Short Sweets (6+)

70 minutes

O sweet summer childs! A supercool selection of both sweet shorts and short sweets for kids of ages 6 and up.

Short Sweets (6+)

Name something better than melting away at the sight of sweet animated short films. We'll wait (BUT THERE IS NOTHING BETTER)! Take the whole family with you and enjoy this programme of shorts for kids of ages 6 and up.

In the cinema these films will be live dubbed in Dutch.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2025

Showing in this program

A Walk Into the Afterlifestudents

A Walk Into the Afterlife

  • Jiyun Jeong
  • Luxembourg, 2024
  • 4 min.

A little cat embarks on an adventurous journey to the afterlife garden, searching for a magical flower to save his beloved owner.

Baking With Boris

Baking With Boris

  • Maša Avramović
  • France / Switzerland / Croatia, 2023
  • 8 min.

Every morning, Boris, the village baker, bakes a fresh batch of crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbors—until... Achoo! He's become allergic to flour! How will he continue baking for everyone in the village?

Just Little Impsstudents

Just Little Imps

  • Students from Highschool of Escola Básica Maria Pais Ribeiro - A Ribeirinha / Leonor Pacheco / Dimitri Mihajlovic
  • Portugal, 2023
  • 3 min.

A girl tries to fall asleep, but she just can't! Every time she closes her eyes, little impish figures appear in the dark. Will she manage to drift off to dreamland?

Lola and the Sound Piano

Lola and the Sound Piano

  • Augusto Zanovello
  • France / Poland / Switzerland, 2024
  • 27 min.

Lola is Simon's older sister. Simon, who is 5, lives in his own world and is very sensitive to small, hidden sounds! Lola and her friend Rolih decide to build a noise machine to communicate with him.

The Genie in the Bottle

The Genie in the Bottle

  • Thomas Leclercq
  • Belgium / France, 2024
  • 8 min.

Alaia, a 6-year-old girl, is bored on the beach. She wants ice cream, but her daddy is napping, so he suggests she build a sandcastle. Grumbling, she grabs a shovel and starts digging. Soon, she hits something hard and hollow…

The Night Boots

The Night Boots

  • Pierre-Luc Granjon
  • France, 2024
  • 12 min.

When Elliott hears his parents' exciting stories about the forest, he can't resist sneaking out at night. He meets a friend who shows him all the magical creatures of the forest.

The Refusers

The Refusers

  • Wiep Teeuwisse
  • The Netherlands, 2024
  • 2 min.

Dumped waste lies around two garbage containers. An old mattress sighs, "They say I’m dirty..." As the objects share their stories, an old piece of paper begins to dance gracefully, sparking a profound, musical transformation in how the waste perceives itself. With The Refusers, Dutch director Wiep Teeuwisse delivers a playful, all-around fun short.