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Student films

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  • GOODBYE ROBIN!

    2020 Adults 6 min

    by Sophie Barocas, Emilie Damiens, Dongsan Kim & others

    As he looks at a flower, Mika is reminded of his childhood, and feels a creature awaken inside his head: a giant stuck in apathy. Also coming awake is another creature, full of wonder: Kai. Trapped inside the giant, Kai discovers countless memory bubbles and starts collecting them. With their help, she guides the giant through releasing his emotions – and Mika through finally accepting the loss of his childhood friend.

    • Drama
  • Ministry of Good News

    2025 Adults 1 min

    by Jonáš Urbánek

    To learn how to process bad news and face adversity in life, you undoubtedly need some skills. In this short humorous film, probably loosely inspired by Inside Out and Inside Out 2, we get to see the mental processes of an unfortunate person and hopefully get some tips on what to do.

    • Comedy
  • Johuš Matuš: Pařezy

    2025 Adults 3 min

    by Julie Černá, Lene Lekše

    On a night walk, a couple in love come across a frog who’s definitely not interested in their attention. The frog, her child and other creatures of the forest rather allow themselves to be carried away by the wild rhythm of the electronic music by Czech performer Johuš Matuš, secretly hoping that the uninvited guests will leave soon. The music video’s co-director Julie Černá worked with Johuš Matuš on her acclaimed film The Stone of Destiny.

    • Music video
  • Meluzína: Hlasy Meluzín

    2025 Adults 5 min

    by Viktor Klemša

    A charming touch of craftsmanship, carefully chosen colour palette and the quiver of cutout animation particularly evident in animated flames make this music video a suggestive spectacle. By repeating distinctive motifs to the hypnotic tones of the song, it acts as an audiovisual spell.

    • Music video
  • Parmelia

    2024 Adults 2 min

    by Tereza Burianová

    Were we equals, or were some of us just using others? This non-narrative film explores the possibilities of textile materials and techniques in conjunction with the moving image. A musical composition by the artistic duo Nadváha is stitched by the repetitive sound of a sewing machine.

    • Non-narrative
  • Plumkanie

    2020 Adults 3 min

    by Konrad Ożgo

    A short and captivating non-narrative animation by Polish filmmaker.

    • Non-narrative
  • Devadasi

    2025 Adults 2 min

    by Zuzana Hodulová

    In India, cultural practice requires young girls to be dedicated to a Hindu temple, becoming temple dancers, serving its deity and priests for life. At the dedication ceremony they receive Muttu – a red and white necklace symbolizing their status. In a few short minutes, the director succeeds in building an oppressive atmosphere by using, among other things, traditional Indian music.

    • Drama
  • My Amazing Film

    2025 Adults 11 min

    by Adam Zahradník

    Individual schizophrenically narrated episodes take us through the instrumentalisation of life by creating pulp (mirroring the film itself) and personifying a machine. The film is rooted in the director’s infinite hatred of computers and, in a deeper sense, explores the boundaries of resistance in the digital age.

    • Experimental
    • Abstract
  • Dinosaurs

    2013 Adults 5 min

    by Thuy Linh Dao Thi

    The movie tell about dinosaurs, people and life in general.

    • Comedy
  • CHRONIQUES DE L’EAU SALÉE

    2021 All audiences 8 min

    by Tamerlan Bekmurzayev, Antoine Carre, Rodrigo & others

    Under the last summer days sun’s, a young man gets ready to leave his family home.

    • Drama
    • Family
  • The Gift

    2017 Adults 2 min

    by Andrea Szelesová

    There is always an alternative solution. The Gift is a dark comedy short short created in my second year at FAMU as a "blackout" format exercise.

    • Comedy
  • Q

    2024 All audiences 7 min

    by Masataka Kihara

    Q was created as Kihara's 2024–25 graduate film project in the Graphic Design graduate program at Tama Art University.

    • Drama
    • Romance
  • The Story of a Tornado

    2013 All audiences 6 min

    by Veronika Kocourková

    The Story of a Tornado is a film which shows how the real tornado is created through the story of family of molecules.

    • Tragicomedy
  • Part Blue

    2010 All audiences 4 min

    by YungSung Song

    The blue evolves. The blue rises toward the upper world. The blue becomes green and then yellow, which makes things unstable. So red circle appears to bring into balance between blue and yellow. These three colors unite into one, which rises until the summit, over the boundary line, and becomes a white circle to a full stop. And then it returns to the first state.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • What’s that smell?

    2019 Adults 3 min

    by Yinan Liu

    The world is filled with smells -- good smells, nasty smells, nasty but good smells, addictive smells, captivating smells, reminiscent smells, and so many more. What's that smell?

    • Family
  • QQQ

    2012 All audiences 8 min

    by YungSung Song

    hree Qs and more make QQQ. QQQ spin and roll. And QQQ transform themselves, spinning. QQQ transform, spinning, rolling, swinging, turning and traveling.

    • Experimental
    • Non-narrative
  • Alienhuman

    2022 Adults 5 min

    by Pang Wen

    This omnibus animated work is based on the comics series by Yuewei Wang, including four episodes of Pearl, The Goldfish, Ocean, and Hole. We are, after all, aliens to anyone not ourselves.

    • Sci-Fi
  • Borderlines

    2015 All audiences 5 min

    by Hanka Nováková

    An artistically simple yet poignant allegory on a very topical problem – people and the borderlines of their world. What is more important in human lives – defining your own space, or coexistence and collaboration with others? The film also shows how a simple cause can trigger a whirlwind of quarrels and conflicts that cannot be stopped easily.

    • Family
  • Yapolaponky

    2024 All audiences 6 min

    by Masataka Kihara

    The short is deliberately minimal and surreal, focusing on an unusual encounter between a lost man and an enigmatic creature. Its atmosphere relies heavily on visual storytelling rather than dialogue.

    • Experimental
  • On the way home

    2018 Late Adolescence (16-20 yrs) 2 min

    by Mizuki Kiyama

    The borderland between sleeping and waking is the moment when the daughter melds into her father.

    • Non-narrative