Anilogue 2026: Competition of Short Animated Films – Block C

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The Official Competition of Short Animated Films at Anilogue brings together an exciting selection of contemporary animation from around the world, all competing for the Best of Anilogue Award 2026.

The Body of Christ | El Cuerpo del Cristo
2025, Spain, 13'
Director: Bea Lema
With an unacknowledged mental disorder, Adela seeks answers in popular rituals. She feels that something is watching and harming her, and only religion seems to understand her. During a visit to a healer, she confesses the disturbing origin of her suffering.

Next Step | Next Step
2025, Hungary, 6'
Director: Tamás Patrovits
The film consisting of countless original risograph prints, is an under-the-camera, straight-ahead animation improvised to the rhythm of the scores of the Hungarian percussion group, Amadinda. The risograph prints are based on various mark-making techniques. Stamping, brush and monotype strokes, line drawings, fingerprints, letterpress accents, trace of the masking tape are mixed together in this rapid visual journey. However, the film uses only two risographic colors, teal and gold. The animation is a consistent conceptual work that avoids post-digital manipulation, consisting solely of a series of risograph prints captured frame by frame under-the-camera.

The Pool or Death of a Goldfish | Basen albo śmierć złotej rybki
2025, Poland, 14'
Director: Daria Kopiec
"The Pool or Death of a Goldfish” is a story about a possessive relationship between a mother and her daughter. The main character, through unexpressed anger and rebellion against her mother, transforms into a titular goldfish. Unspoken words, gestures, and repressed childhood emotions manifest in harsh treatment of both herself and others. The film is framed by a compositional structure in which the main character finally allows herself to feel grief, thereby entering a process of self-acceptance and forgiveness.

Capriccio | Capriccio
2025, Hungary, 5'
Director: Gábor Ulrich
A tiny bird restores the pianist's final hope by revealing the music hidden in everyday moments.

Ostrich | Ostrich
2025, Switzerland, 9'
Director: Marie Kenov
Day in and day out, a sparrow sees images of ostriches everywhere: on posters, in ads, and on its smartphone. In awe of the ostriches, with their long necks, dazzling eyes and muscular legs, the little bird wants to be just like them. By hitting the gym to work on its leg muscles, following make-up tutorials, and paying several visits to the neck stretching studio, the sparrow comes very close to achieving its goal. But one day when a real ostrich comes to town and the sparrow meets its idol in person, one thing becomes crystal clear: try as it might, a sparrow can never truly be an ostrich.

Caries | Karies
2025, Switzerland, 10'
Director: Aline Höchli
Eager to create a monumental work of art, a shaman remains blissfully unaware that she is painting her murals inside the mouth of a vain weather presenter.

Paper Trail | Paper Trail
2025, United States, 14'
Director: Don Hertzfeldt
Don Hertzfeldt’s new animated short film, "Paper Trail", is a 14-minute high-speed study of someone's life, seen only through pieces of paper. New animation techniques were developed to create the film's unique look and pace.

With Tapes and Toasts in the Car | Im Auto Tapes und Butterbrot
2025, Germany, 15'
Director: Kiana Naghshineh
In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.

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