Kaboom Animation Festival

What Kaboom Animation Festival does

Kaboom Animation Festival, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is a private for-profit operator of an animation festival featuring animated film screenings, competitions, and industry events. The festival operates on a hybrid in-person and online model, broadening access beyond its physical Amsterdam footprint to remote audiences. Its core activity centers on curating and screening animated films and hosting competitions and industry programming targeted at animators, filmmakers, distributors, and animation enthusiasts.

The company's core product is the festival itself — a recurring content and events platform with film programming, competitive components, and industry-side convening. No underlying proprietary technology stack, platform architecture, or product modules are disclosed in the available sources; the company's website (kaboomfestival.nl) returned a loader page at the time of data collection, and the only news source in the input set pertains to an unrelated festival (AniMela 2026 in Mumbai) rather than Kaboom itself. Consequently, no technical components, APIs, AI/ML integrations, or integrations can be documented from primary evidence.

On business model, no pricing, ticketing, sponsorship, or revenue mechanics are disclosed. The firm is classified as for-profit and private with 11-50 employees, consistent with a small event-operating organization likely funded through a mix of ticket sales, sponsorships, public cultural subsidies, and grants typical of European animation festivals. Customer segments, distribution channels, partnerships, marketing channels, and competitive positioning are not documented in the provided data. The overall evidence base is thin, and most operational specifics (revenue, headcount, management, funding, partners) cannot be verified from the inputs supplied.

Name

Kaboom Animation Festival

Website

https://kaboomfestival.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Kaboom Animation Festival, based in Amsterdam, operates a hybrid in-person and online animation festival featuring film screenings, competitions, and industry events for animators, filmmakers, distributors, and animation audiences. Founded in 2019.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Animation Festival

NAICS

Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events without Facilities (71132), Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (71), Motion Picture and Video Exhibition (51213)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture Theaters (7830)

akta.pro primary industry

Film Festivals & Festival Organizers (MPADAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Virtual Community Festivals & Cultural Events (Online Celebrations) (MPAGAOAK), Arts, Culture, Entertainment & Fan Conventions Organizers (THAHABAN)

Keywords

• Animation festival
• Animated film screenings
• Animation competitions
• Animation industry events
• Film festival programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Amsterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

Kaboom Animation Festival is an annual animation festival that screens animated films, hosts competitions for animation creators, and organizes industry events. Programming is delivered through both in-person attendance in Amsterdam and online streaming, making the festival accessible to international and local animation audiences.

Product overview

Kaboom Animation Festival is an animation festival. Based on the available source data, no specific product offerings, modules, or service details could be extracted as the website (kaboomfestival.nl) was not accessible during data collection, and the news source discussed a different festival (AniMela 2026) rather than Kaboom Animation Festival itself.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kaboom Animation Festival Annual animation festival featuring animated film screenings, competitions, and industry events, delivered both in-person in Amsterdam and online for broader audiences.
• Animated Film Screenings Curated screenings of animated films presented as part of the festival programming, accessible to audiences attending in person or via online streaming.
• Animation Competitions Competitions designed for animators and filmmakers to submit animated works for jury review, screening, and recognition within the festival.

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• SIGGRAPH: Large-scale computer graphics and interactive techniques conference with significant animation programming; broader in scope but overlapping on industry attendees and animation showcases.
• International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR): Major Dutch film festival with animation shorts and industry components; comparable as a Netherlands-based live events film festival competing for the same regional sponsors and audiences.

Direct peers

• Annecy International Animation Film Festival: The world's flagship animation film festival (held annually in Annecy, France), featuring competition, market, and industry programming — directly comparable in mission, format, and audience to Kaboom.
• Ottawa International Animation Festival: North American animation festival combining competition, industry, and screening programs; directly comparable as a curated animation film festival serving both creators and industry.
• Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films (Animafest Zagreb): Long-running European animation festival featuring competitive and retrospective programs; comparable scale and structure to Kaboom as a dedicated animation film event with industry components.
• GLAS Animation Festival: Independent U.S. animation festival showcasing shorts, features, and industry programming — comparable as a more recent, independently organized animation festival targeting a similar community.
• Animateka International Animated Film Festival: Slovenian animation festival with competition, retrospective, and children's programs; comparable as a small European animation festival featuring competitive screenings and industry events.

Regional players

• Hiroshima International Animation Festival: Biennial Asian animation festival focused on artistic and experimental animation; comparable in curated competition format though primarily serving a different geography than Kaboom.
• KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival: Dutch animation festival also based in Amsterdam; highly comparable by geography and audience overlap, representing the most direct domestic peer for sponsorship and audience attention.

Emerging players

• AniMela: Emerging South Asian animation festival referenced in the collected source data; comparable as a newer animation festival building competition and industry programming in its region.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/kaboom_festival
• Facebookfacebook.com/kaboomfestival
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kaboom-animation

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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