Programme   

Programme schedule
HAFF is proud to present a rich and varied programme, starting on Wednesday 20 March at 14:00 hrs.
Winners HAFF 2013
The winners of HAFF 2013 have been announced on March 24th!
Selections 2013
HAFF organizes international competitions for features, shorts and web animations and European student films and Dutch animation, launching the Grand Prix for Best Dutch animation besides an audience award.
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. Directly after the ceremony, the prize winners will be screened once more.
HAFFTube
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.
Competition features
Eleven films have been selected for the international competition for feature films.
Features extra
Grab you last chance to see some top films from last on the silver screen, for instance Oscar winner Brave.
Competition shorts
A royal collection of 57 films from all parts of the world and a great range of narrative and non-narrative films. A notable lot of brand new films by renowned filmmakers but also exciting new talents.
Competition European student films
This programme promises an adventurous tour, from Belgium via Finland and Latvia to Switzerland, with 50 student films.
Competition Dutch animation
Between no less than 42 Dutch animations, packed together in three programmes, the audience has to pick their favourite animation. Besides this audience award, HAFF launches the Grand Prix for Dutch animation, for the best professional production.
HAFF Junior
And the winner is... Rising Hope. Nine films competed for the votes of the young audience in HAFF Junior, a school programme that has been touring in the Netherlands right before the festival.
Bash of Stash!
Gems from Stash’s online archive, one with the best of 2012 and a programme on storytelling. In the past decade, storytelling in advertising has become a formidable instrument, with the rise of so-called content-driven branding.
Cartoon d'Or 2012
Nominations and the winner of the Cartoon d'Or 2012.
Committed films
Present-day fine art sees a revival of social commitment. Theme programme of committed animation films on various subjects via different media.
Stereoscopic 3D
In recent years, large-scale feature productions are released almost typically in stereoscopic 3D, a costly technique with spectacular effects. But nowadays artistically-oriented short films take some steps on the 3D path, too. What is the effect of 3D on the story?
Belgium
Animation is booming in Belgium. Special programme in collaboration with Anima Brussel and KASK Ghent.
School in Focus: KASK Ghent
Animation is booming in Belgium. Special programme in collaboration with Anima Brussel and KASK Ghent.
René Windig presents: Felix the Cat
Cartoonist René Windig, together with Eddie de Jong noted for the cartoon Heinz, presents a programme featuring his favourite Felix the Cat films. The moving cartoons with the plain humour are effective to this day.
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.
Winners choice
The Grand Prix winners of the 2012 shorts competition were given carte blanche as curators for a programme with their own favourites.
CJP HAFF Lights
Special programme for CJP pass holders with a superb selection from the competitions for shorts, Dutch and student films.
In Memoriam
In the past year, some animation filmmakers died that the HAFF would like to commemorate.
Jury programme
Films by the jury members of this year's competions bear witness to the diversity of the juries and the animation medium.
Heartstrings
In two talkshows, animation filmmakers present their favourite films. On Friday morning Vladimir Leschiov (Estonia) and Dustin Rees (Switzerland).
Daily Master Anton Damen
Film journalist and Algemeen Dagblad game reviewer Anton Damen presents a number of games to which animators made a key or special contribution. From large-scale studio productions to work from the indie corner, from recent masterly examples to old acquaintances and classics.
Seminar feature films
Thursday 13:00 hrs. Despite strong competition from abroad and the pioneering character of financing schemes, a market for animated features is clearly emerging in the Netherlands.
HAFF Film Quiz
Was the first animated dinosaur Gertie from 1914 by Winsor McKay a: a. brontosaurus, b. tyrannosaurus or c. velociraptor? Thursday and Friday at 17:30 hrs and on Saturday at 23:00 hrs, the HAFF Knowledge Quiz in LHC Das Kabinett.
Animation Concept Cooker
Excellent concepts lead to excellent films. This is especially true for short animation films in which form and content are intertwined like two strands of DNA. In the HAFF master class Animation Concept Cooker 2013 animation professionals teach how to develop ideas into strong animation film concepts.

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