Fin People by Veronika Hozjan

Title: Fin People
Original title: Plavutarji
Year of production: 2026
Running time: 9 min 42 sec
Country of production: Slovenia, Croatia
Target audience: 9+
Premiere: –
Technique: 2D Computer Animation
Language: No Dialogue

Director: Veronika Hozjan
Production company: URGH !, DAGIBA
Co-production: RTV SLOVENIJA, KINOTEKA, NuFrame
Producer: Viva Videnović, Timon Leder
Sales / Distribution Company: Bear With Me Distribution

Request screener: Bear With Me Distribution

Synopsis:
A city is flooding. People flee or adapt to the new reality—by plunging into the water and miraculously growing fins. An old shoemaker struggles to carry on his way of life—fishing from the flooded streets the fin people’s discarded shoes. His wife, who suffers in silence watching her husband’s refusal to change, is slowly being seduced by the “siren song” of the fin people’s carefree attitude. As the waters rise, a decision must be made. Will they follow the others? Is there another way?