Friday November 9, 13h00, EYE Cinema 4 // Get tickets
Saturday November 10, 20h00, EYE Cinema 4 // Get tickets
Animators don’t just live on dandelions and pencil shavings: they need some money to spend on booze and a strippers from time to time. Animation for Hire showcases the best commissioned films, including trailers, promo’s, bumpers, leaders, commercials, viral videos and music videos. Short and sweet, just the way we like ‘em.
68 min
Lavazza Favola a Modo Mio / Lavazza Fairy Tale My Way / dadomani studio / Italy / 1:18
One morning in the White Paper city people wake up and begin to live their daily lives. Something new is growing in the main square.
Beelden voor de Toekomst / Images for the Future / Martijn Hogenkamp / PlusOne / Netherlands / 1:35
An animated promo-film for the Beelden voor de Toekomst (Images for the Future) project, in which six organizations save an important part of the audiovisual heritage of the Netherlands through
Evolution / Pilot / Martin Allais / Spain / 1:30
The evolution of life, shown in a fun commercial in which the pilot pencil is a godlike force, changing evolution by writing, erasing and rewriting the organisms as they adapt.
Morssinkhof GWW / Dennis Heida / Televisuals / Netherlands / 2:20
A 2D isometric animated commercial showing the many uses of the products coming out of Morssinkhof GWW. How flexible is a “rigid” product?
Year Zero – OFFF Barcelona 2011 Main Titles / Mischa Rozema / Postpanic / Netherlands / 6:22
Let's take mankind from 100 years in the future and then let them show up on our doorstep today. The future would pretty much devour the present. But every ending also means a new beginning,
WIPPEN / omroep Maxim / Ineke Goes / Netherlands / 0:12
A hilariously raunchy animated film inspired by the Barbapapa cartoon.
Reality Controller / Bradford Animation Festival 2011 / Linda McCarthy/Steven Appleby / United Kingdom / 0:56
An artist takes on more than he can handle when he plays with reality…
Ants / De Lijn / Gerrit Bekers / Belgium / 0:30
A group of ants are under attack by an anteater, but they show us the wisdom of the crowd.
Bumble-Less / Bing / Ken Lidster / United States / 0:30
In Bumble-Less, the Abominable Snowman utilizes Bing to educate himself on the art of the scare as he tries to frighten a couple of elves.
Kustendorf / Pavel Pogudin / Russian Federation / 0:40
An animated screen saver for the Kustendorf International Film and Music Festival in Croatia.
Sunnipaev / Birthday / Chintis Lundgren / Estonia / 0:40
It's the 90th birthday for the Estonian Ornithological Society… and the birds know exactly how to celebrate this joyous occasion.
Linnuvaatlemine / Birdwatching / Chintis Lundgren / Estonia / 0:32
Birdwatching is fun! If you can see the birds, that is…
Black Socks / Noemie Marsily / Belgium / 4:
A pair of black socks flying through a landscape, which is crossed by a ghostly steam train.
Metamorphosis / Good Books / BUCK / United States / 2:42
In this delirious film, Hunter S. Thompson needs to buy Kafka’s Metamorphosis and decides to purchase it from Good Books, the online bookseller that passes its profits to Oxfam.
Stuff / American Red Cross / Andy Hall / United States / 0:60
A call for sharing hope, joy and compassion during the holiday season instead of buying loads of stuff.
Vredespaleis: Het ICJ en PCA uitgelegd / Peace Palace: The ICJ and PCA explained / Gatze Zonneveld / Netherlands / 3:30
The functioning of the International Court of Justice and the Permanent Court of Arbitration vested in the Peace Palace in The Hague; explained by three recent cases.
Break the Law of Silence / Amnesty International / CRCR / France / 1:08
This year, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th anniversary.This film mixes a comic book style with elements that have real impact in order to denounce the violation of the rights of
Amsterdam DNA / Amsterdam Museum / Martijn Hogenkamp / PlusOne / Netherlands / 1:00
The Amsterdam Museum has opened an entire new department: Amsterdam DNA. This exhibition will take you on a three-dimensional 45-minute journey through our the history of our capital.
Glückskette / Swiss Solidarity / Tobias Knipf & Andreas Kronbeck (MUSCLEBEAVER) / Germany / 2:07
A short educational animated clip for Swiss Solidarity / Glückskette. Swiss Solidarity is a foundation that raises funds for humanitarian relief projects.
Droit de suite / Resale right / Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet / France / 3:00
The art market is doing very nicely at the moment and yet the artist’s right of resale is under threat! But what exactly is the artist’s resale right? To illustrate what’s at stake,
Easy Way Out / Darcy Prendergast / Australia / 2:12
Easy Way Out ties in with the depressive elements of repetition as we see our protagonist unable to break free of his own routine. Music by Wally De Backer of Gotye.
Bike / Tempo / Vida Vega / United Kingdom / 0:30
On a backdrop of tissues a girl catches a boy's eye. We follow them on their bike journey as life unfolds around them.
The Great Journey of the Little Bagcharms / Louis Vuitton / Christian Borstlap / Netherlands / 2:37
For the occasion of the release of the elegant air balloon bag charm, Christian Borstlap has imagined the adventure of this little collectable.
Petit Bateau, Du Fil au T-shirt / Petit Bateau, From Cotton Thread to T-shirt / Pierre-Emmanuel Lyet / France / 2:10
Handy figures show us how a sustainable t-shirt is made from cotton thread and fabric until the finished product.
Ignatus – Le Soleil Chante / Ignatus – The Sun Sings / Delphine Burrus / France / 4:06
Ignatus tricycles around in a landscape that’s suggests a woman's body while singing about the shining sun, the singing birds, the smiling grass and life is green…
Blije Banaan / Happy Banana / Andre Maat / Netherlands / 0:20
Where do fairtrade bananas live? And how does fairtrade wine end up on our table? This commercial shows how typical fairtrade products come into our kitchens.
BAH! / Omroep Maxim / Ineke Goes / Netherlands / 0:16
A dirty masseur with a nasty cold takes advantage of his condition.
Dynamite / Kraak en Smaak / Henk Loorbach / Superelectric / Netherlands / 3:23
An animated music video made possible by the sacrifice of many innocent vinyl records.
VMB 2011 / Andre Fiorini/Boca Ceravolo / Brazil / 2:15
The VMBs are MTV Brazil’s video music awards, and the theme in 2011 was “music never stops”. The animated film is based on the idea of creating a perpetual motion machine that makes
Whistler / Tokyoplastic / United Kingdom / 1:30
This animated spot, created with Tokyoplastic in London, starts like a lovely princess story by Disney, but quickly turns into a scene you’d expect from a movie like Scarface.
PIEP / Bloei Creative Innovation / De Hoorstichting / Job, Joris & Marieke / Netherlands / 1:00
Short commercial for the Dutch Hearing Foundation, to prevent people from damaging their hearing.
Pirate's Life / Kijek/Adamski (Katarzyna Kijek & Przemyslaw Adamski) / Poland / 2:28
An animation which is as simple as it looks – using markers on paper. Pirate's life can make you dizzy.
Standing Up For Freedom / Amnesty International / Carlos Lascano @Eallin / Czech Republic / 2:02
A metaphorical journey showing the struggle for freedom mankind has fought for over the last 50 years.
The Tweets / De Wereld Draait Door (VARA) / Job, Joris & Marieke / Netherlands / 0:37
De Tweets have a lot of bad luck and every time they get hit by something, a tweet appears. A pilot for the Dutch talk show: De Wereld Draait Door.
Spirit of the Euro / Coca Cola / Carlos Lascano / United States / 0:45
Spirit of the Euro is an outrageous romp through Eastern Europe with an eccentric cast of chameleon characters celebrating the Euro Soccer Cup.
Soccer Coach / Toyota Prius / Fluorescent Hill / Canada / 0:57
Mechanic by day, soccer coach by night, in this commercial Steve recalls how he gets to the soccer game with kids and equipment in tow.
Neste Tuleviku Tanklad / Neste's Future Gas Stations / Tolm (Maido Hollo) / Estonia / 1:10
Animated advertisement which communicates Neste´s vision about the future of gas stations.
Space Beer / 4 Pines / Mark Gravas / Australia / 1:00
A commercial for Pines Space Beer: the world’s first beer specifically developed for space travel.
Draakon Apple Chewing Candies / Maido Hollo / Estonia / 0:30
Animated advertisement for Estonian candies and chocolate producing company (Kalev Chocolate Factory) for promoting their new product flavour – apple.
Tennessee Honey / Jack Daniel's / Pete Candeland / United Kingdom / 0:30
As the track I’m a King Bee by the Stone Foxes starts up, one cool bee is on an urgent mission. He flies through the forest at high speed until he finds what he’s been searching