In its annual short film program, Imagine once again explores every corner of Europe; from France to Poland, from Great Britain to Spain. 21 films, divided into two blocks, with a striking predominance of the Netherlands.

Seven Dutch short films were selected:

Last year, animation studio il Luster delivered Imagine the Méliès d'Argent winner Pivot. This year, the studio is represented by three contributions: the film noir featuring stuffed animals Little Quentin (Albert 't Hooft, Paco Vink), the one-minute space adventure Lost in Space (Frodo Kuipers), and Variété (Roelof van den Bergh), which was nominated for an Oscar last year—beautiful traditional animation in which an entire life is reduced to a variety show. In Get Real! (Evert de Beijer), a rebellious love story rooted in the imaginative world of gamers, the studio colors wildly outside the lines.

In Suiker (Jeroen Annokkee), we are back in the three-dimensional world. How the classic question: 'Neighbor, can I borrow a cup of sugar from you?' can derail into a full-fledged tragicomedy in just a few minutes. The film won both the audience award and the award for best comedy at the recent Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival. So, not to be missed!

A mouse plague doesn't surprise us, but in De Grote Stad (Nova van Dijk), a student living in a rented room is plagued by a… plague of whores. You don't solve that with a traditional trap. In Walzer (Rob Lücker), we find ourselves underground, where three men in a tense atmosphere are searching for… well, for what exactly? Meanwhile, the viewer imagines themselves in a stylized horror fairy tale à la Caro & Jeunet.



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