Competition International Animation 2
Abdelrahman Dnewar, Saad DnewarEgypt, 2025 | 14:57 min | 2D, Live ActionMy Brother, My Brother explores the past live, shared by two identical twins: Omar and Wesam. A split narrative retells the two sides of their memories – from the instant they were fused together in their mother’s womb to the moment they are parted by the tragic death of one of them. A fragmented world of memories and dreams emerges, blurring the lines between reality and fiction, present and past, Omar and Wesam.
Maryna DovhanychUkraine, 2026 | 01:49 min | 2D40 years ago, this pine forest saw the Apocalypse. It resurrected once, but will it be able to resurrect after another Apocalypse?
Damir dado ŠušaCroatia, 2025 | 09:08 min | Stop-Motion...How the space forces of a small country headed to the newly discovered planet New Paradise as part of a space exploration program
Alex MaximovBelarus, 2025 | 05:11 min | 2D, LegetrickSome places in the world are better for business than others. And with the right skills, you don’t just meet demand – you create it.
Alice Eça GuimarãesPortugal, 2025 | 12:24 min | 2DIt's Saturday, and a woman struggles with the difficulty of reconciling her home life and her need to escape.
Alina MilkinaNetherlands, 2026 | 05:36 min | 2DTamara, a middle-aged immigrant woman, works as a metro cleaner. Her daily routine is interspersed by memories of her past life filled with dancing. One day, she breaks social norms by dancing in a subway car, shedding her invisibility and reclaiming her identity.
Mira YankovaBulgaria, 2025 | 06:23 min | 2DBefore our very eyes a strange human-bird hybrid undergoes constant transformation to cope with the omnipresent tensions of economical, ideological, military, and climatic threats.
Pieter SamynBelgium, Netherlands, 2025 | 13:43 min | 2DAt an art fair, a body is discovered with four stab wounds. Commissioner Ziggurat and Lieutenant Le Bon investigate the case, but without success. A facial composite of a suspicious canvas – drawn by a mechanical agent - eventually helps them on their way. They set a trap with a conceptual art manifesto as bait. The ruse works: the suspicious canvas shows up, but escapes. During the ensuing chase, commissioner Ziggurat disables the canvas with a crossbow. The 'perpetrator', an art student, is not arrested. According to Ziggurat, bad art is the real culprit.
