On Saturday, April 13th, we held our Award Night and what a night it was! We had a blast watching all your films this year, and thank you for all your submissions!

THE BEST OF THE BEST OF KABOOM 2024 – our winners, our pride and joy – as designated by our jury and yourselves are:

Best Short – ‘Beautiful Men’ directed by Nicolas Keppens
Best Student Short – ‘Fox Tossing’ directed by Zéno Mira
Best Documentary – ‘Ardent Other’ directed by Alice Brygo
Best Dutch Short – ‘The Miracle’ directed by Nienke Deutz
Best Dutch Student – Melk directed by Niek de Leeuw
Best VR – ‘Flow’ directed by Adriaan Lokman
Jamie Bolio Award – ‘Our Love Is Immortal’ directed by Ender Yildizhan
Audience Award for Best Short – ‘Vivarium’ directed by Daan Lucas
Audience Award for Best Experimental Short – ‘Our Pain’ directed by Shunsaku Hayashi
Audience Award for Best Commissioned Short – ‘All the Best’ directed by Pablo Roldan
Audience Award for Best Children’s Film – ‘Go Away, Alfred!’ directed by Célia Tisserant, Arnaud Demuynck
Audience Award for Best Feature – ‘Chicken for Linda!’ directed by Chiara Malta, Sebastien Laudenbach
Nancy Award – Is ‘Heaven Blue #2’ directed by Paul de Nooijer, Menno de Nooijer

Thank you all and we can’t wait to see your submissions for 2025!