Real stories, real subjects, real emotions. Reality is the birthplace of these short animated documentaries.
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What's up Doc? Well, plenty! Here's an often overlooked genre in the film industry: short animated documentaries. Animation can help bring real stories to life and deal with traumas, memories, unresolved conflicts, neglected feelings and so on. Reality is the birthplace of these short docs. Real stories, real subjects, real emotions.
Le 25 juillet 2020, le vraquier MV Wakashio s’échoue sur le récif de la côte Est de l'île Maurice. 12 jours plus tard, le pétrole se déverse, provoquant la pire catastrophe écologique jamais survenue dans la région.
A cross between animated documentary and art film, Kim Yip Tong's Pie dan lo brings to life the trauma of the coastal and island residents who rallied to save the lagoon.
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The film cuts through the administrative paperwork required for the director to live in different countries and explores the ambiguity and fragility of identity in the bureaucratic system, in the cultural context and in today's social industry. Bureaucracies construct individual systemic identities in a series of mechanisms intended to sustain the functioning of society. Underneath the bureaucracy there is a deeper psychological need to commit to ‘sacred’ beliefs or to abandon silly ‘superstitions’. People are shaped by what they create or by what they destroy. In the artificial intelligence industry, which alleges to represent the future, the human subject is the first to disappear, and what comes sooner than the promise of the future is more efficient globalised exploitation.
24 February 2022 my boyfriend and I fled from Kyiv to Irpin. We spent 10 days in blockaded city and managed to escape with the last evacuation convoy. Time passed, but the feeling that I died in Irpin never left me since then. The film reconstructs this true story of survival through a personal and subjective lens.
With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES, goose barnacle. From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.
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The true story of Ahlam, a teenage mother who fled Iraq, driven by a desire for freedom. The narrator recounts her memories in a metaphorical journey through the heart of an airport, where dreams and ghosts of the past mingle.
In Solid as a Rock a 16 year old climate activist shares her personal experiences in activism and tells about her worries for the future. She walks through crowds of people during a large climate action, while explaining what propels her to be there. In her own light-hearted way she tells about the chaotic experience of being arrested and about the rather unsuccessful intimidation attempts of the police.
Slowly rising water reaches her ankles as she describes the significant part the climate crisis plays in her life. A rumbling storm approaches. The fear for the future overwhelms her like a wave crashing down on her. A deep and dark ocean surrounds her. When all seems lost she finds a friend in a fish.
She realises she is not alone in this fight. Connecting with the many people that take to the street keeps her going. To her, civil disobedience is a source of hope.
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Seasoned storyteller Mr.P.N.K Panicker, an elderly gentleman from Kerala, narrates the origin tale of the humble reptile Arana (red-tailed skink) and how it came to possess a certain memorable character trait.
A Berlin born little story... The city which fools you with its liberated outlook, tends to give you a slap in the face when you get into intimate relationships, only to find out that things still aren't so different then they were in the dark days of the past, when women had take responsibility for not only their actions, but also men’s, and had to bare the consequences all on their own...
The film is calling the audience to remember that women's right to their own body, right to abortion and the (intersectional) feminist struggle are unfortunately and absolutely not issues of the past, but very present and burning issues and that not only women, but everyone should stay in solidarity.
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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