Wettbewerb Neue Talente I
Justin FayardFrance, 2024 | 12:49 min | 2D, Paint-on-glassOnly yesterday, dragons were coming down to see what humans were doing in their valleys. Destroying everything in their path, we cursed them, in vain.
Mihaela MîndruFrance, 2025 | 10:20 min | 2DIn an isolated sanatorium on the shore of the Black Sea, a girl discovers a strange world governed by mysterious rules and unusual treatments. Little by little, she adapts, makes friends, and learns to live in this place suspended in time. One day, feeling unwell, she is sent to a small white house, far from the other children. There, the boundaries between dream and reality begin to blur. One night, together with her two companions, she decides to escape toward the sea. But once faced with the horizon, a truth becomes clear: being a child is not so simple, their freedom is not assured, and their story is far from the adventure they had imagined.
Adina Oana EnacheItaly, 2024 | 02:28 min | 2D„An explosive love story“ is an animated short film about two hunters who fall in love. Despite their passion, they cannot bring. themselves to accept their feelings.
Barbara SzczerbanowskaPoland, 2026 | 02:35 min | 2DKnown for his eccentricity and exceptionally long moustache, artist Felix Ambrosious Delacroix the 3rd gets asked about the secret behind his autoportrait. As he explains, it's crucial to begin the work a day before the deadline, on 2 hours of sleep and 12 cups of coffee. But what if the produced artwork still doesn't live up to your expectations? Well, you need to abandon all hope, curl up into a ball and begin... a performance.
Carolina CruzChile, Germany, 2024 | 10:00 min | Stop Motion, Cut-outSantiago, Chile, 1985. Camila and Paula, both 7 years old, are neighbors and best friends. Living amidst sweetness and bitterness, their lives, along with those of their families and their neighborhood, are shaped by the horrors of Pinochet's military dictatorship.
Gwenola HeckGermany, 2025 | 04:08 min | 2D, Stop MotionGaïa is a living planet whose body is inhabited by humans. As its resources begin to diminish, her inhabitants attempt to fertilise her egg to create another planet – a new habitat. But Gaïa intervenes and prevents their attempt at fertilisation.
Shinobu SoejimaJapan, 2024 | 11:00 min | Stop MotionIn a cave it awakes. It has the appearance of a human being, but it is nothing more than an empty puppet. As it comes into contact with insects, animals, grass, grain, and all other things in the surrounding world, it absorbs vitality and gradually becomes alive. As the boundaries between itself and others are blent, it realises the cycle of life and death.
Sam KuwaJapan, 2026 | 12:16 min | 2D, Sand, VR, paint on glassThe boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?
Abigél DérczyCzechia, 2025 | 03:34 min | 2DAbigél came from Hungary to the Czech Republic with one very important goal in mind: to learn the correct pronunciation of the most difficult letter in the world… rrržs, rrr, ržsr rhz... Ř! She looks for answers in the streets of the Czech capital and finds out that this letter is not just a matter of national pride, but also a source of unexpected emotions and personal dramas.
Hana TakuboJapan, 2025 | 05:42 min | 2DThe Dog spent peaceful, ordinary days — taking walks in the park, playing games on the computer, and sometimes going to the polling station. If everyone wishes for peace, why do people continue to fight?
Libi ZakIsrael, 2024 | 07:17 min | 2D, 3D, Stop MotionAfter nuclear devastation wipes out humanity, animals guided by radiant plants discover an ancient energy source in the desert. This revelation fulfills a prophecy, offering a path to righteousness and renewal as they seek to redefine their place in a world forever altered by war.
Adina Oana EnacheItaly, 2025 | 03:42 min | 2DDuring her husband’s wake, a grieving woman is drawn into a group of widows who tempt her toward a new beginning.
Antonio Lomas DomingoSpain, 2024 | 06:20 min | 2DIn a world where artists are tiny beings born from animals, a mockumentary explores the lives of four sisters hatched from bird eggs, who live completely isolated from civilization in what seems like an idyllic environment.
Roozbeh Gezerseh, Soraya ShamsiGermany, 2026 | 12:24 min | 2D, Cut-outUnder a rising dictatorship, a writer hides in his apartment, documenting the truth in quiet resistance. His neighbor chooses a different path, taking to the streets at night. When she’s in danger, he is the only witness – and must choose between silence and action.
Robinson DrossosFrance, 2024 | 07:26 min | 2DEchoes is a contemplative adventure into the depths of a noisy world. Guided by a distant melody echoing through concrete and rock, we follow a character wandering in the dark. Strange places take shape in the glow of his torchlight, and the sound of water droplets on the ground punctuates our footsteps. In the distance, we hear muffled music, where does it come from?
Mirjana BaloghHungary, 2025 | 10:14 min | 2DIn a world where ex-partners must swap a chosen body part after each break-up, every relationship leaves a visible mark. Disfigured and longing for wholeness, the protagonist encounters someone wearing their former ear – and begins a journey toward self-acceptance. A reflection on how relationships reshape us, inside and out.
TokaySwitzerland, 2025 | 09:40 min | Stop MotionInspired by an anecdote from booming Tokyo in the 1980s, the film tells the glamorous story of the real estate shark Akio Kashiwagi. Akio's great passion is illegal gambling in the underworld. An American is on his trail and tries to track down stolen money. He realizes that he can only win it back at the gambling table. The master gambler Akio accepts the challenge. However, he doesn't realize that his only really dangerous enemy in the game is himself with his insatiable greed for more and more.
Nadya NeoSingapore, 2025 | 03:58 min | 2DWhen the hands of the cuckoo clock strike, a wooden doll awakens to yet another cycle. Worlds shift, crumble, and rebuild as she searches desperately for a way out, yet time always rewinds before freedom can be reached. White Carousel is a 2D animated short that blends retro charm and dreamlike imagery in an allegorical exploration of memory, fate, and the haunting desire to escape endless repetition.
David SickGermany, 2026 | 02:30 min | 3D“Send nudes” is a 3D animated, comedic short film. The film is set in the end of the 16th century and is about two young lovers in a long distance relationship. They send each other love letters with a carrier pigeon, writing – well, what young hormone-driven lovers write each other. But since her parents are at home and don’t allow them to meet they can’t fulfill their fantasies together…. for now.
