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Luna, the granddaughter, helps her grandmother bury her dog. But what happens when you’re dead and buried underground? Her grandmother evades the question, so Luna is tempted to see for herself what happens below. A colorful short film exploring the tension between childish innocence and death.
A man ridicules his wife’s fascination for masculinity, but she’s dead serious…
When Pia puts on a mysterious vinyl single, she's suddenly able to travel through her own life.
Jason has been secretly in love with his best friend Niels 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 Room, Five Centuries: Stories of Love, Loss, and Everything In Between
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An Elephant in the Porcelain Cabinet is a stop-motion and 2D animated short film about damage and how we deal with it, visualized through a fragile space that receives a clumsy visitor. A pretty student exploration into material, technique, and learning to open up, by director Bonne Steinz.
A man and a woman collide on a narrow road, neither of them wants the other to pass. A battle over love and death is their fate.
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A sweet granny is looking forward to her granddaughter’s visit. But when the little girl arrives, the feeling is not mutual. Before the visit is over, granny must try to create the warm bond with her grandchild she desires so deeply.
Color is sinful, pigeon Dirk learns from his father. But when he and his friends run
wild in the 'sin city', a painful confrontation awaits.
In the eyes of a toddler phone-users are like zombies...
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What does a blind person see what i don't see. The animation is a short trip as how a blind person would make it.
Journalist and activist Hoi Yi fights against the growing global rise of surveillance and censorship while suppressing his queer identity from his family. The personal repression he faces is reflected in his commitment to the freedom of others. Breaking Walls is a poignant documentary that throws you into the protagonist’s dilemmas from the first scene.
When to 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. But uh-oh, what a mess!
A desolate street in a small village in the Old West. Two cowboys face each other in a good-old-fashioned shootout!
But when both of the colts fire their deadly bullets, those bullets immediately fall in love with each other, forgetting what they're supposed to do! This has dramatic consequences...
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Six years in the making, the philosophical genre film Camouflage is a dystopian thriller in which we follow four days in the life of office clerk Amouf, while he desperately tries to hold his life together while the world around him gets darker and darker, following the rise of De Jager. This flamboyant and highly intimidating creature is a hate-instigating vigilante, who has sworn to systematically prosecute certain groups. A hand-drawn animated film with over 800(!) character-animations.
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Cinema is een avontuurlijke dramafilm over de chagrijnige puberzus Nora, die als oppas van haar enthousiaste broertje Quinten, naar een kinderfilm moet gaan.
Maar als ze met haar mobieltje zo'n grote rustverstoorder is tijdens de film dat de bioscoopzaal zelf ingrijpt, zal ze de keuze moeten maken tussen haar broertje en haar mobiel.
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Urban pigeons are seen as pests, like rats of the sky. They are rudely chased away, and their nests are removed. When a group of pigeons hears that the mayor promises housing for everyone, they decide to submit a petition at the town hall. But first, they have to get past the evil janitor. A coo-licious film by Alina Milkina.
A coot and a ferry skipper peacefully coexist on city river. When a new bridge emerges, it causes major problems for the skipper. The bird then helps the skipper.
In a dying world, a fearful stone clings to the place it knows. When the ground around him begins to crumble, the stone must overcome his fear of the unknown to take the plunge into the deep.
A small round story about a girl who learns to cycle from her grandfather and discovers that where the road ends real adventure begins.
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Diaphony is a hypnotising short animated documentary taking you on a sensory, auditory journey. The film follows three people who share their experiences of the pandemic. Each handles this difficult time in their own way, but it turns out that they share the same way of finding comfort through music. As their worlds begin to intertwine in the animation, the short shows how societal and political differences that have grown through the pandemic, vanish when we find consolation and meaning in music.
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Yara (13) a shy artist with a special gift for drawing discovers her creations hold remarkable power, inspiring her to stand up against her tyrannical teacher.
DRIFTER, a metaphorical journey of human wandering.
The story of an astronaut detached from his space station, taken into an infinite drift throughout the universe. Freed from time and space, DRIFTER is confronted with the void, he takes a dive into the unknown, in search of the ultimate freedom.
An elderly florist looks back at her life. After a lifetime devoted to sowing love with her flowers, will she ever harvest?
An extraterrestrial duo crosses the universe to share technological insights with less brilliant minds. On one peculiar planet, things don't quite go as planned.
Golden Calf winner Patty Stenger returns with a quirky yet utterly meaningful short about a caring daughter who reluctantly sees her elderly mother reclaim control of her own life. The latter feels that if she will die anyway, she prefers to do so with love and fun. In a deliberately raw style, we follow the mother's path to renewed happiness.
An animated science-fiction film about humans and machines. A film about bodies and words. A retelling of the myth of The Fall as a story of meat and magic. Voiceless creatures accept mutilation and control as the price they must pay for the technology of language. A technology that outlasts death. But do we control either technology or language? Or do they have their own purposes?
Two astronauts try to rescue forbidden art treasures from a fascist regime by smuggling them on their mission to Jupiter. During their long space journey they then encounter some mutual disagreements.
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A young woman filled with regret retraces her footprints in the sand. As she walks along the shore, she relives how a shocking confession to her friend Fryd changed the course of their friendship forever. Intriguing, mysterious and beautifully designed short by director Adelen Holt.
Clumsy seagull Manfred enjoys his humble work as a cleaner at the Air Force base. But when he accidentally kills a member of the seagull troops, Manfred is forced to take his place. Unwillingly Manfred embarks on a highly dangerous mission, that he is not prepared for...
Fusion is based on the story of Hans and Yuko, the Dutch father and Japanese mother of animation filmmaker Erik Vos, who met in 1976 through letters and corresponded as pen pals for years. Hans and Yuko share their cultures and grow closer together.
A colorful whole emerges in their contrasting worlds.
George and Paul compete who can jump over the highest tower.
Johnny Supro is a washed up taxi driver, tired with life and stuck in the underbelly of society.
Wouter and Thijs paint a surreal and grim reality with little place for hope, driving their main character into insanity.
On the rooftops of a big city, a group of innocent creatures tries to keep up the pace of a fatal game.
Are you buying?
A short film about the world we live in and choices we make.
Sam collects hats, caps and helmets from around the globe.
Three friends with different cultural origins find an abandoned washing machine while playing. To their shock, they find out that the washing machine has strange powers: their heads are swapped by sticking them in the washing machine. When it turns out their heads can't be swapped back, they must go back home with each other's heads. Because their households have very different habits and traditions, they end up in awkward situations. Through these situations, they learn a lot of new things about each other.
Man enters a vast natural landscape. All animals make way to let him through, except the muskoxen. In anger, man rises above the landscape and a wave of heat washes over the world. Only when man himself feels the consequences of his actions, does he stop causing damage to
the world around him. Man looks around in an empty landscape. As man starts to move with nature, the ecosystem restores itself.
Prehistoric Drenthe, 4000 BC (ish). Four primitive little men are fighting the elements and hunger. One of them is clearly a bit more sophisticated and suggests building more complex structures, but all is sabotaged when a rabbit hops by ... Their clumsiness, however, leads to the building of the mysterious hunebed stones!
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In the dark woods, we witness the dying hour of the Alpha male of a wolf pack. As he howls to the moon, he - and we with him - remember his sacrifice for the pack. Cry along!
Enter a world where things are different than how we know it. We see naked ladies
laying in the field, an old man taking a nap on a radiator while a fat man is stranded
on the beach and starts barfing plastic. In this world humans and animals have
swapped places. Human Nature is a short animation film about the love people have
for animals, and the harm we consciously or unconsciously bring to them.
A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him. A tale of love for the game and the loneliness of the soul.
As a freelance illustrator and perfectionist, Maya’s life is a lot of fun, but also very hectic. She has a full personal and professional life and has a supportive inner voice "Little Motivator". After a severe panic attack she and her Little Motivator try to accept a new standard of good.
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During a stormy night, our familiar reality becomes entangled with another dimension. Two timelines collide, leading to a fatal outcome. This dark, unsettling stop-motion thriller by Patrick Raats will literally make you grind your teeth.
In this ultrashort animated film, we follow an octopus who is a clean-up neat-freak. But sometimes,
even though you have so many arms, you still cannot reach what you are aiming for.
A brave boy goes hunting for the Jabberwock despite the warning of the old man.
When the monster is beaten, it still looks like the story will end badly.
Jabberwocky is a poem filled with nonsense words that don't mean anything, but, miraculously, you understand excactly what the story is about.
Jonas is a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: The quest to find a place we can call home, even if it's underwater.
When Greetje's father, butcher Tuitjes, takes on the Italian butcher Smakkerelli, the formerly rustic village of Moppel is turned upside down and Greetje is in danger of losing not only the annual sausage competition, but also her great love Nol.
The sun shines fully and generously on a square brimming with people, enjoying her light and warmth to the fullest. A flux of newspapers whirls down, gently spreading seeds of unrest amongst the bathers. Unrest turns to fear, when a sudden eclipse clads the square in total darkness.
The minds grow desperate for light.
Then the sun slowly subsides…
When Tim wants to watch the start of the Tour de France in Utrecht with his girl, he ends up at the wrong side of the barriers and has to find a way to get to her.
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This minimalistic short film by director Daan Lucas follows the life cycle of the seemingly useless organoid. Its movements, character, dry lips—everything about it is a part of life. Ain’t it beautiful?
A young muskox migrates with a small herd through the cold barren tundra. For the hungry young ox the rules
of conduct are difficult to fathom. His mother does her best to take care of him. During their journey the herd
gets attacked by a pack of wolves, who are after Little Ox.
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Ella works at the lost-and-found desk of a busy train station, collecting abandoned belongings and storing them in her booth. At first glance, they look like a random mix of books, wallets, and other trinkets. But what no one knows is that Ella is creating something extraordinary from these lost objects. In a world driven by hurry and efficiency, is anyone still willing to pause for a moment of wonder?
When Gina suspects that her lover is seeing someone else, she draws attention with a very risky climb with which she not only puts herself in danger. For a moment, it looks as if this will help her win her lover back. But love will not be forced.
The film tackles urgent earthly issues, as seen by a lonely astronaut, called Antonio, who was left behind on the moon after his coming out.
In surrealistic and sometimes hilarious scenes in the lunar landscape, we see junkyards of planetariums and rockets of various kinds and sets full of references to a variety of artists and filmmakers.
When relying on social scripts to survive the social world, it’s not easy to go off-script. Especially if you’re obsessed with German dive bombers and just want to date a girl.
Debbie, a young woman, struggles with the feeling of being disconnected from the people around her. Until she meets Sofie with whom she bonds (too) strongly.
In a world populated by people without a mouth, a gory accident leads to the discovery a mouth can be created by cutting yourself. This unleashes an enthusiastic chain reaction among the population!
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When a little boy follows in his father's footsteps and enters a fantasy world, it turns out to be a trap that's painful to escape from.
Congo Free State, late 19th century. An enslaved man tries to break free but is killed. He reincarnates into a mystical nail statue and sets out to find his murderer.
In this short animation film, filmmakers of African and European descent highlight the indomitable resistance against (neo)colonial powers and their local henchmen.
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Multi-award winning studio Job, Joris & Marieke is back with another delightful short, with a very timely topic: social media influencing. Nobody is about obsessive Instagrammer Florian who takes too many selfies. He becomes transparent and has to struggle to keep his beloved followers.
Not every burglar is a handyman. This burglar ... well, he makes a mess trying to break into a museum to steal a piece of art. This Dutch short is a wonderful and creative piece of art itself. A joy to watch, even if its protagonist really sucks at his job. Maybe he can't steal art, but he can steal the show!
Plug into the 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? A humorous fable that leaves it up to the viewer to draw their own conclusions about our resources and the climate crisis.
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked through a mandatory mobile app, it seems to have little impact… that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated quota! A hilarious and spot-on short film by Job, Joris & Marieke.
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At Kaboom, we have seen many a great weird sh*t. But a psychological stand-off between a young naïve croquette and a bitchy cheese soufflé ... that's something we never dared to dream of.
How do you look at yourself? Are you in peace with your flaws? Sanna de Vries' award-winning short shows the power of taking some distance, of 'zooming out' and stepping out of that spiral of self-loathing. We follow protagonist Fiep who lives in a little house with mirrors. Fiep focuses on her physical imperfections so intensely that her distorted self-image grows out of proportion - literally...
When SABAKU’s best friend Buffalo passes away, he needs to find himself a new friend. He tries connecting with different species, but soon finds out that isn't as easy as it seems. SABAKU is in for a bumpy ride, but he won't rest until he succeeds.
In a heavily polluted world, a young woman mourns the disappearance of animal species. When she falls ill due to a bacterial infection, nature appears to send her a message in her hallucinations.
When 19-year old Esra misses her train and kills time playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone,
a vintage Rubik’s Cube challenges her attention.
When nobody sees you, you seem to disappear. Only when you fall, you seem to belong, just for a little while.
Humans and some kind of gnomes have posted videos on social media platforms in their dimension. Skroll is a short compilation of these clips—an animated, random flow of social media content that will truly surprise you and is worth watching until the end. A bizarre film by Marten Visser.
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When a football steward is forced to miss the actions of his all-time idol as his back must be to the field, he goes all out – despite his strict boss' hovering – to catch a glimpse of his hero.
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After a party full of nauseatingly similar couples, Tina rushes home—only to find her boyfriend proudly wearing the same shirt as her. In desperation, she struggles to prevent them from becoming a fused couple as well.
Sef finds it difficult to stand up for himself. And then by accident, he switches heads with a dog. While Wesley and Marjory go in search of the dog with Sef’s head, Sef has to spend a day with the dog’s owner. Reluctantly, Sef obeys all the owner’s commands, until he finally learns to talk back.
Sef doesn’t want to go to the dentist. He tricks Wesley into swapping heads with him. Wesley has no choice but to go through with Sef’s dental treatment. Fortunately, the pain is soothed by the present he gets from Sef’s parents as consolation. Wesley had never even received such an expensive present from his own father. Wesley decides not to tell Sef about the present.
After Marjory switches heads with Wesley, she decides to jazz up Wesley’s boring vlog by recording a new episode without asking his permission. Wesley is mad at her when he finds out. When he’s at the hairdresser’s – with Marjory’s head – he takes revenge.
Sef, Wesley and Marjory find an abandoned washing machine. They quickly discover that the washing machine possesses mysterious properties; it enables you to swap your head with someone else’s. Just after they have all swapped heads, they’re called in for dinner. This means that they are forced to spend an evening as each other.
Animated youth film about the cartoon character Tex, who falls in love with the 'real flesh and blood' girl Evie, who is of Antillean origin. He tries to connect to Evie's group of friends, who are very much into long boarding.
A Chameleon tries to protect himself against approaching danger with his camouflage but is forced to flee away. This only gets him into more dangerous situations.
A young woman lives on the streets in a city that, in style and technological advancement, is reminiscent of the
1920s. The city has an inescapable surveillance system, as invasive as our current world of Big Tech. The main
character learns that the only place to escape from this could be in the world of her dreams.
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At primary school De Zandloper Sam’s father, Menno, is the most boring teacher ever. Trying to spice up his classes, he opens portals to the past with a magical tooth. The biggest historical heroes visit the classroom! But everything goes wrong and Meester Menno gets stuck in history. Sam and his peers Jill and Zuko try to save him out of the hand of a by history forgotten pirate.
Jeep is looking for the ultimate vacation spot; an idyllic island full of wilderness and beautiful tropical birds. Once arrived Jeep finds out that he is not the only adventurer. What started as an idyllic trip escalates quickly into a true tourist trap where no escape is possible.
In this short a tram ride through Amsterdam in the 1930's shows how close but yet separated the rich and very poor live in the metropole.
The screen is a trampoline on which people and animals frolic. From under the trampoline pad we watch, amused, until things take an unexpected turn…
When Dolores misses a period, she anxiously heads to the drugstore for a pregnancy test. What begins as a simple errand becomes a transformative journey, as she unexpectedly overhears and engages in conversations with women about their unconventional stories of motherhood. Director Juliana Erazo Gómez interweaves fiction with personal anecdotes in this compelling animated documentary.
The story takes place on a beautiful beach where people are enjoying their free time. On the other side of the beach, a small sea turtle is being born from an egg. Because she was so excited to be in the ocean, the newborn didn't even notice that two ravenous seagulls were chasing her along the way. So the path to the sea becomes an adventure full of obstacles that it has to overcome. Can it survive and successfully reach the ocean?
At the end of the film, we see that the greatest threat to both the baby turtles and the seagulls comes from the activities of us humans. Their lives end up in human waste rather than the natural food chain.
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In the serene Wadden Sea, where land and water meet, a unique roadside restaurant for birds operates along the migratory flyway. Here, guests eat and are eaten, until a single footstep throws everything off balance.
A speed skater is tragically killed in the midst of a marathon’s frozen stretch, but finds himself resurrected in a parallel dimension with another chance of finishing his race.
A body is found at the art fair. Commissioner Ziggurat and Lieutenant Le Bon investigate.
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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