China, 2024, 102’9’’, 2D animation
director: Zhigang YANG
script: Zhigang YANG
A torrential downpour draws you into a colorful world drawn in Indian ink. A ship that has been submerged for a century resurfaces, giving life to theatre troupes shrouded in mystery.
In this world of masks and metamorphoses, what strange plot is about to unfold?
United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, 2024, 76’, stop-motion animation
directors: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
script: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
A ghostly train journey on a forgotten branch line transports a man visiting his dying father in a sanatorium to the edge of a mythic forest. Based on the book of the same name by Bruno Schultz.
Mexico, 2025, 114’, stop-motion animation
directors: Rodolfo Ambriz, Arturo Ambriz
script: Rodolfo Ambriz, Arturo Ambriz
Frankelda, a determined 19th-century Mexican writer, journeys into her subconscious to confront the monsters she has written about. Guided by a tormented prince, she must restore balance between fiction and reality before it’s too late.
Brazil, 2023, 83’, 2D animation
directors: Guto Bicalho, Fernando Gutierrez
script: Guto Bicalho, Fernando Gutierrez
Clarice is a clever young girl learning to cope with the loss of her mother. Spending her days alongside her father, a cart driver, she uses her vivid imagination to create a magical world filled with adventures and unexpected friends. Through her dreams, Clarice begins to understand how to live with both absence and memory.
China, 2025, 85’, hand-drawn animation
director: Wenyu Li
script: Wenyu Li
Ran Bi Wa, a monkey raised by a human tribe, was heading towards the Holy Mountain to steal the fire for mankind. At the end of the journey, he went through Nirvana in the fire and turned into a man.
