ˌaɪs ˈkriːm, aɪ skriːm / ˌaɪs ˈkriːm, aɪ skriːm

Nataliia Domini (Estonian Academy of Arts)
Estonia, 2025, 10'10''

Avoiding responsibilities, men run to the ice cream van. Meanwhile women scream. But the daily routine pattern breaks because the Old Lady dies. Fortunately the Priest finds a fish. … happy end.

Mi se imamo radi / We Love Each Other

Varja Lorger (Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television Ljubljana)
Slovenia, 2025, 2'48''

Is the gaze into the other excited or exciting?

HAG / HAG

Isabella Marquart (University of Applied Sciences Hamburg)
Germany, 2025, 5'00''

HAG marks animator Isabella Marquart’s second animated short, her grad film. It is an exploration of the hag, or witch, as a transformative and subversive figure in animation. Through a cyclical narrative, the film follows the hag’s abject and fluid nature.

Domov / Home

Anastasiya Skarko (Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia)
Czech Republic, 2025, 5'43''

An auteur film exploring the inner feeling of home. Is it a place, a memory, or something within us? Through a journey around the world, the film searches for that sense of belonging—where we feel safe, understood, and truly at home.

Na Miklavžev večer / On Saint Nicholas' Eve

Emy Mirel Ivasca (UNATC Bucharest)
Romania, 2025, 11'00''

A boy remembers a Saint Nicholas evening spent with his father.

Od Petra za Aido / From Peter to Aida

Petra Pavetić Kranjčec (Academy of Fine Arts, Zagreb)
Croatia, 2025, 6'32''

In 1963, Peter met the most beautiful girl he had ever seen during a summer holiday in Croatia. In the months following their first encounter, he struggles with writing her a letter. After finally overcoming his fear, he sends her the first letter.

Johuš Matuš: Pařezy / Johuš Matuš: Pařezy

Julie Černá, Lene Lekše (UMPRUM - Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague)
Czech Republic, 2025, 2'26''

During a nighttime walk, two lovers stumble upon a frog who clearly isn’t looking for company. Lost in the wild beats of Johuš Matuš, the frog, its baby, and the rest of the forest party just hope the uninvited guests would move along soon.

’till we melt again … / ’till we melt again …

Brina Fekonja, Karla (Kai) Kasalo, Maria Atanasova, Matija Purković (University of Nova Gorica, School of Arts, New Bulgarian University, University of Banja Luka, Academy of Arts)
Slovenia, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2025, 1'16''

Over ice cream, an elderly lady begins to reminisce about her youth …

Šminka / Lipstick

Eilis Oneill (Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology)
Ireland, 2025, 3'54''

This film explores the lives of three generations of women within one family as they deal with ageing, sickness and interdependence.

Dotik teme / Touching Darkness

Jamaica Kindlová (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Film and TV School)
Czech Republic, 2025, 4'50''

Ten-year-old Vítek has special abilities – he can feel and hear what others cannot. He opens a door to his world and shows us that the absence of one sense doesn't have to be just an obstacle.

Rusalka / Water Nymph

Lucie Vostárková (Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Film and TV School)
Czech Republic, 2025, 9'07''

Inspired by Slavic mythology and folklore, the film tells the story of the soul of a young woman reborn as Rusalka, a water nymph. Rusalka´s inability to accept her own fate and the desire for the warmth of the human heart lead her to the world of the living, to which, unfortunately, she is unable to adapt.

Lastovičja tonada / Swallow’s Tonada

Daniela Godel (La Poudrière)
France, 2025, 4'11''

In the depths of a dark forest, Arianna starts to make out a tune.

Slon v trgovini s porcelanom / An Elephant in the Porcelain Cabinet

Bonne Steinz (Willem de Kooning Academy)
The Netherlands, 2025, 4'50''

An Elephant in the Porcelain Cabinet is a stop-motion and 2D animated short film about damage and how we deal with it, visualized through a fragile space that receives a clumsy visitor. It is an exploration by the creator into material, technique, and learning to open up.