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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.


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.


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?


Bulgaria, 2026, 10’15’’, 2D animation
directors: Dalibor Rajninger
SWITCH follows 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. Over time, their love fades and the couple grows apart and becomes estranged from one another.


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.


Italy, 2026, 5’00’’, drypoint animation
director: Simone Massi
A poem of love and struggle dedicated to the Palestinian people.


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.
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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.


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.


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.


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?.
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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.


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.


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?


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.
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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.


Germany, 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...


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.


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.


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.