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Who, what and when? 14:06

Italy 2021
Directed by: Francesco Vecchi



10 years after the failed revolution of Tahrir Square in Egypt, Al-Sisi’s regime continues to practice forced disappearance, imprisonment without trial, torture. Shaimaa and Ahmed, activists in exile, and Mohamed Lotfy, who still live in Cairo, continue to fight to denounce the current government and those who, masquerading behind declarations, arm and finance it.

Your Mountain Is Waiting 07:45
United Kingdom 2021
Directed by: Hannah Jacobs


A Goat's Spell 09:00
Germany 2022
Directed by: Gerhard Funk
Animation: Gerhard Funk
Technique: 3D animation and VR animation
Music: Tobias Schneider
Production/School: Gerhard Funk, Karsten Matern
Dialogue language: No Dialogue

A Child and its day. A conquest before breakfast, a clueless goat next to the house, a couple of promising airplanes far up in the sky. Then things and events fall apart. The goat seems to be linked to all of that. If there is any link between anything at all.
The Portrait / Portret 09:21

Poland 2020
Directed by: Michał Barylski, Marta Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka Buczyńska
Screenplay: Marta Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka Buczyńska
Production/School: Marta Mikołajczyk, Agnieszka Buczyńska
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



The poor painting student, with the last money, buys a mysterious portrait at the market. He doesn't know that this incident changes his life for ever. An animated film based on a short story by Nikolay Gogol of the same title.

Discoveries / Descobertas 01:28
Brazil 2021
Directed by: Paulo Botelho
Screenplay: Fernanda Leme
Animation: Hannry Pschera
Technique: 3D Animation
Music: Maria Viola
Production/School: Estúdio Ícone
Dialogue language: no dialogue
Subtitles language: no subtitles

Discoveries tells the story of Nina, a very curious and creative child who turned her toy room into a laboratory for the most amusing experiments. Embark on this adventure and come discover her latest invention.
The Headless Mule 12:32

Estonia 2021
Directed by: Tamires Muniz
Screenplay: Tamires Muniz



In the middle of South America's decaying wilderness, a woman has an affair with a priest. To punish her, God transforms her in a macabre creature - The Headless Mule. The priest then tries to chase her in her escape to and from her destiny. Hypocrisy, lust, sin, and the imminent apocalypse. Can a curse bring one's salvation?


Autumn Leaves 02:35
Poland 2021
Directed by: Wojciech Ostrycharz
Screenplay: Wojciech Ostrycharz
Animation: 2D
Technique: drawings
Music: Autumn Leaves Joe Pass
Production/School: Wojciech Ostrycharz
Dialogue language: No Dialogue

A short etude about intimacy and loss. Animation synchronized with the music, inspired by a piece of music of the same name performed by Joe Pass.


Spring Always Comes Back / La Primavera Siempre Vuelve 10:39

Spain 2021
Directed by: Alicia Núñez Puerto
Screenplay: Alicia Núñez Puerto
Animation: Vittorio Pirajno
Technique: 2D & Stopmotion
Music: Pablo Borghi, Rafa Caballero
Production/School: Alicia Núñez Puerto
Dialogue language: None
Subtitles language: English



The story of grandma’s Margara and her four grandchildren. The story of those who left and, above all, of those who stayed.



Packing a wave 07:48

Spain 2021
Directed by: Edu Glez
Screenplay: Edu Glez
Animation: Edu Glez, Daniel Zapata
Technique: Drawn on film, Mix Media, Painting & Rotoscoping
Music: Oskar Benas
Production/School: Tropofilms / Txabi Anuzita
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No subtitles



A young shipwreck arrives unconscious to an apparently paradisiacal desert island. After waking up she explores the island and discovers that it is a landfill.



Sascia: A Genesis 16:55

USA 2022
Directed by: Tristan Robert Lindo
Screenplay: Tristan Robert Lindo
Music: Tristan Robert Lindo
Production/School: Tristan Robert Lindo
Dialogue language: English



Sascia: A Genesis, follows the journey of an entity on the planet Sascia after being birthed from an interstellar vessel. As it absorbs its surroundings, the entity discovers the scale of tenderness and fear that comes with existence. Tristan Lindo invites you to explore the mystery of life in his animation.



Thou Shalt Dance 08:54

Iran 2022
Directed by: Abtin Yaghmaian
Screenplay: Ali Fayazmanesh
Animation: Farzane Shokohi, Shiva Momtahen, Sadegh Javadi
Technique: Stopmotion, 2D Animation
Music: Ehsan Beyraghdar
Production/School: Abtin Yaghmaian



In a normal day a normal man finds an abnormal solution for his problem.

Daily Bread / Pan de cada día 07:44

Spain 2021
Directed by: Manuel Sirgo
Screenplay: Kristen Bernardi Rader
Animation: Ivo Ayuso, Rosita Machuca, Andrés Germán Fernández, Juan Antonio Carrillo, Rodrigo Rodríguez, Natalia Ruiz Valdepeñas, María José Barrios, Susana Romero, Blanca de Aranda, Fernando Ollero, Sigrid Caballero, Francisco Quilez, Tamara Álvarez
Technique: 2D
Music: Guillermo Florez, Ronnie Kuller, AM Slingers
Production/School: Manuel Sirgo
Dialogue language: Spanish
Subtitles language: English



An exchange student living in Madrid sets out to buy a loaf of bread, but finds herself lost in translation, making unexpected connections on her journey.