Kaboom Animation Festival (previously KLIKxHAFF) tease programme highlights for first edition
As reported back in April, the long-running KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival and Holland Animation Film Festival have joined forces from this year onward with an aim to combine “cutting-edge experimental arthouse and the very best of all things animated with “a special focus on animation for families and kids”. The venture, initially referred to as KLIKxHAFF Festival, has now announced its official title as the Kaboom Animation Festival.
With its visual branding and full web presence still in the works, the announcement accompanies several details and programme highlights for prospective festivalgoers to get excited about:
The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (Dir. Hyeong-yoon Chang)
The first edition of Kaboom will take place from November 9th-12th in Utrecht – focusing “exclusively on animation for kids and families” across various locations – and November 13th-17th in Amsterdam – showcasing “a wide variety of the latest and greatest animation for adults and a special focus on industry events” at the Westergasfabriek.
Exclusive to the Utrecht edition will be a variety of workshops spanning animation and sound design, special presentations including Hyeong-yoon Chang’s The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow as well as the Netherlands’ first ever Young Industry Day and opportunities “to meet fresh animation talent from art schools in The Netherlands”
Away (Dir. Gints Zilbalodis)
The Amsterdam branch of the festival will feature an international animated shorts competition, special presentations on projects including Hisko Hulsing’s Amazon series Undone and the work of the first officially announced guest Mike Hollingsworth (supervising director of BoJack Horseman), screenings including Denis Do’s Funan and Gints Zilbalodis’s astonishing one-man feature film production Away, retrospectives on Korean and Dutch animation, a ‘Night of Shame’ in which participants share stories of “disastrous animation projects” plus a host of “premieres, industry events, international speakers, award shows, exhibitions, parties and much more”. K
Watch this space for more festival information as it comes.
Kaboom in Utrecht
Dates: 9 – 13 November
Locations: Louis Hartlooper Complex, Het Huis Utrecht, Kinepolis, Het Utrechts Archief, Utrecht Library, (more TBA)
Kaboom in Amsterdam
Dates: 13 – 17 November
Locations: Het Ketelhuis & Machinegebouw on Westergasterrein