Where Blue Meets Red
Tamás Patrovits (Reanimation Studio)
Hungary, 2024, 4'
The film consisting of countless original risograph prints, is an under-the-camera, straight-ahead animation improvised to the rhythm of the scores of Hungarian jazz trumpeter Barabás Lőrinc.
Väike teine / Little Other
Andres Tenusaar (Nukufilm)
Estonia, 2024, 12’
It is said that when somewhere a trickster is born, all the emergency flashers on the cars turn themselves on.
Long Distance
Michael Frei (Playables)
Switzerland, 2024, 2’
A fly takes flight to meet a close friend.
Tri tičice / Three Birds
Zarja Menart (Finta Film/RTV Slovenija/Adriatic Animation)
Slovenia, Croatia, 2024, 8'18"
A wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.
Долго доаѓање на огнот / The Long Coming of the Fire
Zharko Ivanov (Flipbok Productions)
North Macedonia, 2023, 5'04"
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.
Cipők és paták / Shoes and Hooves
Viktória Traub (PI Productions)
Hungary, 2024, 14'58"
A pedicurist in a small town, Paula the centaur-girl longs to have human feet. When she meets Arnold the crocodile-man, it is love at first sight. Can Paula take the first steps in her search for identity? What will be the price of her attempts to fit in and deny her true self?
Žarko, razmazit ćeš dite! / Žarko, You Will Spoil the Child
Veljko Popović, Milovoj Popović (Prime Render Studios/Bagan Films)
Croatia, France, 2024, 13'37"
This animated-documentary film recounts the memories of a childhood in Split in the 1980s. It is a moving tribute to the love of a grandpa and grandma who did their best to keep their granddaughter smiling.
Kinderfilm
Total Refusal (Total Refusal)
Austria, 2023, 11'08"
It's an ordinary day in Grand Theft Auto V. And yet, the car-crowded streets are marked by a grave absence. Searching for clues, protagonist Edgar explores the uncanniness of his normality and rediscovers a beautiful yet nightmarish world.