Best of Kaboom Animation Festival
Line up: Six animated shorts
Tickets: € 5 / or Cinveille
Kaboom Animation Festival is the place to be for the latest and greatest in animation. From groundbreaking experimental arthouse films to colorful stories for families and children. Come celebrate the 2026 edition with us!
What We Leave Behind
Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte | 2025 | CA | 11’
Dan has a gaping wound in his neck that refuses to heal. Why? He can neither remember nor talk about it. To confront it, he must return to the shadowy arena of his childhood and reclaim the part of himself he left behind, the part that keeps him from being whole as an adult. What We Leave Behind is a powerful, haunting film from the award-winning writer-director duo Jean-Sébastien Hamel and Alexandra Myotte.
Error: Connection Lost
Uliana Gromyko | 2025 | NL | 5’
Error: Connection Lost is an autobiographical story that portrays the quiet, disorienting experience of a child shaped by migration’s instability. Centered on a brother and sister growing up in Ukraine in the early 2000s, the film follows their move to the Netherlands and the way they eventually drift apart.
Their Eyes
Nicolas Gourault | 2025 | FR | 23’
How does a machine learn to read the world? Through testimonies and screen recordings, Their Eyes immerses you in the experience of online micro-workers from the Global South whose invisible labor trains the AI of self-driving cars to navigate the streets of the Global North. This documentary unfolds as a technological, sociological, and ethical commentary on the contemporary world.
Beef Tomato (Vleestomaat)
Patty Stenger & Yvonne Kroese | 2025 | NL | 18’
The lonely teenager Yo hurls tomatoes in frustration and accidentally hits Lydia, an elderly woman with a disability. Rushing to her aid, he soon discovers that Lydia is not as helpless as she seems. Gradually, the line between perpetrator and victim blurs.
Sh
Qi Duan | 2024 | CN | 8’
What if you could break free from reality and do anything you want—what would you do? In a suffocating era marked by anxiety and crises of self-identity, Chinese director Qi Duan explores a series of environments where accumulated pressure finds an outlet. This bold student film is characterized by a variety of styles and textures, in the spirit of Masaaki Yuasa.
Murmuration
Janneke Swinkels & Tim Frijsinger | 2025 | NL/BE | 13’
Piet, an elderly man in a nursing home, gets restricted in his actions when he realizes he is suddenly turning into a bird. Even though he is still accepted within the group, Piet feels it is time to join a new flock. An enchanting, internationally acclaimed stop-motion film from Janneke Swinkels and Tim Frijsinger.