Kaboom Animation Festival

💟 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

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🌌 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 🎮 ⁠
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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!

💛 Recap Day 2💛

What 👏 a 👏 day 👏 Amazing screenings, filmmakers talking at the café, beach balls flying around in the cinema and being transported to a summer vacation for 15 minutes. We get to do it all again tomorrow, and the day after, and after, and after...okay, okay stopping now. ☺️

🌞 Day 1 Recap 🌞

With the weather on our side, we kicked off the festival with our opening walk, lighting up Utrecht’s walls (and a few windows and trees) with stunning animated films.

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us. See you in the coming days for more festival magic! ✨🎬

💛Join our online festival 💛⁠ ⁠
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Do you want to join the festival but find yourself miles away or just prefer the cozy comfort of home sweet home? We've got your back! 🏠 🤝

📆 Available: from 21 March ⏰12:00 to 30 March ⏰00:00 ⁠⁠ ⁠

👀 Get your pass via the link in our BIO.⁠

🏃‍♀️ Ready, set, GO 🏃 ⁠
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We can’t believe the festival starts tomorrow! The magic is about to begin, and it honestly feels like the night before a flight - don’t know if we’ll manage to fall asleep tonight. 🗣️ ⁠
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Opening Walk
📆 Fri, 21 March 2025 at 20:30📍Meeting point: Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht ⁠ ⁠

💬 Filmmakers Talk 💬

Most of the time they talk through their work. But now, they really talk!

No reservation needed for these talks, come and join the conversation!

👾 VR Day at Kaboom 👾 ⁠
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Friday 21st of March, normally just a regular day. But as the clock hits 10:00 am, the Neude library starts shaking as a portal into another reality starts opening. Join the Kaboom VR exhibitions to be transported into one of these realities in stark daylight.

🗣️ Benelux Animation Pitch Guide is now available ⁠
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Benelux Animation Pitch is Kaboom Industry Days’ pilot program to support the production of animated short and feature films from the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.

✨ Meet the Benelux Animation Pitch Jury:⁠

🔷 Feature Film: Pelikan Blue directed by László Csáki @csakilaci 🔷⁠
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📅 Sun 23 March at 15:00 📍@slachtstraatfilmtheater ⁠
📅 Sat 29 March at 19:45 📍@eye_film

🎟️ Tap on the link in BIO to get your tickets!⁠

🦸‍♀️ Meet the Voices 🦸‍♀️ ⁠

Meet the Voices is a live event where the world of animation voice acting comes to life.
📅 Sun 30 Mar 16:00 📍Boom Chicago ⁠

The same weekend, Bekende Belvrienden organizes a special calling weekend for children and their animated heroes. 🫶 www.bekendebelvrienden.nl/over-ons/