The best new animated films from Central and Eastern Europe in the running for the Audience Award and the Jury Grand Prix. The filmmakers featured in this strand include animation legends and debut filmmakers alike, and everyone in between.
Lenght: 65′
Racman in Segedin / Duck & Sauerkraut
Eloi Henriod (Virage Film)Switzerland, 2025, 9'12''
Choucroute (Sauerkraut) is lonely and bored. A hungry duck flies past. Choucroute sees the duck as a remedy for his loneliness. The duck sees Choucroute as a meal. The story of an impossible love between a duck and a sauerkraut.
SKRFF / SKRFF
Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher (SKRFF_ology)Austria, United States, 2024, 7'03''
A 40-year-old graffiti wall becomes an archaeological site and a sgraffito sculpture as skrffologists reveal hundreds of layers of colorful paint representing decades of artistic, political and cultural expression.
Dragi Leo Sokolosky / Dear Leo Sokolosky
Weronika Szyma (FUMI Studio)Poland, 2024, 8'00''
Animated documentary telling a story of a girl going to Ansbach, a town where her great-grandfather was sent to a work camp during World War II
Lost Touch / Lost Touch
Justine Klaiber (Asako Film)Switzerland, 2025, 12'23''
Amelia is the sole survivor on a damaged spaceship. Caught in the gravitational pull of a planet, she struggles with grief and isolation. When a mysterious presence appears, she is torn between the past and the future.
Central-Mart / Central-Mart
Alicja Błaszczyńska (FUMI Studio)Poland, 2025, 11'47''
Six egoists, one store. Central-Mart is a dark comedy where selfish, cunning, and ignorant characters spiral into absurdity. Their twisted actions entangle them in a grotesque web of events, leading inevitably to catastrophe.
Nemi film / Silent Cinema
Krste Gospodinovski (Flip Book Productions, Focus Pocus Films, Opal Film)North Macedonia, Romania, 2025, 16'28''
A former silent film star clings to his fading legacy by shielding his son from the arrival of sound, but when the boy uncovers a buried secret, their fragile bond cracks, forcing him to confront the world beyond the screen.