Kleber, a photographer, sees his world turned upside down when Lucy walks into his studio in 1929. He offers to take her portrait every day for the rest of her life until she dies, to create a unique work of art. A film capturing the passage of time. *Based on the short story “Le Voyage immobile”, (”A Stand Still Journey” of Kleber Bourguignault), by Jean Vautrin (Mazarine/Fayard Publishing).
Direction: Izù Troin
Production: Reginald de Guillebon, Benjamin Stiénon
Script: Isabelle Blanchard, Izù Troin
Music: Rob (Robin) Coudert
Sound: Loïc Burkhardt
France . 0:23:00 . 2024 . 2D Computer
This photographic exploration of family photo albums ravaged by water evokes hazy and indistinct memories, poignant witnesses of a fragile past.
Direction: Nicolas Brault
Production: Nicolas Brault
Música: Mathieu Charbonneau, Simon Trottier
Sound: Olivier Calvert
Canada . 0:06:28 . 2024 . Animated objects
In a run-down neighborhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves. A young adolescent, Zoe is a ball of anger haunted by an intimate terror. Theo, still a child, flees reality into a fantastical world. During a scorching summer day, the two children will have to burst the abscess of their relationship so as not to lose each other.
Direction: Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
Production: Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Script: Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Alexandra Myotte
Sound: François Lacasse
Canada . 0:11:11 . 2023 . 2D Computer
24 February 2022 my boyfriend and I fled from Kyiv to Irpin. We spent 10 days in blockaded city and managed to escape with the last evacuation convoy. Time passed, but the feeling that I died in Irpin never left me since then. The film reconstructs this true story of survival through a personal and subjective lens.
Direction: Anastasiia Falileieva
Production: Alena Vandasová, Martin Vandas, Juraj Krásnohorský, Anastasiia Falileieva
Script: Anastasiia Falileieva
Music: Petr Marek
Czech Republic . 0:11:22 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs
In the middle of nature, at the base of a cliff, two campers, intrigued by outside noises, cross the deserted landscape, lamp in hand. Cracking, trickling and other sounds give life to these places, home to a silent fauna, almost invisible, but still very present. This film was drawn and animated alone on a single sheet of paper as a performance.
Direction: Nicolas Piret
Production: Zorobabel-Delphine Cousin, Delphine Renard, William Henne
Script: Nicolas Piret
Sound: Nicolas Piret, Frédéric Furnelle, Pierre Van Caloen
Belgium . 0:05:09 . 2024 . Drawing on paper
“Notebook of Names” is a memorial in film format, so that the names and memories of the minors who were victims of forced disappearance by the military dictatorship in Chile remain resounding.
Direction: Joaquín Cociña, Cristóbal León
Production: Catalina Vergara
Script: Cristóbal León, Joaquín Cociña, Alejandra Moffat
Chile . 0:08:03 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs
Nebsei, meaning ‘my body’ in Tigrigna, is a short animated film revealing the story of women who faced sexual and gender based violence during the war in Tigray.
Direction: Gabrielle Frewayni Tesfaye
Production: Mitiku Gabrehiwot, Emma Crewe
Ethiopia . 0:10:40 . 2023 . 2D computer, live action
An animated memoir focused on the many trials and tribulations of a life in the arts. For over two decades, Eric Power has been working as an indie animator specializing in cut paper stop motion. Join him on a journey through all the highs and lows of a life dedicated to the wonderful world of animation.
Direction: Eric Power
Production: Eric Power
Script: Eric Power
Music: Eric Power
Sound: Eric Power
USA . 1:27:06 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, clay, sand, cut-out, animated objects, pixilation, 2D computer
At the end of his life, Victor Hugo abandons his pen to take one last look at the ocean and confront his ghosts. The film is based on the poem collection “Les Contemplations”, in which the poet addresses, among other things, the loss of his daughter Léopoldine and man’s
Direction: Charles Nogier
Production: Marc Faye
Script: Charles Nogier
France . 0:11:06 . 2024 . Paint, 2D computer
The last blue-headed matchstick left in an old matchbox pops out and goes on its journey. After three short adventures it always ends up in the same place, it returns to the same box, but never in the same way. The trilogy is a tribute to Chaplin’s classic with its style of object-animated burlesque.
Direction: Géza M. Tóth
Production: Éva M. Tóth
Script : Géza M. Tóth
Music and Sound: Bertalan Baglyas
Hungary . 0:08:15 . 2024 . Other
The film tells a story about struggling with pain and suffering. It touches on a very personal experience. It is a story of loneliness, anger and grief experienced by parents who lose a child. It is an intimate and emotional visualization of the world in which bereaved people live. It tells about a situation for which no one is prepared, and how the “catalogue” of reactions we have known up to that point becomes useless.
Direction: Paweł Prewencki
Production: Ewa Sobolewska, Michalina Prewencka
Music and Sound: Kacper Krupa
Poland . 0:10:45 . 2023 . Sand, 2D and 3D computer
In keeping with the general character of the series, the episode about Prince Saint Imre conjures the main character’s last confession while he recalls key moments in his life, including his relationship with his mother Queen Gizella, his vow of purity, the lasting teachings of King Stephen’s Admonitions, and finally his tragic hunting accident.
Direction: Sandor Bekesi
Production: Francis Mikulas
Script: Sandor Bekesi
Hungary . 0:09:00 . 2023 . 2D Computer
In the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, maybe it’s just an illusion, or maybe it’s just the humbleness of everyday life…
Direction: Bastien Dupriez
Production: Richard van den Boom
Script: Bastien Dupriez, Antoine Beague
France . 0:12:44 . 2024 . Drawing on cels, drawing on paper, paint, other
Anxious teenager Ūla is taken on an unexpected adventure during her swimming practise, through which she grows-up and learns to see her body anew.
Direction: Eglė Davidavičė
Production: Eglė Davidavičė
Lithuania . 0:12:00 . 2024 . 2D Computer
This rotoscope animation is drawn by tracing recorded footage of people and landscapes no longer accessible due to the pandemic. A woman speaks about her friend who reminisces, tracing the contours of motifs, memories flood his mind—everyday scenes, thoughts of his deceased grandmother, reflections on the disaster. Through tracing, memories oscillate between past, present, and even future.
Direction: Hirotoshi Iwasaki
Production: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
Sound: Masumi Takino
Japan . 0:08:36 . 2024 . Drawing on paper
In the heart of Mumbai, a middle- aged Maharashtrian housewife, endures her husband’s chauvinism and the tedium of her relentless chores. She finds solace in her rich fantasies. Her husband’s departure for work allows her to reduce the pace of her work a little, but his return with misogynistic colleagues shatters her peace.
Direction: Renuka Shahane
Production: Renuka Shahane
Script: Renuka Shahane
India . 0:08:18 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Inés a Spanish artist lives in India and stumbles upon Sultana’s Dream a science fiction story written by Rokeya Hossain in 1905. It describes Ladyland, a utopia in which women rule the country while men live in seclusion and are responsible for household chores. Fascinated by the story Inés embarks on a journey across the country to search for the one place where women can live in peace.
Direction: Isabel Herguera
Production: Abano Producións S.L., Chelo Loureiro, El Gatoverde Producciones, Sultana Films, Uniko, Fabian&Fred Gmbh, Fabian Driehorst
Script: Isabel Herguera, Gianmacro Serra
Music: Gianmarco Serra, Moushumi Bhowmick, Tajdar Junaid
Spain, Germany . 1:23:00 . 2023 . Cut-outs, 2D computer
“Teenage Rain” is a movie-moment, a movie-mood. One ordinary morning in his apartment, a lonely man encounters a draught that brings back a disturbing memory for the protagonist. It is a short, touching story about the relationship between parents and children.
Direction: Maria Savenkova
Production: Valery Ryabin – VGIK
Script: Maria Savenkova, Ivan Bondarenko
Russian Federation . 0:05:01 . 2024 . 2D Computer
A woman is sad and regretful for not wanting her child and aborting. To compensate for cutting the umbilical cord of the small fetus, the woman cuts the rope that connects her to the mountain or life. She throws herself off the mountain, but the fetus protects her with his/her big hands.
Direction: Elahe Falahian Mehrjerdi
Production: Elahe Falahian Mehrjerdi – Tehran University of Art
Script: Elahe Falahian Mehrjerdi
Music: Mehran Badakhshan,Mohammad-Hadi Majidi
Iran . 0:05:23 . 2023 . Sand, 2D computer
Santiago, Chile, 1985. Camila and Paula, both 7 years old, are neighbours and best friends. Living amidst sweetness and bitterness, their lives, along with those of their families and their neighbourhood, are shaped by the horrors of Pinochet’s military dictatorship.
Direction: Carolina Cruz
Production: Maher Abdo, Max Kerkhoff, Nicolai Otteni, Paul Lux Mikulicz-Radecki – Film University Konrad Wolf
Script: Carolina Cruz
Sound: Azadeh Zandieh
Chile . 0:10:00 . 2024 . Puppets
It is summer morning, when a certain craftsman is visited by his great friend, who hands him a suprisingly baaing gift…
Direction: Natan Lidia Bohdanowicz
Script: Natan Lidia Bohdanowicz – Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź
Poland . 0:05:00 . 2023 . Puppets
During a hunting day in rural Spain, an adult father struggles to accept that his adult son is moving abroad, dealing with the feelings of being left alone.
Direction: José Prats
Production: Bernardo Angeletti – National Film and Television School
Script: Natalia Kyriacou, José Prats, Bernardo Angeletti
United Kingdom . 0:08:31 . 2024 . Puppets, other
We follow an 8 years old child’s daily life. From their eyes, we see their dad’s alcoholism.
Direction: Lucie Carraz, Eleonore Deprun, Lalita Bruguiere, Clement Bretou, Pierre Étienne Mazet, Fred Marcassoli
Production: Julien Deparis – ENSI
France . 0:07:49 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Dodo‘s father is a big blue bird. One day he flies away from the window, and hasn‘t come back. From then on, Dodo stops growing up.
Realização: Yi Luo
Production: Jiayan Chen, Yi Luo – Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Script: Yi Luo
China . 0:12:36 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, 2D Computer
After a nuclear disaster in Chernobyl, pregnant Snejana must leave the house to save herself. She faces a hard decision, to wait for her husband or to accept he will not be back.
Direction: Valeriya Luchenzov, Shir Yosef
Production: Valeriya Luchenzov, Shir Yosef – Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design
Script: Valeriya Luchenzov
Sound: Liav Bitan
Israel . 0:07:55 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Quincy, an imaginative young girl, spends a peaceful childhood with her parents. However, when her mother falls ill, Quincy has to cope with the changes in her everyday life. She doesn‘t quite grasp the situation and even after her mother‘s death, as she is confronted with her father‘s grief, she doesn‘t stop seeing the world through her naïve and childlike eyes.
Direction: Marlene Low, Julia Krummenacher, Johanna Kern
Production: Lucerne School of Art & Design
Script: Marlene Low
Switzerland . 0:05:22 . 2023 . 2D Computer
The world is about to end, and a man stuck in a fish costum attempts to cross the chaos of the city to reach a mysterious tower.
Direction: Stelle Bonnardel, Florian Maurice, Quentin Devred, Baptiste Duchamps, Maxime Foltzer, Astrid Novais
Production: ECOLE MoPA
France . 0:05:15 . 2023 . 3D Computer
Mr. Slumber comes to town every evening to give its residents much-needed rest. But sometimes a person does not appreciate Slumbers services and would much rather spend time watching soap operas instead of sleeping.
Direction: Zuzana Matysová
Production: Lukáš Gregor – Tomas Bata University in Zlín
Music and Sound: Filip Vojtech
Czech Republic . 0:03:20 . 2023 . 2D Computer
In a city that once was typically Portuguese, a real estate agent tries to persuade customers to rent tiny apartments, even if it means evicting the people who live there.
Direction: Vicente Nirō
Production: Jonas César, Tiago Ribeiro, Tom Knight
Script: Vicente Nirō
Music: André Aires, Fernando C. Lapa
Portugal . 0:10:52 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Franz and Milena – between them a distance, her husband and loads of letters – it is love that fills Kafka’s life with light and hope and at the same time illuminates the fears and darkness in him. Based on Franz Kafka’s Letters to Milena, “Kafka. In Love” explores a multidimensional experience of falling in love.
Direction: Zane Oborenko
Production: Sabīne Andersone
Script: Zane Oborenko
Sound: Ģirts Bišs
Latvia. 0:10:11 . 2024 . Sand
Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays.But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels elsewhere?
Direction: Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová
Production: Martin Smatana, Martin Vandas, Kamila Dohnalová, Jean-François Le Corre
Script: Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová
Slovakia . 0:10:45 . 2024 . 2D Computer
The film recounts the memories of a childhood in Split in the 1980s. These are stories retold after Sunday lunch when everyone is in a good mood, stories filled with emotions we can easily relate to. But above all, the film is a moving tribute to the love of a grandpa and grandma who did their best to keep their granddaughter smiling.
Direction: Veljko Popovic, Milivoj Popovic
Production: Veljko Popovic, Milivoj Popovic, Patrick Hernandez
Script: Veljko Popovic, Tisja Kljakovic Braic
Music: Olivier Militon
Sound: Julien Sauvan
Croatia . 0:13:37 . 2024 . 2D Computer
“Spooky Loops” is a compilation of independent films of 13 ultra-short animated stories about dreams, fears, loneliness, injustice, violence, cruelty, and inhumanity.
Direction: Stas Santimov
Production: Stas Santimov
Ukraine . 0:04:08 . 2024 . 2D Computer
When illustrator Maya suffers a burnout, she is faced with her deepest fear: she can no longer be perfect. In a personal quest, through much trial and error, she learns how to be “good enough” instead.
Direction: Dario van Vree
Production: Tünde Vollenbroek, Janneke van de Kerkhof, Viviabe Vanfleteren, Veerle Appelmans
Script: Maaike Hartjes
Sound: Firma Helle Willemstein
Netherlands . 0:30:00 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Jeff Harris, a music journalist, in New York, sets out to uncover the truth about tragic and mysterious disappearance of the young Brazilian piano player, Tenório Jr. This is a narrative journey that will both commemorate the era of Brazilian Bossa Nova and the creative freedom that characterised the roots of this movement, against the backdrop of the contrasting brutality of the dictatorial regimes that emerged in Latin America in the 1960s and 1970s.
Direction: Fernando Trueba, Javier Mariscal
Production: Cristina Huete, Serge Lalou, Janneke van der Kerkhof, Humberto Santana, Femke Wolling, Bruxo Felix
Script: Fernando Trueba
Sound: Alberto Ovejero
Voices: Jeff Goldblum, Tony Ramos, Abel Ayala
Spain, France, Netherlands, Portugal, Peru . 1:43:31 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Based on events told by a survivor that almost lost her life in a violent sexually motivated assault, the film reveals her harrowing experience and the subsequent emotional toll it takes on her. We follow her journey of healing and self-discovery as she finds a way to move forward highlighting the resilience and courage of all survivors.
Direction: Natálie Durchánková
Production: Tomáš Šimon – FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Script: Natálie Durchánková
Sound: Nikola Šolaja
Czech Republic . 0:04:12 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Through a series of voicemails, a Mexican migrant worker struggles to connect back home, while the harsh environment she now lives in is reflected onto the only thing she thought would be familiar: the sea.
Direction: Mica Bolaños Meade
Production: Mica Bolaños Meade – Re:Anima Joint Master Degree (LUCA School of Arts, Aalto University, Universidade Lusófona)
Script: Mica Bolaños Meade
Music: Fernando Torres Viteri, César Mena, Pablo Dávila, Emmie Stadler
Sound: Fernando Torres Viteri, Gabriel Worm
Mexico . 0:05:39 . 2023 . 2D Puppets, cut-outs, animated objects
Commissioned by the Sioux Standing Bull, the famous mercenary Glitch Westwood arrives in Eastern to kill his target and get his reward. He quickly kills it, but discovers that all the people have the same face.
Direction: Victor Dalmont, Mathis Dorniol, Valentine Fripier, Margaux Huvé, Marion Machelard, Maëva Mina, Iannis Oillic, Paul Pillan, Solène Poirier
Production: ESMA
France . 0:06:32 . 2023 . 3D Computer
The story frames a family of four. As parents prepare for dinner after a joyful day, An argument unfolds in front of their children, escalating to an unbearable intensity.
Direction: Govinda Sao
Production: Somnath Pal – National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Script: Govinda Sao
Music: Govinda Sao, Chotelal Sao, Jhankhar, Vicky, Dhruv Pant
Sound: Thomas Hohl, Rohan Deep Saxena, Nikhil Patil
India . 0:08:10 . 2024 . Drawing on cels, drawing on paper, 2D computer
A woman moves into a new apartment. Soon, her clothes start changing.
Direction: Tommaso Mangiacotti, Marolyn Ávila, Constanza, Melio, María Antonieta Fernández, Kuang Yi Lee
Production: María Antonieta Fernández, , Marolyn Ávila – ECIB Escola de Cinema de Barcelona
Script: Tommaso Mangiacotti, Marolyn Ávila, Constanza, Melio, María Antonieta Fernández, Kuang Yi Lee
Spain . 0:08:12 . 2024 . Puppets
A man discovers a strange device in his chest, and starts questionning his reality.
Direction: Paul Tran Cong
Production: Antoine Rivière – École Emile Cohl
Script: Paul Tran Cong
France . 0:04:04 . 2024 . 2D Computer
“The video that everyone is currently watching comes from a recently discovered microchip, estimated to be around 3-4 million years old. According to experts, the video was recorded inside a spacecraft, and it shows two organisms engaged in a continuous conflict. Although the video has been professionally deciphered by linguists and semioticians, some characters still cannot be recognized.”, stated the Chief Executive, inside the military base.
Direction: Song Ye
Production: Beihang University
Script: Ye Song
China . 0:08:35 . 2024 . Clay, photos, 2D computer
The woman is thrown into the unknown world of motherhood where she is subjected to gruelling tediousness, oppressive isolation and endless fatigue. Postnatal depression comes into her life along with the newborn. Will she be able to find the light that eventually shows every mother the way out?
Direction: Hana Stehlíková
Production: Zuzana Kučerová – FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Script: Hana Stehlíková
Música: Martin Klusák
Czech Republic . 0:08:55 . 2024 . 2D Computer
A student wants to respond to the rudeness of passengers on the bus, but the frog in his mouth eats his words.
Direction: Elina Sibgatullina, Ekaterina Sterkhova, Polina Andreeva
Production: HSE Art and Design School
Russian Federation . 0:04:42 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Mom always meticulously braided my hair tightly, so tight that it pulled a clear path on top of my head. But one day, she cut off my braids. I didn’t want to resist, yet I had to accept it. As I took my first steps forward alone, my stride faltered. Along the path on my head, I touched our unbreakable inner attachment, and the journey of female growth we were both unprepared to face.
Direction: Chenxi Zhang
Production: California Institute of the Arts
Sound: Shuwen Zhao, Brian Griffith
USA . 0:06:19 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs, animated objects, 2D computer
Let’s clean the old house.
Direction: Gyujin Lee
Production : Korea National University of Arts
Script: Gyujin Lee
Sound: Chang Hoon Ji, Sun kyung Lee, Kyoung min Yang, Hyeong Chan Choi
Republic of South Korea . 0:06:40 . 2024 . Drawing on cels
“Silhouette” tells the story of Claire, a young woman who has just moved to a big city. She soon finds her body gradually disappearing.
Direction: Alexis Lafuente, Marc Forest, Chloé Stricher, Elliot Dreuille, Antoni Nicolai, Baptiste Gueusquin
Production: ARTFX Montpellier – School of Digital Arts
Music: Mathis Coopman
Sound: Audioworkshop Team
France . 0:05:02 . 2023 . 3D Computer
Katie Wotton’s incredible journey to regain control of her life through reconnecting to nature and the sea. The story of Katie who found empowerment, friendship, and healing by plunging into frigid waters of the sea. As her voice relates to us the physical and mental struggles that have plagued her for decades, her animated form darts confidently through kelp forests on the ocean floor.
Direction: Ellie Land
Production: Rebecca Mark-Lawson, Daria Nitsche
Music: Marina Elderton
Sound: Raoul Brand
United Kingdom . 0:07:55 . 2024 . 2D and 3D Computer, live action
A short film made using pinscreen animation, “The Painting” explores the 1652 portrait of Queen Mariana of Austria by Velázquez. Michèle Lemieux demonstrates incredible mastery of the pinscreen, playing with shadow and light to evoke the tragic fate of Mariana, who was married to her uncle at the age of 14. Both painful and tender, this experimental work is a poem of a film: a meditation on the brutality of institutionalized incest and art’s power to capture the soul.
Direction: Michèle Lemieux
Production: Christine Noël, Julie Roy – National Film Board of Canada
Script: Michèle Lemieux
Music: Robert Marcel Lepage
Sound: Benoît Dame
Canada . 0:11:56 . 2024 . Pinscreen
A deep dive into the shallow and fragmented world of news, entertainment and ads, where we can easily drown in the dangerous allure of mass media intoxication
Direction: Arash Akhgari
Production: Jelena Popovic – National Film Board of Canada
Script: Arash Akhgari
Music: Guido Del Fabbro
Sound: Catherine Van Der Donckt, Benoît Dame
Canada . 00:04:00 . 2024 . Ink and paint, collages
Discover a unique species: the tourist.
Direction: Gustavo Carreiro
Production: Hugo Raposo – Favo Studio
Script: Gustavo Carreiro, Hugo Raposo
Music and Sound: Carlos Geraldes
Portugal . 0:02:57 . 2023 . 2D Computer
A woman loses herself in an exhilarating tango that transforms her.
Direction: Véronique Paquette
Production: Christine Noel, Marc Bertrand – National Film Board of Canada
Script: Véronique Paquette
Music: Manuel Jovés Torras, Antonio Martínez Viérgo
Sound: Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala
Canada . 0:05:00 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, 2D computer, other
A short animation about what happens as we die. Voiced by palliative care doctor, Dr. Kathryn Mannix, the film takes a gentle step by step journey through the process of dying.
Direction: Emily Downe
Production: Theos
Script: Dr. Kathryn Mannix
Music and Sound: Jan Willem de With
United Kingdom . 0:04:18 . 2023 . 2D Computer
A lively and dynamic journey through the lives of best friends, soulmates Mila and Mara. Two quite different life paths join in a wonderful adventure over many decades, enriched and driven by sisterly love.
Direction: Milanka Fabjancic
Production: Kolya Saksida
Script: Milanka Fabjancic
Music: Teo Collori, Matija Krecic
Sound: Julij Zornik
Slovenia . 0:07:40 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Half-animal, half-human creatures meet at a speed-dating dance event where they explore their differences and difficulties communicating. When a lovestruck man-cum-anteater falls for a woman-cum-shrew, he gets caught up in this courtship ballet.
Direction: Christel Guibert
Production: Reginald de Guillebon
Script: Christel Guibert
Sound: Aline Gavroy, Olivier Mortier
France . 0:09:00 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, 2D computer
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.
Direction: Sean Pecknold
Production: Sean Pecknold
Script: Sean Pecknold
Music: Claude Debussy
USA . 0:10:53 . 2024 . Puppets
A pedicurist in a small-town, Paula the centaur-girl longs to have human feet. When she meets Arnold the crocodile-man, it is love at first sight. Can Paula take the first steps in her search for identity? What will be the price of her attempts to fit in and deny her true self?
Direction: Viktória Traub
Production: Polett Dus
Script: Viktória Traub, Polett Dus, Zsuzsanna Bak
Hungary . 0:14:53 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Grace Pudel is a lonely misfit with an affinity for collecting ornamental snails and an intense love for books. At a young age, when Grace is separated from her fire-breathing twin brother Gilbert, she falls into a spiral of anxiety and angst. Despite a continued series of hardships, inspiration and hope emerge when she strikes up an enduring friendship with an elderly eccentric woman named Pinky, who is full of grit and lust for life. A poignant, heartfelt, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.
Direction: Adam Elliot
Production: ArenaMedia – Liz Kearney, Screen Australia
Script: Adam Elliot
Australia . 1:34:00 . 2024 . Clay
A 17-year-old woman finds love in a relationship. She discovers her sexuality through the eyes of a man.
Direction: Thelma Michalet
Production: Antoine Rivière – École Emile Cohl
Script: Thelma Michalet
France . 0:03:57 . 2024 . 2D Computer
A story about two girls bonded by their fascination with water.
Direction: Julia Maria Marchowska
Production: National Film School in Łódź
Script: Julia Maria Marchowska
Music: Ian Soderberg
Poland . 0:04:37 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Ninho a young trans man, meets his family for dinner, not long after coming out to them. They get progressively more hostile and anxiety inducing, as they dismiss Ninho’s choices and he starts to spiral in a negativity bubble from wich he can’t escape. As he tells the story of his evening to his friends, they attempt to get him out of this dark mindset.
Direction: Jules Duclos, Noë Simondi
Production: EMCA
Script: Jules Duclos, Noë Simondi
Music and Sound: Estelle Mortelle
France . 0:03:44 . 2023 . Drawing on cels, drawing on paper, 2D computer
A shy and lonely creature is too scared to leave the old circus cage it once was trapped in until it finds a little seedling to care for. A story about personal growth and the process of overcoming fear.
Direction: Alexandra Lermer
Production: Alexandra Lermer – Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Script: Alexandra Lermer, Elisabeth Stein
Music: Johannes Lang
Sound: Xavier Fleming
Germany . 0:08:16 . 2024 . Puppets
Trapped in a neglectful family situation a protective older brother takes care of his younger sibling and confronts his absent mother, leading to a rash decision.
Direction: Toke Madsen
Production: The Animation Workshop – Via University College
Script: Toke Madsen
Music: Telepa-T
Sound: Mikkel Juhl, Rasmus Staehr
Denmark . 0:06:58 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Petar Dušković, a lonely young man, goes to a concert of classical music, hoping to be moved – but to no avail. During the intermission, his fellow concert-goers’ eagerness to share how they connected with the performance only serves to heighten the feeling of detachment he was hoping the music would help him escape that evening.
Direction: Milo Bonnard
Production: Idris Bakker – National Film and Television School
Script: Milo Bonnard, Alfie Flewitt
Music: Lucas Wide
Sound: Joseph Russell
United Kingdom . 0:08:19 . 2024 . Puppets, other
“Oxide” tells the story of two creatures, crossing paths in an abandoned bus shelter. With apprehension and caution they seek closeness. A quest for intimacy ensues as they grapple with the blurred lines between connection and separation. Their playful pursuits of togetherness permanently alter their refuge.
Direction: Emma Emily Daelman
Production: Marthe De Smeth
Script: Tine Decraemer, Emma Emily Daelman
Music: Hakan Akbulut
Sound: Elias Vervecken, Jeffrey Vandendriessche, Jonas Callebert, Michel Coquette, Frederik van de Moortel
Belgium . 0:06:08 . 2023 . Puppets
Sam’s search for identity gets interrupted by a mysterious neighbourhood fox. Together they embark on a magical journey to the attic to discover the surprising things they might have in common, and how to celebrate the ways in which they differ.
Direction: Lisa Ott
Production: Owen Thomas National Film and Television School
Script: John Cooney
Music: Charli Mackie
Sound: Em Edwards
United Kingdom . 0:08:00 . 2024 . Puppets. other
On a warm sunny day, a summer camp settles in the pine forest. Gaelle, a young instructor, struggles to exert authority over the children. When she discovers that a young child, Simon, has isolated himself, she enters his bubble and tries her best to get him to open up.
Direction: Jules Tuil, Maxime Maurel, Agathe Beinat, Morgane Couleard, Marie Nony, Bérénice Eicher
Production: Franck Petitta – Ecole George Méliès
Script: Jules Tuil, Maxime Maurel, Agathe Beinat, Morgane Couleard, Marie Nony, Bérénice Eicher
Music: Luis Eon, Karim Bouadid, Délio Elana, Warren Vidal Spella
France . 0:06:18 . 2023 . 2D Computer
“La eterna búsqueda del quién” explores identity and grief through a fusion of techniques such as digital animation, oil on glass and mixed media. Through the monologue an introspective journey is made, reflecting on loss and personal transformation.
Direction: Raquel Salome Velasquez
Production: Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Script: Raquel Salome Velasquez
Sound: Gabriel Aroca, Estefanía García
Colombia . 0:02:02 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, paint, 2D computer, live action
On a quiet farm, identical twin sisters are inseparable. When one is lured into a forest by a mysterious force, the other faces a tough decision: follow the darkness to stay with her sister or let her go.
Direction: Bella Quinn
Production: Bella Quinn – IADT Dun laoghaire
Script: Bella Quinn
Sound: Arthur Gray, Fionn Hibbert
Ireland . 0:04:00 . 2024 . Paint, animated objects, 2D computer
Ten-year-old Vítek has special abilities – he can feel and hear what others cannot. This animated documentary, made using the technique of sand animation, opens a door to his world and shows us that the absence of one sense doesn’t have to be just an obstacle.
Direction: Jamaica Kindlová
Production: Adéla Růžičková, Jan Šimek – FAMU – Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague
Script: Jamaica Kindlová
Sound: Jana Částková, Miloslav Šturc, Jan Strnad
Czech Republic . 0:04:50 . 2024 . Sand
Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their accepting journeys. A movie about girlhood and accepting ourselves, as women.
Direction: Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen
Production: Universidade Lusófona – Lusófona Filmes
Portugal . 0:03:38 . 2024 . Animated objects, 2D computer
“Strokes” tells the story of a father and son through painting and what they might paint based on their broken relationship.
Direction: David Colin William Crump
Production: Royal College of Art
Script: David Colin William Crump
Music and Sound: Sam Wilkinson
United Kingdom . 0:04:12 . 2023 . Clay
Combining history and fantasy, the film follows Renato, an eccentric Renaissance inventor obsessed with the impossible task of capturing a lightning bolt in a jar. As he pushes the boundaries of science and confronts the scepticism of his peers, Renato’s journey becomes a thrilling adventure, where the power of love and the mysteries of nature collide.
Direction: Marco Russo
Production: Aardman Academy
Script: Marco Russo
Music: Matt Loveridge
Italy . 0:04:14 . 2024 . Puppets
Feeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away.
Direction: Maria Trigo Teixeira
Production: Jonas César – AIM- Estúdios de Animação, Karsten Matern – Wait a Second!
Script: Maria Trigo Teixeira
Music: Falk Meutzner
Portugal, Germany . 0:11:30 . 2024 . 2D Animation
A journalist documents the experiences of people who lived through the tragic 12-year-long Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s, exploring themes of childhood loss, violence against women and the indigenous population, and regaining a sense of hope for the future that spans over three generations.
Direction: Pablo Leon
Production: Carlos López Estrada, Winsor Yuan, Rebecca Nelson, Jonathan Coria, Bryan Dimas, Jonathan Rivas
Script: Pablo Leon
Music: Lionel Cohen
USA . 0:13:42 . 2024 . 2D Computer
With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES (goose barnacle). From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.
Direction: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
Production: David Doutel, Vasco Sá – BAP Animation Studio, Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago – IKKI Films
Script: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, Regina Guimarães
Music: Nicolas Tricot
Sound: Bernardo Bento
Portugal, France . 0:11:30 . 2024 . 2D Computer
To protect the woman she loves, V is forced to flee her homeland of Congo. She embarks on the dangerous journey to the U.S., only to be cruelly stripped of the few belongings that she carries. Finding safety shouldn’t come at the cost of losing everything. A commissioned short for ACLU Arizona.
Direction: Elyse Kelly
Production: Elyse Kelly, Molly Kaplan
Music: Brooke Blair, Will Blair
Sound: Chris Mastellone
USA . 0:02:45 . 2024 . 2D Computer
In this poetry-film, of a poem by Emily Dikinson, the poet ponders on her mortality. She has not told her garden of her immanent demise. She will not lightly share the news with anybody, anywhere, as if death is a unique occurence. The film was made using a pinscreen animation device.
Direction: Diek Grobler
Production: Anne Vanschothorst – Harp and Soul
Script: Emily Dickinson
Music: Anne Vanschotorst
Netherlands. 0:03:46 . 2024 . Pinscreen
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong?
Direction: Torill Kove
Production: Lise Fearnley, Maral Mohammadian, Tonje Skar Reiersen – National Film Board of Canada
Script: Torill Kove
Music: Luigi Allemano
Sound: Hakon Lammetun
Canada . 0:16:43 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Three balding brothers travel to Istanbul to get a hair transplant. Stuck with each other in a hotel far from home, their insecurities grow faster than their hair.
Direction: Nicolas Keppens
Production: Brecht van Elslande – Animal Tank, Emmanuel-Alain Raynal, Pierre Baussaron – Miyu Productions, Joost van den Bosch, Erik Verkerk – KA-Ching Cartoons
Script: Nicolas Keppens
Sound: Nicolas Snyder, Vivian William
Belgium, France, Netherlands . 0:18:35 . 2023 . Other
A cat wakes up in a world covered in water, where the entire human race seems to have disappeared. He seeks refuge on a boat with a group of other animals. But getting along with them proves to be an even greater challenge than overcoming his fear of water! Everyone will need to learn to overcome their differences and adapt to this new world they find themselves in.
Direction: Gints Zilbalodis
Production: Dream Well Studio – Matiss Kaza, Take Five – Gregory Zalcman, Sacrebleu Productions – Ron Dyens
Script: Gints Zilbalodis, Matiss Kaza
Music: Rihards Zalupe, Gints Zilbalodis
Sound: Gurwal Coic-Gallas
Latvia, Belgium, France . 1:23:00 . 2024 . 3D Computer
Verónica is meant to stay overnight at Eliza’s place so she can interview her the next day, however, because of the carelessness of the maid, Camila, she finds something that may indicate that Eliza’s life is much more sinister than it seems.
Direction: Carolina Duarte Santos
Production: Escola Superior de Artes e Design, Caldas da Rainha
Script: Carolina Duarte Santos
Sound: Ema Graça Canelas
Portugal . 0:09:14 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Three friends have a cathartic conversation, where they reflect about their past and its implications on their growth and maturity.
Direction: Artur Correia, Felipe Kenji, Sofia Almeida
Production: Universidade Lusófona – Lusófona Filmes
Portugal . 0:04:00 . 2024 . 2D Computer
“Disconnection” is a short film that follows the life of Renato, a young and talented violinist who recently joined the music academy. However, a devastating accident changes the course of his life, resulting in a hand injury and the tragic death of his brother. Renato, tormented by the loss of his best friend and the inability to play the violin, plunges into a deep depression, distancing himself from his family and friends.
Direction: Diogo Morais Barroso da Silva Monteiro, Rafael Pereira Correia de Lacerda
Production: Diogo Morais Barroso da Silva Monteiro, Rafael Pereira Correia de Lacerda – Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design – Politécnico do Porto
Script: Diogo Morais Barroso da Silva Monteiro, Rafael Pereira Correia de Lacerda
Portugal . 0:06:22 . 2023 . 2D and 3D computer, live action, other
A blind synesthete, capable of associating smells with different colours and textures, is looking for something to eat. The character evaluates and distinguishes the foods available to him according to the smells he gets in contact with, represented by colours.
Direction: Tiago Silva, Eyshila Gondim, Sofia Ceia
Production: Instituto Politécnico Portalegre
Sound: Alexandre Bragança
Portugal . 0:01:27 . 2023 . 2D Computer
Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their accepting journeys. A movie about girlhood and accepting ourselves, as women.
Direction: Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen
Production: Universidade Lusófona – Lusófona Filmes
Portugal . 0:03:38 . 2024 . Animated objects, 2D computer
In the subconscious there are infinite places to navigate.
Direction: Joana Leal
Produção: Joana Leal, Escola das Artes – Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Script: Joana Leal
Portugal . 0:05:00 . 2023 . 2D Computer
In a small recording room, ten people sit down to be interviewed, unaware of the questions they will be asked. During these interviews, they talk about their lives, experiences, memories, dreams and expectations, and all the tribulations of being human.
Direction: Beatriz Nunes Silva
Production: Escola Superior de Media Artes e Design
Portugal . 0:13:51 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, animated objects, 2D computer
A visual dive into the pianist’s introspective journey during isolation, where sound transcends the limits of physical space and frees him from loneliness.
Direction: Maria Luís Soares Resende
Production: Maria Luís Soares Resende
Script: Maria Luís Soares Resende
Sound: Bernardo Melo
Portugal . 0:03:16 . 2023 . Other
In a world full of people, loneliness is something that can drown you if you face it alone. Not even a whale in the ocean can escape that feeling, especially when they sing and no one hears them. As if they were singing on a different frequency from the rest of the world.
Direction: Diana Rodrigues
Production: Universidade do Algarve
Script: Diana Rodrigues
Portugal . 0:04:52 . 2023 . 2D Computer
António is a fisherman who, after the death of his wife, Amélia decides to isolate himself from any new relationships. One day he is surprised by a cat who brings nothing but trouble, and makes António’s life change overnight.
Direction: Bárbara Barreto, Caroline Soares, João Cadima
Produção: Universidade Lusófona – Lusófona Filmes
Portugal . 0:05:15 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Porto’s Old Man was born and raised in Porto, right in the centre, next to what remains of the Fernandina wall, in 1937. He heard about the First World War and has brief memories of the Second. He saw Porto united by democracy. He saw Porto being considered a World Heritage Site and European Capital of Culture. He saw the much-acclaimed tourists arrive. He saw himself alone. He sees abandoned housesHe sees a Porto he has never seen.
Direction: Tânia Sofia da Costa Marques
Production: Tânia Sofia da Costa Marques
Script: Tânia Sofia da Costa Marques
Portugal . 0:05:00 . 2023 . Puppets, photos, animated objects, 2D computer
Once upon a time there was a tree that loved a little girl and a little girl who loved it very much. That’s why she visited it every day. This is how their friendship grew and continued.
Throughout her life, the tree always helped her with the goods she needed and with her protection.
Direction: E.B. OVAR – EB Monsenhor Miguel de Oliveira (under the guidance of João Católico)
Production: E.B. OVAR
Sound: João Católico
Portugal . 0:09:55 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs, 2D computer
A project carried out in a workshop context with the tenth grade students of the Arts course at Tondela Secondary School, on the poem As Mãos by Manuel Alegre.
Direction: 10º ano de Artes Escola Secundária de Tondela
Production: Escola Secundária de Tondela
Portugal . 0:01:21 . 2024 . Drawing on paper
Two planets meet in space and talk about their concerns. One of them is sick and they don’t know if he will get better.
Direction: EBS / PE Calheta TV
Production: EBS Calheta / CENA
Script: Adriana Mendes
Portugal . 0:02:59 . 2024 . Cut-outs
…and sometimes, the end is a beginning.
Direction: Escola Básica e Secundária de Lousada Norte
Production: Escola Básica e Secundária de Lousada Norte, Casa-Museu de Vilar
Portugal . 0:02:50 . 2024 . Puppets
Once upon a time there was a ghost who loved to sing and that was a problem. He felt he was different from others and wanted to find his place in the world.
Direction: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB de Fernão de Magalhães
Production: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa
Script: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB de Fernão de Magalhães
Portugal . 0:06:57 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs
The life of Lúdio, in the form of an adventurous journey in a world called “Doors”.
Direction: José Assembleia
Production: José Assembleia, Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis
Script: José Assembleia
Portugal . 0:04:50 . 2023 . 2D Computer
In search of freedom.
Direction: Agrupamento de Escolas Lousada Oeste-Nevogilde
Production: Agrupamento de Escolas Lousada Oeste-Nevogilde, Casa-Museu de Vilar
Portugal . 0:02:03 . 2024 . Other
A museum is a place where children travel to a thousand places and experience the imaginary worlds. The most precious things are kept in a treasure chest, full of memories, emotions and thoughts.
Direction: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB de Carlos Alberto
Production: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa
Script: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB de Carlos Alberto
Portugal . 0:07:38 . 2023 . Drawing on paper, cut-outs
Limited by his health, an elderly man feels trapped and unable to fulfill his dream of traveling the world. Unexpectedly, freedom arrives in a moment of sharing.
Direction: 3.ºA Colégio do Marítimo / CENA
Production: Colégio do Marítimo / CENA
Script: André Freitas, Carlos Cruz, Carlos Pita, Diogo Camacho, Eva Santos, Francisca Camacho, Guilherme Rodrigues, Gustavo Vieira, Gustavo Ferreira, José Marques, Margarida Silva, Maria Vasconcelos, Maria Ferreira, Martim Silva, Michael Pestana, Pedro Câmara, Victória Pestana, Yasmin Carvalho
Portugal . 0:03:00 . 2024 . Cut-outs
A little girl struggles to fall asleep, but every time she closes her eyes, small impish creatures appear from the darkness.
Direction: Escola Básica Maria Pais Ribeiro – A Ribeirinha, Leonor Pacheco, Dimitrije Mihajlovic
Production: Mário Micaelo
Portugal . 0:03:07 . 2023 . Other
The land of thoughts is inhabited by the memories, true stories and all the things you can imagine.
Direction: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB Augusto Lessa
Production: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa
Script: Associação de Ludotecas do Porto – Anilupa, EB Augusto Lessa
Portugal . 0:13:29 . 2023 . Paint, animated objects, other
An inner journey on the condition of children diagnosed with ADHD that struggle with their own vision of the world and what is expected from them. An allegory about the mind and behavior of these children.
Direction: Joana Nogueira, Patrícia Rodrigues
Production: Vanessa Ventura, Nuno Amorim – Animais AVPL
Script: Joana Nogueira, Patrícia Rodrigues
Portugal . 0:11:40 . 2024 . Pixilation
A man begins to suffer from a strange eye disease that threatens the foundations of his life. He decides to resort to a surgery but the failure of it drags him into frustration and despair. In the moment of greatest alienation, when it seems that strangeness has enveloped everything around him, he discovers that perhaps the foundations of his world are deeper than he thought, that perhaps there is beauty and poetry in the way the world reveals itself before his eyes.
Direction: João Monteiro
Production: Ana Carina Estróia – Praça Filmes
Script: Luís Vintém
Portugal . 0:15:00 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, 2D computer
Discover a unique species: the tourist.
Direction: Gustavo Carreiro
Production: Hugo Raposo – Favo Studio
Script: Gustavo Carreiro, Hugo Raposo
Music and Sound: Carlos Geraldes
Portugal . 0:02:57 . 2023 . 2D Computer
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, two sisters, who live in the same village.
Direction: Emanuel Nevado
Production: Bruno Caetano – Cola Animation, Kolja Saksida, Tanja Princic – ZVVIKS
Script: Bruno Caetano, Pedro Vieira de Moura
Portugal, Slovenia . 0:10:55 . 2024 . Puppets
Feeling that her mother may no longer be able to live on her own, a woman moves back to her childhood home. As she tries to adapt to the new situation, her mother continues to drift away…
Direction: Maria Trigo Teixeira
Production: Jonas César – AIM- Estúdios de Animação, Karsten Matern – Wait a Second!
Script: Maria Trigo Teixeira
Music: Falk Meutzner
Portugal, Germany . 0:11:30 . 2024 . 2D Animation
One person’s futile struggle to turn back time.
Direction: Ala Nunu
Production: Bruno Caetano – Cola Animation
Script: Ala Nunu, James Asturias
Music: James Asturias
Portugal . 0:03:30 . 2024 . 2D Computer
With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES, goose barnacle. From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.
Direction: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves
Production: David Doutel, Vasco Sá – BAP Animation Studio, Edwina Liard, Nidia Santiago – IKKI Films
Script: Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves, Regina Guimarães
Portugal, France . 0:11:30 . 2024 . 2D Computer
A short film that exposes the brutal nature of bullfighting practices in Portugal, by focusing on the cynical way real pro-bullfights arguments shock with reality. The animation on screen follows an informal discussion between two friends, whose opinions start to diverge when bullfights become the subject of conversation.
Direction: Leonor Calaça
Production: Leonor Calaça
Portugal . 0:03:34 . 2024 . Drawing on paper, paint, 2D computer
In a city that was once typically Portuguese, a real estate agent tries to persuade customers to rent tiny apartments, even if it means evicting the people who live there.
Direction: Vicente Nirō
Production: Jonas César, Tiago Ribeiro, Tom Knight – AIM Creative Studios
Script: Vicente Nirō
Music: André Aires, Fernando C. Lapa
Portugal . 0:10:52 . 2024 . 2D Computer
Once upon a time, there was a little girl who, even when out and about, was always distracted. Eyes fixed on her phone, she didn’t notice the world around her or anyone who wanted to play. What could be done to “disoccupy” her eyes?
Direction: André Carrilho
Production: Hemi Fortes, Filipe Araújo – Blablabla Media
Script: André Carrilho
Portugal . 0:07:58 . 2024 . 2D Computer, others
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