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: 74′
Pes / The Dog
Kaspar Jancis (Rebel Frame)Estonia, 2025, 5'40''
Midnight Student wants to charm a special lady called Moon Orchid but his physique fails to impress her. Eager to improve his situation, he goes to a miracle doctor. Inspired by ancient Chinese erotic literature, the absurdist and allegorical story serves as a comical mirror to our modern vanities.
Psihonavti / Psychonauts
Niko Radas (Croatian Association of Digital Artists, Patients of University Psychiatric Hospital Vrapče, Zagreb Film)Croatia, 2025, 8'00''
Leaving their human hosts, mental disorders take on anthropomorphic forms and find new refuges.
Balkonada / Balconada
Iva Tokmakchieva (Compote Collective, Girelle production)Bulgaria, France, 2025, 8'10''
A hot summer day brings several neighbours out on their balconies. As a welcome downpour wakes everyone from their torpor, one of them finds a way to reconnect them all to each other and to the present moment.
Uroš / Urosh
Mato Uljarević (DOK Produkcija, Protos Film)Montenegro, 2025, 7'26''
Done in expressive, hand-made charcoal animation, the film shows surreal fragments from the life of an unusual artist. While burying his drawings, he recalls his wartime childhood and faces his fear of death.
9 Million Colors / 9 Million Colors
Bára Anna Stejskalová (Bionaut, Divize Animation, Reynard Films, Trollfilm)Czech Republic, Norway, Germany, 2025, 15'00''
The ocean is paradise for Fran the shrimp. Her deadly claws take whatever they desire. For the blind fish Milva, it’s a daily fight to survive. Fran sees her as beautiful and wants her to see the ocean in the same way. Can they overcome their differences?
Senca / The Shadow
Petra Balekić (Jaka produkcija)Croatia, 2025, 7'30''
In this experimental animated film, a woman explores the layers of her body and inner world. Through symbolic display of separation and reconnection with oneself, the film looks into the dynamics of roughness and tenderness in relationship with oneself. An intimate journey examining the complexity of self-acceptance and inner harmony.
Kijevska torta / Kyiv Cake
Mykyta Lyskov (Eesti Joonisfilm)Estonia, 2025, 22'10''
The film unfolds in modern Ukraine. A child is born into a poor family. The parents do everything possible to survive, but just when the crisis reaches its peak, a new danger flares up.