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.
A Visualization of a Cut is an experimental animated short film exploring the connection between the cinematic cut and human relations. The film is a meditation on life, love and loss, explored through montage editing in home movies from six Scandinavian families, the materiality of paper and the thread that joins them together.
Kissing Day is a short animated documentary based on an interview with the renowned Russian journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. This poignant film tells the story of the Kissing Day protest, organized by Elena, during the first hearings on the law banning 'gay propaganda' among minors.
Director Rebecca Blöcher's mother led a very unorthodox life, living in palaces and under bridges. Her independence was most important for her, which in the end became her undoing. She decided to live in her tiny car for 10 years. Only when the car broke down and she was unable to walk even, mother and daughter got the chance to re-connect. Loving portrait of an eccentric mum.
Through audio recordings made in the field and poetic moving images, Mealitancy portrays activists who use food as a tool in their anti-consumerist struggle. This short film by Marie Royer and Zinia Scorier highlights the positive impact of activism in the pursuit of creating a better world.
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In 1939, a young Romanian woman fell in love with a soldier. As their love blossomed, the man was sent to the front. They wrote passionate letters to each other, but when the woman had to move, they lost contact. Since then, she was never able to forget him. Will they ever meet again? Simply Divine recounts the secrets of a 91-year-old woman, revealing them at last.
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Chinese director Yuan Shui created this animated music video for Chris Lee’s song The Ostrich Escaped, based on a true story of an ostrich escaping a safari park and dying of exhaustion after running 20 kilometers. Various artworks were inspired by this story. Yuan Shui distilled these into animation, symbolizing the subjective projections of people onto the ostrich and playfully reflecting how an ostrich might perceive humans.
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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