World festival of first animations
October
15-18
2025
hu en

Young Directors Competition 3

01 Between the Gaps

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Director(s)

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Martin BONNIN

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: France

Production: La Poudrière

Length: 04' 07''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

Clément receives a telephone call from Tessa. It's been a long time since they last spoke. As nightfall approaches, he gets lost in the city.

02 The Knots of Destiny

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Director(s)

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Déborah CHANG

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: France

Production: ISCID, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès

Length: 07' 31''

Category: Graduation film

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Synopsis

My name is Déborah Chang and I was born in the Paris region on 29 March 2000. At that time, China’s one-child policy was still in force. Through my mother's testimony, I start finding out more about this law.

03 Paper Dream

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Director(s)

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Laura BORÁROS

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Czech Republic

Production: FAMU - Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts

Length: 04' 25''

Category: Student film

Synopsis

Man can not sleep because of his noisy neighbours, so he decides to take a look on their night lives.

04 Urosh

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Director(s)

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Mato ULJAREVIĆ

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Montenegro

Production: DOK produkcija, Protos film

Length: 07' 31''

Category: First film

Synopsis

Done in expressive, hand-made charcoal animation, surreal fragments from the life of an unusual artist are shown. While burying his drawings, he recalls his wartime childhood and faces his fear of death.

05 Bloody Mess

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Director(s)

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Megan WENNBERG

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Canada

Production: Megan Wennberg

Length: 09' 20''

Category: First film

Synopsis

When my period went nuts, I thought my Uterus was out to get me because I haven't given it a baby. It turns out I had fibroids. "Bloody Mess" is a short, personal, animated documentary about my journey through the medical system to try and stop the bleeding.

06 Being and Nothingness

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Director(s)

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Jiwoo KIM

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Korea, South

Production: Kookmin University

Length: 06' 34''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

A poetic animation tracing one person's journey through diverse landscapes and fragments of life, expanding to reveal a poetic meditation on existence, cycles, and the interconnectedness of all beings across the globe.

07 Narcissus and Echo

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Director(s)

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Franciska GORETITY

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Hungary

Production: METU - Budapest Metropolitan University

Length: 06' 36''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

At first glance, Narcissus, the painter, and his model, Echo, seem happy. Even though she believes she is ugly, she appears beautiful in the painting. In return, Narcissus becomes a better artist. However, he begins to treat her with increasing cruelty.

08 Duck Broth

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Director(s)

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Maria DAKSZEWICZ

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Poland

Production: Łódź Film School

Length: 04' 41''

Category: Student film

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Synopsis

Exhausted from the night's adventures, a man takes a bath and enters into dialogue with a rubber duck. Together, they roam through the events of the previous evening, in a hunger infused exploration of the urban eateries.

09 Fish-thinking

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Director(s)

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Tobias RUD

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Denmark

Production: Tobias Rud

Length: 01' 25''

Category: First film

Synopsis

A man overthinks at sea.

10 Szilva and Baga

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Director(s)

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Dominika Demeter

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Hungary

Production: MOME - Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design

Length: 10' 28''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

After the death of Szilva's mother, she escapes into her dreams, until the day she meets an old witch named Baga. The witch takes the gir, tasking her with guarding the life-giving fire at night. Together, they explore the witch's dreams during the day, and in the end, both find acceptance: the girl matures into adulthood, while the witch embraces her mortality.

11 Sphere Supreme

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Director(s)

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Hasan PASTACI

Film info

Year of production: 2024

Country of production: Belgium

Production: KASK Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Ghent

Length: 05' 02''

Category: Graduation film

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Synopsis

Follow Arama, guided by a mystical pomegranate tree, meeting a mysterious man. Along the way, Arama faces parts of himself, slowly putting together the puzzle of his identity. But before he is able to put everything together, will he manage to keep himself in one piece?

12 God is Shy

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Director(s)

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Jocelyn CHARLES

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Production: REMEMBERS

Length: 15' 00''

Category: First film

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Synopsis

During a train ride, Ariel and Paul pass the time sketching their deepest fears. Their game takes an unexpected turn when Gilda, a mysterious passenger, intrudes on their exchange. Yet, her relationship with fear seems far less innocent than their playful drawings.