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Kaboom Animation Festival 2026

Day 1: Kaboom CAMP Day 2: Kaboom PRO Festival Theme: Human Touch YASS Queen! Feature Films in Competition Shorts in Competition Expanded Animation Live Performances Special Events Freakish Delights Let's Talk Celebrations Kaboom Games Kaboom Kids Exhibitions Kaboom Industry Days Production or technique

Friday 13 March 2026

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HKU \| AG												101 AR Exhibition: Human Touch 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-1												VR 1: Lesbian Simulator 540 min
HKU \| AG VR-2												VR 2: Lichtung 540 min
HKU \| AG VR-3												VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-4												VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-5												VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min						VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
Neude																																																				108 Opening Walk Utrecht 90 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 1																																														104 Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain 90 min								109 Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage 75 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 2																																									102 Fibres of Feeling Sold out 70 min							105 Shorts 1: Mirror, Mirror, Don’t Be Shy Sold out 75 min							110 Endless Cookie 100 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 3																																									103 Shorts 2: For a Change Sold out 75 min								106 New Directions Sold out 70 min								111 Bonkers Shorts Sold out 75 min

Saturday 14 March 2026

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HKU \| AG												202 AR Exhibition: Human Touch 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-1												VR 1: Lesbian Simulator 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-2												VR 2: Lichtung 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-3												VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-4												VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min						VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-5												VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min						VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 1										201 Short Docs 2: Fever Dreams 75 min							206 All You Need Is Kill Sold out 90 min										209 Dutch Shorts 1: New Realities Sold out 75 min							212 Maya, Give Me a Title 65 min								215 Dutch Shorts 2: Breaking Boundaries 75 min								219 Bonkers Shorts 75 min							222 Nobody 120 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 2												203 Field Notes 75 min								207 Book Presentation Animation in the Netherlands 90 min								210 Dandelion's Odyssey Sold out 90 min									213 The Netherlands Film Fund: Animation What's UP?! Sold out 60 min						216 Death Does Not Exist Sold out 90 min									220 Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat in Dark 130 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 3														205 New Directions 70 min								208 Shorts 3: The Wonderful Haunted Playground Sold out 75 min								211 Short Docs 1: Untangle the System 80 min									214 Poetry in Motion Sold out 80 min									217 Commissioned Shorts 70 min								221 Shorts 4: Painted Escapes 75 min
Slachtstraat Café														204 Filmmakers Talk 1 + Q&A Utrecht 75 min																																				218 Animatieborrel 90 min

Sunday 15 March 2026

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De Sien												303 Kaboom x De Sien: Peuterbios 45 min
HKU \| AG												304 AR Exhibition: Human Touch 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-1												VR 1: Lesbian Simulator 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-2												VR 2: Lichtung 600 min
HKU \| AG VR-3												VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-4												VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-5												VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection 45 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 1										301 Dutch Shorts 3: Grow up. Rather, Don’t! Sold out 75 min							307 Nobody 120 min										310 Decorado Sold out 95 min												314 Cine-concert: Elulu 60 min								317 ChaO 90 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 2												305 Short Sweets (6+) 75 min								309 Shorts 5: Exist! Exist! Exist! Sold out 75 min										312 Buurman en Buurman Lifecoaching: A je to, doe je zo! Sold out 90 min										315 Fibres of Feeling Sold out 70 min								318 Uncanny with Kenzie Sold out 80 min
Slachtstraat Cinema 3											302 Poetry in Motion 80 min								308 Masters of Animation Sold out 80 min									311 Signed in Ink Sold out 60 min							313 Oscar Shorts Sold out 65 min							316 Here, Queer and Totally Sincere Sold out 75 min							319 The Grand Bizarre 60 min
Slachtstraat Café														306 Filmmakers Talk 2 + Q&A Utrecht 75 min

Monday 16 March 2026

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HKU \| AG												401 AR Exhibition: Human Touch 450 min
HKU \| AG VR-1												VR 1: Lesbian Simulator 450 min
HKU \| AG VR-2												VR 2: Lichtung 450 min
HKU \| AG VR-3												VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 3: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-4												VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 4: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
HKU \| AG VR-5												VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min						VR 5: Competition selection 45 min			VR 5: Competition selection Sold out 45 min
Neude Library Podiumzaal																														402 Panel: The Future of XR 60 min						403 Panel: French XR in Benelux: Meet the French Delegation 60 min					404 Panel: Cross-Pollinating the Immersive: An ADRIE Consortia Dialogue 60 min
Neude Library NODA bar & Deli																																														405 XR Community Mingle 90 min

Tuesday 17 March 2026

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HKU Oudenoord 700 - Auditorium										502 Industry Day 1: Kaboom CAMP 510 min

Wednesday 18 March 2026

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HKU Meeting Room Upstairs														605 French XR delegation meets Studios: 1-on-1 Meetings 90 min
HKU Oudenoord 700 - Auditorium										602 Industry Day 2: Kaboom PRO 510 min

Thursday 19 March 2026

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Eye Cinema 1																																																				702 Opening Amsterdam Sold out 115 min
Eye Cinema 2																																																				703 Maya, Give Me a Title 65 min						704 Death Does Not Exist 90 min

Friday 20 March 2026

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Filmhuis Cavia																																																		817 Inside the TV Box, I Found the True Story of the People of Palestine Storytelling Performance and a Screening of Three Short Films by Ahmad Saleh 90 min
Eye Collection Centre																				807 Wikipedia Writing Workshop About Female Animation Filmmakers 210 min
Eye Cinema 1										801 Shorts 1: Mirror, Mirror, Don’t Be Shy 75 min								804 Shorts 2: For a Change 75 min								808 New Directions 70 min							810 ChaO 90 min								813 Nobody 120 min										818 All You Need Is Kill 90 min								821 Here, Queer and Totally Sincere 75 min
Eye Cinema 2											803 Short Docs 1: Untangle the System 80 min								806 Dutch Shorts 1: New Realities 75 min								809 Yass Queen! Réka Bucsi: The Art of Intuitive Composition 75 min							811 Short Docs 2: Fever Dreams 75 min									814 Yass Queen! Florence Miailhe: Direct Animation Under the Camera 75 min							816 The Crossing 80 min								820 Ukrainian Horror Animation 70 min
Eye Kaboom Café																		805 Filmmakers Talk 3 + Q&A Amsterdam 75 min
Eye Game Hall										802 Kaboom Games 720 min
Melkweg Cinema																																														815 Common Side Effects Season 1 Marathon, episodes 1-3 80 min							819 Common Side Effects Season 1 Marathon, episodes 4-6 70 min						822 Common Side Effects Season 1 Marathon, episodes 7-10 95 min

Saturday 21 March 2026

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Eye Cinema 1												903 Dutch Shorts 2: Breaking Boundaries 75 min								906 Dutch Shorts 3: Grow up. Rather, Don’t! 75 min								911 Shorts 3: The Wonderful Haunted Playground 75 min								913 Dandelion's Odyssey 90 min												916 Kaboom Award Night + Best of Kaboom 120 min											921 Decorado 95 min
Eye Cinema 2											902 Shorts 4: Painted Escapes 75 min								905 Shorts 5: Exist! Exist! Exist! 75 min								910 Signed in Ink 60 min											914 It’s Alive! Show 120 min											917 Endless Cookie 100 min									920 Bonkers Shorts 75 min
Eye Kaboom Café														904 Filmmakers Talk 4 + Q&A Amsterdam 80 min										907 Sock Puppet Character Workshop 120 min																																919 Award Party 270 min
Eye Game Hall										901 Kaboom Games 720 min
Melkweg Cinema																																														915 Mononoke the Movie: The Phantom in the Rain 90 min								918 Mononoke the Movie: The Ashes of Rage 75 min

Sunday 22 March 2026

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Eye Cinema 1														1003 Cine-concert: Puss in Boots 60 min									1006 Fibres of Feeling 70 min							1008 Allah Is Not Obliged 75 min								1013 Best of Kaboom 2026 75 min								1015 Poetry in Motion 80 min
Eye Cinema 2										1001 Cinema Petit (3+) 50 min							1004 Commissioned Shorts 70 min							1007 Yass Joanna Quinn! 75 min								1010 Kaboom Classics: Monique Renault 90 min									1014 Field Notes 75 min								1017 Follow the Leader: Pioneering Dutch TV Titles & Idents 100 min								1018 The Grand Bizarre 60 min
Eye Kaboom Café																		1005 Let's Talk: Ethical AI 75 min												1009 Book Signing Joanna Quinn + Art Sale Monique Renault 45 min						1012 Animation Pub Quiz 90 min
Eye Game Hall										1002 Kaboom Games 600 min
Melkweg Cinema																																		1011 Nobody 120 min												1016 Tamala 2030: A Punk Cat in Dark 130 min