Congrats, you’re a grownup now! Or so you thought. Growing up is something each of us experiences in our own way, and some of us never really do. But what actually changes when you become a so-called ‘grown-up’? Is it a rite of passage that you go through? Or just new responsibilities and challenges you never asked for?
This compilation of short films is made up of animated gems examining this journey towards adulthood. Highlights include Teenage Diary Markoese Hamer, in which thirtysomethings revisit their teenage diaries, and The Runt, the Andreas Hykade classic about a beastly ritual.
A foreign body lives its own life. You're not able to get rid of it, it's always with you, you need it. Caress that odd part of yours, don't try to shave its long tousled fur. This is a story about something that's considered to be strange at first but turns out to be the dearest thing to us. About the transformation of inside and outside.
A troubling moment in the balminess of a summer in the countryside. While gardening, a young man sees his mother as a women for the first time.
A surreal trip through the subconscious of a stifled musician as he struggles to sing.
When a son is pressured by his father to leave the house, he keeps returning in bizarre ways. Until he's able to let go of his mother and the son is ready to stand on his own two feet.
Herman is a rat who enjoys heavy drinking, loud grind music and chess. He doesn't care much for cleaning and the disorder in his apartment only makes him feel more at home.
One day a very tidy cat who has a weakness for messy macho-men, decides to move in. She also brings a vacuum cleaner, a piano, and what's worse - a collection of classical music records.
Mother and son are changing places and roles constantly: once, the mother is an adult, sometimes son matures and takes care of suddenly childish mother. The arrangement works fine, until the boy decides to escape from under the skirt of the overprotective mother and start an independent life.
Sixteen is a coming-of-age film about girls growing up together, providing a window into their adolescent experiences and budding sexuality. Through hand-drawn animation, it explores the strange blend of arrogance, awkwardness and vulnerability we experience as teenagers.
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For those who used to keep a diary, you all know the fuzzy and warm feeling you get when rereading those melodramatic text you wrote years ago. In Teenage Diary brave volunteers will read to us from their own diaries from when they were younger. The exciting adventures, thoughts on sex and love and the embarrassing events from the past are visualized in funny animations by Samantha Williams.
Fabio and Dimitri are off to the hookah bar, so that Dimitri can perhaps pluck up the courage to finally chat up Linda. On the way, they come across a mother duck and her ducklings.
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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