Dutch Shorts 1: Be Gone, Issues
65 min. | Dialogue Language: English
We tend to think that the grass is greener on the other side. But there is so much talent right here, in the Netherlands, that Kaboom just HAS to dedicate a whole competition to Dutch shorts. Go and discover the best of what this country has to offer in terms of animated short films! This is one hell of a showcase of both professional filmmakers and students.
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Nobody
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.
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Scribbles
As a kid, you have a certain wondrous way of looking at the world. You do things just because you like them. But as you get older, you quickly realise that there are certain expectations you have to live up to. Starting from the frustrations of the filmmakers, Scribbles tries to find back that burning fire of our young selves.
Fur
About the longing to come closer to someone, Fur depicts a girl pursuing a connection with her sister who is covered by a strange grey fur. It may be soft, but it grows between them, and they drift further apart from each other ...
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Heard it Through the Grapevine
Meat is murder! Well, that is, according to these five houseplants who form a secret microcosm on a sunny window sill in Heleen's home. For her birthday, Heleen got a brand new, carnivorous plan called Donna. Will she survive when the plants decide Donna should become a vegetarian?
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Diyar
A story for the millions of refugees all over the world for whom their home has turned into a dark place, Diyar revolves around a man who has to leave everything behind and tries to keep the light of home alive on his way to his new destination. A compelling and personal student film.
Ina Kwana Bawa
Captured by slavers, Bai fights back to escape. Surrounded by an infinite ocean, he battles his tormentors to get rid of the name with which they label him ... Ina Kwana Bawa. Animated by Naomi van Heemst, this short is part of Onias Landveld's theatre project Kunu, in which Landveld's texts have taken the shape of animated short thanks to animators and composers.
Fly
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.
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Pressure
School ... the pressure is sometimes explosive, quite literally so in this graduation short. When a high school girl enters class with her classmates, she experiences a lot of pressure from her teacher to perform well. The pressure gets so intense, that she ... explodes.
Cupid Into Transmutation
The edgy and personal student film Cupid into Transmutation follows a transgender boy named Caesar living in a big city. On the run from his traumatic past, he tries to make a living as a camboy. Until he is suddenly sent into hysteria as his body starts to violently morph and transform beyond all recognition. Follow him in his search for acceptance and identity in this cruel world, focused on normality and outer beauty.
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Dog Days
Oh, how relatable ... Clinging to every last bit of his relationship, a young man hangs onto his ex's dachshund. Quite literally so, which creates chaos in town. For how long will this relational sorrow be stretched?
Ex, Why?
Get ready for the greatest adventure ... before your life! Two former lovers seeking closure meet up one last time. This sets up an epic chain of events that may alter the course of their lives forever.