Oh Willy... and Junkyard prize winners Stuttgart

Stuttgart Grand Prix for Oh Willy (Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels) and Audience Award for Junkyard by Hisko Hulsing.

Music video Job, Joris & Marieke released

Contagious music video for Dutch rapper MC Fit has been released, in the familiar style of Utrecht-based animation studio Job, Joris & Marieke.

Dutch animation in Annecy (10-15 June)

Rich harvest Dutch animation in Annecy: Chopper, History of Pets and Lonely Bones in competition shorts, De Tumblies and Picknick met Taart in competition TV series.

Dutch animation in Stuttgart (23-28 April)

Fancy the next festival? A lot of top films from the Netherlands will be screened in Stuttgart. Chopper, Junkyard and Lonely Bones have been selected for the competition shorts.

Photo gallery

Daily impressions of the festival. The festival opened on Wednesday evening with premieres of Barcode 3.0 and A Liar's Autobiography.

Winners and nominees

Junkyard, Fallin' Floyd and Stardust are the winners of the Trade Awards of the VNAP. Nominees for the Grand Prize for Dutch animation: Crops by Gerco de Ruijter, [mu:st?rman] - A Flood Story by Maarten Isaäk de Heer and, again, Junkyard by Hisko Hulsing.

3D & Storytelling

3D is a costly technique with spectacular effects. Nowadays artistically-oriented short films take some steps on the 3D path, too. What is the effect of 3D on the story? Marc Bertrand tells about it and shows some striking productions.

World premiere Barcode 3.0

In 2001, Adriaan Lokman made his debut with Barcode, an abstract road movie that won the HAFF Grand Prix for non-narrative film 2002. Now, over a decade later, the stereoscopic version (3D) of Barcode. Barcode 3.0 opened the HAFF on 20 March.

Committed films

Present-day fine art sees a revival of social commitment. Theme programme of committed animation films on various subjects via different media.

Rising Hope wins HAFF Junior

And the winner is... Rising Hope! Nine films competed for the votes of a young audience of around 2,000 children in HAFF Junior, a school programme that has been touring in the Netherlands right before the festival.

Consuming Spirits gets amazing international reviews

Consuming Spirits, by Christopher Sullivan, selected for the competition international features of the Holland Animation Film Festival, gets amazing reviews from the international press.

Festival poster 2013

Italian graphic artist Gabriella Giandelli has designed this year's festival. Joost Swarte took care of the typography.

The winners of HAFF 2013!

All the prizes of the 2013 Holland Animation Film Festival have been awarded in a festive show on March 24th. Take a look at all the winners!

In Memoriam Gerrit van Dijk

Gerrit van Dijk has passed away in December 2012. He was the great inspiration behind the foundation of HAFF. During a special screening at HAFF a booklet has been presented with an interview with him by Hans Heesen and Lex Veerkamp.

Audience Award Dutch animation

We have a winner: Fallin'Floyd by Paco Vink and Albert ‘t Hooft! Check the full top 10 here.

Winner HAFFTube 2013

And the winner is... Odio by Adriano Vessichelli (University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins, Engeland), a depiction of social exclusion inspired by The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

Meet the juries

Highly proficient and committed juries will watch the contenders in all competitions and grant the coveted awards after careful consideration. The awards ceremony is on Sunday from 16:15 in Louis Hartlooper Complex 1.

Concert Alois Nebel

Winner of the Grand Prix HAFF feature films 2012 Alois Nebel in live concert of Priessnitz on Saturday evening 23 March. Jaroslav Rudis reads a story.

Donald Crafton presents

A lot of gems from the Golden Age of Cartoons on the themes of animation as a battle of creative wills and the attention for toon bodies.

Premiere Monty Python

On Wednesday March 20 the sixteenth edition of HAFF will open with the premiere of A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story Of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman. Bill Jones will attend, one of the producers and Python's son of.

Dutch premiere Arjun

Holland Animation Film Festival is proud to present the Dutch premiere of Arjun, The Warrior Prince. It retells an epic saga, of combats and courage, sacrifice and conspiracies.

Donald Crafton CfH Festival Fellow 2013

This year’s Festival Fellow is Donald Crafton. The programme is designed to connect the Festival Fellow to a series of activities and workshops to explore current developments in animation and documentaries.

In search of a story

The third workshop of the Animation Concept Cooker (ACC) was given by Jacob Schuh, best know for his film The Gruffalo (2009), that rewarded him with an Oscar nomination.

Promo Videogioco: A Loop Experiment

Director Donato Sansone’s Videogioco: A Loop Experiment uses an innovative technique to shape his humouristic story. The film is shown by HAFF in cinemas to give a striking impression of the festival.