Short Docs 1

85 minutes
Short Docs 1

The short documentaries in this program all use animation to help bring a real story to life.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2019

Showing in this program

A strange trial

A strange trial

  • Marcel Barelli
  • Switzerland, 2018
  • 9 min.

“I have always wanted to make a film ABOUT hunting... i mean... AGAINST hunting! But that's not so easy when you come from a family of hunters... my thoughts are intermingled with my memories. I discuss it with my father: a hunter, of course. But my mother also has a thing or two to say...” (Marcel Barelli)

Candy Shop

Candy Shop

  • Patrick Smith
  • United States, 2019
  • 2 min.

There are 11,926 pharmaceutical drugs available worldwide, this film shows 2863 of them. Pills and capsules are choreographed into a cacophony of shape, color and size, resulting in a satirical commentary about our cultural, recreational, and economic infatuation with prescription drugs.

Saigon sur Marne

Saigon sur Marne

  • Aude Ha Leplège
  • Belgium / France, 2019
  • 14 min.

Between two household chores, an old couple tell their granddaughter their life story between Vietnam and France, during the war.
Since their first meeting, when they were 20, till today, they describe all the main steps of their relationship, talking about the exile, the immigration, sometime with humour, sometime with serious.

Tracing Addai

Tracing Addai

  • Esther Niemeier
  • Germany, 2018
  • 29 min.

A true story about a war and the tragic impact it has on the lives of three people.

West Question East Answer

West Question East Answer

  • Dal Park
  • United Kingdom, 2018
  • 6 min.

Communication can be difficult when cultural and historical backgrounds are so distanced. A Korean grandmother and her German granddaughter try to work it out.

Younger, Happier

Younger, Happier

  • Frederieke Mooij
  • The Netherlands, 2019
  • 4 min.

A 15-year-old boy struggles with social anxiety and self-doubt. He finds comfort in his childhood hero, Kermit the Frog.