NIAF Classics

On the occasion of its 15th anniversary the Netherlands Institute for Animation Film has put together a program of the best work in recent years that was made under its wing.

Showing in this program

Jazzimation

Oerd van Cuijlenborg
The Netherlands, 1999
4 min.

A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes.

My Dear Grandma

Marta Abad Blay
The Netherlands, 2008
4 min.

In her dreams Dolores is an ordinary grandmother who enjoys her peace and quiet and her family. The reality, however, is quite different: she feels herself a slave to her family. One day it all becomes too much for her and she decides to opt for a better

Shipwrecked

Frodo Kuipers
The Netherlands, 2005
5 min.

Sientje

Christa Moesker
The Netherlands, 1997
4 min.

Winner of the 1997 Golden Calf for Best Short Film, Christa Moesker's witty and rebellious debut features a little girl getting very upset after a quarrel with her mother. Raaaaaage!

Street

Frodo Kuipers
The Netherlands, 2006

Tempera

Liesbeth Worm
The Netherlands, 1997
9 min.

Six brigthly coloured characters explore an old inventor's workshop. While discovering their surroundings they also discover each other. This leads to some chearful interactions as well as confrontations due to their in some way opposite characters.

The Pinboard

Mark van der Maarel
The Netherlands, 2000
8 min.

A man tells us how he met the love of his life and how this completely changed him. As he is telling this we're looking at his pinboard which illustrates the story.