Opening Amsterdam: Chicken for Linda!

After kicking off in Utrecht, let's start the show in Amsterdam! Continue Kaboom Animation Festival 2024, the unparalleled animation fest for everyone who embraces all things animated, with part 2 - The Amsterdam Part. This year, we celebrate the notion of home in all its various glory. Whatever it means to you, we're sure you'll feel safe and wanted there. We assure you: our Opening Night is a home for everyone who has a heart for animation cinema. 

Highlighting the importance of a warm nest, Kaboom 2024 opens with Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta's charming tale Chicken for Linda! Apologies are best served in the form of a good meal ... And for mischievous 8-year-old Linda that means a chicken with peppers, a dish that reminds her of her late father who was a great cook. Her mother Paulette, however, is no Gordon Ramsay, and favours ready-made meals to heat up in the microwave. When Paulette feels guilty after unjustly punishing her daughter, she wants to do anything to make it up to her, including cooking Linda's chicken dinner. But in a strike-stricken city, a nod to France's political climate, that plan might prove to be more complicated than she thought. Linda's simple request quickly leads to a zany adventure, including frantic chases, rather clumsy police interventions, and musical interludes. Crowned with the prestigious Cristal Award for Best Feature Film at Annecy, Chicken for Linda! is an expressionistic and chaotic rollercoaster for the whole family. It shows the joyous whirlwind of childhood, the wonderous embrace of a mother-daughter bond and how one can find a renewed zest for life.