VAF Best Short Film Competition - Program 1

The best animated short films from this year, all in one place!

The animated short film is a unique format – neither feature film nor tv series episode, but an intense and concise mini story offering maximum impact per minute. All the films in the program are nominated for VAF Best Short Film at the VAF Award show.

The films in this program are humorous, absurd, sad, poignant. Often, you’ll find yourself wondering “can animation really look like that?”, because the filmmaker has had free hands to experiment with hand-drawn animation, 3D animation, cutout, puppet animation and any conceivable combination of techniques.

VAF Best Short program offers a glimpse into the stunning diversity of the world of animation – and into its future: This is where the directors of tomorrow come up with the ideas and concepts that will define feature films and tv series going forward.

For more information on the films in competition, click here.

Films in the program:

• Slow Light – Katarzyna Kijek, Przemysław Adamski – 2022 – Poland
• Sweet Like Lemons – Jenny Jokela – 2023 – United Kingdom
• Her Dress for the Final – Martina Mestrovic – 2023 – Croatia
• Eeva -Lucija Mrzljak, Morten Tšinakov – 2022 – Estonia, Croatia
• Ice Merchants –  João Gonzalez – 2022 – Portugal
• ‘Think Something Nice – Claudius Gentinetta – 2022 – Swizterland
• Menagerie – Jack Gray – 2022 – United States
• Y -Matea Kovač – 2023 – Croatia
• Misaligned – Marta Magnuska – 2022 – Poland, Latvia

Country: International
Duration: 1 hour 25 min
Language: Multiple languages
Subtitles: English
Age limit: 15+