Category: Adults

Get a beer at the coolest place in town while you watch amazing animation. You can drop by anytime and watch selected programs from this year’s nominated short films in casual surroundings.

Ølluminati has closed of half of the bar to act as an alternative cinema venue during VAF. During the festival week you can drop by and watch amazing short films while you get a drink. Each night you can experience different programs. Make sure to try one of the annual VAF Beers with labels decorated by VAF Artist Niki Linroth von Bahr, and brewed by Ølluminati super-brewer and owner, Theis Bach Nielsen

• Tuesday – Screening VAF Best Short Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Short Film Award
• Wednesday –  Screening VAF Best Graduation Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Graduation Film. Plus, meet VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, in interview at 8.30 pm
• Thurday  – Screening VAF Best Experimental Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Experimental Short Film Award
• Friday – VAF Artist Short Film – A selection of short films by the VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr

Get a beer at the coolest place in town while you watch amazing animation. You can drop by anytime and watch selected programs from this year’s nominated short films in casual surroundings.

Ølluminati has closed of half of the bar to act as an alternative cinema venue during VAF. During the festival week you can drop by and watch amazing short films while you get a drink. Each night you can experience different programs. Make sure to try one of the annual VAF Beers with labels decorated by VAF Artist Niki Linroth von Bahr, and brewed by Ølluminati super-brewer and owner, Theis Bach Nielsen

• Tuesday – Screening VAF Best Short Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Short Film Award
• Wednesday –  Screening VAF Best Graduation Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Graduation Film. Plus, meet VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, in interview at 8.30 pm
• Thurday  – Screening VAF Best Experimental Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Experimental Short Film Award
• Friday – VAF Artist Short Film – A selection of short films by the VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr

“The Animation Showcase: LGBTQ+ Focus” is a special program celebrating diverse voices in animation. The program is a colorful, emotional, and heartwarming tour de force of LGBTQ+ stories. The program is curated by Benoit Berthe Siward, film strategist and founder of ‘The Animation Showcase’ consulting boutique. The screening will be presented by Benoit himself, as well as the special program “The Animation Showcase: Best of 2023” screening Friday the 29th of September during the festival.

Films in the program:

Sunday Lunch – Celine Devaux – France

The Boob Fairy – Léahn Vivier-Chapas – France

Adorable – Cheng-Hsu Chung – United Kingdom, Taiwan

In the Nature – Marcel Barelli – Switzerland

Slug Life  – Sophie Koko Gate – United Kingdom

Sasha -Serghei Chiviriga – Romania

Polyamory – Emily Worms – Belgium

Space – Zhong Xian – United Kingdom

Dissonance – Mathieu Garcia – France

Kapaemahu – Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu, Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson – United States

Country: International
Duration: 1 hour 21 min.
Language: Multiple
Subtitles: English
Age limit: 15+

Get a beer at the coolest place in town while you watch amazing animation. You can drop by anytime and watch selected programs from this year’s nominated short films in casual surroundings.

Ølluminati has closed of half of the bar to act as an alternative cinema venue during VAF. During the festival week you can drop by and watch amazing short films while you get a drink. Each night you can experience different programs. Make sure to try one of the annual VAF Beers with labels decorated by VAF Artist Niki Linroth von Bahr, and brewed by Ølluminati super-brewer and owner, Theis Bach Nielsen

• Tuesday – Screening VAF Best Short Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Short Film Award
• Wednesday –  Screening VAF Best Graduation Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Graduation Film. Plus, meet VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, in interview at 8.30 pm
• Thurday  – Screening VAF Best Experimental Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Experimental Short Film Award
• Friday – VAF Artist Short Film – A selection of short films by the VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr

In the near future, private detective Aline Ruby and her android partner are hired by a wealthy businessman to track down a notorious hacker. On Mars, they descend deep into the underbelly of the planet’s capital city where they uncover a darker story of brain farms, corruption, and a missing girl who holds a secret about the robots that threaten to change the face of the universe. 

Combining 2D and 3D animation, this stylish, smart and futuristic film noir is an adrenaline-fuelled, cinematic adventure, packed with humor and exhilarating action sequences. 

The screening is in French with English subtitles

Suitable from age 15+

Get a beer at the coolest place in town while you watch amazing animation. You can drop by anytime and watch selected programs from this year’s nominated short films in casual surroundings.

Ølluminati has closed of half of the bar to act as an alternative cinema venue during VAF. During the festival week you can drop by and watch amazing short films while you get a drink. Each night you can experience different programs. Make sure to try one of the annual VAF Beers with labels decorated by VAF Artist Niki Linroth von Bahr, and brewed by Ølluminati super-brewer and owner, Theis Bach Nielsen

• Tuesday – Screening VAF Best Short Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Short Film Award
• Wednesday –  Screening VAF Best Graduation Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Graduation Film. Plus, meet VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, in interview at 8.30 pm
• Thurday  – Screening VAF Best Experimental Film – All the nominated titles for this year’s VAF Best Experimental Short Film Award
• Friday – VAF Artist Short Film – A selection of short films by the VAF Artist 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr

All bets are off when animators experiment with techniques, formats and materials. 

Experimental films are about testing the limits of what animation can and should do. All the films in the program are nominated for the Best Experimental Short Film at the VAF Award show. 

It is a field defined by filmmakers bold enough to turn classic genres and conventions on their head. To startle the viewer with absurd, abstract, and trippy tales. All while paying due respect to the aesthetics, the technique, the medium and the narrative – not necessarily in a classic chronological sense, but by pushing the boundaries of visual, sensory expression. These films deal with beautiful images, sensual roller coaster rides, and provocations, offering plenty of surprises and food for thought along the way. 

For more information on the films in competition, click here. 

Hopsättning (Assembly) – Kyle Brooks– 2022 – US

Architects’ Cruise – Simon Hamlyn – 2022 – UK

Realitude – Théophile Farant – 2022 – France

Frozen Frog – Yiyang Sun – 2023 – China

Hungry Ghost – Guido Devadder, Kaitlin McSweeney – 2022 – Belgium

Dog, Ball, Park – Renana Palmor – 2022 – Israel

Vicious Circle – tianyun lyu – 2022 – US

Unnamed Road – Songkai Zhou – 2022 – UK

Saltwater – Declan McKenna – 2022 – US

From the Past – Hanna Palamarchuk – 2023 – Czech Republic

artifacts of you, artifacts of me. – Brecht De Cock – 2022 – Belgium

Blumentanz – Raito Low – 2022 – Taiwan

Country: International
Duration: 1 hour 10 min.
Language: No dialogue
Subtitles: None
Age limit: 15+

VAF Artist of 2023, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, have choosen her favourite animated feature to present at VAF!

Michael Stone, husband, father and respected author of ‘How May I Help You Help Them?’ is a man crippled by the mundanity of his life.  

On a business trip to Cincinnati, where he’s scheduled to speak at a convention of customer service professionals, Michael checks into the Fregoli Hotel and meets Lisa Hesselman, a socially awkward sales rep from Akron who may or may not be the love of his life. 

The screening is in English with no subtitles

Suitable from age 15+