MEIKE VAN SON

“It is illegal to be Homeless“

Note of Intent

From the warm memories of childhood to the cold moments experienced on the street, observe the different places people call home.

The number of homeless people in our country increases every day. It is easy to disregard homeless people as annoying and intrusive, as addicts, it is easy to decide they are not our problem. Anti-homeless architecture visualises how we treat those who need help more than anyone else. We take the little space they have left.

This film aims to show that we need to become more aware of what we have, and what those people we quickly pass outside are missing.There is something special about the places I’ve lived in, something I shouldn’t take for granted.

The places we call Home

150 second, 2D animated student film made During the Masters of animation 2024-2025, Master Institute of Visual Cultures

Awards & Selections

2026 – The places we call home” selected for World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb

2026 – The places we call home” selected for Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film

2025 – “The places we call home”, Winner of the Toon Boom Award at MIVC