A joyful celebration and exploration of queerness in animation. In collaboration with Queer Film Festival Utrecht.
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Kaboom and Queer Film Festival Utrecht are back at it again - and this time, we're turning up the volume on queer animation. Get ready to laugh, cry, and everyting in between, as we showcase a dazzling collection of animated shorts that proudly wave the rainbow flag. These films don't just push boundaries - they obliterate them.
Join us in celebrating the fabulous, fierce, sincere, and fantastical ways queer identities come to life through animation. Let's create a space where we can freely share, laugh, and discuss what it means to be queer, to represent, and to exist - all while surrounded by Kaboom's non-judgmental, safe environment.
Jason (25) has been secretly in love with his best friend Niels (25) for ten years. He knows it will never work out, but Jason still can't give up on his dream. However, it is time for Jason to let go of his unrequited feelings when Niels has to confess something to him.
A teenage boy is writing an explicit gay erotica in secret in his bedroom and his mother is falling in love with a carrot. They’re doing okay…
A poem about dating where love is a riddle to solve.
Sam's search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
the aftermath of sexual assault, a woman retreats into the garden of her mind. Searching for answers and struggling to do 'the right thing', she realises that she must regain her voice and find new paths to healing, before she and her garden are destroyed completely.
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I’ve practiced these words for 20 years now, but maybe being candid isn’t the best idea. At this moment, I decide to stop, starting the countdown again, another cycle of 20 years. Maybe it might be the right time by then.
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Martín, a flamboyant urban raver, is involved in a strange accident on the road on his way to a party in the middle of the Argentine Pampas. Finding refuge in a mysterious country grocery store and sheltered by two strange locals, Martín's paranoia begins to take over him. As the hours progress, his perception begins to distort, unleashing disturbing visions that will lead him to confront the supe
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Two Black boys go on a journey of self-acceptance. Their love for each other and their refusal to hide it lands them in a paradise free of shame and judgement.
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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