Vprašanje / The Question

Alberto Segre (Easylab, Xbo films)
France, Portugal, 2026, 22'45''

Paris, one winter night in 1958. Jérôme Lindon, Director of Éditions de Minuit, secretly receives Gilberte Alleg, wife of French journalist Henri Alleg, who brings him the manuscript « La Question », a detailed account of the torture he suffered in the Algiers prison at the hands of the French army.

This Feminine Side / This Feminine Side

Alice Siniscalchi (RE:Anima European Joint Master in Animation)
Portugal, Finland, Belgium, 2025, 7'29''

Built through interviews and collaborative workshops, this animated documentary is a living collage that explores femininity in Lisbon's queer art scene, where it is reimagined through community, creativity, and mixed-media animation.

Making It Fit / Making It Fit

Mariana Leal (Animate Projects)
United Kingdom, 2025, 4'30''

‘Making it Fit’ is an animated documentary reflecting on the experience of death and mourning in the LGBT+ community, and the ways that navigating tradition, grief, and family often necessitates reinvention of funerary and remembrance rituals.

Glasovi krize / The Voices of Crisis

Katarzyna Małyszko (FUMI Studio, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz)
Poland, 2025, 14'07''

This animated documentary presents the testimonies of young people who share their personal stories of facing mental health challenges. Their voices, woven together, create a fuller and more honest portrait of a struggling generation and a healthcare system unable to fully support them.

Things That I Was Gathering / Things That I Was Gathering

Ekaterina Zhuzhleva (RE:Anima European Joint Master in Animation)
Finland, Portugal, Belgium, 2025, 6'30''

I am gathering things for my detained friends, who were protesting against the war — books, plush toys, food. Once, twice. Now the list never ends, and I am gathering my own things.

This Is Your Captain Speaking / This Is Your Captain Speaking

Nienke Deutz, Digna Van der Put (Animal Tank, seriousFilm)
The Netherlands, Belgium, 2026, 14'15''

If you could fly for one day, what would you do? A group of neighbours answers this question and we follow their flight. Along the way, we get to know the characters and it becomes clear this fantasy has a different meaning for everyone.

Keep on Spinning / Keep on Spinning

Christina Benz (Roundabout Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRG SSR)
Switzerland, 2026, 14'59''

In a London launderette, three Londoners in their forties and fifties tell their life tales. While their laundry is spinning, the viewer is drawn into a poetic animation that underpins the themes addressed by the protagonists.