Cyclus | Maximilian Kaeppler & Monika Luisa Schmitt | DEU | 4’
In a dark, abstract ice cave, fantastical creatures inhabit various flying platforms. Each creature has a hole in their chest and holds a stone that doesn’t fit in their own. Until one individual selflessly gives his stone to a matching figure, sparking a chain reaction where each creature passes their stone along. As the stones are placed, the figures light up and gain new abilities, quickly illuminating the entire cave in vibrant colors. In the end, the first creature also finds what he’s been seeking. The 3d- animated short film shows how empathy can unite a community.
Dreaming of Flight | Elena Walf | HRV, DEU | 5’
The hen is supposed to lay eggs, just like the other chickens. But the swallows in the air have awakened a completely different longing in her: she wants to fly!
The Motherless Egg | Elena Walf | HRV, DEU | 5’
Lena's dog finds an egg in his bowl. He knows that a chick will only hatch from an egg like this if a mother hen hatches it! Worried, he sets off on a search...
What is, is now | Jikke Lesterhuis | NLD | 2’
A bird restaurant on a sandbank in the Wadden Sea lives to the rhythm of the tide. All visitors eat and are eaten, until a single footstep throws everything off balance.
Cloud Fish | Noe Garcia | BEL, FRA | 6’
A very tiny fish sails in a vast underwater city. Is he too small to see the world like the big ones do?
Enthusiasm | Alžběta Škrétová | CZE | 4’
Two little pigs (Tmavouš and Světlana) are enjoying a peaceful tea break in a clearing in the forest. However, a mosquito spots them, and it turns out that he's run out of blood supplies. So, he decides to replenish them on the two innocent pigs.
Timosha | Elena Malenkina | DEU | 11’
In the happy and peaceful world of the hedgehog Timosha, trouble suddenly comes. His life will never be the same again, and he will have to leave his cozy home. Will Timosha be able to understand and accept this? This story is about those who have been forced to leave their homes and start a new life.
Ravenera | Teodor Mladenov Ralev | BGR | 10’
In a dark messy burrow, a reclusive raven lives shut off from the outside world - until a spirited nightingale, an opera singer, moves into the floor above, disrupting his carefully kept peace. Their encounter moves the raven's heart, awakening creativity where there was once only silence. Through the metaphor of an unexpected muse, the story explores the tension between silence and song, chaos and creation. The raven, once isolated, finds new meaning in life through melody, sparked by the presence of the nightingale. Ravenera is a poetic tale about inspiration, the unexpected arrival of creativity, and the deeply personal, often ironic journey of artistic awakening.
Rub | Júlia Francino | PRT, ESP | 6’
When the school bell rings and the swarms of pencils fill the hallways, a group of pencils leaps out of their cases to do what they love most: draw! When Eraser discovers the beautiful lines and magnificent dance of her wooden companions, she won't be satisfied with just erasing;she wants to draw too! And she'll show us that there's always a way.
The Sky Was Candy | Anh Tú Nguyen | DEU | 3’
A yellow and blue day in the life of a little child
Into the Forest | Antonin Niclass | CHE | 10’
In a quiet stop-motion studio, a small monkey opens its eyes. Everything around it feels frozen. On a computer screen, a luminous jungle appears, distant, almost alive. With two companions, it begins to build one of its own, using whatever they can find. A jungle shaped by imagination, their only way out.
Found ! | Juliette Baily | BEL, FRA | 4’
As Anna wanders through the snow, she meets an unexpected playmate.
