The 2026 edition brings together short films around rich and varied themes for all tastes and audiences! This program aimed at a more adult audience highlights in these new titles all the richness and variety of French animation awarded in many festivals.
One evening in Paris, two Indian women from the Kerala region who do not know each other find themselves in the Indian restaurant Sulaimani. Sitting a few meters apart, they observe each other, intrigued by one another. In this miniature Kerala that is the restaurant, the smells, flavors, music, and language all remind them of the India of their past. Each revisits her experience of being uprooted and emancipation during this symbolic trip filled with memories.
On a train journey, Ariel and Paul are having fun drawing their greatest fears when Gilda, a strange passenger, invites herself into their confidences. But his experience of fear doesn't seem as innocent as their drawings.
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
Exploring differences and the difficulty of communicating, half-human, half-animal characters come together in choreographed speed dating. An man-anteater, infatuated with a woman-shrew, unwillingly becomes involved in the ballet of these encounters.
On a hot summer day, the residents of an apartment building courtyard step out onto their balconies. As a storm suddenly breaks out, one of them is struck by a flash of inspiration. She will give her neighbors the impetus to live more fully in the present moment.
