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Short Film Spotlight: Minus Plus Multiply

Synopsis: With containers serving as a motif and a metaphor for a safe space, the story revolves around the protagonist’s self-exploration and healing journey, examining the connection between emotion and environment.

The film attempts to construct a poetic narrative and psychological self-portraits through experimentation in 2D animation, stop-motion, and sound.

By applying pottery and clay, it reflects sensibility, fragility, and fragmentation of identity.

A short film by Chu-Chieh Lee.

Minus Plus Multiply screened at festivals worldwide and won numerous awards, including Best Animation at the Golden Harvest Awards, Jury’s Choice Award at the Thomas Edison Film Festival and Best Short Film at the Imaginaria Animated Film Festival.

Short Film Spotlight: A White White Day

Synopsis: This is a film about the depth and beauty of the smallest events. A leaf fell from a tree, a car drove past and raised clouds of dust, and a water strider beetle glided silently through the water like a small skater.

Written, directed and animated by Vasily Chirkov.

Art directed by Lilya Niauri.
Music by Sasha Chirkov.
Compositing by Ilya Yudovich.
Produced by Tatiana Kachoutina, Boris Machkovcev and Anastasia Pavlovitch.

Short Film Spotlight: Ratzia

Synopsis: A clever cat and two forgetful rats decide to rob a grocery store at night. Perilous obstacles and the terrifying threat of the grocer stand between them and the delicious ham.

Directed by:
Laurie Garnier
Nicolas Gouze
David Guerin
Timothée Mano
Matéo Marie
Lara Roulot
Lorena Sautre
Corentin Vergez
Emmanuelle Zamo

Music by Luc Scholz.

Sound by Sébastien Fournier, Tristan Le Bozec, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Short Film Spotlight: The Cactus

Synopsis: Troubled by a severe nervous system disorder, a man finds himself paralyzed in a remote and hostile environment after an accident. His situation takes new directions as he surrenders and accepts his new reality.

Directed by Ricardo Kump.

Inspired by the short story “Ser Polvo” by Santiago Dabove.

The Cactus screened at festivals worldwide and won Best Latin American Short Film at Anima Latina, Best Fantasy Short Film at Festival de Cine Latinoamericano de La Plata and Best Horror Short Film at World Festival of Animated Film Varna.

Short Film Spotlight: Baggage

Synopsis: Three girlfriends check in their baggage at the airport, but one is carrying a little more than the others. As they travel along the conveyor belt to security, can she hide what’s inside?

Written and directed by Lucy Davidson.

Baggage won Best Animation at the Peninsula Film Festival (2025) and screened at SXSW and Sydney Film Festival, among others.

Short Film Spotlight: The Bleacher

Synopsis: The disappearance of her sock at a local laundromat sends a fragile Rita over the edge.

Hellbent on finding it, she searches deep and gets sucked into a washing machine, entering an otherworldly cycle from which she may never escape.

The Bleacher premiered at Sundance and screened at SXSW and Annecy, among others.

Written and directed by Adam Wilder and Nicole Daddona.

Starring Kate Micucci, Ben Sinclair and Sky Elobar.

Animated by Barney Abrahams.
Edited by Adam Wilder and Barney Abrahams

Original score by Josh Ascalon.
Sound design by Josh Ascalon and Sacha Ratcliff.

Short Film Spotlight: Beyond the Dust

Synopsis: A robot vacuum cleaner tries to escape his luxury building.

Directed by:
Alexia Ameline
Marin Benitez
Lucien-Paul Bigey
Marine Dupuy
Benjamin Hack
Matteo Michel
Salomé Quillien
Juliette Vignollet

Music by Grégory Allison.

Sound by Sébastien Fournier, Tristant Le Bozec, Yoann Poncet and José Vicente.

Short Film Spotlight: Death was at the Rendez-Vous

Synopsis: While trying to save a lost dog, a clumsy detective finds himself in the middle of in an assassination attempt. Will he manage to stop this murder?

Directed by:
Yeshrita Gokool
Margot Perez
Antoine Lefebvre
Edgard Trouvay
Viktoriia Shtykova
Vanille Meslin
Natacha Bergez
Manon Aguettaz

Music by Benoit Aloïs.

Sound by Mickaël Merrheim, Théo Boin, Tristan Le Bozec, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.

Voiced by Emmanuelle Fauchet, Colin Hill and José Vicente.

Short Film Spotlight: Porous

Written and directed by Cecilia Reeve.

Synopsis: In a dreamlike narrative, a woman takes a bath and reflects on her past experiences. Submerged in the water, she enters a space outside of time.

The film is an existential meditation on the boundaries between the body and the outside world, between water and skin.

Porous combines traditional frame-by-frame animation with paint on glass, gouache, and digital animation.

Short Film Spotlight: A Kind of Testament

Written and directed by Stephen Vuillemin.

Synopsis: A young woman comes across animations on the internet that have clearly been created from her private selfies. An unknown female with the same name confesses to identity theft. But death is quicker than the answer to the question: “Why?”

A Kind of Testament premiered at Berlinale (2023) and went on to screen at over 150 festivals, winning 47 awards.

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