Student Competition 6

1. A Home Without Wall Frame 03:35 2025
   

   Directed:	Edsel Gasmen
   Screenplay:	Edsel Gasmen
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   A refugee attempts to rebuild his life by hanging picture frames—images of his past, his family, and treasured memories. Each frame represents a moment he refuses to forget. But no matter how many times he tries, the frames won’t stay up. The space around him seems unwilling to hold them, resisting any sense of permanence. Still, he does not give up. Driven by love and memory, he searches for another way to preserve what he holds dear. In the silence of his struggle, he discovers that strength isn't always loud—it often lies in quiet persistence and creative hope. A Home Without Wall Frame is a poetic animated film about memory, loss, and the power of resilience. The story invites viewers to reflect on what it means to find hope in impermanence and how even the most fragile spaces can become powerful grounds for healing, love, and remembrance.

2. GUTTER: THE LEGACY 03:56 Belgium 2025
   

   Dialogue Language:

   English

   
   

   Son of a legendary hero, Gutter finds himself unwillingly drawn into his father's adventures. But between fear and clumsiness, nothing will go as planned.

3. THE DAY I LICKED A PEBBLE / LE JOUR OÙ J'AI LÉCHÉ UN CAILLOU 06:35 2025
   

   Directed:

   Flavie Eliézer, Chloé Bernuchon, Goli Atefi, Maud Kolasa, Nathan Jauze, Marie Pijollet

   
   

   On an ordinary summer afternoon in the countryside, three siblings bored at their grandma’s house, decide to go to the bakery to get snacks.

4. TRASH 06:51 2024
   

   Directed:

   Gregory BOUZID , Maxime CRANÇON , Robin DELAPORTE , Mattéo DURAND, Romain FLEISCHER, Alexis LE RAL, Margaux LUTZ, Fanny VECCHIE

   
   

   In a dark alley, a scrawny rat has no choice but to fight with a pigeon for a small slice of pizza. Without a second thought they throw themselves in a vertiginous chase from the top to the bottom of the street.

5. Eden Farewell 02:37 2025
   

   Directed:

   George Cook

   
   

   A disheveled creature finds sanctuary in a majestic paradise, only to bear witness to its oblivion.

6. The Legend of Tuan Tapa and The Two Dragons 15:35 Indonesia 2025
   

   Directed:	Hatta Zuhri Ramadhan
   Screenplay:	Hatta Zuhri Ramadhan
   Dialogue Language:	English

   
   

   When two exiled dragons rescue a lost child from the sea, they seek the guidance of Tuan Tapa, a giant hermit, to raise her as their own. But as the child grows, the truth of where she comes from finds its way back to her.

7. Bursting at the Seams / Pelas Costuras 03:42 2024
   

   Directed:	Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues, Daniela Tietzen
   Dialogue Language:	Portuguese

   
   

   Narrations of 3 women about their experiences, their inner fight with being feminine and masculine, and their accepting journeys. A movie about girlhood and accepting ourselves, as women.

8. Playball 03:07 Honduras 2025
   

   Directed:

   Santiago Carlo Pineda

   
   

   An experimental animated short exploring a diverse range of animation styles, seamlessly blending techniques to create a visually dynamic.

9. Konundrum 03:36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2025
   

   Directed:	Milica Puzic
   Screenplay:	Milica Puzic
   Production:	Goran Puzic

   
   

   Jurij drinks wine and smokes cigarettes as time passes. The ceiling begins to ripple, sucks him in, and he surfaces in a glass held by a larger version of himself. The cycle begins, where the smaller Jurij tries to call the larger one.

10. As many words as I know / Tyle słów ile znam 11:30 2024
    

    Directed:	Wanda Nejman
    Screenplay:	Wanda Nejman
    Dialogue Language:	Polish

    
    

    Creature born in cosmic space starts using language while having noone who could speak it as well; in order to find a person with a similar mind the creature develops a unique way of travelling accross galaxies, only to find out their place is as much everywhere as it is nowhere

11. Morella 07:48 Argentina 2025
    

    Directed:	Sofia Carolina Barrientos Ciancia, Micaela Canestrari Wisdom
    Screenplay:	Sofia Carolina Barrientos Ciancia
    Production:	Escuela Davinci
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    In a secluded house in the middle of the forest Morella lives with Truello. Their lives appears to be monotonous and out of the ordinary but while Truello leaves throughout the day, he obliges Morella stay behind. As the days passes, Morella begins to notice that not everything it's what it seems and Truello's overbearing personality goes further than being a little controlling of her. If Morella wants to escape, she must find the key to her freedom and get her true light back.

12. Pinky Promise / Promis Juré 06:59 2025
    

    Directed:	Marion Valls
    Screenplay:	Marion Valls, Valeria Martinez Espinosa, Ayla Petit
    Production:	Prune Bonavides, Joan De Camaret
    Dialogue Language:	French

    
    

    Lyra, a six-year-old girl, dreams of reaching the sky. With her quirky handmade inventions, she is determined to reach the clouds while her mother tries in vain to keep her grounded. Guided by her wild imagination, she embarks on a dizzying journey where reality and illusion blend together. A poetic odyssey seen through a child’s eyes — between what is said and what remains unspoken.

13. Waves 04:00 2025
    

    Directed:

    Jason Raymond

    
    

    While a young boy tries to wash off the gold appearing on his skin in the ocean, his father challenges him to see its value.

14. Cylinder / Цилиндр 02:17 Russian Federation 2025
    

    Directed:	Александр Сергеевич Рыбин
    Dialogue Language:	English, Russian

    
    

    Fantasy on the theme of the fairy tale "Teremok". The poet, passing through the Orel province, loses his top hat. The hat creates its own ecosystem, made up of books and costumed animals. When Pushkin returns for his hat, all he finds is a library!

15. Fountain (Chawk) / Chawk 13:00 Iran, Islamic Republic of 2025
    

    Directed:	Hazhir As'adi
    Screenplay:	Hazhir As'adi
    Production:	Hazhir As'adi, Sina Aubi, Afsaneh Ghorbani
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    Logline: A middle-aged man finds his lost love after years of living among urban people with ugly faces. لاگ لاین: آپاراتچی میانسال پس از سال ها زندگی در میان مردمان شهری با چهره های دفرمه عشق دوران نوجوانی خود را پیدا می کند. Synopsis: A middle-aged man who is a projectionist of a small-town cinema meets his teenage love after many years. The faces of all the residents of the city are deformed and only crying will make their faces return to their normal form.

16. Copy Paste Human 02:45 Czechia 2025
    

    Directed:	Vojtěch Papuga
    Dialogue Language:	English

    
    

    The paths of two middle aged men collide near a trash can. Their following interaction is brief, but it leaves both of them with a serious identity crisis.

17. KEY, SEA, PARACHUTE / КЛЮЧ, МОРЕ, ПАРАШЮТ 06:33 Russian Federation 2025
    

    Directed:	Maria Alekseeva
    Screenplay:	Maria Alekseeva

    
    

    A short animated film about three friends who really like to relax in wild places. They decide to spend a serene vacation on a secluded beach on a spit in the sea. But there are local wildlife animals on the shore who are unhappy with the new neighbors.

18. Tomorrow / Завтра 03:08 Russian Federation 2025
    

    Directed:	Maria Mityaeva
    Dialogue Language:	Russian

    
    

    Animated mixed media music video of the group Otmel, song “Tomorrow”