Audience Award Winners...🥁🥁🥁 ⁠
 4- Winner of Best Commissioned: ‘Where Wool Speaks, and We Must Listen (Desi Oon)’ directed by Sureesh Eriyat (India, 2025) 5- Winner of Best Kids Short: ‘A Pain in the Butt’ directed by Elena Walf (Germany, 2025) 3/5

Audience Award Winners...🥁🥁🥁 ⁠ 2- Winner of Best Short: Beef Tomato (Vleestomaat) directed by Patty Stenger and Yvonne Kroese (The Netherlands, 2025) 3- Winner of Best Experimental: ‘Merrimundi’ directed by Niles Atallah (France/Chili, 2025) 2/3

Audience Award Winners...🥁🥁🥁 ⁠
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We’re excited to announce the winners of this year’s Kaboom Audience Awards! Huge congratulations to all the talented nominees and winners! 💥 ⁠ 1- Winner of Best Feature: ‘Allah is Not Obliged’ directed by Zaven Najjar (Belgium/Canada/France/Luxembourg, 2025) 1/3

8 - Congratulations to the Best International Short Award Winner – ‘What We Leave Behind’ directed by Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte 5/5

6 - Congratulations to the Best Student Short Award Winner – ‘SH’ directed by Qi Duan

7 - Congratulations to the Jamie Bolio Award Winner – ‘Boundaries’ directed by Seun Yee
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4 - Congratulations to the Best Dutch Student Short Award Winner – ‘Error Connection Lost’ directed by Uliana Gromyko

5 - Congratulations to the Best Dutch Short Award Winner – ‘Murmuration’ directed by Janneke Swinkels & Tim Frijsinger
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2 - Congratulations to the Nancy Award Winner – ‘Endless Cookie’ directed by Seth Scriver & Pete Scriver

3 - Congratulations to the Best Documentary Award Winner – ‘Their Eyes’ directed by Nicolas Gourault
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And the winners are…🥁🥁🥁 

After an unforgettable ceremony at EYE Filmmuseum we’re thrilled to announce the champions chosen by our jury members: 

1 - Congratulations to the Best VR Award Winner – ‘Less Than 5gr of Saffron’ directed by Négar Motevalymeidanshah 1/5

zelfplug: ik sprak voor @filmkrant.bsky.social met Michel Gondry en een beetje met z'n dochter Maya – Gondry's 'Maya, Give Me a Title' oftewel 'Maya, donne-moi un titre' draait op @kaboomfestival.bsky.social.

Kaboom 2026: Michel Gondry over Maya, Give Me a Title - Filmkrant

Denken met het absurdisme van een kind – dat is geheel des Gondry’s. Hij had daarom weinig moeite korte verhaaltjes te verzinnen bij de titels die zijn dochtertje Maya doorgaf wanneer hij ver van huis...

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💟 Here, Queer and Totally Sincere 💟 Kaboom and Queer Film Festival Utrecht are back at it again! 📅March 15 - 18:00 📍Slachtstraat Filmtheater 📅March 20 - 22:15 📍Eye Filmmuseum 🎟️ Tickets via kaboomfestival.filmchief.com/shop/tickets... 1- 'Conchiglia' directed by Mario Grigilon

🎼Cine-Concerts Elulu 🎧 Electronic Music performance 📅March 15 - 17:15 📍@slachtstraatfilmtheater Puss in Boots 🐱 A storyteller, live animations and 50 classical musicians. 📅March 22 - 11:00 📍@eye_film kaboomfestival.filmchief.com/shop/tickets...

🌌 Kaboom Anime: Adieu Galaxy Express 999 🌌 The Galaxy Express rides again. 🚂 Earth lies in ruins, the Machine Empire endures, and a battle-hardened Tetsuro is drawn back into the stars by the hope of seeing Maetel once more. 🎟️ Tickets in multiple cities via www.kaboomfestival.nl/kaboom-x/ani...

👑 YASS Queen! 👑 At Kaboom 2026, we are shining a special light on female animators. Across curated screenings, guest talks and events, we celebrate the impact of women who have shaped, and continue to redefine, the art of animation. 📍Eye Filmmuseum 👉 Explore the full program here: bit.ly/4l1TM0Q

🧵Festival Theme: Human Touch 🧵 In this year’s theme, you’ll follow a thread of animations shaped by hands, hearts, and human imagination. 👉 Get your tickets via bit.ly/4c0Nc8g 🧶 Fibers of Feelings: Special handicraft / knitting screening 🧶 📅 March 15 17:30 Utrecht

Tickets available now: bit.ly/kaboomprogram 🥺👉👈

💛 Tickets on sale now 💛 ⁠ ⁠
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We are teary-eyed-happy to announce that tickets for Kaboom Animation Festival and Kaboom Industry Days are now on sale! 🗣️🍿 You are a few clicks away from unlocking the dazzling world of animation we have prepared for you. ⁠ bit.ly/kaboomprogram

🎮 Kaboom Games 🎮 ⁠
⁠ Why settle for reality when you can play in worlds of infinitely more possibilities? 👀 📍Amsterdam Eye Filmmuseum 📅 20-22 March 10:00-21:00 🤫 Psst, the entry is FREE! ⁠ 👉 Find the full selection of games via bit.ly/kaboomgames

Artistic Director + Head of Programming = The Complete Program! 💥 Now live on kaboomfestival.nl🧑‍💻 #fusiondance #dragonballz

💛 Feel the vibe of Kaboom 2026 through this amazing trailer featuring breathtaking human-made animations. 👉 Program is out now! Go to kaboomfestival.nl 🎨 Many thanks to Szymon Antoni Jędrys from Red Knife Films for creating this trailer!

The time has come! No more waiting, no more teasing, we’re officially presenting the complete program for Kaboom 2026!

From March 13th through 22nd, in Utrecht, Amsterdam, and online, we’ve got you covered. 🤝

Tickets will be available starting February 19th! 🏃‍♂️⁠

💛 Check it out on kaboomfestival.nl

👉 Official Selection 2026 👈 This year 159 films and VR works will compete on our glorious cinematographic battleground ⚔️ 👉 Check out the full selection via kaboomfestival.nl 2- ‘The Jokes Butt’ by Barney Fagan 3- ‘Sixty-seven Milliseconds’ by Fleuryfontaine 4- ‘El Cuerpo del Cristo’ by Bea Lema

❗️We are thrilled to announce the theme for our 26' edition: Human Touch When machines can imitate the craft of animation, what remains? Explore the future of handcrafted arts. Will it evolve? Disappear? Maybe they’ll simply persist, like the spiders who inspired the poster, handcrafted by Bea Lema.

🤜 Kaboom Anime: Fist of the North Star (1986) 🌟 This month, Kaboom Anime presents another masterpiece: An archetypical example of 1980s postapocalyptic martials arts cinema, Fist of the North Star. Check out the link for more information and get your tickets before they sell out!

✨ FMX 2025 ✨ From May 6 to 9 2025, around 250 international magicians of all trades will join Europe’s leading conference on VFX, animation and digital media to present the latest projects and discuss explosive topics. More about FMX – Film & Media Exchange: fmx.de/en/home

And the winners are…🥁🥁🥁 A huge congratulations to all our incredible nominees and winners of the Kaboom Award Night! After an unforgettable ceremony at 📍 Eye Filmmuseum, we’re thrilled to announce the champions chosen by our jury members. Check out the full list via link in BIO.

🎮 Game spotlights 📆 Sat, March 29th 📍 Eye 🔦 ‘The Knightling’ takes center stage from 12:00 - 14:00 📆 Sun, March 30th 📍 Eye 🔦 ‘Thank Goodness You're Here!’ takes the spotlight from 12:00 - 14:00 👉Visit our gaming area at @eye_film, 10:00 till 22:00 on Saturday and 10:00 till 20:00 on Sunday.

🟡 Industry Day 2 🟡 The Industry Days are officially over, but we hope the ideas that emerged and the connections you made will stay with you long after. Get ready for even more incredible screenings and special programs in Amsterdam tomorrow! See you there. 😉 📸 @cocreator_eventfotografie

Benelux Animation Pitch Winner 🥁🥁🥁 ⁠ The winning project, ‘Dogfight’ directed by Guido Duijn @yosh.tea and produced by Sem Assink @semassink (the Netherlands and Denmark), just scored a sweet €5000! Huge congrats on this amazing achievement—we’re all so excited to see your film come to life! 🎬 ⁠

🟡 Industry Day 1 🟡 Yesterday was an action-packed day full of inspiring talks, incredible guests and exciting opportunities for networking (don’t forget the steps mentioned by Fay Breeman. 📸 @cocreator_eventfotografie

Announcing the Debutants Ball winners...🥁🥁🥁 Without further ado, let's proudly announce the winners of Kaboom Industry Days 2025’s Debutants Ball awarded by our partner – Toon Boom Animation🥁: ⭐ Ilja Bertrand ⭐ Max Gierkink Congratulations to you all! May your 5 year goals all happen!