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: 76′
Ovsena pošast / Porridge Monster
Izabela Plucińska (Las Sztuki Foundation, Wait A Second!, PERI FILM)Poland, Germany, Azerbaijan, 2026, 9'33''
A tender, imaginative animation about a child’s difficult emotions which emerge after an argument between her parents in the morning.
Groppov vrt / Groppo's Garden
Cécile Brun (Asako Film, RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse)Switzerland, 2026, 12'39''
Cléo tries to escape the world in her grandfather Groppo's garden, but it is there that she is forced to find her way back to herself through painfully repressed memories.
Ag / Ag
Ülo Pikkov (Silmviburlane)Estonia, 2026, 6'00''
The experimental short film Ag explores the fragile boundary between analogue film and the digital image. At its core is a snake shedding its skin, waiting for a new digital one to form. Letting go of the analogue body becomes both a technological shift and an emotional farewell.
Zabaviščni park / Funfair
Éva Darabos (SALTO Films, GASP!)Hungary, France, 2026, 13'00''
A young woman struggles with the challenges of adulthood and her aching wisdom tooth. Her inner struggles come to life in a surreal amusement park.
Stikalo / Switch
Dalibor Rajninger (Compote Collective)Bulgaria, 2026, 10'43''
A young couple begins to build a life together far from the city. The discovery of a mysterious switch, hidden beneath the ivy on a nearby tree trunk, reveals their deepest desires and longings. Over time, their love fades, leaving them estranged from one another.
Singularity / Singularity
Marjolaine Perreten (Nadasdy Film, RTS, Radio Télévision Suisse)Switzerland, 2026, 21'00''
In the Pleistocene, 15,000 years ago, just before the end of the great Ice Age, two saber-toothed tigers and a singularity were born in a cave. Too different from the others, this singularity was banished from the group, deemed unfit for survival. A story of time and adaptation. A singularity.