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Ardent Other
A stunned crowd faces a fire. The threat has no name, a diffuse anguish spreads. A portrayal of human kind observing symbolic fires, possibly the burning of Notre Dame in 2019.
Kaboom Award Night + Best of Kaboom
120 minutes
Academy Award, what's that? The Kaboom Award Night is the one award ceremony you need to attend!
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Anyone know the BAFTAs? The Golden Globes? The Oscars? Right, we've never heard of them either. The most coveted awards out there are the Kaboom Awards! Who is going home with the prizes of our jury, and who won our audience over? Who is getting drunk on success, and who just on booze? Let's find out during the Kaboom Award Night.
This programme is followed by a screening of the awarded short films.
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2024
Showing in this program
Beautiful Men
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities and frustrations grow faster than their hair. Since 2017, Nicolas Keppens has emerged as one of Belgium's most promising animators, making waves with films like Wildebeest and Easter Eggs (Jury Prize winner at Annecy 2021). His latest tragicomedy, Beautiful Men, found its way onto the 2025 Oscars shortlist.
Fox Tossing
A grim but fascinating portrayal of a now-forgotten aristrocatic pastime in 17th-century Europe, Fox Tossing zooms in on a cruel phenomenon that is emblematic of the hedonistic life of people in palaces. Expressionist in style, this Hungarian film explores the complex relationship between power and powerlessness.
Melk
Melk is about the expectations of and realities of being gay.
Our Love Is Immortal
A little boy worries about his parents' relationship in a dystopian future. His father eases his worries through a song.
The Miracle
The Miracle is a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. Still something is missing.
