Winter in MarchNatalia Mirzoyan
Estonia, Armenia, France, Belgium丨16'23''丨2025
A young Russian couple, feeling helplessness and sadness over the war, decides to leave their home for good. Their journey to Georgia becomes a surrealist nightmare. Their greatest fear - being separated at the border - catches up with them from an unexpected angle.
Jury's Statement: The documentation of reality and the abstract narrative beyond it combine to create this touching and profound work.
A Taste of BeerLi Xie
China丨05'30''丨2024
A son came home and told his father that he had won the school football game, so his father wanted his son's glory to be seen by everyone.
Jury's Statement: The boldly distilled forms of the characters merge with a similarly daringly sparse composition, depicting the entangled, stupefying emotions that pass between family members.
The Shyness of TreesSofiia Chuikovska, Loïck du Plessis d'Argentré, Lina Han, Simin He, Jiaxin Huang, Maud Le Bras, Bingqing Shu
France, Ukraine, China丨08'56''丨2024
Hélène, 40 years old, comes to visit her aging mother in the french countryside. But her mother isn't being her usual self. She seems to have formed a strange bond with the plants, insects, and the old oak tree at the end of her garden...
ShQi Duan
China丨07'51''丨2024
In this era of collective anxiety, in this silent era of self-identity crisis arises, I often feel that I am suspended above the world, everything is tasteless at the same time, but also want to do whatever I want. If we are isolated from reality, what would we do?
Jury's Statement: Painted in striking imagery and beautiful light, this film presents a bleak reflection on modern life. Beginning in an intimate apartment setting before guiding us through a cold, nameless city, the story finally turns inward again, leaving us with a surprising ending that is both dark and subtly humorous.
FilanteMarion Jamault
France丨08'49''丨2024
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish: to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants to understand what's wrong with her star.
This film received 64 votes from the audience, including children and parents, at the all-age screening of Feinaki Beijing Animation Week.
Desi OonSuresh Eriyat
India丨07'07''丨2025
The film explores the deep connection between Deccani wool, the land, and its people. Through the story of Balu Mama and his revered flock, the film contrasts a rich heritage with the modern neglect of India's native sheep and wool industry. In the face of this decline, it raises a poignant question: can the wisdom of the past inspire a future where shepherding and pastoral traditions are valued once again?
Jury's Statement: This is a stop-motion advocacy short animation that uses traditional Indian epic chant to narrate the story of rescuing an endangered Deccan sheep breed and the current plight of local wool waste in India. The characters, crafted from wool, are rustic yet spirited. The minimalist scenes, combined with exquisite lighting, sound design, and transitions, masterfully evoke the varied atmosphere of the Deccan region. The delicate, fluffy texture of the wool infuses the animation with warmth and healing. The language of the medium is striking, the narrative is richly layered, and emotion flows seamlessly through its chants and melodies. It celebrates the traditional wisdom of harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, possessing the unique expressive power and emotional impact characteristic of animation.
There is A WolfSaerom Seo
South Korea丨04'12''丨2025
In a world where ordinary people are called wolves, persecuted as useless and dangerous beings. But in reality, they are just adorable cats living their everyday lives.
Jury's Statement: Using a scroll-like narrative, the film expands animation's potential across the XYZ axes. Like an unfolding mandala, it transforms the "Six Realms" into a flowing timeline. Its cute surface hides details that suggest deeper orders and energies, quietly echoing the theme's "hidden mysteries". Rather than a grand spectacle, it relies on subtle structure and detail to reveal unexpected depth.
USA, China丨08'10''丨2025
In a rule bound boarding school, MiaoMiao receives a box of chocolate balls, a rare treat. As she clings to this small treasure, a mix of curiosity, doubt, and quiet rebellion begins to blur the boundaries between order and desire.
Jury's Statement: A little girl's chocolate childhood and the ritual with lines.
France, Luxembourg丨16'15''丨2025
After a long absence, Stasya returns to her hometown. She missed her father's funeral and had hard time meeting her elder sister. While sorting out family issues, Stasya meets a different local strangers on the way, they take her on a strange night trip.
Jury's Statement: An animation that is just the right amount of decadent and bizarre.
China丨16'54''丨2025
Every day, I peep at my neighbor, Kankan, through a small hole in my room. I enjoy this harmless hobby, as if he is living a life for me. However, after an unexpected nightmare, the reality around me starts to crumble. What's more frightening is the haunting truth that I now have to confront.
Jury's Statement: Watching this film felt like peering through a crack into someone's feverdream, though a gentle one. In this dream, lonely characters live isolated lives, surrounded by hoover robots, cockroaches, and fragments of memory. Its imagery, the voice, sound, and pacing create an atmosphere so tangible that I will not soon forget this world.
Poland丨15'00''丨2025
Nastia’s Zoom lessons on using a laptop for her mom are disrupted by unstable internet—and resurfacing family traumas.
Jury's Statement: The authentic portrayal of a mother-daughter relationship shaped by distance, distraction, and the desire to connect moved me deeply. It's a personal story that captures the scattered, media-filtered way we navigate each other and the world. What's unsaid between the two characters is as powerful as what is spoken, opening up our imagination to their larger story.
Estonia丨09'56''丨2025
To tame phenomena, you’re required to relinquish your control of chaos. A film on discussion and conversation, with animation, shifting between the paradigms of animation and ideas.
Jury's Statement: The film itself is like a primal scream about human impulse and emotion, unleashed through the powerful combination and metamorphosis of graphics, animation, and text.
France, the Netherlands, Portugal丨15'06''丨2025
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
Jury's Statement: As the film's unhurried pace gradually empties the viewer's consciousness, the complex, cascading memories of a single woman's life unfold, ultimately illuminating the essence of human dignity.
The Room in My Mind (non-AI)Weier Zhang
Magic HorseJinhan Guo, Yichun Xia