Perfect Perversion – Animated Ads on 35mm Film

100 minutes

How perfect can the most perverse of films be? A wild programme of the films you love to hate: commercials!

Perfect Perversion – Animated Ads on 35mm Film

You all know them all too well and you all have a love-hate relationship with them: commercials. Perfection seems to be the standard in these types of films. With 50 prime examples from all over the world, our own film collector Roloff de Jeu will showcase just how perfect the most perverse of films can be. All animated of course, using a wide variety of techniques.

Through various themes covering topics like food and videogames, the programme explores how companies have used (and abused) animation to sell their goods for decades. But it also proves that animation studios and makers had a lot of fun telling these weird stories and playing with loveable characters and designs.

To make it even more perfect: alle these theatrical and TV ads will be shown on original 35mm film!

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2023

Showing in this program

20th Festival of Animation

20th Festival of Animation

  • Expanded Animation
  • United States, 1986
  • 2 min.

Trailer full of clips from animated shorts from 1986.

Advertising: Information, Persuasion or Deception?

Advertising: Information, Persuasion or Deception?

  • Gilbert Altschul Productions / Journal Films / inc.
  • United States, 1988
  • 10 min.

Educational film with a troubled consumer Dave who tries to deal with advertising in a dialogue with the voice over.

Aronal Tandpasta

Aronal Tandpasta

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1980

Toothpaste commercial.

Atari: The Fly

Atari: The Fly

  • Clark Anderson / John Hughes
  • United States, 1983
  • 2 min.

Office worker images playing computer games.

BiC Lighter: Casablanca

BiC Lighter: Casablanca

  • Edward Bakst
  • United States, 1983
BiC Lighter: Pacman

BiC Lighter: Pacman

  • Edward Bakst
  • United States, 1983

Referencing highly popular videogames, BIC advertises its lighters.

Bio Kinder Revalidatie: Kraai

Bio Kinder Revalidatie: Kraai

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1979

A crow shows us the good work of Bio rehabilitation for children.

Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1990

Cinema ad for Cartoon Network featuring your favorite shows.

Cheetos: Puffs

Cheetos: Puffs

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1990

Ad for Cheetos Puffs.

Coca-Cola: Ice Cubes

Coca-Cola: Ice Cubes

  • Clark Anderson
  • United States, 1995

A group of ice cubes hope they'll chill with their favorite soda.

Coca-Cola: Snack Canyon

Coca-Cola: Snack Canyon

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1979

A family of penguins meets a soda seller in the desert just in time. A projectionist who saw too many runs of this ad gave it a makeover with a marker.

Cocoa Puffs & Twinkles

Cocoa Puffs & Twinkles

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1960

Happy children are cheering over their tasteful sugar frosted lumps at the breakfast table.

Colgate: Mr. Beaver

Colgate: Mr. Beaver

  • Unknown
  • United States, 2003

A couple enjoys the outdoors when suddenly Mr. Beavers starts talking to them about shiny teeth and Colgate toothpaste.

Craft Dairylea Dunkers: Dino Time

Craft Dairylea Dunkers: Dino Time

  • Ray Harryhausen / Mark Nunneley
  • United Kingdom, 1998

A terrified woman is grabbed by a dino as a snack enriched by Dairylea Dunkers.

Dezinficira / Dezodorira

Dezinficira / Dezodorira

  • Unknown
  • Croatia, 1969

A man at home is pestered by a monster until a fairy with disinfectant spray eliminates it.

Disney Sommer Festwochen 79

Disney Sommer Festwochen 79

  • Unknown
  • Germany, 1979
  • 2 min.

Trailer for a summer full of Disney classics in German Kinos.

Disney’s Mambo Number 5

Disney’s Mambo Number 5

  • Jeremy Haft
  • United States, 2000
  • 2 min.

Lou Bega sings his hit song along with famous Disney characters.

Divident Tea

Divident Tea

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1959

Busy housewife outsmarts lazy husband by collecting the bonds stamps from the tea boxes.

Elokron

Elokron

  • Unknown
  • Croatia, 1959

Coloradokevers vreten vrolijk de bladeren van bange aardappels op die de boer bellen.

Elton John: Someday Out of the Blue

Elton John: Someday Out of the Blue

  • Joseph Kahn / Bibo Bergeron
  • United States, 2000
  • 2 min.

Elton John is transformed into an animated character singing throughout clips of the film.

Ernest Jackson: Zubes

Ernest Jackson: Zubes

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1960

A construction worker takes a lunchbreak next to a big tube until he hears someone else on the other end that needs help.

Guinness is So Refreshing

Guinness is So Refreshing

  • Unknown
  • Ireland, 1950

Ad for Guinness Beer.

Guinness: That’s a Drink and a Half

Guinness: That’s a Drink and a Half

  • Unknown
  • Ireland, 1962

Ad for Guinness Beer.

Henney’s Autumn Gold Cider

Henney’s Autumn Gold Cider

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1984

Ad for Henney's Cider.

Infogrames: Looney Tunes – Bugs Bunny Lost in Time

Infogrames: Looney Tunes – Bugs Bunny Lost in Time

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1999

All your favorite Looney Tunes characters now featured in a game.

Kalodent

Kalodent

  • Unknown
  • Croatia, 1970

Toothpaste commercial.

Kellogg’s Coco Pops: Aliens from Outer Space

Kellogg’s Coco Pops: Aliens from Outer Space

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1993

Jungle animals and Aliens unite when sharing their favorite cereal.

Kia-Ora: Suncrush (Cinema)

Kia-Ora: Suncrush (Cinema)

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1966

Ad for Kia Ora Softdrink

Kia-Ora: Super Thirst (Space Battle)

Kia-Ora: Super Thirst (Space Battle)

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1981

Ad for Kia Ora softdrink.

MechWarrior III

MechWarrior III

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1999

Giant Mech robots destroy each other and the city the stomp through in this videogame ad.

Melk, de Witte Motor: Popeye

Melk, de Witte Motor: Popeye

  • Dan Hunn
  • The Netherlands, 1983

When Popeye's ready to rescue Olive from Brutus evil clutches, he finds something even more powerful than spinach!

Milky Way: Space Race

Milky Way: Space Race

  • Barry Baker
  • United States, 1991

A race between a hungry meteor and a satellite for the best chocolate treat in space.

New Zealand Butter

New Zealand Butter

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1967

Ad for New Zealand Butter.

Nintendo: Alone Cinema (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)

Nintendo: Alone Cinema (The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask)

  • Unknown
  • United States, 2000

Epic trailerlike ad for videogame "The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask" compiled from cinematics.

Parker Bros ATARI 2600: Hot Video Games

Parker Bros ATARI 2600: Hot Video Games

  • Unknown
  • United States, 1983
  • 2 min.

The new videogames from the arcade for the home are so hot things may burn.

Philips: Batterijen

Philips: Batterijen

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1983

A happy 2D animated battery showcasing the real-world electronics it powers.

Philips: Philishave

Philips: Philishave

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1960

A little man enjoys shaving his stubs with an electric Philishave

Rang

Rang

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1960
  • 2 min.

A Circus Parade through candyland.

Red Bull: Princess

Red Bull: Princess

  • Tibor Hernádi
  • United States, 1998

When a princess meets a royal frog and gives it an energy wings instead of a kiss, it transforms into a prince with wings.

Reddertjes Verzamelalbum

Reddertjes Verzamelalbum

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1977

Promotion for trading cards and album of "The Rescuers".

Shoebaloo

Shoebaloo

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1970

A hip semi-nude guitar playing bunny and his stripping girlfriend sing the name of this shoestore and show their boots.

Smarties: Big Ed

Smarties: Big Ed

  • Michael Wright
  • United States, 1997

A claymation Cowboy draws his Smarties tubes faster than his shadow.

Smarties: Innatube

Smarties: Innatube

  • David Anderson
  • Canada, 1992

When a patroling policeman looks into an empty Smarties tube he is teleported into the third dimension.

Smarties: Smart Illusions

Smarties: Smart Illusions

  • Richard Purdum / Michael Dudok de Wit
  • United Kingdom, 1993

Artsy ad featuring artsy interpretations of a playful world featuring Smarties and a man with an umbrella.

Spar: Bier

Spar: Bier

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1980

An animated Spar supermarket logo (a pine tree) shows current discounts.

Spar: Sinas Drink

Spar: Sinas Drink

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1980

An animated Spar supermarket logo (a pine tree) shows current discounts.

Victoria Vesta: Veilig Gevoel

Victoria Vesta: Veilig Gevoel

  • Unknown
  • The Netherlands, 1979

An insurance agent walks us through everyday risks in the busy city of Amsterdam.

Walkers Snaps: Snap & The Dragon

Walkers Snaps: Snap & The Dragon

  • Quay Brothers
  • United Kingdom, 1988

Snappy musical ad featuring art supplies for Walkers Snaps crisps.

Weetabix Skins: Hunger Pangs

Weetabix Skins: Hunger Pangs

  • Sergio Simonetti
  • United Kingdom, 1984

The English Weetabix 'skins' crew advertise their favorite wheat breakfast.

Weetabix: Bears with Sore Heads

Weetabix: Bears with Sore Heads

  • Chuck Gammage
  • United Kingdom, 1990

Family of Bears discovers someone has been having a very special breakfast in their home.

Weetabix: Weetos

Weetabix: Weetos

  • Unknown
  • United Kingdom, 1987

A bored youngster's life is spiced up when he discovers Weetos cereal.