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Bakermat – Ain’t Nobody
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
A short film about the tension in watching and being watched, and the effects looks of rejection can have on one's self-image.
Bristles
When the 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.
Feel
In this short video, the viewer is introduced to a fantasy world where two characters are witness to the surprising and playful behaviour of their environment.
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Howling
We witness the dying hour of the Alfa male of a wolfpack. As he howls to the moon we remember how he gave his life fro the pack.
Layang-Layang
Layang-Layang is an animated short film that is centered around the nostalgic memories that I have been told by my Father from his childhood in Indonesia. The film follows his journey from Indonesia until he met my Mother, and moved to the Netherlands.
My Father learned to adapt and live in a foreign country, and thus I grew up with two cultures that are completely different but equally beautiful.
Patatsoep
A girl who works as a spooly of a restaurant 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
A burglar breaks into a museum and breaks more than he wants. As he tries to escape he can't help but burn, tear and crack the stolen painting until we are left with nothing but a small... piece of art. 'A piece of art' is a comedic, short animated POV film.
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?
Rise
A short discussion about the positive and negative aspects of life and why you should keep moving forward.
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Sincerely
Sincerely is an animated short that follows Prom – your local lesbian fantasy postal worker – who delivers letters to anyone, anywhere, But today’s the day she’s finally decided to deliver her most important letter yet; a letter to her crush. That is, of course, if Prom and the letter can make it to their destination in one piece.
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Sprite Fright
Sprite Fright is an 80’s-inspired horror comedy, set in Britain: When a group of rowdy teenagers trek into an isolated forest, they discover peaceful mushroom creatures that turn out to be an unexpected force of nature.
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.
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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.
The Prejudiced Hierarchist
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 movie 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
Welter of Words is a story about a girl who can't stop thinking, what causes her to end up in a chaotic imagination world full of her own thoughts. In this world, she has to find a solution for all her overthinking and regain her peace of mind.
