part of a series about musicians who died at an early age. Singer Eva Cassidy died at the age of 33.

Gevallen Sterren: Jim Croce

• Zsiga Bernath
• The Netherlands, 2003
• 3 min.

Part of a series about musicians who died at an early age. Jim Croce died at 30.

Hell Bent for Whiskey

• Benjamin Claeys / Matthias Claeys
• Belgium, 2004
• 5 min.

During prohibition two gangsters work for a bootlegger.

How Snjezhi Tjelokev Found His Ancestors

• Joris Oprins
• The Netherlands, 2003
• 3 min.

Snjezhi Tjelovek is a clerk in Old Russia where people carry their ancestors inside them in the form of matryoshka dolls.

My Dad

• Zina Papadopoulou
• The Netherlands, 2003
• 3 min.

A family takes a drive, but the father gets annoyed.

Oh, Hermes, Where Art Thou…?

• Huub Kistemaker
• The Netherlands, 2004
• 11 min.

A mouldy alchemist searches for the existential truth, but gets frustrated instead of enlightened.

Put

• Huub Kistemaker
• The Netherlands, 2003

A nervous little man finds a brain. However, good luck is ephemeral.

The Bicycle of Mister Hugo

• Erkan Köksal
• Belgium, 2004
• 2 min.

A man makes a bicycle to get out of the everyday routine.

The Picknick Need

• Nick Driessen
• The Netherlands, 2004

A little Frenchman decides to try to pick up someone with a sumptuous picnic basket.

This Mess

• Frank Zaal / Tim Roza / Marike Verbiest
• The Netherlands, 2004
• 4 min.

Music video for Woost.

True Friends

• Jelle de Beule
• Belgium, 2004
• 5 min.

A man lives in a miserable situation. A cute little girl wants to be his friend.

Victim

• Sandy Claes
• Belgium, 2004

A girl is obsessed with mice. She follows them.

What the…?

• Tim van Wielendaele
• Belgium, 2004
• 2 min.

Four situations in which a person perishes in a visual interrogative sentence.

When My Turn Will Come

• Julie van Bellinghen
• Belgium, 2004
• 4 min.

Memories of a man in an deserted house.

Whenever You’re Ready

• Michiel Coene
• Belgium, 2004
• 4 min.

A girl loses her parents through a violent conflict. She's all alone.