Czechia, 2026, 8’44’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Jamaika Kindlová
Charcoal animation reveals the fear of home through the eyes of a little boy who has to be constantly on alert and ready to escape.
Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden , 2026, 9’00’’, stop-motion animation
dirеctor: Anna Mantzaris
PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. An animated short centred around neediness, intimacy and romance.
UK, 2026, 9’23’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Elizabeth Hobbs
After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew.. ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.
Belgium, France, 2025, 4’51’’, 2D animation
director: Juliette Baily
As Anna wanders through the snow, she meets an unexpected playmate.
Bulgaria, 2025, 3’23’’, 2D animation
director: Sofia Sokerova, Sonya Ranova
One night little Pepi asks his mother to check for monsters under the bed. She ignores his request but soon Pepi's fears prove to be true. As he tries to tell his parents, he uncovers a secret that shocks the whole family
Bulgaria, 2025, 15’10”, 2D mixed media
director: Kristian Zahariev
A BOY (Black and White Drawing) is in love with A GIRL (Cardboard Cut Out Puppet), but he is too shy and anxious, which makes him too incapable to express his feelings for her. The BOY starts waiting for the GIRL to come back, while a toxic spider spins its web over his overthinking head.
Bulgaria, 2026, 6’46”, 2D animation
director: Yoni
An astronaut is flying in open space when he notices a cord connecting him to something. He decides to follow it. During this emotional journey he finds himself connected to a person similar to him while feeling othered by the other people.
Bulgaria, 2026, 8’00”, 2D animation
director: Nastimir Tzatchev
According to belief, the chimney sweeper is a symbol of happiness.
Everyone strives to touch him to get a piece of his luck. But people are selfish and often the one who helps us and gives us happiness is not happy and those who took advantage of him are the reason for this.
Bulgaria, 2026, 11’00’’, mixed media
director: Svilen Dimitrov
Three old men. Two dreams. One bomb.
Switzerland, 2026, 7’00”, acrylic on cell animation
director: Georges Schwizgebel
By the magic of a wish, Dorian Gray retains his grace and youth forever. Only his painted portrait will age. Shielded by an apparent innocence, he commits his crimes with impunity… ultimately leading to his downfall.
Slovenia, 2026, 5’29”, hand-drawn animation
director: Zarja Menart
Our grandparents’ memories take us back to days when the world smelled of rivers, forests, and freshly manured fields. People were tough, cows and horses were trusted sidekicks, and children ran on curious freedom and clever tricks, always ready to turn chores into pranks.
USA, 2025, 24’00”, experimental animation
director: Stacey Steers
A tiny farmhouse spins through the cosmos, carrying silent film icon Lillian Gish into the vast unknown. Meticulously crafted from thousands of handmade collages, this dreamlike, uncanny epic evokes wonder, loss, and longing against the shadow of wildfire.
Poland, 2025, 13’40’’, stop-motion animation
director: Daria Kopiec
"The Pool or Death of a Goldfish” is a story about a possessive relationship between a mother and her daughter. The main character, through unexpressed anger and rebellion against her mother, transforms into a titular goldfish. Unspoken words, gestures, and repressed childhood emotions manifest in harsh treatment of both herself and others. The film is framed by a compositional structure in which the main character finally allows herself to feel grief, thereby entering a process of self-acceptance and forgiveness.
Belgium, 2026, 6’26’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Nicolas Piret
Through a series of animated art boards depicting a decaying Venice, the film unfolds like a set of postcards, capturing the mythical city's final moments of fragility. Blending archival footage with contemporary observations, and anchored by the story of the 1902 collapse of St Mark's Campanile, Venezia Diorama invites us to reflect on a city slowly eroding, yet suspended in time.
Hungary, 2025, 7’15’’, stop-motion animation
director: Géza M. Tóth
Everyone needs a place where they can be completely themselves. A place that can become our own, unique and unrepeatable universe.
France, 2025, 14’04’’, stop-motion animation
directors: Marjorie Caup, Olivier Heraud
As flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the pilot, co-pilot and flight attendant are startled by unexpected knock at the door! Chaos and confusion ensue as the crew enter a long and meandering debate regarding the stranger’s fate: should they open the door, or not?
USA, 2026, 9’40’’, 2D animation
director: Liron Topaz
In an abstract and symbolic world where gravity is reversed, a unique bond forms between a grandfather and his grandson. As Saba, the grandfather guides the boy through this surreal reality, a violent storm strikes, tearing one of the ropes anchoring their home - and with it, their life together. After suffering a devastating loss of Saba, the boy embarks on an emotional journey in search of closure. Through a stylized and poetic visual language, the film explores life’s fundamental questions: the paths we take, separation from those we love, and the endless effort to find closure, reconcile loss, and move forward.
Bulgaria, 2026, 11’00’’, mixed media
director: Svilen Dimitrov
Three old men. Two dreams. One bomb.
Bulgaria, 2026, 10’15’’, 2D animation
directors: Dalibor Rajninger
The relationship of a young couple who begin building a life together far from the city. The discovery of a mysterious switch, hidden beneath the ivy on a nearby tree trunk, reveals their inner aspirations, desires, and longings.
Portugal, 2026, 10’42’’, mixed media
director: Marcy Page
A short musical, using a novel technique of animated azulejos (painted tiles), that features a rebellious Mary joining her voice to celebrated women of history in the struggle for equality.
Netherlands, 2025, 8’57’’, stop-motion animation
director: Patrick Raats
During a stormy night, our known reality becomes entangled with another dimension. Two different timelines collide and create a fatal ending.
UK, 2026, 9’23’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Elizabeth Hobbs
After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew.. ‘Daughters of the Late Colonel’ is a merry, rude, and lyrical, animated adaptation of the modernist short story of the same name, written by Katherine Mansfield in 1920.
Belgium, France, 2024, 10’14’’, stop-motion animation
director: Louise Bongartz
A young married woman collects the sweet memories of her romance. On closer inspection, she leaves bits of herself behind...
Netherlands, 2025, 2’45’’, 3D animation
director: Mieke Woestenburg
Ella works at a lost-and-found desk in a large train station. Every day, she collects the abandoned belongings and stores them in her booth. At first glance, it seems like a random assortment of trinkets—books, wallets, and other items. But what no one knows is that Ella is creating something extraordinary with these lost objects. In a world defined by hurried efficiency, is there still someone willing to pause for a moment of wonder?
Japan, 2025, 7’45’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Koji Yamamura
A scene inspired by the Seto Inland Sea is depicted in the style of a sumi-e painting, set to a violin version of the koto piece "HARU NO UMI (The Spring Sea)" by Japanese koto player and composer Miyagi Michio in 1929.
China, 2026, 19’50’’, stop-motion animation
director: Xi Chen
A doctor was treating a boy with a strange illness; the boy was constantly tumbling over himself, causing him great pain. Later, the doctor discovered that this strange illness was actually related to his family relationships.
Italy, 2026, 5’00’’, drypoint animation
director: Simone Massi
A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people.
Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden , 2026, 9’00’’, stop-motion animation
dirеctor: Anna Mantzaris
PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. An animated short centred around neediness, intimacy and romance.
Colombia, United States, 2025, 10’20’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Maria Cristina Perez
Two sisters confront their troubled relationship while one struggles with an unexplained entity inhabiting her body, leading to revelations about their shared past.
France, 2025, 17’58’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Theodore Ushev
Accused by the authorities of not working hard enough, Vladimir is punished by being sentenced to live with an idiot. He chooses him from a mental asylum and names him Vova. This idiot can only pronounce one syllable: ooh
South Africa, 2025, 2’55’’, pin screen animation
director: Diek Grobler
An abstract interpretation of Chopin's Etude Opus 10 no. 12. The film was made without any planning by improvising on the pinscreen.
Belgium, 2026, 05’14’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Soetkin Verstegen
Misfolding means ‘to fold into an incorrect three-dimensional shape that is typically nonfunctional’. These animations are based on pencil drawings I made just before going to sleep. As I dozed off, with them hanging around my bed, the sheets seemed to swallow me.
Finland, 2025, 11’14’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Jenny Jokela
In a world that demands community participation, individual desires inevitably collide. A group of neighbours, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another. But when small, everyday actions trigger unexpected consequences, they are forced into interactions that challenge their independence.
Greece, France, 2026, 11'45’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Georges Sifianos
In a city—evoking, without specificity, a city of the Roman Empire—the poem depicts a state of waiting: the arrival of the “Barbarians” has been announced, the emperor himself seems ready to submit to their authority, and every hypothesis about the future is possible. The city holds its breath in anticipation… But who, exactly, are these “Barbarians”? And what if they do not come?.
USA, 2025, 5’06’’, 2D hand-drawn animation
director: Ian Kelewae
An old lady walks her dog and a magical plant finds canine camaraderie in midst of the chaos of human ownership.
Canada, 2025, 2’39’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Julie-Ann Déry
Caught between annoyance and surrender, our protagonist finally caves, plunging
into her sleepless night like one wanders into a forest. It’s a forced odyssey she really could have done without.
Hungary, 2025, 10’14’’, 2D animation
director: Mirjana Balogh
In a world where ex-partners must swap a chosen body part after each break-up, every relationship leaves a visible mark. Disfigured and longing for wholeness, the protagonist encounters someone wearing their former ear—and begins a journey toward self-acceptance. A reflection on how relationships reshape us, inside and out.
China, 2025, 16’43’’, 2D animation
directors: Jiali Tian, Haoyuan Zhu
Her disappearance began in the early hours of one morning. We took the wrong suitcase at the airport before the typhoon hit. After that, her life and ours have continued like this.
Germany, 2025, 4’12’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Tanja Nuijten
“Sensual” offers an unusual, subjective, and deeply intimate perspective on the feeling of physical closeness and tenderness. Using animal metaphors, the film takes us on a journey through the intimate emotions of the foreplay, unfolding into the gentle and loving touches of our partner.
Japan, 2026, 3’30’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Zirui Wang
I spent my childhood with my grandfather, when time felt slow. As I grew older and saw him less, I noticed how quickly he aged while I grew up. This animation reflects on those memories, highlighting the importance of cherishing the present and valuing what’s close to us.
Czechia, 2026, 8’44’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Jamaika Kindlová
Charcoal animation reveals the fear of home through the eyes of a little boy who has to be constantly on alert and ready to escape.
Belgium, 2025, 6’44’’, 2D animation
director: Solbum Lee
In the summer of 2012, Kyutae’s only friend, Young, disappeared, leaving behind a message: “Gliders can fly without engines. Isn't it cooool?” After that day, Kyutae began to see flying gliders in the sky all the time during morning assembly, in the classroom, even when he went to sleep.
Bulgaria, 2026, 1’26’’, 2D animation
director: Mihaela Pounova
This is an intimate short film with a diary form monologue that focuses on the topics of the female body and its experiences, memories, or so-called stories. It is based on the photographs of Francesca Woodman, as I’ve taken the direct compositions of some of her works.
Belgium, 2025, 5’00’’, 2D animation
director: Angèle Vergoni, Sarah Vanhoeck
One day, a woman wakes up in a tiny forest. Or maybe she is the big one? We don’t really know. The forest is filled with funny looking people, also very tiny. They don’t seem to be happy with the woman being there. Pretty embarrassed, she decides to go explore the rest of this place to find a spot where she wouldn’t bother anyone.
Estonia, 2025, 4’52’’, mixed media
director: Lukas Wind
Animals wearing sporty outfits have been shown to exhibit more physical engagement than animals of comparable condition.
Japan, 2025, 2’24’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Daiyu Li
The world that appears calm on the surface is, in fact, quietly changing. One day, a man as unshakable as a mountain fell because of a toothache.
France, 2025, 3’30’’, mixed media
director: Tom Petitprez
Around a crater, bugs are performing a strange ritual. Multiple metamorphosis lead to the invocation of a chimera.
Bulgaria, 2026, 3’30’’, 2D animation
director: Viktoria Panova
The film is inspired by a feeling we have all experienced as students during the cold winters in Sofia. It is rooted in something simple and deeply human — the love for family. I tell a story about the inner contrast between our strong desire for independence and the warm memory of our parents’ love.
Japan, 2026, 8’58’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Yu Takehara
My grandmother, now living with dementia, is losing pieces of her world bit by bit. Will her love fade along with her memories? And someday, will the grandmother I carry inside myself also begin to disappear?
Romania, 2025, 11’00’’, 2D animation
director: Emy Mirel Ivasca
After seeing a man lying in the snow, a boy recalls a Saint Nicholas night spent with his father years before. Playing with his father takes an unexpected turn, while his dream toy leaves a bitter aftertaste.
United Kingdom, 2025, 4’30’’, stop motion animation
director: Léo Bournas Milazzo
Four young piglets go on a workplace visit with their school, getting a sneak peak into their possible future at ‘The Happy Pig Brand’.
Belgium, Ireland, 2025, 5’35’’, 2D animation
director: Lara Jaydha
On a split screen two parallel and contrasting narratives unfold. The world of art and the realm of the everyday are integrally connected and yet hugely disparate. A pair of hands working relentlessly inside a home fade away; while a painting hanging quietly in a museum gains fame.
Czechia, 2026, 8’00’’, stop motion animation
director: Ekaterina Kuznetsova
In a quiet, strictly synchronized convent, a newly initiated nun cannot keep the rhythm. After a small mistake, a mysterious tattoo suddenly appears on her body. As she panics and tries to hide it, things only get worse.
Slovenia, 2026, 7’35’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Živa Divjak
An animated documentary that, through an intimate conversation between a daughter and a mother, searches for understanding and explores family bonds. The film reveals the inner conflict between freedom and sacrifice. Gradually, walls that connect and confine us across generations emerge, shaping who we are to ourselves and to one another.
United Kingdom, 2025, 7’45’’, hand-drawn animation
director: Rachel Shiloach
A fire ignites, and a boy’s fantasies about a girl dissolve into a haunting reality he can’t escape.
Germany, 2025, 8’51’’, 2D animation
director: Julia Ocker
The three captains argue about who has to clean the ship. There's only one way to solve this problem: they steal the crown of the Queen of England! Because whoever has the crown, is in charge.
USA, 2025, 3’18’’, 3D animation
director: Jian Yuan, Anyue Chen
A young girl, Rika, who lives in the countryside of Japan, is raising a rhino beetle for beetle fights in order to gain friends. But before then, she needs to train and nurture it.
Croatia, Germany, 2025, 5’13’’, 2D animation
director: Elena Walf
The cold winter is hard on Lena and her animals. Firewood is expensive and Lena only has turnip jam left to sell. But help sometimes comes from where you least expect it...
Canada, 2025, 5’42’’, stop motion animation
director: Connor Yarish
A young boy’s imagination takes root when he tries to fulfil his desire to live life as a tree.
Bulgaria, 2025, 3’23’’, 2D animation
director: Sofia Sokerova, Sonya Ranova
One night little Pepi asks his mother to check for monsters under the bed. She ignores his request but soon Pepi's fears prove to be true. As he tries to tell his parents, he uncovers a secret that shocks the whole family
Belgium, France, 2025, 25’, 2D animation
director: Remi Durin
Andrea stars as the Blue Bird in her school play. But stage fright strikes and she flees backstage, where a magical cape transports her to a golden palace in the clouds. But when reminded that her audience is waiting for her, Andrea must choose between safety and courage.
Poland, 2025, 10’25’’, 2D animation
director: Grzegorz Koncewicz
An insecure elephant escapes the circus, emboldened by a cynical flea living in his ear. This hand-drawn odyssey proves that finding one’s place in the world is a journey worth taking, showing that true strength comes from being yourself.
Sri Lanka, 2025, 4’10’’, 2D animation
director: Anna Bawa
Did you know that from the top of a pineapple you can grow a new pineapple—and so on, forever?
Funny Sri Lankan animal friends grow a pineapple and dance. A bright and colourful reflection on the infinity of nature.
USA, 2025, 4’06’’, stop motion animation
director: Kati Zacarias Snotherly
A baby Mexican-American snake is dying to be fashionable.
Belgium, France, 2025, 5’47’’, 2D animation
director: Noe Garcia
A very tiny fish sails in a vast underwater city. Is he too small to see the world like the big ones do?
Germany, 2025, 4’44’’, 2D animation
director: Antje Heyn
An oversized, cheeky rat has moved in with our protagonist. She whistles along with the radio, sits in the fridge, splashes in the tub, and is simply everywhere – loud, pesky, full of life.
When she suddenly disappears, he realizes: it’s never been this quiet – or this empty.
Belgium, France, 2025, 4’51’’, 2D animation
director: Juliette Baily
As Anna wanders through the snow, she meets an unexpected playmate.
Moldova, 2025, 3’03’’, 2D animation
director: Stepan Serghei Crani
On a snowy winter day, a boy receives a new bicycle and cannot resist riding it. As he pedals, his imagination takes him far beyond the courtyard, transforming the ride into a series of increasingly wild adventures.
USA, 2025, 2’17’’, 2D animation
director: Schantelle Alonzo
Ariba arrives at the Healing Home to deliver food for her mother, but is perturbed by her mother's new doctors.
Czechia, 2025, 2’19’’, 2D animation
director: Emma Kimlová
A particular figure is confronted with a long waiting line for a doctor.
Portugal, 2025, 10’55’’, stop-motion animation
director: Emanuel Nevado
D. Piedade is an old mouse who lives in a small village in the mountainous interior of Portugal. Her existence is mainly composed of loneliness and memories, and a hardened routine, guided by the regular rhythm of the clock and the tea she drinks with her friends.The accumulation of this routine will awaken in D. Piedade the desire to break it.
Bulgaria, 2025, 3’57’’, 3D animation
director: Ivan Popov Zaeka, Stoyan Georgiev
While seeking out new adventures, Peggy and Mozzie use creative games to introduce children to the basic concepts of finance and the value of working together.
Bulgaria, 2025, 6’16”, 2D animation
director: Nikolay Yanev
An animated film about an elderly man suffering from Alzheimer's disease, getting trapped in the endless corridors of his mind
Bulgaria, 2026, 3’34”, 2D animation
director: Zdravko Merdzhanov
A black cat is trying to find his love through tarot cards. Will he find his true soulmate?
Bulgaria, 2025, 6’28”, 2D animation
director: Ryan Dimitrov
A young man attempts to sleep during a long train ride. However he is constantly woken up by various exotic passengers. He finally wakes up on his own and meets a like-minded person on the train.
Bulgaria, 2026, 10’08”, 2D animation
director: Ivan Veselinov, Ilia Shekerdjiev
A dreamlike film in which an inexplicable attraction and the pursuit of the ideal—the Idol—lead to a dramatic end. A story told in the style of Gothic narrative, grotesquely revealing human devotion before the false mask of the demagogue.
Bulgaria, 2025, 11’00”, 2D animation
director: Dimitar Dimitrov
“A somber symphony under whose sounds talent and guilt intertwine in a fateful dance.”
Bulgaria, 2026, 8’00”, 2D animation
director: Nastimir Tzatchev
According to belief, the chimney sweeper is a symbol of happiness.
Everyone strives to touch him to get a piece of his luck. But people are selfish and often the one who helps us and gives us happiness is not happy and those who took advantage of him are the reason for this.
Bulgaria, 2026, 6’00”, mixed media
director: Magdalena Kalieva
to live is to dance
two in a doorless circle
now is forever
Bulgaria, 2025, 15’10”, 2D mixed media
director: Kristian Zahariev
A BOY (Black and White Drawing) is in love with A GIRL (Cardboard Cut Out Puppet), but he is too shy and anxious, which makes him too incapable to express his feelings for her. The BOY starts waiting for the GIRL to come back, while a toxic spider spins its web over his overthinking head.
Bulgaria, 2026, 6’46”, 2D animation
director: Yoni
An astronaut is flying in open space when he notices a cord connecting him to something. He decides to follow it. During this emotional journey he finds himself connected to a person similar to him while feeling othered by the other people.
Bulgaria, 2026, 4’38”, 2D animation
director: Vladislav Ivanov, Ivaylo Zahariev
A lonely and boring train station somewhere on the outskirts of a big city. A young man who finds himself there on business calls his girlfriend, but crossed telephone lines turn into a battlefield of personalities.
An animation based on the short story "On the phone" by Mikhail A. Bulgakov.
