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Sandra Desmazi\u00e8res (Ca\u00efmans Productions, Valk Productions, Animais)<\/br>France, The Netherlands, Portugal, 2025, 15'00''<\/br>
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.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Mar\u00eda Lorenzo Hern\u00e1ndez (Enrique Mill\u00e1n)<\/br>Spain, 2026, 9'04''<\/br>
An animated suite in five movements that transforms urban decay and personal mourning into a visual refuge.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Merlin Fl\u00fcgel Fl\u00fcgel (neodvisni)<\/br>Germany, 2026, 7'31''<\/br>
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.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter (H\u00e9lium Films, Ka-Ching Cartoons, Miyu Productions)<\/br>Switzerland, France, The Netherlands, 2026, 10'53''<\/br>
A mother confronts her child\u2019s first encounter with death by retreating into the impossible logic of old cartoons.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Pomladno morje \/ The Spring Sea<\/h2>
Koji Yamamura (Tokyo University of the Arts, Yamamura Films)<\/br>Japan, , 7'45''<\/br>
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.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Ala Nunu (COLA Animation, Studio Kimchi, Yellow Tapir)<\/br>Poland, Portugal, Spain, 2026, 11'07''<\/br>
A spaceprobe called Beresheet, legless birds of paradise, hamster cull and humanity trying to make the world make sense.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t
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Nicolas Piret (Take Five)<\/br>Belgium, 2026, 6'30''<\/br>
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<\/i> invites us to reflect on a city slowly eroding, yet suspended in time.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t PLEASE<\/i> is a dark comedy about humankind\u2019s 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.<\/p> <\/p>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n\t [vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1604469580079{margin-right: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_empty_space height=”40px”][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes” link=”|||”][vc_empty_space height=”20px”][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]Length: 62′[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":26215,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/template_page-builder.php","meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26472"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28695,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26472\/revisions\/28695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animateka.si\/2026\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Anna Mantzaris (Apparat Filmproduktion, Passion Paris Production, Kuli Film, MIKROFILM AS, B\u00f6hle Studios)<\/br>Sweden, France, Czech Republic, Norway, Finland, 2026, 8'00''<\/br>
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