A programme of the best animated shorts from around the world, programmed to give you a thorough insight into the latest developments and trends in auteur animation, including many award-winners from some of the leading international festivals.
Length: 62′
Hči vode / Water Girl
Sandra Desmazières (Caïmans Productions, Valk Productions, Animais)France, The Netherlands, Portugal, 2025, 15'00''
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
Mikrokozmos. Kabinet čudes / Microcosmos. A Cabinet of Curiosities
María Lorenzo Hernández (Enrique Millán)Spain, 2026, 9'04''
An animated suite in five movements that transforms urban decay and personal mourning into a visual refuge.
Hotel Oblique / Hotel Oblique
Merlin Flügel Flügel (neodvisni)Germany, 2026, 7'31''
A budgie finds itself in a luxurious wellness hotel that promises stressed birds peace and relaxation. But between the lulling sound of the fountains and soothing massages, it longs only to return to the safety of its cage.
Cartoon Physics / Cartoon Physics
Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter (Hélium Films, Ka-Ching Cartoons, Miyu Productions)Switzerland, France, The Netherlands, 2026, 10'53''
A mother confronts her child’s first encounter with death by retreating into the impossible logic of old cartoons.
Pomladno morje / The Spring Sea
Koji Yamamura (Tokyo University of the Arts, Yamamura Films)Japan, , 7'45''
A scene inspired by the Seto Inland Sea is depicted in the style of a sumi-e painting, set to a violin version of the koto piece "Haru no Umi (The Spring Sea)" by Japanese koto player and composer Miyagi Michio in 1929.
In the Beginning / In the Beginning
Ala Nunu (COLA Animation, Studio Kimchi, Yellow Tapir)Poland, Portugal, Spain, 2026, 11'07''
A spaceprobe called Beresheet, legless birds of paradise, hamster cull and humanity trying to make the world make sense.
Venezia Diorama / Venezia Diorama
Nicolas Piret (Take Five)Belgium, 2026, 6'30''
Through a series of animated art boards depicting a decaying Venice, the film unfolds like a set of postcards, capturing the mythical city's final moments of fragility. Venezia Diorama invites us to reflect on a city slowly eroding, yet suspended in time.
PLEASE / PLEASE
Anna Mantzaris (Apparat Filmproduktion, Passion Paris Production, Kuli Film, MIKROFILM AS, Böhle Studios)Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, 2026, 8'00''
PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. An animated short centred around neediness, intimacy and romance. In a world that preaches self-control, the film explores the sides we try to hide, such as feeling needy and pathetic.