During Framed, the magic of animation in all its forms takes center stage. One of the highlights of the festival is, our short film competition.
There are three categories: International Shorts, Student Shorts, and Shorts of the North. In this competition, you will discover just how powerful animation can be in a short timeframe. From experimental films to compelling stories, every selection demonstrates how creativity, technique, and imagination come together. The films are carefully curated and provide a platform for both emerging talent and established names in the animation world.
An expert jury judged the entries based on originality, craftsmanship, and impact. The awards ceremony took place during the Shorts of the North Competition program.
In a world where ex-partners must exchange a chosen body part after every breakup, a fragmented protagonist—who sees his lost ear—embarks on a journey to self-acceptance.
Directed by: Mirjana Balogh
Length: 10 min.
Two young boys are spending time by a lake when something surprising happens.
Directed by: Vitaly Ushakov et al.
Length: 4 min.
It may be Saturday, but that changes nothing, because Saturday is just like any other day of the week: taking care of the children, cleaning, cooking, without an end to it.
Director: Alice Eça Guimarães
Length: 12 min.
What would you do if you could fly for one day?
Directed by: Nienke Deutz, Digna van der Put
Length: 15 min.
An old man disappears, and his daughter tries to figure out what happened. Made in analog stop-motion, the film follows her search through a world marked by macabre signs and traces of death. The further she goes, the clearer it becomes that something is present that shouldn't be there.
Directed by: Marieke Druiven
Length: 11 min.
When six-year-old Otto writes his very first story, words turn into images. As he reads aloud, his fantasy world unfolds into an animation, lovingly brought to life by his mother.
Directed by: Eva Lenis
Length: 1:32 min.
Daan Lucas is a 2D animator and illustrator working in Utrecht. He is part of ‘De Hoogwerkers’, a collective of 9 young illustrators and animators. Daan creates colorful and detailed worlds in which childlike playfulness goes hand in hand with mature themes. His characters and compositions are designed to stimulate and invite discovery. For Daan, every project is an opportunity to offer visual pleasure while simultaneously revealing something new and unexpected, through humor, creativity, and an eye for detail.
Floortje Smit (1979) is a film journalist, interviewer, and presenter. Since 2006, she has been affiliated with de Volkskrant as a journalist, where she writes reviews, interviews, reports, analyses, and columns in the field of film and visual culture. She studied history and journalism at the University of Groningen and worked for, among others, the Groninger Dagblad, RVU, VPRO, and HUMAN, primarily in the field of art and culture. She was also deputy director of the Amsterdam film theater Het Ketelhuis.
Cristina Formenti is a lecturer and researcher in Film Studies at the University of Groningen and chair of the Society for Animation Studies. As an animation expert, she closely follows the latest developments.
A festival bursting with animation films, master classes and talks by local and (inter)national creators. Whether you're a diehard animation fan or just curious, Framed is the place to be!
