Student 4

It's Dance Time 04:12

United Kingdom 2023
Directed by: Qiushu Li
Screenplay: Qiushu Li
Dialogue language: English



The film shows an intimate conversation between two schoolgirls during a group dance between classes, talking about body changes and the experience of UFO sightings.


The Last Visit การพบพาน…ครั้งสุดท้าย 15:41
Estonia 2023
Directed by: Keawalee Warutkomain
Animation: Keawalee Warutkomain
Technique: Charcoal Animation on books
Music: Wardphan Diloksambandh
Production/School: Estonian Academy of Arts
Dialogue language: English

My 5-year journey from bereavement to the last goodbye, through an exploration of ‘existence’ and ‘life’, from different perspectives and stages of mind.
Claw 06:15

France 2023
Directed by: Lucas Ferrer, Ayoub Chaibi, Marianne Dautheville, Chloe Ferrus, Thomas Petroni, Melissa Saba, Dylan Sayagh, Alizée Valenzuela, Florian Wagner
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: English



Andrew, a young cinephile, watches a horror film from the 80s that he criticizes incessantly. The film's iconic killer becomes mysteriously aware of Andrew's incessant comments. He crosses the screen between them and throws Andrew inside, challenging him to outdo him in killing the remaining victims. Andrew, now a prisoner of the film, is convinced he can meet the challenge without difficulty. But can he really outdo the killer?

Flight 666 06:23

France 2023
Directed by: Julie Corniere, Anselme de Pertat, Killian Derlin, Manon François, Anaïs Lavault, Léo Le Corre, Aliénor Poisson, Lucas Roy
Production/School: ESMA
Dialogue language: French



During a flight for a dream vacation, Johnny, a compulsive gambler and notorious crook, finds himself propelled to Hell with his wife Monica. To save their souls, they will have to confront and beat the Devil at his own game in Hell's Casino.

Oxide 06:10

Belgium 2023
Directed by: Emma Emily Daelman
Screenplay: Tine Decraemer, Emma Emily Daelman
Technique: Stop motion
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



Two traumatized creatures, seeking closeness within an abandoned bus shelter, grapple with the blurred lines between connection and separation in their pursuit of intimacy.



Composition of existing experiences 07:25

Poland 2023
Directed by: Joanna Szlembarska
Screenplay: Joanna Szlembarska
Animation: Anna Polinska, Joanna Szlembarska
Technique: puppets
Music: Joanna Szczesnowicz
Production/School: Likaon - Anna Mroczek, Wojciech Leszczynski, Justyna Rucinska
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



The couple spends the night together. The woman moves freely around the apartment, the only interior inaccessible to her is her partner's painting studio. The clean monochromatic interior of the apartment, the abstract blood-colored paintings and the soft morning light are at once filled with calm and uncertainty.


A glimpse into the past 02:07
Spain 2023
Directed by: Aimar Gandarias, Jone Santisteban, Lucia Zumarraga, Asis Hernandez, Ivan Cobarrubias, Oihane Fenandez, Celia Hierro, Lucia Sierra, Izaro Gondra.
Animation: Aimar Gandarias, Jone Santisteban, Lucia Zumarraga, Asis Hernandez, Ivan Cobarrubias, Oihane Fenandez, Celia Hierro, Lucia Sierra, Izaro Gondra.
Technique: 2D
Music: Jon Saenz
Production/School: DigiPen Institute of Technology Europe-Bilbao

Two old friends meet again after their lives took opposite paths. A glance brings them back to those innocent memories, which they had forgotten due to the harshness of their current situation.

Confusion of the Afternoon / 午後的迷茫 02:50
Taiwan 2023
Directed by: Yung-Chieh Lee
Screenplay: Yung-Chieh Lee
Animation: Yung-Chieh Lee
Technique: 2D Hand Drawn, Stop-motion, Cut-out
Music: Yen-Hao Tu
Production/School: Tainan National University of the Arts, Graduate Institute of Animation and Film Art
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No Dialogue

Two boys played poker after a boring afternoon class. The unintentional body touch and eye interaction touched one of the boys...A dream about emotional enlightenment keeps appearing.
Melody's Muse 03:45

United States of America 2024
Directed by: Natasha Seroshtan
Music: Chase Miller
Production/School: DigiPen Institute of Technology
Dialogue language: English



Melody, a young faun studying music, auditions to be part of an orchestra. However, it proves to be more challenging than she thought when she tries to impress the orchestra’s severe conductor. Can she overcome failure and find her own path to success?



Wild / Дичь 04:19

Russia 2023
Directed by: Saule Matvienko
Screenplay: Saule Matvienko
Animation: Saule Matvienko
Technique: Hand-drawn
Music: Nikita Meshcheryakov
Production/School: Nikolay Makovsky
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



Meeting of old friends turns into an incident that makes them accept a solution.



Letter from a stranger 05:49

Iran 2023
Directed by: Shima Markazi Omidvar
Screenplay: Shima Omidvar
Animation: Mona Abedin - Tara Attarzade - Zahra Kababin - Shima Omidvar
Technique: 2D Digital
Production/School: University of Tehran



"Letter from a Strange" is a short 2D animation that explores the delicate interplay between two colleagues working in a large library. Despite the absence of an apparent connection, the story highlights how their actions impact each other's mental health, subtly revealing the concept of "hidden violence" in contemporary society.

In Absence of Light 04:00

Belgium 2023
Directed by: Jytte De Taeye
Screenplay: Jytte De Taeye
Animation: Jytte De Taeye
Technique: 2D animation
Music: Dries Vergauwe
Production/School: Luca School of Arts
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English



When going through dark times we seem to forget how it is part of life and spiritual growth. Listen to Darkness pleading its importance and defending its reason for existence.



The Birthday Party 03:38

United States of America 2023
Directed by: Olivia Young
Screenplay: Olivia Young
Animation: Olivia Young
Technique: Digital 2D Animation
Music: Public Domain
Production/School: University of South Alabama
Dialogue language: English



My thesis is a short horror film called The Birthday Party and is about a young girl named Avery who is waiting for her friends to show up to her party. While waiting outside for her friends it is apparent that no one is coming to her party. That’s when she thinks she sees something in the trees. Before she can look closer the doorbell rings and she runs to see her best friend at the door. Or is it?



He Has To Come Home 04:13

United States of America 2023
Directed by: Apollo Shepherd
Screenplay: Apollo Shepherd
Animation: Apollo Shepherd
Technique: Digital 2D Animation
Music: Public Domain
Production/School: University of South Alabama



A dark animated folktale. A hunter enters an eerie forest rife with monsters and emerges with a new perspective.


Poco a poco 04:14
United Kingdom 2022
Directed by: Kanto Ohara Maeda
Screenplay: Kanto Ohara Maeda
Animation: Kanto Ohara Maeda
Technique: Sand-animation technique using coffee grounds
Production/School: Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Dialogue language: English
Subtitles language: English

A short animation which follows the memory of the narrator’s pet duck, which he calls his “little sister”. Based on a true story, of a duck who became part of the family of a human immigrant mother and son from Japan, living in the UK. The duck, ‘Poco,’ imprinted on them, after the mother miraculously hatched her from an egg, under an electric blanket. The film is about the malleability of memory, and the precious beauty of moments in time. Created under camera, using coffee grounds, in a sand-animation technique.