Fascists and the Spanish Civil War are ancient history. Or are they?
Welcome to the future! We use apps to lose weight and measure our carbon footprint, while dreaming of a life unhindered by the current economic crisis.
What do you do when capitalism completely messes up your sense of time? You can hang out with you neighbours and family while they are still with us. Or you can write a whole new reality where you are champions in every possible sport and saviours of the human race.
Et je deviendrais belle / And I would be beautiful
Mathilde George (Alter Ego Production, Girelle production)
France, 2025, 10’10”
My boobs? They're too small, even Fanny said so. My butt? I hate it! My face? In a trash can… Thanks to Muse, I could become someone else. In just 30 days, I'd have slimmer legs, higher breasts and a firmer bottom. And finally, I would be beautiful.
Carmela
Vicente Mallols (Pangur Animation, Mansalva Films, Foliascope)
Spain, France, 2025, 15’
After the Spanish Civil War starts, Carmela joins the militias and goes to the front as many other women. Their fight was twofold, fighting against fascism and avoiding the loss of the rights they had achieved. During combat, a homemade grenade blows out Carmela’s right hand.
Dream
Semiramis Mamata (independent)
Greece, 2025, 4’58”
A magical trip, an escape from reality. Follow the adventure of a human creature and their animal friends in a colourful dream world.
Off-Time
Nata Metlukh (independent)
United States, Japan, Ukraine, 2025, 10’45”
A data engineer rushes through life, believing multitasking saves time—but it only creates chaos. Despite his strict control over time, nothing gets done: his home is a mess, work overflows, and breakfast is always burnt. He discovers joy in life only when time breaks apart.
Letters From Little Jimmy
David Graham (independent)
Finland, 2025, 3’48”
A short film told through traditional 2D animation. A devoted son writes home to his mother with tales of glory and adventure. However, as the letters unfold, all is not quite what it seems.
Pietra
Cynthia Levitan (Pangur Animation, Sardinha em Lata, Wytwórnia Filmów Fabularnych)
Spain, Portugal, Poland, 2024, 13’
In daydreaming about unlikely relationships, the flower – as delicate as it is revolutionary – represents an act of love amidst the suffocation and embrace of a classic Portuguese neighbourhood.
Une Fugue / To the Woods
Agnès Patron (Sacrebleu Productions)
France, 2025, 15’
Sister remembers that Brother had dark eyes, hair like her own, shoulders as fragile as a bird's wings, and that he knew the way to the river by heart. Sister has forgotten nothing about Brother.
Quota
Job, Joris & Marieke (Studio Job, Joris & Marieke)
Netherlands, 2024, 2’35”
When every global citizen is required to have their CO2 emissions tracked, it makes little impact…that is, until they discover the consequences of reaching their designated quota.