Luminaris
In a world controlled and timed by light, an ordinary man has a plan that could change the natural order of things.
Field Notes
75 minutes
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This program celebrates the raw beauty of field-recorded animation, featuring films produced entirely in the open air.
When machines can imitate the craft of animation, what remains? That is the central question we explore at Kaboom Animation Festival 2026. Will craft evolve? Disappear? Will animators absorb this existential threat, or become curators of AI-generated images? Maybe they’ll simply persist — like the spiders who inspired this year’s poster handcrafted by Bea Lema.
This program celebrates the raw beauty of field-recorded animation, featuring fi lms produced entirely in the open air where the artists had to navigate the unpredictable choreography of shifting sunlight, weather patterns, and the interference of the natural world.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2026
Showing in this program
A Year Along the Abandoned Road
Between the cold houses of the village of Børfjord, where people only show up during a short and hectic summer season, we follow the cycles of nature going as they have always done, independently of what people might do.
Loading Nouns Gets Down
The Loading Nouns come to East London for a delirious dance session in this ingenious film mixing 2D animation of cutout paper characters shot in stop-motion in real-life environments captured in timelapse. The result is intoxicating and leaves you wanting to dance!
Stone
Combination of landscapes and drawings in stop motion.
Human Skateboard
A truly humanistic act of skateboarding.
Bottle
Animated on location at a beach, in the snow, and underwater, this stop-motion short details a transoceanic conversation between two characters via objects in a bottle.
A Ballad About Green Wood
This year’s spring, Kaboom’s selection celebrates the eternal renaissance of life with a Czech animation. An enchanting story where human actions contrast with the deep fatality of pagan customs. Guiding us through this short are logs of wood and death’s head crow puppets, combined with real-life settings.
Chérie, Ôte tes Raquettes
Amusing story of an attempted seduction like no other. Made in pixilation.
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In Plain Sight
A collection of American animator Jane Aaron's early experiments combining live-action and animation.
On Weary Wings Go By
The sun moves lower and the days grow shorter. Birds fly south, porcelain animals and insects hide from the freezing wind and snow. Only a small porcelain girl wanders the abandoned landscape, with no way out. A wintry poem by director Anu-Laura Tuttelberg about Nordic nature, where animation and the rhythm of nature intertwine.
All India Radio: Rippled
The creative team at Oh Yeah Woq paired with the beautiful music of All India Radio to bring you Rippled. Painstakingly animated frame by frame, the piece is all shot in camera, by real people, in the real world, using long exposure techniques.
Macropolis
Two disabled squeaky toys escape from the factory and find themselves lost and alone in an urban world full of over-sized humans. It’s new, strange and a little daunting.
