Turku Animated Film Festival
Selection of films from our Competition’s Jury members.
Valikoima elokuvia festivaalin kilpasarjan tuomaristolta.
Tulossa pian, coming soon.
This screenings films will be announced soon!
Lounge for animators and animation lovers to meet, greet and network
Festivaalin animaatio-olohuone, jossa animaattorit ja animaation ystävät kohtaavat.
Craft your own puppet with the instructions from Aura of Puppets’ Puppeteer
Rakenna oma käsi- tai sorminukkesi Aura of Puppetsin nukettajan ohjauksessa.
Feature length film.
Director: Jan Švankmajer
Year: 1988
Running time: 1h20m
Kokopitkäelokuva.
Ohjaaja: Jan Švankmajer
Vuosi: 1988
Kesto: 1h20m
What does Alice in Wonderland look like when it’s directed by one of the most original visionaries in the history of animation?
In collaboration with Czech Centre Stockholm, Turku Animated Film Festival presents Alice (1988), the first feature film by Czech animation master Jan Švankmajer. Rarely screened on the big screen in Finland, this cult classic is a unique blend of live action, stop-motion animation and the dreamlike aesthetics of puppet theatre, and has inspired countless animators and filmmakers around the world.
Based on Lewis Carroll’s classic novel, Alice leads audiences into a Wonderland stranger than ever before, where stuffed animals, puppets and everyday objects come to life. Rather than relying on digital effects, Švankmajer creates his cinematic world through handcrafted sets, mechanical puppets and worn everyday objects, whose tactile materiality and uncanny movement make the film at once fascinating, humorous and deeply unsettling.
More than three decades after its premiere, Alice remains a landmark of surrealist cinema and one of the most remarkable achievements in stop-motion animation. This special screening offers a rare opportunity to experience Švankmajer’s masterpiece on the big screen at Kino Kilta in Turku.
Welcome to Wonderland, where nothing is quite what it seems!
Feature length film.
Director: Benoît Chieux
Year: 2023
Running time: 1h26m
Kokopitkäelokuva.
Ohjaaja: Benoît Chieux
Vuosi: 2023
Kesto: 1h26m
The whole festival week builds up to this event, when the best of TAFF 2026 are awarded and celebrated
Koko festivaaliviikko huipentuu tähän palkintoseremoniaan jossa festivaalin parhaat elokuvat kruunataan
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This screenings films will be announced soon!
Classic short films from our theme of “Animated to Life”. Screening is full of Stop-motion films from past 60 years
Lyhytanimaatioiden klassikoita festivaaliteemamme “Eläväksi Animoitu” ympäriltä. Näytös on täynnä stop-motion elokuvia 60 vuoden ajalta.
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This screenings films will be announced soon!
TAFF Pro Discussion. More information will be released later
TAFF Pro Lecture. More information will be released later
TAFF Pro Lecture. More information will be released later
TAFF Pro Workshop. More information will be released later
TAFF Pro Lecture. More information will be released later
TAFF Pro Lecture. More information will be released later
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English. Favourite films as chosen by the team behind TAFF. Film list will be announced after Award Ceremony 29.8.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi. TAFFin tuotantotiimin valitsemat suosikkielokuvansa. Esitettävät elokuvat julkaistaan palkinnonjaon jälkeen 29.8.
Tulossa pian, coming soon.
This screenings films will be announced soon!
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Favourite films as chosen by our audiences. Film list will be announced after Award Ceremony 29.8.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Yleisön valitsemat suosikkielokuvat. Esitettävät elokuvat julkaistaan palkinnonjaon jälkeen 29.8.
Tulossa pian, coming soon.
This screenings films will be announced soon!
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Selection of Awarded films of 2026. Film list will be announced after Award Ceremony 29.8.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Valikoima vuoden 2026 palkituista elokuvista. Esitettävät elokuvat julkaistaan palkinnonjaon jälkeen 29.8.
Tulossa pian, coming soon.
This screenings films will be announced soon!
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Hungary, 2025. 11 minutes.
Mr Rabbit is unable to decide what to become when he grows up. Overwhelmed by the number of choices, he instead escapes into his imagination and creates tiny replicas of himself. Watching these copies he explores a new world full of possibilities. He enjoys this situation until one fatal mistake: through his own fault, he loses one of his opportunities. This loss overcomes his senses.
Estonia, 2025. 6 minutes.
A re-examination of the Expulsion from Paradise. Using MoCap to reconstruct unpleasant sensations, a Neurotic journeys through self-rejection to transform sub-personalities. A psychological self-portrait turning somatic trauma into a gift of unconditional love.
Czechia, 2026. 10 minutes.
In a surreal journey of self-discovery, a man serving twins in a luxurious mansion confronts the unknown world hidden behind the conditioning. He outplays them and embarks on a symbolic odyssey through a magic orchard, the world around him decays into fading echoes of meaning—revealing renewal within the ruins of universal self.
United Kingdom, 2026. 6 minutes.
Spoon finds a coupon
Italy, 2025. 4 minutes.
Visiting the zoo portrays a glimpse into the lives of three characters who move through the city like animals in a zoo, gradually reconnecting with their primordial instincts. Until they erupt in a final confrontation with real animals, breaking free from all social constraints.
Belgium, 2025. 14 minutes.
Frankie believes he is about to die with no one to say goodbye to. On his way to the stars, he accidentally turns into a planet and an explosion of life occurs on his body, including some creatures that look like him.
United Kingdom, 2025. 4 minutes.
Four young piglets go on a workplace visit with their school, getting a sneak peak into their possible future at ‘The Happy Pig Brand’.
Taiwan, 2025. 18 minutes.
A praying mantis mutant seduces and preys on men out of desperation to save her child. A failed mission led to revelations of her past and dark secrets as the story unfolds.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Tulossa pian, coming soon.
This screenings films will be announced soon!
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
France, 2025. 3 minutes.
Animals drink and dance to the rhythm of the beat. The party is scorching. The air is heavy. The club is humid. The atmosphere is clammy. The walls are oozing. The space fills with liquid. The wildlife is submerged.
Italy, 2025. 3 minutes.
The video, presented as a degree thesis project, was born from the need to enhance the Pirandello Mines, a place rich in history, in Aragona, Agrigento, linked to sulfur and the figure of Luigi Pirandello, of which the family was the owner. The video is therefore born from the poetics of Pirandello’s works, combined with the suggestions of the place. There is no linear narrative but it presents itself as a dreamlike journey, also conducted following the music of Lero Lero, a band from Palermo that takes up the popular songs of Sicily.
United Kingdom, 2025. 3 minutes.
A clay-mation video inspired by 80’s animated music videos and kids TV shows. Community Lives is a call to arms to build and expand our communities that love and fight and grow and resist together.
Ukraine, 2025. 3 minutes.
The video is a conversation with the viewer about the mutual influence between news and people: how news affects people, how people shape events, and how events in turn become news. The story unfolds across two worlds: the first (in color) is semi-realistic, while the second (in black and white) is abstract and metaphorical. These worlds complement each other, occasionally interact, and often flow seamlessly into one another.
Belgium, 2026. 4 minutes.
When a gentle breeze turns into a storm, it may seem impossible to escape the gusts. The sudden flight of a paper airplane becomes a journey as it chooses its own path.
Canada, 2026. 2 minutes.
An experimental short film investigating a new form of surface transformation through folding and collage. Concealed narratives begin to unfold through a relatively simple process. The film literally unpacks meaning where each crease reveals an image complexity that was hidden beneath the seemingly flat surface. Original score by electroacoustic and musique concrète composer Andrew Zukerman.
-, 2026. 2 minutes.
Animation made using a technique where plasticine is used to print the impressions of toys and figurines. The song is from the perspective of the figurines, who exist around the house observing life. We are always here, you were not alone. The prints appear like ghosts sending a message from the past.
Belgium, 2025. 3 minutes.
A music video for the band Amande (Amandine Chevigny & Robin Rees)
Austria, 2025. 6 minutes.
Musicians Bobby Conn and Monica BouBou retreat to the astral plane, leaving their imaginary companions DUKS and L.A.R.R.Y. behind. Alone, the curious pair discovers a mysterious bottle and drifts back from the astral plane through crude TV dreams into Earth’s fast-food gravity.
Germany, 2025. 2 minutes.
Drunk Lament is a stop motion music video made entirely from hand-colored and cut-out video frames. The kaleidoscopic journey of an intoxicated mind, it is built from repetitive movements, loops and circles – fragments of memory that become more scattered as the character can’t stop revisiting them.
United Kingdom, 2025. 3 minutes.
A cathartic anthem for the absolute mad times we are living in!
France, 2025. 3 minutes.
Four scientists find themselves stranded on an alien planet. They try to escape, but the planet exerts a mysterious force on them. Drawn to it, they begin exploring this new world, leaving behind all hope of returning.
Japan, 2025. 2 minutes.
One day, a few words casually spoken by my daughter quietly planted a seed in me. Guided by the gentleness of their sound and the poetic afterglow they left behind, I began to imagine a silent forest where stars drift down and small creatures quietly dwell.
France, 2025. 3 minutes.
In a moonlit nocturnal garden, Loud discovers a free and sensual world, where an extravagant party leads her from dances to mysteries…
Germany, 2025. 4 minutes.
Despite all, our existence is in constant change, and we don’t like that. We can only trudge through the landscape and let everything happen to us. Why the Blues?
France, 2025. 3 minutes.
In a vast cathedral devoted to a strange, otherworldly deity, a young girl offers gifts that begin as harmless token of devotion but escalate into brutal sacrifices of her own body. This haunting allegory asks what happens when blind faith and the comforts we never question demand more of us than we have to give.
Junior 3 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers older than 12 years old.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 3 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu kaksitoistavuotiaille katsojille.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
Poland, 2025. 5 minutes.
A lively kid named „O” is very curious and busy discovering the world around. Despite all the obstacles O manages to gather some personal experiences and to gain new skills. Will they prove useful? A short story told from a child’s perspective. For parents. And little humans.
United Kingdom, 2026. 8 minutes.
Nina and her best friend Lily decide to steal an eyeliner, hoping that they’ve finally found their key to womanhood. However, when given wildly different receptions to wearing it, Nina discovers that her journey as a trans girl might not be so easy.
France, Netherlands, Switzerland, 2026. 11 minutes.
A mother confronts her child’s first encounter with death by retreating into the impossible logic of old cartoons.
Germany, 2025. 6 minutes.
TIME is a dystopian and darkly whimsical animated short, unfolding in fragmented vignettes where characters collide—each caught in their own rhythm of time. From the seemingly endless drift of an hourglass to the frantic pulse of a multitasking worker, the film paints a surreal mosaic of how time is perceived, stretched, fractured, and consumed.
Switzerland, 2025. 9 minutes.
Choucroute (Sauerkraut) is lonely and bored. A hungry duck flies past. Choucroute sees the duck as a remedy for his loneliness. The duck sees Choucroute as a meal.
Germany, 2025. 3 minutes.
A yellow and blue day in the life of a little child.
Junior 2 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers older than 6 years old.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 2 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu yli kuusivuotiaille katsojille.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
Slovenia, 2026. 5 minutes.
Fragments of grandparents’ memories take us back to days when the world smelled of rivers, forests, and freshly manured fields. People were tough, cows and horses were trusted sidekicks, and children ran on curious freedom and clever tricks, always ready to turn chores into pranks.
Canada, 2025. 3 minutes.
Anonymous Hymn gives voice to the forgotten objects of Montreal’s streets. Pareidolia and opera intertwine to reveal hidden, singing faces that transform the “ugly” into beauty. A brief tribute to the small, invisible presences quietly animating our everyday world.
Hungary, 2026. 10 minutes.
A little boy, bored with building a bed, seeks something more exciting. A mischievous fire creature lures him away, and despite his father’s attempts to keep order, the boy follows his new friend into a magical mushroom world where anything is possible.
Hungary, 2026. 3 minutes.
A playful, sound-driven stop motion short about the creative process: from the first spark, through flow, to the perfect idea and what follows, accompanied by an unusual choir.
Slovakia, 2025. 13 minutes.
Yios, a lonely mythical boy from the clouds, has trouble finding friends because his head shines like the sun – until he falls down to Earth, where everything changes.
Poland, 2025. 8 minutes.
Bird droppings. To most, a nuisance. But for a remarkable flock of flightless birds, they are the foundation of life itself. There is a delicate harmony in their hidden world – until one day when a mysterious object washes up on shore. What begins as curiosity sparks a profound shift, leading the flock into a new era of cultural and technological change. Once happy with simplicity, the birds now face the price of progress.
Junior 1 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers of all ages, and it doesn’t contain any dialogue.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 1 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu kaikenikäisille katsojille, eikä se sisällä dialogia.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
United Kingdom, 2025. 6 minutes.
Rock Song is a story about a rolling rock – but really, it’s about getting hurt, picking up some cracks along the way, and slowly figuring out how to heal. It’s a stop-motion animation made entirely from hand-dyed fabrics.
Switzerland, 2026. 2 minutes.
Legend has it that somewhere in the Swiss Alps, tiny worms live their hurried lives. They crawl, they eat, they dance across lush green meadows and stones – captured in one-of-a-kind footage of this rare phenomenon.
France, Switzerland, 2025. 9 minutes.
A tiny mouse, wanting to forget her little worries, decides one day to climb a very high mountain.
Croatia, 2026. 7 minutes.
A race begins to finally prove who is faster, the Tortoise or the Hare. Both set off confident of victory, but halfway through they fall into a deep, dark pit. The Hare tries to climb the muddy walls, while the Tortoise digs for a way out, but to no avail. They realise that only by joining forces can they escape the pit. The initial hostility turns into friendship when, through joint efforts, they manage to find a way out.
Croatia, Germany, 2025. 5 minutes.
The caterpillar would love to dance with the bugs. But they make fun of the clumsy animal. Only the smallest bug is attracted to the caterpillar.
Belgium, France, 2025. 6 minutes.
A very tiny fish sails in a vast underwater city. Is he too small to see the world like the big ones do?
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Finland, 2025. 3 minutes.
In a world where others find joy in being tickled, a creature aspires to discover his own spark of happiness.
Finland, 2025. 7 minutes.
A city invaded by an alien entity – taking the shape of an extraterrestrial plant matter. The protagonist Mimu’s new born sister – Memo has become one of their kind, assuming the shape of a seed.
Finland, 2025. 13 minutes.
The old photograph is leaving peacefully in its photo album when suddenly a wave washes it away to a wondrous post-memory realm. Changing shape, the photograph travels to a mysterious island and meets the wise Great Mollusc, the Crocodile Twins guarding the gate of oblivion and finally the Bird of Death, who arrives with a message: it’s time to let go and face the starry sky.
Finland, 2026. 3 minutes.
Today, social media quietly consumes nearly seven years of our lives on average.
Seven Years in Twitter is a hand-drawn, flip book-style animation that journeys through the endless scroll, capturing the noise, absurdity, humour and hostility that fill our feeds. As posts flicker past, the film reflects on what happens when digital distraction slowly replaces real presence and asks what those seven years might otherwise have held.
Finland, 2026. 9 minutes.
Bunny and Teddy are best friends. They live a joyful life, playing and having fun every day. One fateful night, Teddy wakes up to find Bunny gone missing and a mysterious portal that has ripped open the fabric of their reality. On the other side awaits a strange world that Teddy must traverse to rescue their friend and together return to their own happy world once again.
Finland, 2026. 8 minutes.
A person is thrown in a white room straight from birth and has to stay there for the rest of their life.
Finland, 2026. 7 minutes.
The hurrying figures battle against time. Some make it, while others must accept the closed gates.
Finland, 2026. 9 minutes.
Upon entering her new workplace in the heart of a large supercomputer, the female protagonist discovers that her and the computer have much in common.
Finland, 2026. 4 minutes.
Woollen sock wakes to a loud noise. Curiosity takes over the sock, and it finds a loud band of pots and pans. The little woollen sock is so captivated by the music and decides to join the chaotic band, not knowing yet what it will play.
Finland, 2026. 17 minutes.
A homeless man attempts to get in contact with his bus travel mentor by bus in order to activate his bus ticket. His new bus homeless friends help him at the beginning of his new life.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Germany, 2025. 15 minutes.
“If it keeps starting over, it must be forever”, says the white moth. But a gentle whisper breathes in each dawn, “one day, all days will be gone”. Ploo blends attributes of vector graphics and screen display technology with the human condition.
Denmark, Hungary, 2025. 5 minutes.
Blooming glimpses of the ever-changing. Repetitions form a circle. Keys can be found in the depths of the unconscious.
United Kingdom, 2025. 9 minutes.
Desperate for connection, David digs up his brother’s corpse. With their trusty red wagon, they ascend a treacherous mountain in pursuit of their childhood dream.
Czechia, 2026. 8 minutes.
A conversation between friends about relationships and feelings is developed in an imaginative, colorful animation. Despite their different life experiences, which are also influenced by the fact that one of the girls has Down syndrome and the other doesn‘t, they both deal with similar issues. What if they had The Autoharp Crushing on Hot Guys.
Canada, 2026. 9 minutes.
Mind Game was created from over 3000 drawings made between the years 1967 and 1998. These drawings were not created with animation in mind, instead each piece was intended to capture movement within a still frame. In 2024, with the help of the Quickdraw Animation Society, the natural patterns and progressive movements in these drawings were put into sequence and animated.
United States, 2025. 13 minutes.
Jung Myung Kim, a photographer who has dedicated over 40 years to capturing wildflowers in Korea, shares his story of pursuing his passion for capturing flowers. Kim finds meaning and happiness in reflecting on his body of work, and his desire to take more pictures keeps him going as he battles an illness.
United States, 2025. 3 minutes.
A gridded series of over 1500 improvised drawings in a tiny sketchbook, each smaller than a centimeter, compiled digitally into an animation.
United Kingdom, 2025. 8 minutes.
In an opulent estate park where laughter and leisure are quietly policed, a stern security guard devotes himself to enforcing silence and order. But as he witnesses the joy he forbids, cracks form in his resolve—until the urge to break free overwhelms him, unleashing a rebellion not just against the park’s rules, but against his own repression.
Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Sweden, 2026. 9 minutes.
PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s 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.)
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Finland, 2026. 15 minutes.
On a dark autumn night, a rabbit and a squirrel set out to recreate an unexplainable phenomenon the rabbit had experienced at a house party. While making their way to a distant field, the rabbit recounts the events of the party shadowed by uncertainty, awe, and a longing for connection.
Finland, 2025. 5 minutes.
A middle-aged housewife is burnt out, but she’ll soon find her joy again, when an unexpected nightly encounter takes her to a dance that will change her whole community.
Portugal, Finland, 2026. 9 minutes.
In an attempt to identify itself, a body without a horse moves through its absences and voids.
Brazil, Finland, 2025. 8 minutes.
In the void of night, a hungry creature looks for food and perpetuates an everyday cycle.
Finland, 2026. 5 minutes.
Kai is a coming-of-age story about Paavo, who struggles to fit into the heteronormative environment of a small Finnish town in the 90s and the rigid, uncommunicative male culture surrounding him. A new world opens up when Kai — a shimmering, fairy-tale-like being — enters the picture. However, a shared experience of being different is not always enough to bring people together.
Colombia, Finland, 2025. 8 minutes.
The story of an immigrant and his companion guide Wizard saying ·“Hello” to new unknown lands. In this experimental film that recreates old fantasy video games through irony, the characters face strange situations and places that allude to the absurd nature of the immigrant’s journey: its ideas of achievement, monotony, and expectation.
Finland, 2025. 7 minutes.
Cece is a dissatisfied DJ with dreams of somewhere warmer and a fuller inbox. Mimi is an overworked supermarket cashier who just wants to let loose and find a deeper connection. They are brought together on New Year’s Eve by a series of mundane coincidences and the power of imagination.
Finland, 2025. 8 minutes.
How did I learn to fly? Ps. The use of the lessons for military purposes is strictly prohibited!
Belgium, Finland, 2025. 6 minutes.
On a split screen two parallel and contrasting narratives unfold. The world of art and the realm of the everyday are integrally connected and yet hugely disparate. A pair of hands working relentlessly inside a home fade away; while a painting hanging quietly in a museum gains fame.
Finland, 2026. 6 minutes.
A celebration of neurodiversity. Scattered stimuli dissolve thought into noise—yet within the chaos, a new order emerges as perception shifts into a bodily experience of rhythm and movement, image and sound. What first appears senseless leaves behind traces that may, after all, hold meaning.
Finland, 2026. 5 minutes.
Richard goes on a cycling trip filled with freedom, fantasy and love.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
North Macedonia, 2024. 5 minutes.
In The Long Coming of the Fire, a short animation inspired by the poem of the same name by the poet Atso Shopov, the director of the film confronts his father’s terminal illness and the transience of life. The film is mainly composed of animated MRI scans of the now late parent.
Belgium, 2026. 6 minutes.
A man remains strangely unperturbed as a water leak progressively floods his house.
United Kingdom, 2026. 5 minutes.
Life throws curveballs, whether you catch them or not. It’s how you react that determines whether you survive. Ball face follows a middle school girl who, terrified of sports, survives a chaotic ball game by accidentally bouncing a ball off her face, discovering an unconventional tactic that leads to victory. By the end of the game, she’s completely transformed.
United States, 2025. 7 minutes.
Painted formless figures haunt recent photos of emptied-out public spaces. As cell-animated smear frames, they perform various repetitive acts in these settings, with movements expressing the helpless, frantic energy felt in our current moment. Earth and organs are emptied, situations are fled. The figures become displaced from their locations, as their environments dissolve and their printed record evaporates.
Switzerland, 2025. 11 minutes.
Today, Lea is going in search of a subject for a documentary film. When she believes she’s finally caught her prey, the roles end up being reversed. The hunter becomes the hunted.
Belgium, France, 2025. 14 minutes.
My name is Lilith. I am the first woman created alongside Adam. My encounter with Eve will shatter every stereotype that we’ve been trapped in.
Germany, 2025. 6 minutes.
Stringo the Stunted Wellow doesn’t fit in with his flock. While they stay still when the wind blows, Stringo jerks and twitches. Life isn’t what it used to be, but he’s okay with that—his world is quiet and calm. One day, a scary, hand-shaped creature enters their grove. The others pretend to be dead, but Stringo’s movements get him noticed. The creature grabs him and drags him away. Stringo fights back and wins, but he’s changed. When he returns, his flock doesn’t recognize or accept him. With nowhere left to go, Stringo lets the wind carry him.
Colombia, United States, 2025. 10 minutes.
While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister over an incident from their adolescence. By exploring the experiences they share through their bodies, she manages to confront the nature of what inhabits her.
Belgium, France, 2025. 17 minutes.
In the 1990s, 8-year-old Agata leaves Poland for Belgium. Through her eyes, the reality of migration becomes an initiatory experience.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Australia, United Kingdom, 2026. 15 minutes.
An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder.
France, 2025. 5 minutes.
This film is made from a stop motion sequence consisting solely of pieces of glass harvested on the shores of the Mediterranean. They were collected in a logic of ‘care’ for surveyed natural spaces. Symbol of the forces of nature that overwhelm us and slowly transform the artifacts we leave behind. The title is a direct reference to Marlene Haushofer’s book, Le mur invisible, which describes a feminine Robinsonnade.
United Kingdom, 2026. 9 minutes.
After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle-aged sisters find themselves at a loss. An unexpected visitor sparks the courage in them to begin their lives anew.
Estonia, 2026. 12 minutes.
Battling boredom, a little boy gets trapped in the boot of a car. When he gets out, he’s no longer the same.
Czechia, 2025. 3 minutes.
Since 2022, I have been visiting the Czech Republic regularly, simply because I really enjoy being here. Every time I talk to someone Czech, the conversation somehow often ends up in the same place: the letter Ř. People tell me how difficult it is to pronounce, some even spent years learning to say it properly.
United Kingdom, 2025. 8 minutes.
A fire ignites, and a boy’s fantasies about a girl dissolve into a haunting reality he can’t escape.
France, 2026. 15 minutes.
Every year, Rose and Lina, two sisters who aren’t particularly close, have to make the trip to Ostend in Belgium for the traditional New Year’s Day swim imposed by their mother. Problem: she is no longer there… she’s dead.
Between a wild boar, a disco lady, and knights, Rose and Lina try to get along.
Japan, 2026. 4 minutes.
Within microscopic life, I see loneliness overlapping with a longing for something. There, a gentle waver seems to carry a hope to belong somewhere, or perhaps a wish to remain pure.
New Zealand, 2025. 9 minutes.
A young boy explores the darkest depths of his grumpy grandfather’s garage, where he’s confronted by the surreal memories of the man he thought he knew.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Ireland, 2025. 9 minutes.
You are trying to enjoy a quiet pint in the pub but a patron and his son seemingly have a problem with your demeanour.
United States, 2025. 5 minutes.
An old lady walks her dog and a Magical plant finds canine camaraderie in midst of the chaos of human ownership.
Colombia, 2025. 7 minutes.
I am grateful to the Chinese for the invention of gunpowder — it feels as if they made it for me.
France, Slovakia, 2025. 15 minutes.
A routine work trip for married couple Hana and Kornel suddenly turns into an adventurous struggle for survival. In a remote forest, far from civilization, they are forced to face not only the wilderness, but also the fragile terrain of their long-term, stagnant relationship.
Japan, 2026. 12 minutes.
The boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?
Canada, 2025. 1 minutes.
A feverish stasis collapses into infinite distraction, spinning on the axis of an algorithm. Each pulse, an uncertain tone, breathes electricity into a half-alive world. Time stretches like soft polymer; metamorphoses creep forward frame by frame, suspiciously slow, as if the film were watching me back.
Estonia, 2025. 10 minutes.
A short film that depicts a metamorphosis from “chicken” to “elephant”: animation enables metamorphosis precisely because it realizes a transformation from image to concept. This frame-based, time-driven movement not only constructs form, but also grants images a capacity for expansion that static objects lack. Just as chickens and elephants are not only natural creatures but also carry distinct cultural meanings in human society, Taming Phenomena presents an animated dialogue from chicken to elephant, through an exploration of cinematic and animation techniques and production methods.
Japan, 2025. 2 minutes.
The world that appears calm on the surface is, in fact, quietly changing. One day, a man as unshakable as a mountain fell because of a toothache.
France, 2025. 18 minutes.
Accused by the authorities of not working hard enough, Vladimir’s punishment is to live with an idiot. He chooses him from an insane asylum, and his name is Vova. This idiot can only pronounce one syllable: ouh.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
Spain, 2025. 7 minutes.
The name you are given at birth can mark your destiny. Marciano knows a lot about that, who only wants a friend to sing with… But the universe always conspires to make your dreams come true.
Serbia, 2025. 7 minutes.
A daughter gradually realizes that her father is struggling with mental illness. Isolated and rejected by society, he lives alone in a dark apartment, drifting like a balloon. She tries to find a way to reconnect and bring him back to solid ground.
South Korea, 2026. 15 minutes.
Rejected by everyone, a woman follows a mysterious finger into a surreal realm, where a tender yet unsettling touch slowly begins to twist her reality.
Brazil, 2026. 4 minutes.
Some notes on a particular January.
France, Hungary, 2026. 15 minutes.
Abducted into a jungle tribe’s brutal initiation, three adolescent girls enter a divine dimension—where taming their soul animals, giant snakes become the only path to adulthood.
United States, 2026. 13 minutes.
A documentary film crew visits a flooded city in the middle of a great acidic ocean.
Germany, 2025. 4 minutes.
“Sensual” offers an unusual, subjective, and deeply intimate perspective on the feeling of physical closeness and tenderness. Using animal metaphors, the film takes us on a journey through the intimate emotions of the foreplay, unfolding into the gentle and loving touches of our partner.
Italy, Slovenia, 2026. 14 minutes.
On an intergalactic cruise for singles, lonely souls chase a kiss, a caress, or just a glimpse of love among the stars.
All films that have dialogue in a language other than English, are subtitled in English.
Kaikki elokuvat, joissa puhutaan muuta kuin englantia, on tekstitetty englanniksi.
China, 2025. 5 minutes.
A son came home and told his father that he had won the school football game, so his father wanted his son’s glory to be seen by everyone.
Czech Republic, 2026. 7 minutes.
An animated documentary that, through an intimate conversation between a daughter and a mother, searches for understanding and explores family bonds. The film reveals the inner conflict between freedom and sacrifice. Gradually, walls that connect and confine us across generations emerge, shaping who we are to ourselves and to one another.
Germany, 2025. 14 minutes.
In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.
France, 2025. 15 minutes.
In an endless night, The Great One, a bison goddess, meets The Small One, a goat-like goddess. A friendship settles between them and with it a new world: the stars, the sun, the earth and living beings emerge. The animals leave the waters, grow, and a luxuriant forest appears. As the world evolves, the two goddesses are overtaken by their power of creation.
Switzerland, 2025. 9 minutes.
Symbionts traces an organic cycle of interaction within an unfamiliar ecosystem, revealing its radiant elegance as well as its unrelenting violence.
Netherlands, 2025. 4 minutes.
On a pale savanna plain lives the Organoid, a strange fleshy creature that eats, drinks, and sleeps. In the distance, a menacing figure approaches. When the Organoid notices, it flees, only to discover the figure is a fellow of its kind. In a mating ritual they merge into a pulsating tower that hurls new life into the world. A new Organoid rises, and the cycle begins again.
France, 2026. 3 minutes.
Social media lies to us. No, we can’t all become, overnight, an imposing muscle machine, sexy and topped with abundant hair. Well yes, we can, but at what cost ? A colorful and pop tour of the not-so-wonderful world of gym bros.
Chile, 2025. 21 minutes.
A twisted utopia unfolds, as singing cherubs melt to the sound of decay. Crafted by a sentient machine from the future, it unveils its own version of paradise.