In the small village of Veredas, stands Casa Rosa, a famous brothel run by Ismael’s mother. Because of this, he is known as the “Son of a Bitch”. Trying to leave that reality behind, Ismael leaves his mother in pursuit of the two things he has never met: his dad and the ocean. Carrying the only memory he has of his father, a copy of the book Moby Dick, he's going to cross the arid backlands of Brazil alongside his three-legged dog Bacalhau, in a journey that will show him that he cannot escape himself or his destiny.

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

THE POOL OR DEATH OF A GOLDFISH - Poland 2025, 13'48, dir. Daria Wiktoria Kopiec I FEEL LIKE A FISH - Poland 2025, 3'5, dir. Joanna Platek NOA - Poland 2025, 13'14, dir. Zofia Kanska WARD - Poland 2025, 3'26, dir. Nadia Andrzejewska TEARS - Poland, Germany 2025, 8'48, dir....See more details

Music and cinema tangle on the floor of AniMusic Night, the competition that brings the most spectacular recent animated music videos to the silver screen. Among the selection's major draws are Cut Hands (directed by Edd Carr), a video made for Deftones using over 2,500 hand-printed cyanotype frames, and Traffic Lights (directed by Nespy 5euro), created for the track by Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) in collaboration with Thom Yorke (Radiohead)....See more details

SCHOOL SHOW – Croatia 2026, 5:31, dir. Ana Horvat SCRATCH – France 2025, 8:08, dir. Erwann Hette BELOW THE SOUP – Germany 2025, 5:41, dir. André Correia TEARS – Germany, Poland 2025, 9:00, dir. Paulina Ziólkowska  COCKROACH – Moldova 2026, 5:50, dir....See more details

An industry presentation, focused on the animation production experience and case studies from the Lithuanian production company Art Shot. The talk explores how maintaining strategic and creative consistency helps independent animation projects successfully scale, secure international co-productions, and navigate the festival circuit.  

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

”Animation interests me from the moment it deals with profoundly human sensations, even though it is a profoundly artificial process.”  Mathieu Labaye’s films naturally echo this quote from Sébastien Laudenbach. How can a sense of reality be instilled in animation? How can the continuous experience of life be translated into a mode of expression that is discontinuous by definition? Mathieu Labaye’s films, often described as animated documentaries, attempt to answer these questions.

The ticket guarantees one hour of VR experiences from the festival's selection, chosen at the venue. A LONG GOODBYE, Belgium 2025 - Kate Voet, Victor Maes - 25’ FALLAX, Iceland, United Kingdom 2025 - Owen Hindley - 23’ IF YOU SEE A CAT, Japan 2026- Atsushi Wada - 37’ LESBIAN SIMULATOR, The Netherlands 2025- Iris van der Meule - 40’ LESS THAN 5GR OF SAFFRON, France 2025 - Négar Motevalymeidanshah - 7’ RETSU (THE LINE), Japan 2026 - Naho Kamimura - 30’ SENSE OF NOWHERE, Taiwan 2025 - Hsin Hsuan Yeh - 30’ THE BIG CUBE, Finland, China, Belgium, Portugal 2025 - Menghui Huang - 6’45 THE SAD STORY OF THE LITTLE MOUSE WHO WANTED TO BECOME SOMEBODY, France, Germany, Belgium 2025 - Nicolas Bourniquel - 29’

"Here, There Was a Park" is a collaborative project aimed at showing how diverse perspectives can come together to stand up against a corrupted environment. The film is presented in the form of an exquisite corpse, where each artist continues the story in their own style. From 2D to 3D to stop motion, each director interprets what happened as it was told by those affected by the park's destruction....See more details