Starter, main course and dessert all in one: Kaboom's International Short Film Competition.
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Remember that time when cinema was not a thing yet? When animation only existed within faraway dreams? Dreadful. And then Kaboom came along. Dreams became reality, and animation was king of kings. Okay okay, perhaps our story is missing a few beats, but here’s the gist: after more than a century of cinema, it all comes down to this: a showdown between animators from all over the world, dubbed the Kaboom International Short Film Competition. Whoever comes out on top, know that the one true winner is already known: the art of animation.
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It's the summer holidays at the local swimming pool and it's hot. Louane, 14, is lying by the pool, enjoying a moment of peace and quiet, when she is approached by Aïssa. Sheltered from the world around them, the two friends share a tender moment.
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Early Morning. Architect picks ripe cherry tomatoes from a small garden by the window to pack a lunchbox for work. Eco-energy flows from the tomato vines. This eco-energy, born from small acts of environmental stewardship, accompanies the architect as they head out to the frontlines of the climate crisis once again.
In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is condemned to the Gulag on the Solovki. As he pretends to be on a grand voyage of exploration, he crafts imaginative tales in letters to his daughter Eleonora, shielding her from the truth of his sentencing as a "traitor to the motherland”.
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A dog looses grasp of its shape and time while balling like Shaq in this psychedelic animation.
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In the ’70s, three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in bustling Nairobi. The family will never be the same.
Created by Oscar®-winning animator Torill Kove (The Danish Poet), Maybe Elephants is a playful and loving autobiographical homage to family, adolescence and the therapeutic power of memories, however unreliable.
Sylvie and Karim have given it a lot of thought. At every breakfast and on every walk from the loo to the bathroom. They're ready to put the money they earned from scrubbing toilets and cleaning up the Bellevue Hotel into Sylvie's latest aspiration: acquiring a domestic football player.
For those who feel time-poor and overwhelmed by choice, this is a must-see. In the throes of his overstimulated, energy-poor midlife, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement, once he finally has ‘the time.’ Irish director John Kelly manages to capture the essence of life in just a few minutes in this poetic short film, which is nominated for Best Animated Short at the 98th Academy Awards (2026).
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On a summer's afternoon in rural Italy, a kid is involved in a car accident and lands at a loud lunch party, he tries to reconstruct what happened.
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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