Primanima

Director(s)

Lea Vucko

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Slovenia

Production: Invida, Jaka Produkcija, CUB Animation, Octopics

Length: 20' 00''

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Synopsis

In a silent animated folktale rooted in Balkan mythology and told with the starkness of a feminist western, a young girl escapes the roles forced on her by disguising herself as a man. On her journey, she outwits devils, slays beasts, and earns the respect of kings—proving to the world that she has no fear. But her final test comes when she meets a shapeshifting dragon who sees what she’s tried to hide all along. The Girl Who Wasn’t Afraid of Bears is a story about courage, identity, and the quiet cost of becoming what the world expects.

Director(s)

Sara Murr

Film info

Year of production: 2026

Country of production: Lebanon

Production: Académie Libanaise Des Beaux Arts

Length: 04' 20''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

Alice and Eric are friends, until the day Eric calls Alice's hairy legs a jungle. Devastated, Alice asks her mother for advice, who then tells her to shave. After cutting herself with a razor, she gets her revenge in a daydream during class: she tortures Eric with hair removal tools, after learning that she will have to participate in this almost weekly process.

Director(s)

Rares Alexandru

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Netherlands, Romania

Production: Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam

Length: 03' 35''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

Subcultures are giving neglected spaces a new life. Until they collide with Job, who has a different vision for society. Slowly, the places that mean so much to people are turned into a gentrified, manufactured, capitalist ‘paradise’.

Director(s)

Madeline Babuka Black

Film info

Year of production: 2026

Country of production: United States of America

Production: California Institute of the Arts

Length: 04' 40''

Category: Student film

Synopsis

In this animated horror-meets-farce, Claire wakes up in a compromising position. Will she be able to survive without scarring her ego?

Director(s)

Kiana Naghshineh

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Germany

Production: ManicMonday GmbH

Length: 14' 18''

Category: First film

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Synopsis

In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.

Director(s)

Charlotte Saunders

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: France

Production: La Poudrière

Length: 04' 00''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

Dorian moves from one boring job to another. While working as a barman, he comes across a childhood friend.

Director(s)

Chloe Danguy

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: France

Production: Scalaé Productions

Length: 02' 22''

Category: First film

Synopsis

In a train carriage, Jeanne reads. A fellow passenger, despite her wishes, tries to engage her in conversation. Gradually, the other men in the compartment join in the unwanted exchange, complimenting and oppressing her. Trapped, Jeanne must find a way to rid herself of her aggressors. She grabs an empty bottle... Will she finally find peace? *Film inspired by the first page of the book 'A Man’s heart' written by Sarah Bernhardt.*

Director(s)

Anna Murie

Film info

Year of production: 2026

Country of production: France

Production: Émile Cohl School

Length: 03' 28''

Category: Graduation film

Synopsis

Corentin, a slender and reserved young man, comes across a video of a muscular, charismatic man encouraging him to go to the gym. Intrigued, he decides to check it out, but discovers a place with a strange atmosphere, where the members have a strikingly unusual appearance.

Director(s)

Mathilde Parquet & Emma Carré

Film info

Year of production: 2025

Country of production: Belgium, France

Production: Vivement Lundi !

Length: 16' 44''

Category: First film

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Synopsis

Claudie is absolutely passionate about her rather unusual job: scanning the cosmos for signs of extraterrestrial life, hoping to make contact. Completely absorbed in her mission, she gradually loses touch with those around her. To the point that reality itself could fades away from her…