Tuesday 11 Nov 2025 - 10:30
HOME - Marina's Cinema
Runtime: 75 mins (approx.)
The best animated short films from around the globe playing in competition at MAF. Whether you’re an animation aficionado or this is your first experience beyond the mainstream, let MAF welcome you to the world of animation with our selection of international short films playing in competition.
This relaxed screening is for a range of audience members who benefit from a less formal environment. This includes those with Autism Spectrum conditions, learning disabilities, Tourette's Syndrome, ADHD or people with other neurodiverse conditions. In a relaxed screening, you can expect low lights to remain on in the cinema and lower sound, with audiences free to move around if needed. These screenings will be limited to 50% capacity. Please remember to treat other audience members with kindness, and to respect everyone's unique ways of enjoying animation.
This screening carries the following trigger warnings for content: Racism, Violence, Death and Dying.
Trigger warning content categories used are courtesy of the Film and TV Charity's advice: https://bit.ly/3VUsEF4
Dir. Vinnie Ann Bose // France
One evening, Alia and Neena, two young Indian women, each come to dinner at Sulaimani, an Indian restaurant in Paris. The meal brings back sometimes buried emotions for them and “releases” certain memories which little by little reveal to us why they left their country.
Dir. Carlo Vogele // France, Luxembourg
A world of colour is gradually invaded by bland, brown animals. From small compromises to major cowardice, the brown animals gradually invade homes and take control. An authoritarian power with absurd laws is established. To avoid trouble, Charly complies with the rules of this colourless world and discovers the horrors of fascism at his own expense.
Dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon // France
A child leaves home in the middle of the night and enters the undergrowth. There, a strange beast, curious and solitary, will
lead him into the heart of the forest.
Screening in French language (with English subtitles) in the Animation Mixtape programme, or in English language in the Short Films for Children programme.
Dir. Malek Eghbali // Iran
Dedicated to the memory of environmentalists imprisoned in Iran, this is a story about people who are like nature — and the nature of those who are labelled as monsters.
Dir. Bruno Collet // Czechia, France
Hugo wanders the forbidden area of Chernobyl, seeking content to feed his Instagram account. Little does he know, he's about to discover the history that haunts The Zone...
Dir. John Kelly // Ireland
At apathy with his life, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.
Time: Tue, 11 Nov - 10:30
Venue: HOME - Marina's Cinema