Short 7

CRUSH / Crush 06:30
Poland 2022
Directed by: Michał Socha, Jakub Socha
Screenplay: Michał Socha, Jakub Socha, Anna Bielak
Animation: Michał Socha, Jakub Socha, Agnieszka Wócik
Production/School: Jakub Karwowski, Piotr Szczepanowicz

An ambitious thief wants to steal a precious diamond from a heavily guarded vault. On his way, he unexpectedly meets competition - a femme fatale who appeared for the same purpose. The rivalry for the diamond slowly turns into a mutual fascination that takes the couple into a world between dream and reality. Their gameplay balances between danger and sensual flirtation. The film is a mix of crime and love story, with a dose of humor.
Onward Ye Costumed Souls 05:00

United States of America 2024
Directed by: Patrick Smith
Screenplay: Patrick Smith
Animation: Patrick Smith
Technique: 2d
Production/School: Kaori Ishida



Thy back shall be broken, thy soul shall be enslaved, and thou shall assume, nay inherit, the role of tyrant.



aleph 02:23

Greece 2023
Directed by: DIMITRIS ELE AGATHOPOULOS
Production/School: DIMITRIS ELE AGATHOPOULOS



Drawing inspiration from Borges' exploration of infinite knowledge, "Aleph" unveils an ever-transforming city, an artistic representation of how AI constructs its own world. The city's shifts and changes echo the boundless potential of AI to shape reality according to its digital dreams. At its core, "Aleph" captures the essence of a new narrative era—a fusion of philosophical contemplation and technological ingenuity. This animation encapsulates the profound connection between Borges' cosmic musings and the emergence of AI as a conductor of change. The monologue, prompted by Dimitris Agathopoulos and crafted with the aid of ChatGPT-4, is conveyed using an AI-generated voice.

A Cacophony of Scales 06:12

United States 2024
Production/School: William J Thinnes
Dialogue language: English



Music scales, weigh scales, and industrial scales converge to warn of the disasterous effects we are having on butterfly scales.

Blue 06:52

Poland 2023
Directed by: Weronika Szyma
Screenplay: Weronika Szyma
Animation: Weronika Szyma
Technique: 2d drawing on paper
Production/School: FUMI Studio
Dialogue language: Polish
Subtitles language: English



Blue is a story where time stretches. A mother and a daughter are trying to find their place after the father leaves. They spend time idly on a metaphorical empty beach. They fight their uncertainty and longing. The image of the sea comes back rhythmically. It is a promise of freedom but also a scary different world, far from the warm sand.

A booger's nightmare / La pesadilla de un moco 00:30

Spain 2022
Directed by: Daniel Blanco
Screenplay: Daniel Blanco
Animation: Daniel Blanco
Technique: 2D
Production/School: Daniel Blanco
Dialogue language: No Dialogue
Subtitles language: No subtitles



Imagine for a moment being in the skin of a booger, it can't be an easy life...



Jackdaw 03:48

Russia 2023
Directed by: Anastasiya Lisovets
Screenplay: Anastasiya Lisovets
Animation: Anastasiya Lisovets
Technique: Hand-drawn
Music: Alexey Prosvirnin
Production/School: Olga Granovskaya
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



A small girl and a small bird discover together the surrounded world and open the lyrics of prose.



Right Station 06:50

Russia 2023
Directed by: Maria Rakitina
Screenplay: Maria Rakitina
Animation: Maria Rakitina
Technique: 2D, tvpaint
Music: Sander Põldsaar
Production/School: Nikolay Makovsky
Dialogue language: No Dialogue



A man with a bird in his pocket enters the train and sits down with a stranger. An argument ensues between them, which ends in an unexpected surprise for both.

While You Were On Your Way 02:11

Russia 2023
Directed by: Marina Spirina
Screenplay: Marina Spirina
Animation: Marina Spirina
Technique: 2D animation
Production/School: Nikolay Makovsky
Dialogue language: Russian
Subtitles language: English



A young girl runs to a date and constantly looks at her phone, checking the time, afraid of being late. As a result, she is the one who has to wait and the waiting time seems eternal. In the film it is exaggerated to incredible limits. What can you do while you're waiting for a guy on a date and is it worth waiting at all?

Growing Pains – A Film in Seven Parts / Idade Óssea – Um Filme em Sete Quadros 19:58
Portugal 2022
Directed by: Isabel Aboim Inglez
Screenplay: Rui Horta Pereira, Isabel Aboim Inglez
Animation: Isabel Aboim Inglez, Rui Horta Pereira
Music: Eduardo Raon
Production/School: Miguel Sales Lopes / Kinora Filmes, Isabel Aboim Inglez
Dialogue language: Portuguese
Subtitles language: English

On a hot summer afternoon, life unfolds, shadows grow and the wind blows. Two children play without noticing that time advances relentlessly, theirs, the one of the creatures, the one of the earth, and the one of the imagination. This elastic and layered time reveals itself in its traces, marks, and elements, allowing us to learn more about earth and its inhabitants. Five narrators accompany us in this excavation that is intended to be infinite, revealing time and its marks.
History 12:00

Iran 2024
Directed by: Majid Mahmoodi
Screenplay: Nasrin Asadi, Ali Danesh
Production/School: Omid Marandi
Dialogue language: Persian



This series is trying to read the history of the colonizers' thoughts and their worldview for audience by reviewing the pages and historical stories in the 15-volume collection of Colonial History. The narrator is a teenager that explains and analyses the events.

Antipolis 25:41
Estonia 2023
Directed by: Kaspar Jancis
Screenplay: Kaspar Jancis
Animation: Triin Sarapik-kivi, Marili Sokk
Technique: puppet
Music: Kaspar Jancis
Production/School: Kerdi Oengo
Dialogue language: created language based on international words
Subtitles language: English

Some people believe that the Earth is flat. And then there are those who think that somewhere there, under the Crust of the Earth, another civilization exists. The events of “Antipolis” take place in the world inside the Earth. Unlike some of the well informed inhabitants of our civilization, the occupants of Antipolis have no idea that they are living inside a gigantic globe. Getting to know this is a sobering shock.