Provocative Shorts 2: O Body, Why Art Thou?

75 minutes

A reminder that we may not always love the way our bodies behave or how they have taken shape, but what the hell ... we all poop, don't we?

Provocative Shorts 2: O Body, Why Art Thou?

Our bodies can be weird, messy, unpredictable - and sometimes downright embarrassing and disgusting. But whether it's an awkard boner, a compulsive disorder, an unknown bodily slime, or something as simple as a runny nose, these quirks make us human. This unapologetic and often surreal programme is a reminder that we may not always love the way our bodies behave or how they have taken shape, but what the hell ... we all poop, don't we?

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2025

Showing in this program

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  • Seo-ro Oh
  • South Korea, 2017
  • 6 min.

The events that occur in somebody's nostrils.

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  • Gina Kamentsky
  • United States, 2025
Anal Juke ~Anal Juice~

Anal Juke ~Anal Juice~

  • Sawako Kabuki
  • Japan, 2013
  • 2 min.

After breaking up with my ex-boyfriend, I was heartbroken but I had to
think about the theme for my next animation film. Just then I had a
dream of this ex-boyfriend. This animation film is based on that
dream.

Asparagus

Asparagus

  • Suzan Pitt
  • United States, 1979
  • 18 min.

An animated, surreal, visually stunning as well as rather uniquely imaginative candy-colored nightmare from indie artist Suzan Pitt.

Bodily Dysfunctions

Bodily Dysfunctions

  • Aisha Madu
  • The Netherlands, 2014
  • 3 min.

A collection of sketches about people in awkward, painful or just plain absurd physical situations.

Body Beautiful

Body Beautiful

  • Joanna Quinn
  • United Kingdom, 1990
  • 13 min.

Beryl and her friends work in a Japanese factory in Wales. Beryl has a weight problem and a remorselessly macho supervisor, Vince is the bane of her life. But soon the time comes to get even.

Cottage Cheese

Cottage Cheese

  • Liina Luomajoki / Janina Müller / Alice Kunz / Lena Metzger
  • Switzerland, 2024
  • 5 min.
Darkness, Light, Darkness

Darkness, Light, Darkness

  • Jan Svankmajer
  • Czech Republic, 1989
  • 7 min.

A human body gradually reconstructs itself as its various component parts crowd themselves into a small room and eventually, after much experimentation, sort out which part goes where.

Lay Bare

Lay Bare

  • Paul Bush
  • United Kingdom, 2012
  • 6 min.

A composite portrait of the human body assembled from details captured by close-up photography of over five hundred men and women of all ages and from all over the world. The surface of the human body is revealed as it is rarely seen except in the most intimate relationships we have with our family or our lovers; a portrait of the body that is both sexy and tender, elegant and witty.

Sleep

Sleep

  • Frank Braun / Claudius Gentinetta
  • Switzerland, 2010
  • 4 min.

Sleep

Full breath ahead into the final sleep. A lullaby with closed eyes for a silent decline.

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Trichotillomania

Trichotillomania

  • Kelly Schiesswohl
  • United States, 2023
  • 4 min.

The story of one girl's Google-search-gone-wrong to find out why she can't stop pulling out her hair.