Inspiring stories from the FAN Animation Network — a vibrant collaboration of five Southern European animation festivals from Portugal, Cyprus, Greece, Italy and Spain. From bold new voices to masterful auteurs, this programme brings you some of the best short films travelling through FAN’s creative circuit. Come celebrate the art of animation with us — discover, connect, and be inspired!
Films in the original language with English and Lithuanian subtitles.
Screenings
2020 · Italy · 7 min
The idea for the film came from the encounter with two African boys who live in Rome, and is based on their music. In this film, midway between an interview and a music video, Afif, originally from Tunisia and Aliou, from Senegal, tell their different stories, talk about friendship, immigration, freedom and, above all, about the fundamental value of making music together.
- Director:
- Elisabetta Bosco, Margherita Giusti, Viola Mancini
- Screenwriter:
- Margherita Giusti
- Company:
- Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, sede Piemonte – Dipartimento Animazione
2023 · Cyprus · 6 min
Experience the Palmscape Hotel, a sun-drenched Cypriot paradise that fractures as night falls. In this haunting allegory of the 1974 displacement, architecture becomes memory. As walls shift to reveal a violent history of colonization and war, one visitor’s journey challenges us to deconstruct the past.
- Director:
- Loukis Menelaou
2020 · Cyprus · 7 min
Inspired by a true story, The Parrot Lady offers an artistic interpretation of the life of a woman who chose to live on the streets with her parrots, fearing she would otherwise die alone at home. A poignant reflection on old age and loneliness, the film encourages empathy for older people living in isolation, with no one to turn to and whose greatest fear is dying unnoticed.
- Director:
- Michalis Kalopaidis
- Company:
- Zedem Media, Cyprus Ministry of Culture, Education, Sport and Youth
2023 · Greece · 4 min
Small, human-like creatures devour nature, excreting the raw materials needed to build a towering monument to human control. With its empty, unseeing gaze, the tower devastates the natural world. In retaliation, nature gives rise to a colossal flower, ready to engage in a boss-fight with the tower.
- Director:
- Aggelos Gourzis
- Producer:
- Aggela Aidini, John Karabelas
- Company:
- Normal Toast, Caparo Design Crew
2024 · Italy, France · 9 min
Fragile clay sculptures come to life in a bare workshop, yearning for something more than mere existence. When their sculptor abandons them, they must discover the power of belonging.
- Director:
- Matteo Burani
- Screenwriter:
- Matteo Burani, Gianmarco Valentino
- Producer:
- Arianna Gheller, Nicolas Schmerkin
- Company:
- Studio Croma Animation, Autour de Minuit
2009 · Portugal, Spain · 9 min
A renowned Portuguese bullfighter, El Matador, arrives in Spain to perform a long-awaited "faena". His son, Pedrito, travels with him, dreaming of one day being like his father. But amidst the hustle and bustle backstage at the bullring moments before the corrida, Pedrito comes into contact with the bull that his father will fight. This moment changes the entire destiny of these three characters.
- Director:
- Nuno Beato
- Screenwriter:
- José Dias
- Producer:
- José Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato, Eva Yébenes
- Company:
- Sardinha em Lata, IB Cinema, Lampadacesa
2024 · Greece · 5 min
In Lefkada, a little girl finds a paper from 1955, listing the objects that belonged to her great aunt. Her grandfather explains that this was her dowry, the bride's possessions conceded to the groom as a formal marriage agreement. He starts recalling memories of his childhood, witnessing his older sister Armenia leaving behind her family and the island for a better future.
- Director:
- Elena Gazi, Dolan Bailey, Leonardo Dal Fabbro, Alejandra Diaz
- Producer:
- Karina Logothetis
2023 · France, Portugal · 10 min
A woman victim of domestic violence looks back at the years when she was married, recalling how difficult it was to stay afloat.
- Director:
- Marta Monteiro
- Screenwriter:
- Marta Monteiro
- Producer:
- Nuno Amorim, Vanessa Ventura
2020 · Spain · 3 min
A cat goes on to job interview. When the three mice interviewing him ask what his greatest weakness is, he gets a little too honest.
- Director:
- Carla Pereira
- Screenwriter:
- Carla Pereira
- Company:
- TV ON, SL
2021 · Argentina, Spain · 8 min
In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again.
- Director:
- Pablo Polledri
- Producer:
- Pablo Polledri
- Company:
- Uniko Estudio Creativo