2026

Animation Shorts

Film Credits

Type

Short & Shorts

Program Strand

Animation

Genre

Animation & Short

Screens With

Balconada

A hot summer day brings several neighbours out on their balconies. During a sudden rainstorm, one of them gets a burst of inspiration, which encourages the rest to live in the moment.

Director

Iva Tokmakchieva

Country

Bulgaria

Runtime

8 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Caries

Eager to create a monumental work of art, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals inside the mouth of a vain weather presenter.

Director

Aline Höchli

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

10 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Deluge

An ever-evolving landscape where the present inevitably coexists with the past. Memories are formed, reshaped, and obliterated, relentlessly competing for space. Control is surrendered, and mistakes and second chances are embraced. It is the slow stampede of a vulnerable mind.

Director

Meejin Hong

Country

United States

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

All Ages

God Is Shy

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.

Director

Jocelyn Charles

Country

France

Runtime

15 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

I'm Not Sure

Insight into the filmmaker's stay in hospital, where she repeatedly experiences absurd, funny moments between pain, homesickness and disgust of her own body. Meanwhile, she tries to come to terms with the hospital's own procedures and hierarchies. An emotional trip through the long underground corridors of the hospital with lots of small talk and tubes.

Director

Luisa Zürcher

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

10 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

My Wonderful Life

Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital, where she finds newfound freedom as a patient.

Director

Calleen Koh

Country

Singapore

Runtime

10 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Paradise Man (ii)

Paradise Man searches for meaning in an unknowable universe.

Director

Jordan Michael Blake

Country

United States

Runtime

12 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Autokar

Eight-year-old Agata leaves her Polish homeland to take a bus to Belgium by herself. Along the way she tumbles into a fantastical world inhabited by strange half-human, half-animal passengers.

Director

Sylwia Szkiladz

Country

Belgium

Runtime

17 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Our Choir Has Always Been Travelling

Central Australian choristers celebrate the international legacy, intergenerational impact, and joy of the Hermannsburg Choir and successive iterations.

Director

Judith Pungarta Inkamala

Marjorie 'Nunga' Williams & Nelson Armstrong

Country

Australia

Runtime

9 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Daughters of the Late Colonel

After the death of their ill-tempered and controlling father, two middle aged sisters try to find the courage to begin their lives anew.

Director

Elizabeth Hobbs

Country

Germany

Runtime

9 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?

A Captain and his crew are sailing the high seas when their voyage is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of the authorities.

Director

Nathan Robinson

Country

Australia

Runtime

5 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Venzia Diorama

A blend of archival footage, animation, and contemporary observation reveal a crumbling city, suspended in time.

Director

Nicolas Piret

Country

Belgium

Runtime

7 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Hugs

A cyclist witnesses two people in a tender embrace, and begins to view the world through a new lens.

Director

Nicolas Fong

Country

Belgium

Runtime

7 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

Trading Cards

A man travels back in time to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards but discovers something much more personal

Director

Radheya Jang

Country

Australia

Runtime

15 minutes

Rating

Unclassified 15+

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