Best of the Elephant, 8+
Polno gnezdo / Volles Nest / Full Nest Elena Walf
Elena Walf (Studio FILM BILDER, Minya Film and Animation)
Germany, Croatia, 2025, 5’40”
The squirrel’s nest is warmly padded for the cold winter with all kinds of stolen goods. But then a flood breaks out and forest animals flee to Lena’s farm. The squirrel would like to help them…
Bobelova kuhinja / Bobel’s Kitchen
Fiona Rolland (Atelier de production de la cambre)
Belgium, 2024, 10’00”
Bobel, a poisonous little mushroom, dreams of becoming a cook at his village market. But the prejudices of the villagers will make his task difficult.
Pred vrati, na predpražniku / Vor meiner Tür auf einer Matte / On the Mat Outside my Door
Antje Heyn (Protoplanet Studio)
Germany, 2025, 4’44”
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.
UPS!
Galvão Bertazzi, Luis Canau (Animanostra)
Portugal, 2024, 11’17”
A boy lives surrounded by an oppressive cacophony of sounds, within a dysfunctional family. A day at the beach might be the long-expected opportunity for a break from a hellish existence.
Legenda o kolibriju / La Légende du colibri / The Legend of the Hummingbird
Morgan Devos (Folimage)
France, 2025, 9’30”
A fire breaks out in the Amazon rainforest, and frightened animals leave their habitat to take refuge on the other bank. Only a little hummingbird persists in fighting the fire when he spots a sloth and its young trapped in the flames.
Aha! / Eureka!
Kris Borghs (Fabrique Fantastique)
Belgium, 2024, 9’54”
An extraterrestrial duo crosses the universe to share technological insights with less brilliant minds. On one peculiar planet, things don’t quite go as planned.
Dekle, ki se ni balo medvedov / The Girl Who Wasn’t Afraid of Bears
Lea Vučko (CUB Animation, Invida, Jaka produkcija, Octopics, RTV Slovenija)
Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, 2025, 20’00”
The Girl Who Wasn’t Afraid of Bears is a Balkan folktale about a girl who disguises herself as a man and defies the world. On her journey, she overcomes magical creatures and her own fears – until she meets a legendary beast that changes her forever.