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  • Three Birds

    2024 Adults 8 min

    by Zarja Menart

    A wise birdwoman sends three birds to guide a girl into the dark unknown landscapes of her inner world.

  • Catlands

    2024 All audiences 9 min

    by Ana Čigon

    A satire reflecting Europe’s political tensions through the relationships of neighbouring cats. In Catlands, a union of diverse feline territories, the peace is shattered by newcomers crossing borders. The local elites devise a clever plan to restore order — at the expense of a few innocent victims.

  • Sweet Like Lemons

    2023 16+ 5 min

    by Jenny Jokela

    Sweet Like Lemons (2023) is a visual reflection on getting out of a harmful relationship and moving on. The title is a play on the saying “when life gives you lemons make lemonade”, only in this case there is no lemonade to be made but the lemons still taste sweeter than what you left behind.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Octopus Banana Hotchpotch

    2023 All audiences 7 min

    by Milanka Fabjančič

    Lively and varied journey through the lives of Mila and Mara is a colorful adventure of two quite different life paths, that over the decades stays enriched and driven by sisterhood love.

  • Her Dress for the Final

    2023 Adults 9 min

    by Martina Meštrović

    One day my granny dyed her wedding dress black. She wanted to be buried in it.

  • The garden of heart

    2022 16+ 10 min

    by Olivér Hegyi

    Dániel Juhász, a young aspiring painter with low self-esteem, is in his last round of interviews at the painting department of the Academy of Fine Arts. While waiting for his interview, his demons appear to him in the form of garden pests.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Coming-of-Age
  • by Tess Martin

    A photograph is a window into the past, but sometimes, the border between past and present is not entirely clear. This stop-motion animation invites us to think about our relationship to time, by portraying one woman caught in the middle.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
  • Salute to the Sun

    2022 Adults 9 min

    by Darko Masnec

    An astronaut in love orbits around the sun absorbing its energy. But the sun is too big, causing their connection to break, and the astronaut must continue on his own. As he tries to return to his source of energy, he realizes there are others like him. What started out as a game, slowly turns into a love triangle. Shapes change, but their needs remain the same.

  • by Ivana Volda, Thomas Volda

    A waitress in her job is routinely serving coffee and thinking about escaping her reality. A patron keeps recording and replaying the sounds at the café, completely obsessed with this action. Apathy is a state of mind leading to stagnation, but are any of them aware that they are themselves examples of this state?

  • 11

    2022 Adults 5 min

    by Vuk Jevremović

    Three masters of football… They can perform wonders during the match and score impossible goals… but what happens in their heads when they are about to take penalty kicks?

  • My Father’s Damn Camera!

    2021 All audiences 7 min

    by Miloš Tomić

    A reckless boy desperately seeks the attention of his photographer father, whose obsession with his art creates both distance and connection between them. Through growing up amid this creative chaos, their bond slowly strengthens. Combining hand-drawn and stop-motion collage, the film journeys through the archive of Slovenian photographer Dragiša Modrinjak and the director’s own personal experience.

  • Nod. Wink. Horse.

    2020 Adults 5 min

    by Ollie Magee

    A film behind a horse. Obscuring the narrative. My act of self-destruction.

  • Cockpera

    2020 Adults 4 min

    by Kata Gugić

    Just a regular cock fight.

    • Comedy
    • Experimental
    • Musical
  • Arka

    2020 16+ 15 min

    by Natko Stipaničev

    A grandiose transoceanic cruise ship sailing the seas.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Tragicomedy
  • Imbued Life

    2019 16+ 12 min

    by Ivana Bošnjak, Thomas Johnson, Ivana Bošnjak Volda & others

    Imbued Life is a film about a young woman’s connection with the life force of nature. She uses her talent for taxidermy to “restore” the animals to their natural habitat. However, the true search for the answers begins when she starts finding a roll of undeveloped film in each of the animals she treats. Her obsession drives her to seek the explanation of the connection she feels, haunting her dreams, as well as her waking moments.

    • Drama
    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • A Cat Is Always Female

    2019 16+ 16 min

    by Martina Meštrović, Tanja Vujasinović

    Through a feminist lens, the authors are paying tribute to their teacher, one of the most important Croatian sculptors, Marija Ujević Galetović. In a combination of images and animation, Marija’s revitalised female sculptures convey their author’s life story and views.

    • Documentary
    • Experimental
    • Making of
  • One of Many

    2018 16+ 6 min

    by Petra Zlonoga

    I am one. One of many. One of everyone yet the only one. What is it that I am looking for, that always seems out of reach?

    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • Musical Traumas

    2018 16+ 10 min

    by Miloš Tomić

    Musical Traumas came to fruition as the result of the director’s obsession with music schools. It is a rhythmic compilation of traumatic, but amusing confessions of former students, as well as an attempt to visualise music with scrumptious, hand-drawn animation. The experiences may be documentary, but the image comes straight from the world of musical impressions.

    • Drama
    • Documentary
    • Musical
    • Abstract
    • Experimental
  • How Steel Was Tempered

    2018 Adults 12 min

    by Igor Grubić

    A father takes his son on a trip to an abandoned factory where he once worked. A seemingly small symbolic act turns into a moment of catharsis and introspection, re-establishing the relationship between the father and son.

  • Cyclists

    2018 Adults 7 min

    by Veljko Popović

    The cycling season is nearing its grand finale. During the final race, the two men in the lead are competing for more than the Grand Trophy; they are fighting for the affection of a lady and fulfilment of their erotic fantasies. Meanwhile, the small port town prepares for the arrival of a large ocean liner and its dashing captain. Inspired by the art of Vasko Lipovac, Veljko Popović created an animated short marked by unique aesthetics. Painted in vivid colours of summer and with a dash of the erotic, its is a comedy that captures the spirit of a small Mediterranean town.

    • Drama
    • Comedy
    • Romance
    • Abstract
    • Experimental