Kaboom 2025 is upon us! Start this year's festival with a visually creative city walk through Utrecht devoted to the power of moving images.
Kaboom 2025 is upon us! Start this year's festival with a visually creative city walk through Utrecht. As night falls, the city transforms - shop shutters roll down, streets quieten (or parties start), and hidden corners emerge from the shadows. But for Kaboom's opening, the city becomes a theatre, as we turn unexpected urban surfaces into movie screens, creating a one-of-a-kind cinematic journey through Utrecht. Follow the glow of the projector as we guide you from wall to wall, unveiling films that interact with their surroundings in surprising ways. It's part city tour, part film screening, and 100% animated magic!
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Art, a twenty-something year old student returns to his apartment after a long day of work. Only to find out that his stoner roommate, Davey, accidentally let a demon into their apartment! Now, Art’s got a double whammy on his hands: banishing a literal hellspawn and dealing with a roommate who's too high to help out in any meaningful way.
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Catherine loves pets! But most of all, she loves her cat. As she grows up, she can't seem to connect with people. Her cat is her life, and little by little she grows up to be a crazy old cat lady ... How crazy? Well, according to Belgian animator Britt Raes: very crazy! Boasting expressive colours and offbeat yet cutesy character designs, Catherine is a touching and darkly funny story about (dis)connection.
When a sausage dog acts as a bridge, allowing all kinds of animals to literally walk all over him, a cat smells a business opportunity. A very entertaining and satirical nod to capitalism by Jorn Leeuwerink.
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A dog loses grasp of its shape and time while balling like Shaquille O'Neal in this psychedelic short film. The colorful animation feels as if you’re constantly stretching and reshaping your own handmade Play-Doh figure. Larry is an intriguing ongoing project by director Takeshi Murata in collaboration with Christopher Rutledge.
To give a snake an orange… MIMT is a fable about animals chasing each other across planes of existence. A beautifully crafted, abstract, experimental animation by director Ted Wiggin.
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked through a mandatory mobile app, it seems to have little impact… that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated quota! A hilarious and spot-on short film by Job, Joris & Marieke.
We follow a day in the life of Tanya, a curious woman who has developed a taste for non-human lovers.
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Dumped waste lies around two garbage containers. An old mattress sighs, "They say I’m dirty..." As the objects share their stories, an old piece of paper begins to dance gracefully, sparking a profound, musical transformation in how the waste perceives itself. With The Refusers, Dutch director Wiep Teeuwisse delivers a playful, all-around fun short.
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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