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 in three chapters exploring the connection between the cinematic cut and human relations extracted from home movies. 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 film based on an interview with the famous Russian journalist and LGBTQ+ activist Elena Kostyuchenko. It tells the story of the 'Kissing Day' action organized by Elena near the State Duma of the Russian Federation in 2012 during the first hearings on the law against 'gay propaganda' among minors.
My 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, we got the chance to re-
connect.
Through audio recordings taken in the field and poetic moving images, the film portrays activists who use food as a tool in their anti-consumerist struggle.
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In 1939 a young Romanian woman met a soldier. Love blossomed, but the man was sent to the front. They continued to write passionate letters to each another, but when she had to move they lost contact. She was never able to forget him. Will they ever meet again?
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Many “artworks” have been created based on the story of the ostrich, including dance theater pieces, installations, and screen-based video works in various forms.
These “artworks” are ultimately condensed into an ostrich balloon. The subjective projections of people onto the ostrich form this balloon ostrich, which represents all the artificial landscapes appearing in the music video. I intentionally created this unnatural, discordant style, with humorous movements, silly balloons, and absurd stages… These jokes seem to offer a deliberate confusion. I want the audience to sense this intention, as it might be the closest thing to how an ostrich feels when it looks at 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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