Animation Shorts

15+
120 mins

Run Time

120 minutes

Enhanced Access

Overview

Imaginative, unsettling, inspiring. This collection of global animation explores human connection in distinct, memorable ways, acting as a powerful reminder of how the medium can surprise and challenge in every genre. – Lillian Crawford

12A

Sisters’ Swim

UK Premiere

Sisters’ Swim

Every year, Rose and Lina, two sisters who aren't particularly close, have to make the trip to Ostend in Belgium for the traditional New Year's Day swim imposed by their mother. Problem: she is no longer there... she's dead. Between...
UK Premiere
Lola Degove
2026
15 mins
15+

1981

UK Premiere

1981

"1981" is a coming-of-age story that captures the beauty and terror of teenage desire....
UK Premiere
Andy London, Carolyn London
2025
8 mins
12A

PLEASE

UK Premiere

PLEASE

PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. An animated short centred around neediness, intimacy and romance....
UK Premiere
Anna Mantzaris
2026
9 mins
12A

Paradaïz

UK Premiere

Paradaïz

Welcome to a place where the houses have holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs and snails wander the streets in search of a safe space. In Paradaïz, Sarajevo-born artist Matea Radic uses absurdist animation, archival images and her own slippery...
UK Premiere
Matea Radic
2025
9 mins
15+

The Flesh Dress

UK Premiere

The Flesh Dress

John, an old nostalgic taylor, makes his wife work on dresses out of fashion. A macabre event inspires the designer a new dress gorgeous but freaky…...
UK Premiere
Joachim Hérissé
2026
15 mins
PG

Vimar

World Premiere

Vimar

Poor Vimar has a disturbing daydream....
World Premiere
Jenna Caravello
2026
2 mins
12A

Merrimundi

UK Premiere

Merrimundi

A twisted utopia unfolds, as singing cherubs melt to the sound of decay. Crafted by a sentient machine from the future, it unveils its own version of paradise....
UK Premiere
Niles Atallah
2025
20 mins
U

Subharmonics

UK Premiere

Subharmonics

Blooming glimpses of the ever-changing. Repetitions form a circle. Keys can be found in the depths of the unconscious....
UK Premiere
Marcell Mostoha
2026
5 mins
15+

HAG

UK Premiere

HAG

Our story begins with our heroine breaking up with her obnoxious boyfriend; what should be a moment of liberation instead transforms her from a regular thirty-something into a hag with snakes for hair. Hag battles society pressures, inner longings, and...
UK Premiere
Anna Ginsburg
2025
17 mins

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Paradaïz

Welcome to a place where the houses have holes, tomatoes are ticking time bombs and snails wander the streets in search of a safe...
Matea Radic
2025
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The Flesh Dress

John, an old nostalgic taylor, makes his wife work on dresses out of fashion. A macabre event inspires the designer a new dress gorgeous...
Joachim Hérissé
2026
15 mins

Vimar

Poor Vimar has a disturbing daydream....
Jenna Caravello
2026
2 mins

Merrimundi

A twisted utopia unfolds, as singing cherubs melt to the sound of decay. Crafted by a sentient machine from the future, it unveils its...
Niles Atallah
2025
20 mins

Subharmonics

Blooming glimpses of the ever-changing. Repetitions form a circle. Keys can be found in the depths of the unconscious....
Marcell Mostoha
2026
5 mins

HAG

Our story begins with our heroine breaking up with her obnoxious boyfriend; what should be a moment of liberation instead transforms her from a...
Anna Ginsburg
2025
17 mins

Sisters’ Swim

Every year, Rose and Lina, two sisters who aren't particularly close, have to make the trip to Ostend in Belgium for the traditional New...
Lola Degove
2026
15 mins

1981

"1981" is a coming-of-age story that captures the beauty and terror of teenage desire....
Andy London, Carolyn London
2025
8 mins

PLEASE

PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved. An animated short centred around neediness, intimacy and romance....
Anna Mantzaris
2026
9 mins

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