Forget the Super Bowl, this is the real deal: the Kaboom's Official Short Film Competition.
The greatest competitions: the Olympics, the World Cup, De Eredivisie, the NBA, your local darts tournament, and of course … The Kaboom Short Film Competition. Forget the Super Bowl, the most exciting show on the planet is this competition filled with animated shorts from all corners of the galaxy.
Here, 59 films – including student shorts, films by seasoned directors and even music videos – battle it out for our coveted awards.
.png?format=w480)
If you think about the word "body", what do you see? There are many definitions that you can give to the word, right?! This playful and philosophical short is not just about human bodies, but also animal bodies, fruiting bodies, celestial bodies, metaphorical bodies... A voice-over fond of puns drives you through the life of many of that bodies, and their common destiny.
Yoriko Mizushiri is one of the most distinctive voices in the world of animation. Always soft, sensual and sensorial, her films stimulate the senses. Her latest short again offers new perspectives on our body. Eerily, the film combines unpredictable forms, surprising geometries, textures and sounds to craft a unique creation.
.jpg?format=w480)
A damning reflection of society, Elena Felici's tense short is set on a bus with passengers who fail to address a back seat scenario.
Inspired by Picasso's hypermasculine print series 'Vollard Suite', South-Korean animator Chaerin Im sought to deconstruct the mythical figure of the Minotaur. With the use of light, reflection, and shadow of the engraved plexiglass and cyanotypes, the film goes through the gender-shifting faces of the creature, as he has a violent struggle between the two sexes. Until, finally, lines blur and boundaries of sexes disappear.
.jpg?format=w480)
This Polish animation deals with the problem of growing anger, frustration and aggression that seeks an outlet. Our heroine is a person who loses control of her anger. Losing herself in emotions, she cannot stand the tension. The animation - composed of organic dense lines and appropriately expressive colour - makes anger painfully tactile.
.jpg?format=w480)
"It's hard to think it's gonna be good, much easier to think it's gonna be bad." Israeli singer-songwriter Tova Gertner sings about identity, relationship and dreams. This music clip for a song of hers was shot by Israeli-German animator Gil Alkabetz based on his paradoxical and absurd drawings that speak of anxiety and uncertainty in the future.
Experimenting has always been key to finding new paths of cinema. Composed of a single take, Incomplete is an audiovisual project that conceptually uses Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). The camera follows anonymous bodies in perpetual free-fall and moves through an endless choreography of updating images that reflect a world in constant change.
.png?format=w480)
This darkly humorous student work embodies both the cute and the macabre. With deliciously gross puppets, Love Is Just a Death Away shows how, for some, life starts after death for someone else. Like for a little parasite, who walks with a rotting corpse of a dead dog around on an old landfill. Trapped in his unpalatable body he tries to find love and friendship.
Who will best play her part: the dancing lioness or the little girl we attempt to tame? Only the Boob Fairy will know who is really worthy of her attention. This grotesque short shows two portraits that combine and characterize the violence of two oppressions of our time: the conditioning and education of young girls with a certain definition of femininity and the training of wild animals for entertainment.
.jpg?format=w480)
The million dollar question: why do girls go the bathroom together? This short finally reveals the true reason.
To the beat of dripping chemo, an infusion stand fights for the life of a cancer patient. But he is resisting tenaciously. If only death was not constantly making a courtesy call on him. The stand determinedly continues its mission that only finishes with the last drop.
Thanks to penis-like fauna and flora, little nipple men and a stylish vintage look, you're immediately hooked on this Danish short, in which the life of a colorful beast is abruptly interrupted by the arrival of a small group of humans that are determined to subdue him.
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!
© 2026. Website by Have a Byte!
