3 MISSES

by Paul Driessen
1999, Animation, 10'10", NL
35mm, No dialogue

Oscar nominated in 2000

3 short animated stories, all with a connection.

A GREEK TRAGEDY

by Nicole van Goethem
1985, Animation, 6'30", NL
35mm, No dialogue

1986 Oscar for Best Animated Short

A whimiscal look at the difficulty in holding together a Greek temple, when one of the holders is different.

AIAI!

by Roxanne Burchartz
2002, animation, 8 min, NL
No dialogue

"AiAi!" tells the story of a little lad who lives alone in his little house on the hill. The only thing he does is playing videogames twentyfour hours a day without any interruption. But this habit turns into a real nightmare. The kid's right-eye pupil ‘s getting bored of staring at the endless flikkering tv-screen so it decides to choose freedom. It jumps out of the lad's eye and the little boy tries to get his pupil back but however, everything seems to get even worse....

APPLE MONKEY

by Ed Roberts
2001, Animation, 4', UK
Beta, No dialogue

One Man...One Monkey...But only one apple tree

AUDITION

by Udo Prinsen
2011, animation, 6 min, The Netherlands
HD, no dialogue

Inspired by Auschwitz prisoners, the film tells the story of a father and son imprisoned in a death camp. The son is auditioning for the camp's orchestra to improve his chances for survival. A firing squad will decide whether he is admitted. His father listens in from a distance.

Website Audition

THE BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

by Danne Bakker
2010, animation, 4 min, The Netherlands
video, no dialogue

Grandfather gets the surprise of a lifetime on his birthday.

BRIDGE

by Gerben Agterberg
2010, Animation, 6 min, The Netherlands
35mm, no dialogue

A man considers his world grey and inanimate until he meets a beautiful fish. When the fish tragically disappears the man is left with agony.

Produced by Mooves

DIRKJAN RULES

by Wilfred Ottenheijm & Remco Polman
2010, Animation, 3 min, The Netherlands
Video, no dialogue

Dirkjan, a nerdy guy turns Leader of the World. Where does his sudden hunger for power come from? And what is the Big Plan?

Produced by Mooves

DOWN TO THE BONE

by Peter Ahern
2009, Animation, 5 min, USA
Video, English

Little Michael has vicious allergies, and when babysitter Meredith arrives for a night of no-nonsense, he's swiftly dispatched to the yard...where his delicate condition takes a turn for the worse.

E=MC2

by Jan Sanctorum & Vivian Miessen
2006, Animation, 12', Belgium
35mm, No dialogue

A former terrorist lives in a gigantic "trash-dump", far from his wife and from a world that's destroing itself by pollution. A ironic but tend vision on the end of the world, approaching fast because of the worldwide pollution.

FANTAISIE IN BUBBLEWRAP

by Arthur Metcalf
2007, Animation, 5 min, USA
English, comedy

A whimsical jaunt through the world of bubblewrap.
Arthur Metcalf's website

FATA MORGANA

by Frodo Kuipers
2011, animation, 4'20" , The Netherlands
Digital, practically no dialogue

Burning in the desert sun, Eduardo - a lemonade seller with a small stand - is fighting the urge to drink his last and final bottle of refreshing lemonade..

Produced by Illuster

FRIGHT RIDE

by Jan Woudenberg & Kaspar Guyaux
2001, Animation, 6'32", NL
Beta, No dialogue

Fright Ride is a short, satiric animation film about a reverend and his housekeeper who have won a free ride in the local ghost house. At first the terror they encounter arouse the least bit of interest. Until they enter a steep, upward tunnel. Heavenly light and music reveal themselves at the end, when the slightly agitated Christians are about to have the ride of their lives!

FROG

by Christopher Conforti
2004, Animation, 4'20" min, USA
No dialogue, comedy

Poor frog. His attempts to escape the blistering heat only result in a much worse (and gross) situation.

See the film online!

FULL OF GRACE

by Nicole van Goethem
1991, Animation, 8'10", NL
35mm, No dialogue

An amusing tale of less-than-graceful nuns who find their kick in the local sex shop

GET REAL!

by Evert de Beijer
2010, Animation, 12 min, The Netherlands
35mm, no dialogue

A high school girl is addicted to a computer game that protects a sexy female mega singer agaisnt all kinds of attacks. That way it 'scores' her love.... But the addiction costs him a lot...

Produced by Cinété Filmproduktie

 

 

 

 

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

by Alexei Gubenco
2008, Animation, 3 min, Romania
HDcam, no dialogue

Not everyone is meant to fly.

Best animated film - Annual Awards of the Romanian Filmmakers’ Union 2008 
Best animated film - "Miracle" Faludi International Youth Film Festival , Budapest 
Best Film Of Festival (Jury award) - Thermaikos Film Festival 2010, Thermaikos 
Best Foreign Film (Audience award) – Thermaikos Film Festival 2010, Thermaikos
Best International Animation - Video Festival Imperia 2010, Imperia
1st Audience award - animation category - Kimera International Film Festival 2010, Campobasso
Best Student film - Lola Kenya Screen 2010
Nairobi Best Animation – Hyperion International Film Festival 2010

AND MANY OTHER AWARDS!!

IF THE SHOE FITS...

by Ruth Meyer
2004, Animation, 10 min, NL
35mm, No dialogue

Ordinary shoes at first sight, force the bearer to execute the actions of the previous owner.

LAPSUS

by Juan Pablo Zaramella
2007, Animation, 3'30, Argentina
digital, No dialogue

A curious nun ventures into the darker side of her animated world.

Produced by JPZtudio

Anima Mundi, Sao Paulo
BEST SHORT FILM

Anifest 2007, Czech Republic
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE

L.A.T.

by Nicole van Goethem
2002, Animation, 8', NL/B
35mm, Flemish

A blind painter creates masterpieces by accident while quarreling with his cleaning lady and his parrot.

LEONARDO

by Jim Capobianco
2009, Animation, 9'30", USA
HD cam, No dialogue

Follow Leonardo da Vinci in his quest to fly. A story of perseverance, "Leonardo' takes you on a journey of creativity. A journey that often leads to a very different place then where you thought you would end up.

Festival awards:

Audience Award 2009 Imagine Science Film Festival NYC

Grand Prize film for children KID's Eye program, 2009 Rhode Island FF

Best Animation, 2009 Marbella Film Festival

Best Animation, 2009 Youth Film Festival Wales

Produced by Aerial Contrivance Workshop

LIESJE

by Sander Alt
2006, animation, 8', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A girl starts a battle with a city tyrant, without speaking a word...

Produced by Revolver

LOUNGE ACT

by Gareth Love
2001, Animation, 6'31", UK
Beta, English

Ever wondered what goes on in your living room while you're out? A neurotic dog on ‘death row', a couch potato cockatoo and a bowl of religious fish give us fresh insight into the world of our pets, as they share an uncertain future with their ageing owner.

MARYLOU

by Todd Kurtzman & Danny Shorago
1996, Animation, 3'16", USA
16mm, English

Sexual tales of bravado through different realms.

MATCH

by Jeff Nassenstein
2003, Animation, 4 min, NL
video/35mm, no dialogue

Some buildings don't offer a comfortable environment for one-legged birds.
The feathery creatures are either too large or too small. There's no escape.
Even an egg isn't safe. A strong draft can blow it straight out of the building.
Our guide hops higher and higher through the large halls, unmoved by the sad scenes he meets. When he finally returns to the start, he is happy for a few seconds.

METALSTASIS

by Matthew Hood
2001, Animation, 7'48", UK
Beta, No dialogue

A mechanical man finds his routine life disturbed by illness from an unusual source.

METRO

by Eric Steegstra
1999, Puppets, 14', NL
35mm, No dialogue

After a football match, rioting hooligans flood the city.

Watch film here!

MORTEL

by Remco Polman
2006, animation, 5', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A little man discovers the life behind his walls.

Produced by Mooves

NOTEBOOK

by Evelien Lohbeck
2008, Animation, 4'52", NL
DVcam, no dialogue

Expectations are challenged in this short experimental film which plays with illusions and reality.

See also: www.evelienlohbeck.com

OBLIGATO

by Wip Vernooij
2005, Animation, 3', NL
35mm, no dialogue

A music piece à la Fantasia, only much much shorter!

PIZZA DI MARIO

by Saskia Pauw
2005, Animation, 3', NL
video, no dialogue

It's man vs. pizza in this saucy short that'll make you say, "dough!".

WATCH THIS FILM!!

RED-END and the seemingly symbiotic society

by Robin Noorda and Bethany de Forest
2009, Animation, 10', NL
35 mm, 4K DCP, HDCAM, Digibeta, no dialogue

Ants gather sugar cubes in an icy marl cave in order to build a big palace. This turns out to be a nursery to cultivate larvae. These grubs reveal themselves as bizarre, marching gluttons. The ant Red-end is different and tries an experiment…

Produced by Rocketta Film

o Holland Animation Film Festival 2009, Utrecht/Netherlands – MovieSquad Award

o Cinanima Animation Film Festival 2009, Espinho/Portugal - Best Short Film

o Animated Dreams Festival 2009, Tallinn/Estonia - Braintap Award

o Premiers Plan d’Angers 2010, Angers/France – Audience Award

THE 7 BROTHERS

by Paul & Kaj Driessen
2008, Animation, 12'20", NL
35mm, No dialogue

Once upon a time there were seven brothers who wandered through the streets of their village, looking for inspiration for fairy tales.
The ideas they came up with, however, didn't look much like the traditional fairy tales we are used to.
At home, the brothers wrote their stories down, unaware of their shortcomings.
But then they heard their last tale being acted out next door, quite differently from the way they had written it.....
The brother's wanderings are shown in live action; the fairy tales are animated.

THE DARK

by Gareth Love
2001, Animation, 7'12", UK
Beta, English

The times are changing, even for an old bogeyman, as his apprentice demonstrates. His drinking pals - a squeamish vampire, a tooth fairy who has seen better days and a redundant ghost - have some problems of their own.

THE HELPLINE

by Keith Thomson
1994, Animation, 2'30", USA
Beta, English

Call this line if you are desperate and suicidal.

THE LIZARD WHOMPER

by T. Reid Norton
1996, Animation, 2'15", USA
Beta, No dialogue

Don't eat before you see this!

THE PERIWIG MAKER

by Steffen Schaeffler
1999, Animation, 14'42", Germany
35mm, English

2001 Oscar nomination

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, this medieval story moves you from start to end.

THE TERRIBLE THING OF ALPHA-9

by Jake Armstrong
2009, Animation, 6 min, USA
Video, English

A space bounty hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster.

VALUES

by Van Phan
2000, Animation, 5', USA
16mm, English

A father and son struggle with their relationship over the years: expectations, disappointments, approval an disaproval, and of course love.