Shorts
4 seasons, The
A lonely hotel room, a picture on the wall. The 4 seasons in 1 minute. Kwaaak! read more >
About a Banana who has lost his Skin
A 'naked' banana desperately in search of his proper skin. read more >
At one view
This animated film is a commentary on the imaginary nature of photography and film. read more >
Back to the Inkwell
A character from the early days of the American cartoon creates his own, modern figure, but he soon loses control over his creation... read more >
Barbazan
A humorous puppet-animation series( 13 x 5’) on the mishaps of the second class variety artist Barbazan The Magician and his loyal sidekick Fritz the penguin. read more >
Between the Lights
The sense and atmosphere of this animated film grow out of the play of light and shade, of shapes and movements the starting point being a pillared gallery with a figure. read more >
Black Thunder
A white horse and his cowboy are riding into an old Western town in the hot Utah desert. read more >
Bon Appétit!
A wealthy man who's about to enjoy his diner begrudges a vagabond and his companion dog their own, upon which the food itself comes to action. read more >
Brainwash
The film tells the story of a town where the lives and thoughts of the inhabitants are controlled by two men. read more >
Brush at Sea
Inspired by the art works in a museum, a paint brush starts to paint his own work of art. read more >
Butterfly R.I.P. 1975
Because of the growing urbanization, there's no longer room for nature - but in a museum... read more >
C'mon, Let's Go
C'mon, Let's Go is a Dutch animated series about two friends who are always on the move. read more >
Capriccio
Animated in clay, "Capriccio" is a film about a young girl and three fun-loving musical creatures who fly in and out of her life as she pursues a career in classical music. read more >
Car Craze
An environmental inspector gets stranded in a forgotten oil town, dominated by monstrous cars. read more >
Carnival Shout, The
"Joelfeest" (The Carnival Shout) is an animated film about the development of carnival through the ages, from heathen times until the present day. read more >
Cartoon
A little pencil-drawn man is threatened by an eraser until he is redrawn in ink. Paper, however, remains vulnerable. read more >
Case of the Spiral Staircase, The
A woman descends a spiral staircase, which gradually transforms into a continually moving series of drifting, abstract triangles. read more >
Characters, The
George and Belle are confronted with graphic symbols and letter forms which have come to life. read more >
Consolation
How someone finds consolation amongst his self-caused unpleasant circumstances. read more >
Cow Who Fell in the Canal, The
Lots of fun and excitement in this animated version of the popular children's book by Robert Spier and Phyllis Krasilovsky. read more >
CubeMENcube
Against pastel coloured backgrounds two cubes come to life through a toy snow dome. read more >
DaDA
A short animated film about the high expectations with which parents can burden their children. read more >
Daedalus' Daughter
Daedalus' Daughter is a poetic film that was inspired by the myth of Icarus and the beautiful and sensuous voice of Jennifer Larmore, the American Mezzo-soprano who also sings the score of the movie. read more >
David
David is the personification of everything that is small; to the giants who populate his world he is invisible. Nevertheless, he wishes to make his presence felt in the big wide world. read more >
Diplay
Mannequin puppets are posing as they have always done: perfect, flawless and beautyfull. When a fly intrudes their space, everything falls apart. read more >
Donna è Mobilé, La
"La Donna è Mobilé" is a journey into male fantasies seen through the eyes of a woman. read more >
Drop, The
A man goes to see his doctor. He feels very tired. The doctor takes some blood from the patient and puts it under a microscope. Through the microscope we see why this man is not feeling so good.... read more >
Easy Action Animated
This film is about the spatial relationship between two people and their surroundings, a snow-white cube. read more >
Escape from Paradise
A giant turtle floats through space and reads its book. He meets Adam and Eve, who take over the book and rip the still empty pages from it. read more >
Famous Paintings
In 1990 Maarten Koopman made "The Bedroom": the creation of "The Bedroom at Arles" by Vincent van Gogh in one minute. read more >
Fortified City, A
Eight statements of filmmakers and artists from Canada, the United States and Holland. read more >
Frieze Frame
Where animation film and oil paintings meet, animator Gerrit van Dijk in his entirely unique way brings life to static pictures. In one fluid movement he animates 39 paintings from the collection in the Frans Hals Museum. read more >
Fuga (Fugue)
A man is playing the piano. He pauses to look out of the window and finds himself watching a series of pivotal events from his own past - turning points in the passage of his childhood dreams towards the reality of the man he became. read more >
Gap, The
In this puppet film a fat man is sitting on one side of a gap, tucking into a sumptuous meal. read more >
Garden, The
"The Garden" is a short animation which is situated in a good garden where evil rules. The beginning of the end or a new beginning? read more >
Genetic Dance
The offspring of Herman the Bull soon populate the skies and form an example for the pigs that are delighted with their newly acquired abilities. The farmer too seems a bit out of this world. Entirely entranced the animals end up spinning around in a bizarre hardcore techno dance. read more >
God on Our Side
Inspired by Picasso's Guernica (1937), this gripping film is fundamentally about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the name of God, people are infused with rage and violence. Fear leads to brutality and vengeance follows. What hope is there for a child born into this circle of loss? read more >
Golden Fish, The
In the spring of his life Li Pai asks the Golden Fish in Lake Kou Nen how to live. "Look around and see the answer", says the Golden Fish. read more >
good turn daily, A
The main character, a modern Don Quichote, strives to right the wrongs of this world. read more >
Gracias a la Vida
A poetic story about a woman's course of life. Both inside and outside influences shape her into the person she is. read more >
Greetings From the North Sea Beach
In fluid animation sequences four parts of a postcard transform into absurd situations. read more >
Hands Off
"Hands Off" is intended as a stimulus for discussion, within the broader campaign against wife battering. read more >
Hard Boiled Chicken
A rooster detective and a dame in despair try to solve the case of the missing egg. read more >
Harry Rents a Room
This film tells the story about the frightfull first night of a tenant in his new flat. read more >
He Almost Clutched This Hand
This animated film tells, or rather suggests, the story of a man's life. read more >
Home On The Rails
An old woman is at home, knitting, shooing away flies and occasionally inviting a friend to tea. read more >
Horror from Hell, The
"The Horror from Hell" was the winner of the 1998 Annecy International Animation Festival Prize for the Best Educational Film for its use of humor an its ability to teach in a non-pedagogic manner. read more >
Hotel Narcis
A young man, on holiday in an exotic country, is too busy admiring himself to notice the threat hanging over him. read more >
House holding
A series of clay-animation films about alternative ways of sharing the household responsibilities. read more >
How Snjezhi Tsjelovek Found His Ancestors
Snjezhi Tjelovek is a clerk in Old Russia in the days when few things merited more boasts than having a nice set of ancestors. read more >
I Move, So I Am
Director Gerrit van Dijk states: "I move, so I am", a free interpretation of Descartes quatation: "I think, so I am", is my credo to express myself on celluloid. "I am not shooting pictures, I animate..." read more >
Inflatable Alphabet, The
In this film, which was designed especially for children, all the letters of the alphabet appear as a series of colourful, simply-drawn balloons. read more >
Janneke
The wonder of evolution takes place during the drinking song of Gustav Mahler's "Das Lied von der Erde" ("Song of the Earth"). read more >
Jazzimation
A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. This is an abstract film animated directly on the computer. read more >
Jorinde & Joringel
This is a fairy tale about Joringel, the hero, and his beloved Jorinde, who is turned into a nightingale and carried off to a far-away castle by a sorceress. read more >
Journey of a Dragon, The
In 1560 Pieter Brueghel painted "The Struggle of Saint George and the Dragon". Also in later years the dragon's game was an important item of the carnival celebrations. read more >
Killing of an Egg, The
Somebody preparing to eat an egg for breakfast detects life within the delicate eggshell. read more >
Labyrinth
Three generations are being confronted with themselves and their apparently pointless surroundings. The beginning of a mysterious search. read more >
Life & Death
In this film the camera traverses the world of Professor Roelofsz' cartoons. It is a dream lasting only a few minutes or is it cruel, everlasting reality? read more >
Loc Light Louis: A Toy For Thjeu
An animation filmmaker designs a piece of furniture for his son Thjeu... read more >
Lost Cargo
On his long journey, intergalactic space trucker Eugene occupies himself with mail-ordering various useless gadgets to support his lazy lifestyle. read more >
Love Loop
“Love loop” is a film in the tradition of the Punch-and-Judy show.
Two cars crash in a dark wood. The drivers, a man and a woman, get out to assess the damage and have an argument that results in hilarious and unexpected developments. read more >
Mac & Roe
Things get out of hand in this stop-motion animated tennis match when Mac and Roe take the rules of tennis cinematography not too seriously. read more >
Magic Show
An illusionist and his assistent perform a series of incredible acts and afterwards reveal to the audience how their tricks work. However this explanation is even more astonishing than the tricks, which only enhances the illusion. Gradually, the illusions become more and more amazing until it appears they are not a trick, but real. From that moment on, reality and illusion can no longer be separated. read more >
Mission Ville
Mission Ville is an art film created from a journey filmed from a hot-air balloon. read more >
Museum
A man visits a museum and makes his way along the various works of art, which seem to be reflections of himself. read more >
Music for an Owl
While the seasons pass, new steps are taken on the ladder of evolution. read more >
Music for the Millions
The inarticulate and screaming punk music played by the punkband "The Squits" is, as a symbol of our time, the basis for this animated film. read more >
My Dear Grandma
In her dreams Dolores is an ordinary grandmother who enjoys her peace and quiet and her family. read more >
Oblomov's Cat
During a thunderstorm at night, two ladies find a neglected young cat, whom they take care of together. read more >
Oh My Darling
A mother has her first baby; she and the father are very proud of their daughter but are extremely over-protective and spoil her as she grows up. read more >
Oh What a Knight
A short cartoon about a gallant knight who braves many dangers to resque a damsel in distress. Will she realize who the real savior is? read more >
On land, at Sea and in the Air
This animated triptych tells the story of the parallel worlds of a sleeper, a fisherman and his wife, and a bird. read more >
Once Again
A mental image of a landscape may be associated with a possibly terrifying reality. read more >
Ooooops !!!
Ooooops !!! is an amusing short animated film for young and old, displaying the many talents of its maker, Maarten Koopman. read more >
Opus Dei
A heavenly figure builds a world full of nice freaky creatures.But the last one he builds doesn't agree and turns against its maker. read more >
Paul and the Dragon
A heart-warming informative film for all the brave little 'knights' facing and fighting cancer. read more >
Pea Soup
A music clip with characteristics of our time, and of an unknown female singer from the 40's with a mix of songs of that time. read more >
Phantom of the Cinema, The
The Phantom of the Cinema is an animated short film in which we, the theatre audience, get an indiscreet look behind the screen of the cinema. The film suddenly jams and breaks, allowing us to see what happens behind the projection screen when everything is going horribly wrong. read more >
Pinboard, The
A man tells us how he met the love of his life and how this completely changed him. As he is telling this we are looking at his pinboard which illustrates the story. read more >
PIVOT
Pivot is a short animation film produced for the NPS Television SHORT! 2009 project. read more >
Poor Little Man, Dirty Little Dog
A man and his dog are observed as they awake and get up. read more >
Procession, The
When a funeral procession passes trough a small town a little boy visits the house of the deceased old man. Giving the audience a short glimpse of his lonely last days. read more >
Quod Libet
From the depth of her three limp breasts, Mona Lisa sings a duet with her ever-loving Dick. read more >
REEF
In his 3rd short puppetry film Eric Steegstra creates an enchanting, colourful and magic underwater world. read more >
Routine
The small daily routines of everyday life are not as clear and obvious as one might think. read more >
Run of the Mill
A young boy living in a happy family falls victim to a drug dealer who has exploited the boy's natural curiosity with the inevitable result. read more >
Sad Dog
A sad, bored and lonely dog sees a small pigeon and thinks he has found a new playmate. read more >
Saturday Night Fever
Short animation film about events surrounding the dead-end relationship between two people in their living room being watched by a cat. The most important individual present is a fish in a very special fishbowl. read more >
Save Your Soul And Buy My $ong
Zapping on our TV set we'll find rockstar Michael Moneymaker presenting his latest music video for the ultimate good cause: himself. A parody with a sting. read more >
Scratch
In Scratch both the animation and the soundtrack are abstract. The movie is a conversation of sounds and images. read more >
Self-Potrait
A self-portrait in which through lack of cohesion destructive elements finally gain the upper hand. read more >
SHELLS
In an immeasurable architectural universe, a figure made of nuts and bolts crawls around with a shell as a head. read more >
Shipwrecked
Freedom seems to be the supreme good. But what to choose when fortune looms? read more >
Sticky Feet
This humoristic film is about Humbert who is suffering from Sticky Feet wich is very inconvienient. He tries a lot of different treatments but nothing seems to help. read more >
Stop the Invasion!
Stop the Invasion! is a film that was originally commissioned by the Tokyo Animation Festival. read more >
Story of Little John Bailey, The
One day in winter Little John Bailey is walking in the forest. read more >
Sweet Dreams Luv'
Can so much happen in six minutes or is this film a false reflection of reality? read more >
That's Business
This production wants to draw the attention of the general public to the link between many of the environmental problems in the third world-countries and our western way of life. read more >
The Heart of Amos Klein
During a heart transplant operation, as he struggles between life and death, Amos Klein returns to siginificant landmarks over the course of his life. These correspond with key moments in Israeli history. read more >
The Squirrel and the Swallow
The squirrel makes friends with the swallow. When the swallow is in danger he tries everything to save her. read more >
Touring Holland by Bicycle
In a small room, against a backdrop of tulips and windmills, four people move around a table at an ever increasing speed. read more >
Variété
Variété is a comical animation. A plate spinner act pictures our modern lives: deceptively simple as we start, but as we grow older the demands on our attention increase. read more >
What's In An Egg?
There can be no doubt about which of the twin brothers is the mother's favourite. Changing her mind might no be as difficult as it seems, but it takes a lifetime. read more >
Whiplashed
A man wakes up in a crashed car. He has lost his memory and the woman behind the wheel is dead. In the hospital fragments of his memory come back to him in sharp disturbing flashes. He discovers he was involved in some dirty scheme and is not as innocent as he hoped to be. read more >
Who Can Do That?
Who Can Do That? is a look at human rights as seen through the eyes of children. read more >
Without Words
Without Words: A Message from the Artist depicts five artists and the five different art forms they use to express themselves. read more >
Writer, The
Another typical example of Paul Driessen's morbid, bitter and absurd humour. read more >
