Panorama The Netherlands 1

85 minutes
Panorama The Netherlands 1

A panoramic program featuring the latest crop of Dutch short animated films.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2004

Showing in this program

2D or Not 2D

2D or Not 2D

  • Paul Driessen
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 16 min.

A fat boy and a girl living in the mountains are bothered by the oddities of the different dimensions while experiencing their own version of the classic story of Romeo and Juliet.

Beak

Beak

  • Lucette Braune
  • The Netherlands, 2004
  • 12 min.

Despite being born with wings instead of arms and with a beak where a mouth should be, a small girl embraces fantasy to escape the reality of her circus-bound world. A hand-drawn animated film about growing up as an outcast.

Escape from Paradise

Escape from Paradise

  • Freark Broersma
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 10 min.

A giant turtle causes Adam and Eve - getting on in years now - to find a book in their paradise.

If the Shoe Fits…

If the Shoe Fits…

  • Ruth Meyer / Thomas Coltof
  • The Netherlands, 2004
  • 12 min.

Ordinary shoes at first sight, force the bearer to execute the actions of the previous owner.

Marching for Mother Meuse

Marching for Mother Meuse

  • Ties Poeth
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 2 min.

Through the centuries innumerable armies occupied the fertile soil on the coasts of the river Meuse.

Match

Match

  • Jef Nassenstein
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 4 min.

Some buildings don't offer a comfortable environment for one-legged birds.

Notice

Notice

  • Roelof van den Bergh
  • The Netherlands, 2004

A woman prepares to go out, to face life. But life is as unpredictable as the weather.

Powerplay

Powerplay

  • Greg Lawson
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 3 min.

Two businessmen-turned-leathermen have fun together, beating each other to a pulp.

Two of a Kind

Two of a Kind

  • Pascal Vermeersch
  • The Netherlands, 2003
  • 6 min.

Absurd dark story about a cat and two scarecrows. What happens when the scarecrows have a will of their own?

Vent

Vent

  • Erik van Schaaik
  • The Netherlands, 2004
  • 4 min.

About a man struggling against a storm. He suddenly meets a little girl.

Wad

Wad

  • Joris Oprins
  • The Netherlands, 2004
  • 4 min.

A couple walks their dog on the flats. The sea, the wind, the sand and a lonely seagull play leading parts.

Zwerk

Zwerk

  • Bart Vegter
  • The Netherlands, 2004
  • 6 min.

Application of the Fourier Transformation technique (named after a French mathematician): a number of different frequencies are superimposed.