BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:adamgibbons/ics METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:29873@offbeat.amsterdam SUMMARY:🎬 Best of Kaboom Animation Festival 2026 DTSTAMP:20261101T213212Z DTSTART:20261128T193000Z DESCRIPTION:Various | 80’ | EN subtitles  \n\nKaboom Animation Festival [ht tps://www.kaboomfestival.nl] is the place to be for\nthe latest and greate st in animation. From groundbreaking experimental arthouse\nfilms to color ful stories for families and children. Come celebrate the 2026\nedition wi th us!\n \n\nWhat We Leave Behind\nJean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte | 2025 | CA | 11’\n\nDan has a gaping wound in his neck that refuses to h eal. Why? He can neither\nremember nor talk about it. To confront it\, he must return to the shadowy arena\nof his childhood and reclaim the part of himself he left behind\, the part that\nkeeps him from being whole as an adult. What We Leave Behind is a powerful\,\nhaunting film from the award- winning writer-director duo Jean-Sébastien Hamel\nand Alexandra Myotte.\n  \n\nError: Connection Lost\nUliana Gromyko | 2025 | NL | 5’\n\nError: Conn ection Lost is an autobiographical story that portrays the quiet\,\ndisori enting experience of a child shaped by migration’s instability. Centered\n on a brother and sister growing up in Ukraine in the early 2000s\, the fil m\nfollows their move to the Netherlands and the way they eventually drift apart.\n \n\nTheir Eyes\nNicolas Gourault | 2025 | FR | 23’\n\nHow does a machine learn to read the world? Through testimonies and screen\nrecordin gs\, Their Eyes immerses you in the experience of online micro-workers\nfr om the Global South whose invisible labor trains the AI of self-driving ca rs\nto navigate the streets of the Global North. This documentary unfolds as a\ntechnological\, sociological\, and ethical commentary on the contemp orary world.\n \n\nBeef Tomato (Vleestomaat)\nPatty Stenger & Yvonne Kroes e | 2025 | NL | 18’\n\nThe lonely teenager Yo hurls tomatoes in frustratio n and accidentally hits\nLydia\, an elderly woman with a disability. Rushi ng to her aid\, he soon discovers\nthat Lydia is not as helpless as she se ems. Gradually\, the line between\nperpetrator and victim blurs.\n \n\nSh\ nQi Duan | 2024 | CN | 8’\n\nWhat if you could break free from reality and do anything you want—what would\nyou do? In a suffocating era marked by a nxiety and crises of self-identity\,\nChinese director Qi Duan explores a series of environments where accumulated\npressure finds an outlet. This b old student film is characterized by a variety\nof styles and textures\, i n the spirit of Masaaki Yuasa.\n \n\nMurmuration\nJanneke Swinkels & Tim F rijsinger | 2025 | NL/BE | 13’\n\nPiet\, an elderly man in a nursing home\ , gets restricted in his actions when he\nrealizes he is suddenly turning into a bird. Even though he is still accepted\nwithin the group\, Piet fee ls it is time to join a new flock. An enchanting\,\ninternationally acclai med stop-motion film from Janneke Swinkels and Tim\nFrijsinger.\n  URL:https://offbeat.amsterdam/event/best-of-kaboom-animation-festival-2026 GEO:52.381974;4.8703107 LOCATION:Filmhuis Cavia - Van Hallstraat 52-1\, 1051 HH Amsterdam STATUS:CONFIRMED CATEGORIES:festival,film,in english X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Various | 80’ | EN subtitles & nbsp;

Kaboom Animation Festival is the place to be for the latest and gr eatest in animation. From groundbreaking experimental arthouse films to co lorful stories for families and children. Come celebrate the 2026 edition with us!
 


What We Leave Behind
Jea n-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte | 2025 | CA | 11’

Dan has a gaping wound in his neck that refuses to heal. Why? He can neither remem ber 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-SĂ©bastien Hamel and Alexandra Myotte.
 


Err or: Connection Lost
Uliana Gromyko | 2025 | NL | 5’

Error: Connection Lost is an autobiographical story that portrays th e quiet, disorienting experience of a child shaped by migration’s instabil ity. Centered on a brother and sister growing up in Ukraine in the early 2 000s, the film follows their move to the Netherlands and the way they even tually drift apart.
 


Their Eyes
Nic olas Gourault | 2025 | FR | 23’

How does a machine learn to read th e world? Through testimonies and screen recordings, Their Eyes im merses 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.
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Beef Tomato (Vleestomaat)
Patty Stenger & ; Yvonne Kroese | 2025 | NL | 18’

The lonely teenager Yo hurls toma toes in frustration and accidentally hits Lydia, an elderly woman with a d isability. Rushing to her aid, he soon discovers that Lydia is not as help less as she seems. Gradually, the line between perpetrator and victim blur s.
 


Sh
Qi Duan | 2024 | CN | 8’

What if you could break free from reality and do anything you want—wh at would you do? In a suffocating era marked by anxiety and crises of self -identity, Chinese director Qi Duan explores a series of environments wher e accumulated pressure finds an outlet. This bold student film is characte rized 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 sudden ly 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.
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