Aquatic
Transformations of a man into an army of slightly predatory-looking fish.
Start Me Up: Debuts of Masters
65 minutes
These world-class filmmakers all had to start somewhere. A programme of debut films by acclaimed animators.
The song "Start Me Up" by The Rolling Stones might be a sexual metaphor, but it can definitely apply to debut films by renowned animators as well. "If you start me up, I'll never stop", the band sings. These world-class filmmakers certainly didn't stop. And they all had to start somewhere, anxiously finishing their very first project. Go back to where it all began for acclaimed animators like Paul Driessen, Michaël Dudok de Wit, Emma De Swaef, Gil Alkabetz, Julia Pott and more!
This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2023
Showing in this program
Bitzbutz
A game between positive and negative. Out of a white square emerges a black monster and a white bird. Both want to take over the common territory. The fight ends with them erasing each-other.
Cetabever: Elephant, Fly, Bus
Three commercials for Cetabever glue.
Gerard
A dog named Gerard roams and rambles around, witnessing a few peculiar incidents concerning chairs.
Le Vol d’Icare
A pointillist musical illustration.
Love-Hate Relationship
This is about a boy who tries to escape from real life and his mother who doesn’t understand him.
My First Crush
Using interviews with people about their first encounters with love, their animals counterparts tell their tales of humor and heartache.
Psychoderche
A woman paints her toenails, kicks a man on the backside and laughs at her actions. How a woman can get rid of a man.
Second Class Mail
A lonely woman sends off for a special mail-order package.
Soft Plants
Naked, on the back of a sheep, soft office worker Willy rides trough the forest. His body is still in the office, but his mind wonders between dangerous flowers, li-lo's and an imaginary friendship for a soft sheep.
The Crossword Puzzle
His hobby keeps a man away from marital obligations. His wife's attempts to seduce him help to solve the puzzle.
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The Interview
A little creature, wandering with a microphone, hopes to interview others.
The Night
It's the story of a child and her mother, two lives that don't communicate with each other. Is that loneliness that sometimes reaches the size of the night. Dark is the night. Dark is the mother. And dark becomes the entire Universe when you are lone and abandoned.
The Witch and the Cow
A tiny witch tries to milk an immense cow. Things get out of her control.
