
Winners 2016: Winning Short Films
65 min.
The winning short films of Holland Animation Film Festival 2016.

Melting POP


(Otto)
A woman who can’t have children steals the imaginary friend of a little girl and keeps this a secret from her husband. While the woman enjoys life with her imaginary child the gap between her and her husband grows bigger. When the little girl comes to claim back her imaginary friend, it’s the power of imagination that brings everyone together.


Jonas and the Sea
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.

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Panic!
In the car on her day off Marja has a sudden rush of panic: did she turn off the gas? And did she leave the water running? And lock the window? In her mind her imaginary mistakes grow to absurd proportions.

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De Staat - Witch Doctor
The award-winning official music video of Dutch rockband De Staat's Witch Doctor taken from the album I_CON. It features a mesmerizing performance in an ash-grey environment, abundant special effects, a lot of steroids and a spectacular mass choreography.

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Edmond
Sometimes the impulse to love is too strong, perhaps even cannibalistic. Edmond is the stop-motion story of an oddball felted character who contemplates his life, revisiting all his defining moments in search for the origin of his desires. A strangely relatable black comedy.

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Before Love
Melancholy and tender reflections on solitude and misunderstandings, with a profusion of graphic detail. Human shortcomings tie the dramatic knot of the story. Everybody finds his way to be unhappy. Everybody is looking for love. Grand Prix HAFF 2016 narrative short.