Shorts: Animated

FearISH
Narrative • Iran • 2024 • 4 Minutes

Director: Soheila Madadi
Writer: Soheila Madadi
Producers: Soheila Madadi
A hungry fish searches for food in its aquarium, but its world is suddenly disrupted when it is struck by something unexpected.

Tigre
Narrative • Mexico • 2025 • 8 Minutes

Director: Maria Victoria Sanchez Lara
Writer: Maria Victoria Sanchez Lara
Producer: Sofia Badell
Tigre tells the story of a young man who ventures deep into the jungle, unaware that not everything is as it seems.

Cubosee: The Secret Garden
Narrative • Croatia • 2024 • 4 Minutes

Director: Filip Gašparović Melis
Producers: Dino Mileta
When a paper dragon escapes from his little friends, cow Moo, bear Bee and rabbit Doo have no idea that in searching for it they’ll discover a secret garden. What lies behind the closed doors?

Wandering
Narrative • Australia • 2024 • 3 Minutes

Director: Nuoya Ge
Writer: Nuoya Ge
Producers: Nuoya Ge
Shua is a unicorn who cannot be seen by others, trying their best to fit into the modern society.

Family Portrait of the Black Earth
Narrative • Bulgaria • 2024 • 10 Minutes

Director: Ivan Popov-Zaeka
Writer: Ivan Popov-Zaeka, Mihail Minchev, Yordanka Beleva
A loving husband’s quest to find a replacement breast for his cancer-stricken wife ends up in the botany books.

La Guerra Verde
Narrative • USA • 2025 • 8 Minutes

Director: Cassius Michael Kim
Writer: Cassius Michael Kim
Producers: Cassius Michael Kim
Spanish conquistadors invade a native village in what is now Colombia, sparking a generations-spanning conflict centered on greed, colonization and emeralds.

Hang
Narrative • USA • 2024 • 3 Minutes

Director: Sam Slowik
Work is always more enjoyable when you get to do it with good friends and loud music. Watch as Lego Man and Rig work on building the spaceship of their dreams while while rocking out to amazing music of Bad Crime. 

Autophagy
Narrative • UK • 2025 • 11 Minutes

Director: Edie Lawrence
Writer: Edie Lawrence
Producers: Edie Lawrence
A dystopian landscape pitches those who can afford to suffer from a spreading waterborne disease, and those who despise them.

Lil’ Somethin’ In: Clash With The Cube Demon
Narrative • UK • 2025 • 3 Minutes

Director: Dan Sollaccio
Writer: Dan Sollaccio
Producers: Dan Sollaccio
Lil’ Somethin’, a cartoony, little blob fellow, finds himself targeted by a planet-sized, cube-shaped demon that wants him dead! He must find a way to defeat the demon and save himself, though he has rather unusual problem-solving strategies.

Roadkill
Narrative • UK • 2025 • 3 Minutes

Director: Colleen Goldberg
Writer: Colleen Goldberg
Producers: Colleen Goldberg
Roadkill is a short comedy that proves opposites really can attract.

Crac!
Narrative • France • 2025 • 15 Minutes

Director: Dimitri Martin Genaudeau
Writer: Dimitri Martin Genaudeau
Producers: Clémence Crépin Neel & Igor Courtecuisse
Under the intrigued gaze of a lonely beetle, a hiker pitches her tent at the foot of the tree to spend the night, while a group of forest rangers mark with a red line the trees to be cut down.

Cell Buddies
Narrative • Netherlands • 2025 • 5 Minutes

Director: Melle Windig
Writer: Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas
Producers: Sint Joost School of Art & Design
A grumpy raccoon and a sweet manatee team up for a messy prison escape—and discover friendship along the way

Retirement Plan
Narrative • Ireland • 2025 • 7 Minutes

Director: John Kelly
Writer: John Kelly, Tara Lawall
Editor: John Kelly
Producers: Andrew Freedman, Julie Murnaghan, Emma Scott, Pauline MacNamara
Cast: Domhnall Gleeson

At apathy with his life, Ray dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.