18.06.2026
Official competition selection of TAFF 2026
Exciting news for animators and all animation fans: The films for TAFF’s competition series have now been selected! A total of 72 high-quality films were chosen for the festival’s prestigious competition programme this year, of which 43 will compete in the international competition and 11 in the national competition. The lineup features a charming collection of films that strike a balance between technical mastery, experimentation, and inventive storytelling.
“This year’s theme reflects on fundamental questions. In animation, inanimate images and objects come to life in the most interesting and unusual ways, much like in our close relative, the puppet theater. Putting together the competition programs was, once again, a difficult puzzle to solve. The goal is to offer a diverse overview of contemporary animation that challenges, amuses, moves, and confuses the festival audience in all the right ways.” says TAFF’s Artistic Director Joni Männistö.
A rich selection of top-notch animations
The program brings together filmmakers from around the world: this year features a delightful array of new voices, whose works will be screened at TAFF for the first time. At the same time, the lineup also includes familiar filmmakers whose films have been celebrated in the festival spotlight before. The festival’s international and national competition films will compete for the coveted Grand Prix and Tough Eye awards. In addition, the Best National Film award will be awarded in the national competition series.
Alongside the main competition selection, films aimed at family audiences compete for the TAFF Junior award.
Both works by experienced filmmakers and student films are in the running for the awards. The festival will also present awards for Best Professional Film, Best Student Film, and the Audience Favorite.
Congratulations to all selected films!
International competition
Trading Cards | Radheya Jang | Australia, United Kingdom | 2026
Symbionts | Quirijn Dees | Switzerland | 2025
Floating | Jelena Milunović | Serbia | 2025
Evacuations | Lilli Carré | United States | 2025
Invisible Walls (Murs Invisibles) | Florian Schönerstedt | France | 2025
Poor Marciano (Pobre Marciano) | Alex Rey | Spain | 2025
A PINT OF BITTER. | Conor Kehelly | Ireland | 2025
Ř | Abigél Dérczy | Czechia | 2025
January Notes (Notas de Janeiro) | Diego Akel | Brazil | 2026
So He Grabbed the Knife | Sam Kuwa | Japan | 2026
KOSMOGONIA | Karolina Chabier | France | 2025
Tourists | Maria Karlovic | France, Slovakia | 2025
The Long coming of the fire | Zharko Ivanov | North Macedonia | 2024
Ball Face | Laurence Thérien | Canada | 2026
When The Mountains Shook | Daiyu LI | Japan | 2025
Daughters of the Late Colonel | Elizabeth Hobbs | United Kingdom | 2026
Hunting (Qui part à la chasse) | Lea Favre | Switzerland | 2025
Plankton α (プランクトン α) | Yini GUO | Japan | 2026
Taming Phenomena | Shunyuan Yao | Estonia | 2025
Sensual | Tanja Nuijten | Germany | 2025
TAUT | Ilya Barrett | Germany | 2025
Me and You and Smoke | Rachel Shiloach | United Kingdom | 2025
Adgwa Ata | Zsuzsanna Kreif | France, Hungary | 2026
Acid City | Jack Wedge, Will Freudenheim | United States | 2026
Autokar | Sylwia Szkiłądź | Belgium, France | 2025
Cosmonauts | Leo Cernic | Italy, Slovenia | 2026
With Tapes and Toasts in the Car (Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot) | Kiana Naghshineh | Germany | 2025
La vie avec un idiot | Theodor Ushev | France | 2025
Le bain des Sirenes | Lola Degove | France | 2026
Merrimundi | Niles Atallah | Chile | 2025
My name is Lilith | LeoLuna Robert-Tourneur | Belgium, France | 2025
The Amazing Adam! | Areito Echevarria | New Zealand | 2025
Once in a body | María Cristina Pérez | Colombia, United States | 2025
A Taste of Beer | Xie Li | China | 2025
Uka-uka | Henri Veermäe | Estonia | 2026
O’ Bingo! | Ian Kelewae | United States | 2025
Decay (Decaer) | Juan Camilo González | Colombia | 2025
SCREAM! IT’S GROWING! (HURLE ! ÇA POUSSE!) | Anna MURIE | France | 2026
Life of the Organoid | Daan Lucas | Netherlands | 2025
Fingerbang | Yeonwoo Kim | South Korea | 2026
Aquarium | Pauline Carette | Belgium | 2026
Action Bog | Winston Hacking | Canada | 2025
Our Walls | Živa Divjak | Slovenia | 2026
TAFF Junior
Rock Song | Jadwiga Ligęza | United Kingdom | 2025
Hymne anonyme | David Bombardier | Canada | 2025
Experiences and learning. And parenting. | Malgorzata Rybak | Poland | 2025
Duck&Sauerkraut | Eloi Henriod | Switzerland | 2025
Fire in My Pocket | Janka Feiner | Hungary | 2026
Worms | Anna Dokuchaeva | 2026
Birds of Paradise (Rajskie Ptaki) | Tomek Ducki | Poland | 2025
Dancing Friend (Tanzpartner) | Elena Walf | Croatia, Germany | 2025
The Race of Friendship (Utrka prijateljstva) | Dean Hamer | Croatia | 2026
The Sky Was Candy | Anh Tu Nguyen | Germany | 2025
TIME | Robert Löbel, Max Mörtl | Germany | 2025
Eyeliner | Aisha Boudjillouli | United Kingdom | 2026
HUM | Milán Kopasz | Hungary | 2026
Cartoon Physics | Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter | France, Netherlands, Switzerland | 2026
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! | Andrea Szelesová | Slovakia | 2025
Piccolo Piccolo | Marta Gennari | France, Switzerland | 2025
Cloud Fish (Poisson Nuage) | Noe Garcia | Belgium, France | 2025
The Wily Ones | Zarja Menart | Slovenia | 2026
National competition
Mother of Dawn (Mãe da Manhã) | Clara Trevisan | Brazil | 2025
Interspace (Etäisyyksiä) | Jesse Lähilehto | Finland | 2026
I’d Rather Be a Concorde | Javier Fabregas | Colombia, Finland | 2025
Still Life | Lara Jaydha | Belgium | 2025
Womenfolk (Naisväki) | Sofia Liukonen | Finland | 2025
Breaking The Ice | Tzor Edery | Finland | 2025
a body without a horse? (um corpo sem cavalo?) | Lara Fuke | Portugal | 2026
Mindfullmess | Niina Suominen | Finland | 2026
Richard the Dream Cowboy | Juho Maurinen | Finland | 2026
The Witch | Tomi Malkki | Finland | 2025
Kai | Erika Weiste, Aki Viikilä | Finland | 2026
The full festival schedule will be published soon at our website. Discounted Early Bird passes and a new weekend pass (Sat–Sun), which grant you unlimited access to all screenings, will also go on sale soon. Industry professionals and students will also soon be able to apply for accreditation for the festival on our Professionals page. See you in Turku!