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Bakermat – Ain’t Nobody
Bakermat's music videos are always a treat, and this is no exception! The song Ain't Nobody ft. LaShun Pace gets an animated delight where Matt and his new friends accidentally end up on a journey through time and space.
Dutch Shorts 2: Crisis Within
65 minutes
Hup Holland Hup! Discover the best animated shorts The Netherlands has to offer.
Hup Holland Hup! The Netherlands has so much film talent in store that Kaboom is dedicating a whole competition to Dutch shorts. Discover the best of Dutchies and enjoy the crème de la crème of animated shorts from the Netherlands, showcasing the immense talent of both professional filmmakers and students.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2022
Showing in this program
Bekeken
Ambitiously animated, this short explores the tension in watching and being watched, and the effects of rejection can have on one's self-image. An uncanny and eerie watch that will make you question the looks you give and receive.
Bristles
When to most beautiful brush in the jar suddenly dries out, he does everything he can to save his beautiful bristles to be able to paint again. But uh-oh, what a mess!
Feel
Welcome to a dreamlike fantasy world where two characters are witness to the surprising and playful behaviour of their environment.
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Howling
In the dark woods, we witness the dying hour of the Alpha male of a wolf pack. As he howls to the moon, he - and we with him - remember his sacrifice for the pack. Cry along!
Layang-Layang
Layang-Layang is a sweet short film centered around the nostalgic memories that filmmaker Dewi Hartono has been told by her father from his childhood in Indonesia. The film follows his journey from Indonesia until he met Hartono's mother, and moved to the Netherlands. Her father learned to adapt and live in a foreign country, and thus she grew up with two cultures that are completely different but equally beautiful.
Patatsoep
Any one who has ever worked in a restaurant or had to wash piles of dishes can relate to this joyful short! We follow a girl who works as a spooly of a restaurant and starts to daydream during her shift. It doesn't take long before her imagination starts to mix with reality and she gets caught in the middle of it all.
Piece of Art
Not every burglar is a handyman. This burglar ... well, he makes a mess trying to break into a museum to steal a piece of art. This Dutch short is a wonderful and creative piece of art itself. A joy to watch, even if its protagonist really sucks at his job. Maybe he can't steal art, but he can steal the show!
Pig
Plug into the pig! A group of animals hook up a power grid to the socket-shaped snout of one big, sleeping pig. The animals use the pig's energy for simple things at first, but soon they render themselves dependent on a city where every single thing - the useful and the useless - is automated ... How long can that last? A humorous fable that leaves it up to the viewer to draw their own conclusions about our resources and the climate crisis.
Rise
There is always a reason to keep going! This short presents a discussion about the positive and negative aspects of living in the world of today. Motivational speech: check!
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Sincerely
We can all agree: it's not easy to reveal your feelings to someone. Yet, Prom - your local lesbian fantasy postal worker - is willing to give it a try. Sincerely follows her as she finally decides to deliver her most important letter yet; a letter to her crush. That is, of course, if Prom and her letter can make it to their destination in one piece.
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Sprite Fright
"It's like a gnome shagged a mushroom!", says one of the rowdy teenagers who are trekking into an isolated forest and discover peaceful mushroom creatures. But the adorable little creatures also turn out to be an unexpected force of nature. Sprite Fright is an 80s-inspired horror comedy which looks like a demented take on The Smurfs and The Lorax. It will most certainly caught you off guard!
Thaw
When a New Year, in the form of a rowdy toddler, arrives in a frozen forest, and brings along the thaw, the Previous Year, in the form of an old man of snow and ice, tries to protect "his" forest. An impressively animated short made in the framework of Ultrakort.
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The 2 Shoes
A child, a young man, an adult, and an old man walk alternately to doom, finding two shiny shoes on their way. Quirkily animated, the latest short by Paul Driessen is again a cynical must-see!
The Prejudiced Hierarchist
Are we not that different from animals after all? For a long time, humanity has separated itself from animality. But the more scientists know about non-human animals, the more they see similarities with humans. We need animal emancipation to go forward. This short makes a start in breaking down human's hierarchical ideas about other animals, using real-life examples.
Ursa Major
A polar bear dreams of playing the piano. When he passes the concert hall on an easy evening stroll, he hears some music coming from inside the hall. He looks through the window. A professional pianist is playing a Steinway! He decides to go in and give it a go himself. Then he gets detected…
Welter of Words
"Stop thinking!" How many times have you had to say that to yourself? Here is a story about a girl who can't stop thinking, what causes her to end up in a chaotic imaginary world full of her own thoughts. In this world, she has to find a solution for all her overthinking and regain her piece of mind.
