Synopsis: A huge egg washes up near the stream where two small forest spirits live. A duckling comes out and they decide to go on an adventure to bring him back to his mother.
Directed by:
Jeanne Audounet
Léa Burkart
Louis Herrero
Elio Humbert
Ariane Moulard
Marie-Lou Peyre
Maëlys Sabuco
Julien Vannet
Music by Arthur Troch.
Sound by Sébastien Fournier, Tristan Le Bozec, Yoann Poncet, José Vicente.
Voiced by Maëlys Sabuco and Julien Vannet.
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Synopsis: After arguing over an unexpected proposal, Carol is horrified to discover that her girlfriend Ray had turned into a butterfly. Will love prevail?
A short film by Zohar Dvir.
Butterfly Kiss screened at over 30 festivals worldwide, including the Chicago International Film Festival where it won the Gold Hugo Award and qualified for the Academy Awards.
Synopsis: A space marine named Wilson has built a life for himself after crash landing on an unknown planet. He lives peacefully with his best friend, a native creature.
Wilson becomes terminally ill and is forced to choose between returning to Earth for treatment and never seeing the creature again, or staying and succumbing to his illness.
Directed by:
Célia Safti
Emile Menard
Laura Martinelli
Lise Lett
Mallaury Labourse
Noah Ross
Romane La Rosa
Vincent Gleizes
Music by Inès Hadjla.
Sound by Guilhem Favard, Tristan Le Bozec, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.
Synopsis: A solitary fox finds itself improvising fatherhood for a freshly hatched baby bird. Two paths cross and a family is formed, until fate reminds each of the life it is meant to lead.
Directed by Sam and Fred Guillaume.
Synopsis: Paul, 30, relives his childhood memories spent with his grandfather through a flashback.
Directed by:
Léa Berbach
Fabien Bernard
Lou Buisson
Paola Couturier
Marine La Villa
Théo Nouare
Marie Pacreau
Abla Saigh
Music by Ronan Hinschberger.
Sound by José Vicente, Guilhem Favard and Yoann Poncet.
Voice cast:
Michel Elias as André
Hylan Kaczmarek as Paul
Lorenzo Théodore as Commentator 1
Jean-Michel Castan as Commentator 2, Zizouille
José Vicente as Ami 1
François Christol as Ami 2
Fabien Bernard as The Merchant
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Synopsis: In a world where Fairytales are forbidden, Nuage, a young knight, ignores his queen’s order and rescues an illustration. Forced to flee, the knight discovers the land of Fairytales and heads toward a distant tower identical to the one in the illustration.
Directed by:
Marine Gautier
Elise Hauton
Chanisse Langereau
Maé Murareci–Flaujat
Lucie Ouvrard
Fanon Rannou
Maya Van Cuyck
Music by Anne de Boysson.
Sound by Baptiste Leblanc.
Voiced by Juliette Cayatte and Juliette Degenne.
Synopsis: Jeff is a cowboy who arrives in a shoeless town. But Jeff refuses to take off his boots and engages in a dangerous chase where he will have to finally give up his boots and embrace his difference to live a better life.
Directed by:
Hugo Boyer
Maëlle Degremont
Corentine Dereli
Camille Deremy
Germain Joulaud
Jules Nouvelot-Giron
Roman Perrin
Jiaqi Zhang
Music by Bastien Nectoux.
Sound by Mickael Merrheim, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.
Voiced by Antoine Perrichon, Raphaël Chazel and Jules Nouvelot-Giron.
Synopsis: Bernard, a small and self-centered hermit crab, loses his shell and must now brave the many dangers of the beach.
An odd crab comes to his aid, helping him stay safe, and together they embark on adventures that bring them closer together.
Directed by:
Justine Aubert
Cassandra Bouton
Grégoire Callies
Maud Chesneau
Anna Danton
Loic Girault
Gatien Peyrude
Justine Raux
Music by Nans De Jesus.
Sound by Tristan Le Bozec, Yoann Poncet and Mickaël Merrheim.
Synopsis: In a massacred village, some of the inhabitants are abducted by strange creatures. As the only survivors, Cal and Vidalia set out to find them.
Directed by:
Camille Borg
Constance Cartaut
Diane Hamel
Tabatha Hugues
Morgane Jolivel
Emile Lachkar
Bastien L’Hourre
Enzo Regardin
Céline Soubrane
Music by Nuzroush.
Sound by Baptiste Leblanc, José Vicente and Yoann Poncet.
Synopsis: Mini Greta, our protagonist, wants to travel by public transport. This seemingly simple task gets complicated once she gets confronted with her fellow travelers.
Their rudeness moves Greta to the brink of her self control. It gets so bad that she unloads her anger on a tiny bird that is looking for a seat as well. What unfolds next is a drama that can only be ended by the next stop.
Directed by Alexander Dietrich and Johannes Flick.
Synopsis: During dinner, “the system” feeds the few who consume all the resources while the rest survive on scraps. Inevitably, the struggle for what remains leads to catastrophic change. The offspring of this transition turns out not to be a sign of hope, but the spitting image of the parents.
Written and directed by Nassos Vakalis.
Music by Kostas Christides.
Synopsis: If there’s one thing farmer Olga loves more than her pet pigs, it’s a pork chop.
When the pigs she butchers find that they can still influence events on the farm after their deaths, a vicious circle begins.
A fable about the price of greed and short-sighted thinking.
A short film by Thirza Ingold.
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.
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.
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.
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