Professional Competition 2

1. Fetch 04:46 India 2025
   

   Directed:	Ayan Sinha
   Screenplay:	Amal Singha, Aryan Sinha
   Production:	Prakash Mehta, Amal Singha
   Dialogue Language:	Assamese, English

   
   

   In a sterile, screen-obsessed future, a young girl named Twinkle crosses paths with CD, a discarded but curious robot. Their chance encounter over a lost toy blossoms into a brief but powerful friendship, challenging the cold, mechanical world around them. Through play, laughter, and loss, FETCH tells a poignant story of connection in a disconnected world.

2. Metallic Hearts Ancient Earth 12:50 2025
   

   Directed:	Adrian Kulawik
   Screenplay:	Adrian Kulawik
   Production:	Adrian Kulawik
   Dialogue Language:	Polish

3. Confession of Hungarian Saints: Saint Irene of Hungary of the Árpád House / Magyar szentek vallomása: Árpád-házi Szent Piroska 09:30 2024
   

   Directed:	Sandor Bekesi
   Production:	Ferenc Mikulas
   Dialogue Language:	Hungarian

   
   

   We hear Saint Irene's final prayer, in which she recalls the most memorable events of her life.

4. Hungarian Folk Tales: The Prince and His Three Chums / Magyar népmesék: A királyfi meg a három cimborája 07:10 2025
   

   Directed:	Peter Bogyo
   Production:	Ferenc Mikulas
   Dialogue Language:	Hungarian

   
   

   The old king is unhappy about his son, so he sends him away to gain experience in the world. However, instead of managing on his own, the prince finds companions with special abilities who help him overcome the obstacles he encounters on his journey.

5. GASPAR 13:00 Chile 2025
   

   Directed:	ENRIQUE GUSTAVO TAPIA
   Screenplay:	ENRIQUE GUSTAVO TAPIA montero
   Production:	ENRIQUE gustavo TAPIA montero, BERNARDA ANDREA ARAYA TAPIA, ISIDORA PAZ TOBAR AHUMADA
   Dialogue Language:	English, Spanish

   
   

   "Gaspar" In the stillness of his routine, Gaspar an elderly man immersed in solitude repeats a daily gesture, heavy with meaning: he toasts with an empty glass in front of a general’s portrait. An imaginary wine that only appears when guilt surfaces, and the emotional abyss consuming him becomes unavoidable. Trapped in denial and regret over a difficult period in Chile’s history, his life seems frozen in suspended time. But an unexpected encounter with his past rekindles latent guilt and persistent remorse, forcing him to confront the emotions he has repressed throughout his existence. Set in a fragmented CHILE, Gaspar’s silent ritual speaks of absence, memory, and an emotionally divided country. This stop-motion short film, devoid of dialogue, is steeped in visual poetry. Through striking imagery and delicate symbolism, it explores the protagonist’s inner emptiness. Every element of the set from misaligned paintings to fragile textures and the wine that evokes unhealed wounds tells its own story. How many souls like Gaspar hide behind pride and silence?

6. Honeymoon / Lune de miel 06:39 France 2025
   

   Directed:	Arthur Chays
   Screenplay:	Arthur Chays
   Production:	Stéphane Roche, Élisabeth Martin, Morgane Cicolella
   Dialogue Language:	English, French

   
   

   In a world where fields and forests have been replaced by industrial activity and megalopolises, a young, hungry bee is desperate to find a flower to collect. She meets a greyish old pigeon who knows where to find ‘real flowers’. This unlikely pair embark on a long journey, at the end of which they will discover an unexpected truth.

7. what's in a lamp? 02:18 Italy 2024
   

   Directed:	Bennet Pimpinella
   Production:	Foscarini

   
   

   What’s in a Lamp explores the profound connection between light and life. The warm glow of the lamps envelops the characters, creating an intimate atmosphere where light is not only physical but emotional, offering protection and warmth. A visual narrative of connection and humanity, where light becomes a symbol of care and deep bonds.

8. “THE GARBAGE ISLAND” / Little Shorts - Let´s take care of our Planet 02:00 2025
   

   Directed:	Carolina Mariana Feity, Laura Fernandez, Hernan Pablo Suarez, Guillermo Palermo
   Production:	Maria Eugenia Muci, Juan Fernandez
   Dialogue Language:	Spanish

   
   

   “The Garbage Island” tells the story of a man rowing in the sea who discovers a massive island made entirely of plastic waste. This episode focuses on raising awareness about the increasing number of garbage islands forming across our oceans. Plastics are severely damaging our planet’s seas, rivers, and aquifers. They harm the plants and animals that live in these ecosystems—and they harm us, too. The purpose of this episode is to show that the only way to change this reality is through active involvement: by educating others about the importance of not littering, spreading awareness of the issue, and working together to clean up what has already been polluted.

9. Dobrina 05:00 Singapore 2025
   

   Directed:	Hannes Rall
   Screenplay:	Hannes Rall
   Production:	Hannes Rall
   Dialogue Language:	English, No Dialogue

   
   

   Lotte Reiniger meets Sergio Leone in this animated short, where desire burns as bright as the desert sun. A brand-new animated short that premiered in June 2025, successfully touring the festival circuit now.

10. The Archivist 10:36 Brazil 2025
    

    Directed:	Antonio Sergio Spagnol
    Screenplay:	Antonio Sergio Spagnol
    Production:	Antonio Sergio Spagnol
    Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

    
    

    A man who works in the public archives retires and begins to save his memories

11. Earth coal / Charbon de terre 12:44 2024
    

    Directed:	Bastien DUPRIEZ
    Screenplay:	Bastien DUPRIEZ, Antoine BEAGUE
    Production:	Richard VAN DEN BOOM
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    In the countryside of yesteryear, in the mines and factories, these men of the past seem to share the same sorrows. Something seems to resonate within us today, maybe it's just an illusion, or maybe it's just the humbleness of everyday life.

12. Any Way Out 09:56 2024
    

    Directed:	Alistair Kerr
    Screenplay:	Alistair Kerr
    Production:	Alistair Kerr
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A man is imprisoned for life on a remote Pacific island for a crime he didn’t commit…is there any way out?

13. How We Hamsters Die 06:05 United States 2025
    

    Directed:	Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov
    Production:	Mikayla Hatchell
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    A comedic 2D animated short film that tells the absurdly tragic stories of hamsters from the after-life. Built upon interviews & true stories, the film aims to entertain while promoting responsible pet ownership and proper treatment of hamsters. Prepare to laugh, cry, and gasp in shock as this mixed-media, documentary-style film takes a look into how and why this colorful cast of pet hamsters died.

14. Sappho / Safo 12:18 Brazil 2025
    

    Directed:	Rosana Urbes
    Screenplay:	Rosana Urbes
    Production:	Letícia Friedrich, Rosana Urbes
    Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

    
    

    “Sappho” is an animated short film, openly inspired by both the process of creating animated films, and by fragments of poems by Sappho (Island of Lesbos, 600 BC), the first female author known to the Western World. The surviving fragments of her poems reveal a connection with nature that inspires the aesthetics of the film: the characters are painted with natural inks, and the settings consist of stop-motion animation of plants and leaves collected in the park, and light, shot on a multiplane table. The narrative, in rhyming animated images, alludes to Sappho’s poetic expressions and the multiple readings of her figure throughout history.