Best of Kaboom Animation Festival 2024 On Tour - English subtitled
Compilation programme featuring short animation films that were among the highlights of the most recent edition of the Kaboom Animation Festival.
The films (A-Z):
All the Best
Pablo Roldan, Argentina 2023, 4 min.
What is weird is based on a norm. Weird can be anything and it can be funny, maybe confusing, but most of all authentic. This animation film uses these concepts to create something new.
Ardent Other
Alice Brygo, France 2022, 16 min.
A stunned crowd faces a fire. The threat has no name, a diffuse anguish spreads. A portrayal of humankind observing symbolic fires, possibly the burning of Notre Dame in 2019.
Beautiful Men
Nicolas Keppens, Belgium, France, The Netherlands 2023, 19 min.
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
Fox Tossing
Zénó Mira, Hungary 2023, 8 min.
A grim but fascinating portrayal of fox tossing, a now-forgotten aristocratic pastime in 17th-century Europe. The short film zooms in on a cruel phenomenon that is emblematic of the hedonistic life of people in palaces. Expressionist in style, this Hungarian film explores the complex relationship between power and powerlessness.
Melk
Niek de Leeuw, The Netherlands 2023, 4 min.
MELK is about the expectations of and realities of being gay.
The Miracle
Nienke Deutz, Belgium, France, The Netherlands 2023, 15 min.
The Miracle is a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. Still something is missing.
Our Love Is Immortal
Ender Yildizhan, Turkey 2023, 4 min.
A little boy worries about his parents’ relationship in a dystopian future. His father eases his worries by singing a song.
Vivarium
Daan Lucas, Netherlands 2023, 9 min.
Two gnomes are chased away by a flood of tears caused by a childish king. When they meet the king, the king plays with them and is happy again. Unfortunately, the happiness is short-lived.