Love Is…

75 minutes
Love Is…

Ah, l'amour… As difficult as it may be sometimes, it's also the greatest feeling ever. As to be loved is to be accepted completely for who you are — whether you’re a panda bear, a robot, or a samosa. True love knows no boundaries. This selection of films uncovers the beauty of love in all its forms and shapes. When you're starting to feel the love, just ask, the KLIK! visitor next to you might need a hug too.

 

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2014

Showing in this program

A Tale of Love

A Tale of Love

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1936
  • 2 min.

A female cocoa bean and a man from a factory fall in love and form a Verkade chocolate bar together.

Bird and Fishstudents

Bird and Fish

  • Ann Mendenhall
  • United States, 2013
  • 11 min.

Two boys cross their societal boundaries and fall in love. In time, they change each other, and eventually, their divided world.

Bottle Returnstudents

Bottle Return

  • Miriam Frank / Xaver Böhm / Georg Utz
  • Germany, 2009
  • 7 min.

A robot spends most of his time watching tv and drinking. One day he falls in love with a bottle-return-machine.

Chicken or the Eggstudents

Chicken or the Egg

  • Christine Kim / Elaine Wu
  • United States, 2013
  • 3 min.

Chicken or the Egg is an offbeat romantic comedy about a pig who has an EGGdiction to eating eggs. But when he falls in love with the hottest chicken in town, he must choose what comes first... the Chicken or the Egg.

Eros and Apollo

Eros and Apollo

  • Eliza Jäppinen
  • Finland / United Kingdom, 2013
  • 3 min.

No one knows where they came from; one day they were just here staring back at us through our high definition flat screens. They are however an electronic audio-visual collective comprised of Cherry, Goldie Foxx and Dyna Mink.

Huggtopus in “So Much Love”

Huggtopus in “So Much Love”

  • Nina Rappaport Rowan / Gordon Clark
  • United States, 2011

A music video starring Huggtopus, a Kimochis character.

I [insert body part] YOU

I [insert body part] YOU

  • Alex Goddard
  • United Kingdom, 2014

I Heart You, I [insert body part] You! ...When one body part just doesn't say enough.

John and Karen

John and Karen

  • Matthew Walker
  • United Kingdom, 2007
  • 3 min.

John the polar bear apologises to Karen the Penguin after an argument and then have some tea and a biscuit.

Les Mots de la Carpestudents

Les Mots de la Carpe

  • Lucrèce Andreae
  • Portugal, 2013
  • 4 min.

During a speed-dating night, a miraculous and improbable love blooms up.

Love Triangle

Love Triangle

  • Yasmeen Ismail
  • United Kingdom, 2007
  • 3 min.

A young man struggles with the fact that his girlfriend, upon returning from a trip to see her estranged Indian family, has unexpectedly turned in to a samosa.

My First Crushstudents

My First Crush

  • Julia Pott
  • United Kingdom, 2007
  • 3 min.

Before she went on to create the wildly popular Cartoon Network series Summer Camp Island, British animator Julia Pott made her debut in 2007 with My First Crush, a relatable exploration of the feelings, the highs and the lows that go with a first crush. The film uses interviews with people about their first experiences with love.


Philips: Lighting (Light Bulbs)

Philips: Lighting (Light Bulbs)

  • Joop Geesink
  • The Netherlands, 1957

A vintage Philips commercial from the EYE Archives and Philips Company Archives.

Sandy

Sandy

  • Joseph Mann
  • United Kingdom, 2013
  • 2 min.

A day out to the seaside with sun, sand & beautiful bubblewrap sea! Just don't expect to return with your innocence intact...

Sister and Brotherstudents

Sister and Brother

  • Marie Vieillevie
  • France, 2012
  • 4 min.

The story of a young girl and the very close friendship she has with her older brother.

The Loveliest Thing

The Loveliest Thing

  • Arthur Metcalf
  • United States, 2013

Every day the fourteenth!

The Spine

The Spine

  • Chris Landreth
  • Canada, 2013
  • 11 min.

In this animated short, Oscar® winner Chris Landreth returns with a poignant story of redemption that takes us into the relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage.