A selection showcasing the works of emerging talents from across the animation world.
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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, 11’14’’, 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.


France, 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.
A selection showcasing the works of emerging talents from across the animation world.
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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.