Professional Competition 6

1. The Year in the Wind 06:20 2026
   

   Directed:	Chih Hao Shen
   Screenplay:	Chih Hao Shen
   Production:	LI HUNG WANG, MFX Films
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Through wind, grass, clouds, and changing seasons, this contemplative animation explores the interdependence of human life and the natural world, reflecting on shared environments, life cycles, and our place on Earth.

2. Entelechy / Entelequia 03:32 Chile 2025
   

   Directed:	Marcos Sánchez
   Screenplay:	Marcos Sánchez, Patricio Escala
   Production:	Marcos Sánchez, Patricio Escala, Marisol Campillay, Eduardo Fuenzalida
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   An anxious monster spots a bug and is convinced it has crawled out of his mind. What begins as a simple chase turns into a spiraling adventure through impossible landscapes, where nothing stays still — not even his sense of self.

3. Central-Mart 11:47 2025
   

   Directed:	Alicja Błaszczyńska
   Screenplay:	Alicja Błaszczyńska
   Production:	Piotr Furmankiewicz, Mateusz Michalak

   
   

   Six egoists and one store. Central-Mart is a dark comedy telling a story of few individuals who through their malice and ruthlessness fall into spiral of absurd events. Their lives entwine and create a web of grotesque occurences, mosty because of their egoism, slyness and ignorance. Regardless if they're too picky, too cunning or too self- absorbed, every action pushes them towards an inevitable catastrophy.

4. Little Benjamin's Dream / O sonho do menino Benjamim 14:00 2026
   

   Directed:	Rodolpho Pinotti
   Screenplay:	Luís Alberto de Abreu
   Production:	Rodolpho Pinotti
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   Animation | Stop motion | 2026 | 14 min | Color | Brazil Biographical Drama; Family; Fantasy. Logline: Born in a Brazil still under the shadow of slavery, a Black boy finds within the enchantment of a traveling circus the path to reinvent his destiny and become one of the country’s greatest clowns Born free to an enslaved mother and a slave hunter, a Black boy sees his life transformed when he becomes enchanted by the world of a traveling circus. Between hardship and wonder, Benjamin discovers in performance the dream of becoming one of Brazil’s most important Black clowns. A fable of resilience, imagination, and art.

5. Mirror Illusions / 镜像幻想 02:20 2026
   

   Directed:

   Zhong LONG

   
   

   A spirit glides through the crowds in the sky and finds back her body on the ground.

6. Brave Soldier 03:30 2026
   

   Directed:	Sejun Hwang
   Screenplay:	Sejun Hwang
   Production:	Sejun Hwang

   
   

   Every soldier stationed along the frozen front wears a mask shaped in the face of a fearless warrior. Here, fear must remain hidden, and courage must be proven again and again. Among them is a timid, sensitive young conscript who grips his rifle while concealing his true face behind the same heroic expression. When a mysterious and devastating bombardment engulfs the position, the soldiers disappear one by one into smoke and debris. Overcome with terror, the young soldier falls to the ground, shattering his mask. For the first time, the vulnerable face beneath it is exposed. Brave Soldier is an allegory for the nameless young conscripts forced to wear the face of courage. Behind every heroic mask was an ordinary young person who felt fear, found joy in beauty, and longed to live. Before war could make them heroes, it cut down their youth like flowers at the height of their bloom.

7. Space Adventures of Egor / Космические приключения Егора 07:41 Russian Federation 2025
   

   Directed:	Nikita Petrov
   Screenplay:	Nikita Petrov, Sofia Feoktistova
   Production:	Alexander Gerasimov, Valeriy Ryabin

   
   

   Space traveler Egor crashes on an unknown planet. His ship accidentally blocks the only source of water in the local savannah, and the locals don't like it. To right the wrongs and reconcile the rivals, they will have to work together.

8. THREE-HUNDRED-HOUR-NIGHTS 11:10 2026
   

   Directed:	Michele Bernardi
   Screenplay:	michele bernardi
   Production:	michele bernardi
   Dialogue Language:	Italian

   
   

   A man dies. Now. Together with him, the world collapses, chocked by a collective trauma. Ideologies, faith in progress, and trust in the future itself are devoured by silence, emptiness, and absurdity — tthe only response to humanity’s political and moral failure... Last breath. Last heartbeat. The end.

9. ECOCIDE / ECOCIDIO 09:00 Argentina 2025
   

   Directed:	Aldana Loiseau
   Screenplay:	Aldana Loiseau
   Production:	Aldana Loiseau, Juan Cruz Torres
   Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

   
   

   A short film animated with fresh mud about the history of Ecocide seen through the eyes of Pachamama, an old woman made of mud who feels hot and cannot sleep, discovers that the global temperature is very high. She is saddened to see the number of naturalized actions that harm the environment in addition to recognizing that human beings are unable to modify their actions. Pachamama in northern Argentina has a strong presence within the Andean worldview and is strongly positioned within the spiritual life of the population. Handcrafted in Stop Motion with mud from the rivers of Jujuy. This technique is challenging to animate because it requires agile animation without interruptions to prevent the material from drying out and changing shape.

10. You're a part of me 03:03 Poland 2026
    
    

    A short film about the relationship between humans and Nature

11. Eating Time 16:20 2025
    

    Directed:	Mari Kivi
    Screenplay:	Mari Kivi
    Production:	Kerdi Oengo, Märt Kivi
    Dialogue Language:	No Dialogue

    
    

    After an explosion, an elderly woman finds herself in a shoemaker's workshop. She embarks on a journey through a labyrinth of floors, living simultaneously in the here and now and in the dusty past. On her journey to her childhood, she meets her past self and passes through rooms of her memory lane. As a young girl, she swallowed a key that opened a door to an endless maze of passageways. Once trapped in a room of the past, she must perform an equivalent eating ritual to trigger a time shift and continue her journey through long corridors and more rooms. Back in childhood, the woman tries to eat her way through time again, but the inexorable rhythm of the machinery of life keeps on ticking.

12. Winter in March 16:22 Estonia 2025
    

    Directed:	Natalia Mirzoyan
    Screenplay:	Natalia Mirzoyan, Daria Nikitina
    Production:	Kadriann Kibus, Armine Harutyunyan
    Dialogue Language:	Russian

    
    

    Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home — an escape that turns into a surreal nightmare.