A competition strand reserved for students of European universities. They are in the running for the Young Talent: Student Jury Award, presented jointly by the School of Arts (University of Nova Gorica), as well as the Academy of Fine Arts and Design and the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television (both University of Ljubljana).
Lenght: 65′
走 (zǒu) / 走 (zǒu)
Hannah Wu (Royal College of Art)United Kingdom, 2026, 3'31''
A journey through the pages of my mother’s old Chinese-English dictionary. Combining ink drawings on paper with direct animation on 35mm film, various definitions of the Chinese character for ‘walk’ take on meanings in turn literal, historical, personal and abstract.
ODMEV NA TRIPU / ACID ECHO
Elsa Moulin (EMCA_Ecole des Métiers du Cinéma d'Animation)France, 2026, 10'47''
During a night at a free party, Aimée slips into a psychedelic journey where the boundary between reality and illusion dissolves. She senses the echo of an answer, a truth buried in a corner of her mind, ready to resurface in the turn of a dream.
Lišaja / Lichenlike
Brina Fekonja (University of Nova Gorica, School of Arts)Slovenia, 2026, 8'01''
A story of lichens, inertia, and fusion.
Disexion / Disexion
Laura Gougelet (Iscid University)France, 2026, 5'46''
Dahlia, a young 14 year-old girl, wakes up one morning with a strange rash. At first, it simply bugs her a bit, but as the day progresses, it overwhelms her more. The way people look at her changes, and something transforms in her body as the scratches take more space.
Time Flies / Time Flies
Tommaso Zerbi (RE:Anima European Joint Master in Animation)Portugal, Finland, Belgium, Italy, 2026, 4'36''
A snail is crushed by a car, a dog defecates, while a tourist jumps from the tallest skyscraper in the world. A series of slices of everyday life spirals into chaos.
A Body without a Horse? / A Body without a Horse?
Lara Fuke (RE:Anima European Joint Master in Animation)Brazil, Finland, Belgium, Portugal, 2026, 8'31''
In an attempt to identify itself, a body without a horse moves through its absences and voids.
PAZI! RASTE! / SCREAM! IT'S GROWING!
Anna Murie (Emile Cohl School)France, 2026, 3'28''
Social media lies to us. No, we can’t all become, overnight, an imposing muscle machine, sexy and topped with abundant hair. Well yes, we can, but at what cost? A colorful pop tour of the not-so-wonderful world of gym bros.
Eye Jam / Eye Jam
Julia Jolliffe (Royal College of Art)United Kingdom, 2026, 2'57''
A lonely creature’s desperate struggle for connection in a desolate world, no matter the cost.
Fisheye / Fisheye
Łukasz Rygał (The Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków)Poland, 2026, 11'08''
A gas station attendant unexpectedly forms a bond with an ordinary fish. From this seemingly trivial encounter emerges a series of unsettling events.
Blargh / Blargh
Sofija Zivkovic (Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, School of Visual Arts New York)Germany, United States, 2026, 4'15''
Blargh is a passive little feller. Everything just kind of happens around him, while he’s bottling up his
thoughts and feelings. Well, until he discovers a ball of black goo in his stomach.
Tema zunaj / Dark Outside
Mario Pieri, Elena Cauzzi, Ida Cusinato (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia Piemonte)Italy, 2026, 7'53''
Monica is an ethologist and lives with her partner in an ultra-modern house on the forest edge. He works in the city, she works at home, where every day she studies the footage recorded by video traps placed in the woods. Both live in the silent awareness of a relationship that has run its course.
Ugašajoča žerjavica / Dying Embers
Léa Pulini (La Poudrière)France, 2026, 4'01''
Magdelaine and her grandmother live a secluded life in their inn in the middle of the mountains. One cold night, as a violent storm rages outside, a traveler knocks at the door.