In support of Ukraine, we invite you to come and discover the Ukrainian animation industry and its creators! For this year’s festival, we have selected the most interesting short animated films by Ukrainian creators and put together a competition programme, with the winner being selected by an international jury.
Films in the original language with English and Lithuanian subtitles.
Screenings
2026 · Ukraine, Luxembourg · 12 min
An elderly couple is trapped in their village near Kyiv after it falls under Russian occupation. When a fire destroys their home, they are forced to seek refuge with their neighbours and find a way to escape.
- Director:
- Vladyslav Kalenskyi
- Producer:
- Ira Yeroshko
2025 · Ukraine · 7 min
A deeply personal story about war seen through the eyes of a vulnerable young man. Oleksa experiences the world with greater sensitivity and intensity than those around him, living at his own pace and in his own silence. But war ruthlessly shatters his fragile inner balance.
- Director:
- Iryna Sosimovych
- Screenwriter:
- Iryna Sosimovych
- Producer:
- Mira Oyetoro
- Company:
- Salt Cinema Productions
2025 · Estonia, Ukraine · 22 min
Set in present-day Ukraine, the film follows a child born into a poor family. The parents do everything they can to survive, but just as their struggle reaches its breaking point, a new danger emerges.
- Director:
- Mykyta Lyskov
- Screenwriter:
- Mykyta Lyskov
- Producer:
- Kalev Tamm
- Company:
- Eesti Joonisfilm
2026 · Ukraine · 5 min
Yellow Angel Cor settles into a new home. One night, he is awakened by the sound of a ukulele played by the Blue Angel, Dium. As they exchange messages through the clouds, a bond begins to grow between them. Over time, Dium becomes increasingly absorbed in rehearsals with his band, and the two gradually drift apart. When Cor learns that Dium is about to leave, he watches the approaching train from his last remaining cloud. With only one chance left, he must finally say what has remained unspoken for so long.
- Director:
- Anastasia Shtolko
2025 · Ukraine · 2 min
After discovering his fellow carrots enslaved, the Carrot Warrior performs a magical ritual and urges them to recognize that they have no rights in this cruel world. Who is he—a half-mad Don Quixote rebelling against the age-old divide between plants and animals? Or a warrior-prophet leading others towards salvation across an open field of possibilities? The answer is left to the viewer.
- Director:
- Hanna Beskrovna
- Company:
- ABVI Animation
2026 · Switzerland · 8 min
A lost, nameless girl, struggling with the challenges of forced migration, finds freedom on a journey into the magical past of an elderly Caribbean immigrant named Papo.
- Director:
- Viktoria Filmako
- Producer:
- Tina Ohnmacht
- Company:
- Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art / MA Animation
2026 · Poland · 9 min
Night. Air raid sirens. Insomnia. A young woman returns to a city she barely recognizes, confronting the changes in both the place and its people.
- Director:
- Olha Cherpak
- Screenwriter:
- Olha Cherpak
- Producer:
- Agata Golańska
- Company:
- The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
2026 · Ukraine · 4 min
Every day in Thin's life is the same. Yet she isn't alone. Invisible to everyone else, Hole silently follows her every step. It seems like just another ordinary day until the sound of tearing paper interrupts Thin's evening.
- Director:
- Sofia Zorska
2025 · Germany, Ukraine · 13 min
Alfyia, a joyful young woman in 1960s Central Asia, is an avid skydiver and studies to become a midwife when she receives an extraordinary phone call from her granddaughter in 2022. Her granddaughter is worried about her safety amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In this conversation across time and space, the granddaughter tries to restore and reinterpret her family history and ethnic identity, break the cycle of intergenerational trauma, and reflect on the meaning of human life.
- Director:
- Polina Piddubna
- Screenwriter:
- Polina Piddubna
- Producer:
- Polina Piddubna
- Company:
- Filmuniversity Babelsberg Konrad Wolf