Worlds of Animation: New Voices (15)

Thursday 12 Nov 2026 - 14:15
HOME - Cinema 2
Runtime: 73 mins (approx.)

This selection showcases the versatility and scope of contemporary animation from students around the world. A mixture of techniques, storytelling and platforms, this cinematic journey shows the diversity and brilliance of animation created an academic environment. Looking for something new? This is where you'll find it.

This screening carries the following trigger warnings for content: Mental Illness, Dementia, War, Death and Dying Trigger warning content categories used are courtesy of the Film and TV Charity's advice: https://bit.ly/3VUsEF4

Films in this programme

The Sea Spirit

Dir. Edwin Ivemark Kihlström // Sweden

A boy encounters a magical spirit on the beach below his house. The spirit can grant a wish in exchange for being fed pigeons.

False Door

Dir. Oktawia Derybowska // Poland

The wanderer traverses a vast icy desert. He strives for a place that seems to be merely an illusion, like a ghost seeking a return to the world of the living. The lynx follows him, awaiting a moment when the vagabond loses all his strength.

Sundown

Dir. Jérémie Jayraj Itty, Inna Soroka, Julia Estrada Torres, Sammi Khuu // Switzerland

Joakim, a young, compassionate caregiver working in a dementia ward, navigates the emotional toll of his work as he learns to accept the limits of his ability to help.

This Feminine Side

Dir. Alice Siniscalchi // Belgium, Finland, Portugal

Femininity, defined and reimagined, through Lisbon’s queer voices and mixed-media art.

Mis-Angel

Dir. Wyatt Carson // United Kingdom

Mis-Angel is a love story between two people who will never meet. A transgender girl explores an overlap of gender and sexual fantasy as she recalls a brief interaction with a stranger at a bus stop.

Tar

Dir. Fariba Farzanfar, Kaveh Sistani // Iran

Tar is an experimental under-the-camera animation crafted with real strands of hair. In Persian, the word tar carries a dual meaning: both a strand of hair and a traditional Iranian string instrument. Within this symbolic interplay, an enraged centipede storms a young girl’s inner world, shattering musical instruments. Amid the chaos and dissonance, the delicate sound of the tar emerges, opening a fragile space for transformation.

Fellow

Dir. Martha Rivière, Laura Darras, Théo Bergougnoux, Gaspard Keller de Schleitheim, Johanne Coppier, Romane Casha // France

After a bloody battle in the First World War, a German Red Cross dog scours the devastated landscape for survivors. When he finds a wounded and terrified young soldier, he decides to take him back to the safety of the camp. Their fragile complicity becomes a glimmer of humanity in the midst of the absurdity of war.

Green

Dir. Peter Alexander De Souza-Samanek // Canada, Trinidad and Tobago

Inspired by the director's experience with deutan colour blindness, drawing aesthetic inspiration from Ishihara tests and exploring the filmmaker's personal experience with the colour green as well as symbolic meanings and associations. Animated using aquarium rocks.

The Mirage of a Dream

Dir. Kalyani B // India

Mareechika follows Aami (27), a filmmaker who returns to her ancestral home in Kerala after her grandmother’s death. As she mourns, a childhood story resurfaces, the tale of Shosha, a girl whose dream is stolen before it can become reality. When Aami discovers the lost dream hidden away in her grandmother’s belongings, myth and memory blur, revealing how women’s dreams are inherited, silenced, and quietly preserved across generations.

Slap

Dir. Yiling Wang // Japan

A story of conflict between a girl and her traditional father, unfolding through three slaps.

The Host

Dir. Xing Chen // United Kingdom

On her wedding day, a young bride notices a parasitised caterpillar and is drawn into a series of dark imaginings. As the ceremony unfolds, her fears of marriage, pregnancy, and childbirth begin to merge with memories of family trauma. Through this unsettling vision, the film explores how traditional expectations of heterosexual marriage and motherhood can haunt the female body across generations.

Ever Ending Summer

Dir. Nikki Girod, Sylvia Jorde // Germany

Maya is a young woman who moves to a new city and leaves her home and childhood behind. At the railway station, shortly before her departure, she looks back and remembers all the beautiful and difficult moments of her childhood.