We express our special gratitude to all festival participants and spectators.

We thank our wonderful Jury for their work and for their difficult choice of the festival winners.

A total of more than 2000 films were submitted for selection.

All festival programs included 335 animated shorts.

The festival is over, we are pleased to announce the results of the T-Short festival 2025.

 

PRIZES

 

Best of the Best

Earth coal
/Charbon de terre/
(France, 2024)

Director: Bastien DUPRIEZ

 

Best Storyline Film

The Night Boots
/Les Bottes de la Nuit/
(France, 2024)

Director: Pierre-Luc Granjon

 

Best Bizarre Animation

On Weary Wings Go By
/Linnud läinud/
(Estonia, Lithuania, 2024)

Director: Anu-Laura Tuttelberg

 

Best Debut

Balconada
(Bulgaria, 2025)

Director: Iva Tokmakchieva

 

Best Love Story

Long Distance
/Longue Distance/
(France, 2025)

Director: Iulia Voitova

Best Student Storyline Film

Something That Is Missing
(Poland, 2024)

Director: Pola Lotta Włodarczyk

 

Best Student Bizarre Film

Ice Rink
/溜冰场/
(China, 2024)

Director: Ziyin Wang

 

Best Musical Motive

Ascendant Vierge – TIC TAC
(Belgium, 2024)

Director: David Perreard

Jury Special Award

This is not your Garden
/Este no es tu jardín/
(Colombia, 2025)

Directors: Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo

 

Jury Special Award

Erotomania
/에로토마니아/
(Republic of Korea, 2025)

Directors: Chae-won Song, Kyung-hee Wang

 

T-Short Special Award

Betrayer
(Japan, 2025)

Director: Shengxue Shi

 

DIPLOMAS

Diploma by Koji Yamamura

 

Aglaya
/Аглая/
(Russian Federation, 2024)

Director: Taisia Kasko

It’s a joyful, happy, and joyful work. Everything about the protagonist’s expressions, movements,
and the approach to Russian constructivist expression in the landscape are fascinating.

 

Diploma by Koji Yamamura

 

Mother of Dawn
/Mãe da Manhã/
(Brazil, 2024)

Director: Clara Trevisan

I commend the director for exploring what is important and where director is confident in his decisions.

 

Diploma by Maya Yonesho

 

Challenges of a solitary mind
(Austria, 2025)

Director: Astrid Rothaug

For the free and spontaneous hand-drawn moving poem that crystallises
the possibilities of solitude and liberation in a short space of time.

 

Diploma by Maya Yonesho

 

The Green Ray
/Le Rayon Vert/
(France, 2024)

Director: Louis Fourel

For the celebration of the joy of a world of purity and harmony,
highlighted by seemingly primitive expressions.

 

Diploma by Luis Paris

 

Socially approved positions of bodies in space
/Социально одобряемые положения тел в пространстве/
(Russian Federation, 2025)

Director: Lera Oleynikova

For the language, visual rhythm, and abstract narration that follow the intensity of the music.

 

Diploma by Luis Paris

 

Tides
/Plimovanje/
(Slovenia, 2024)

Director: Živa Divjak

For its subtle combination of transitions, animation, sound, and narration.

 

Diploma by Che Marcheti

 

HAG
(Germany, 2025)

Director: Isabella Marquart

For the creative use of animation, blending traditional and digital techniques,
and for the poetic strength of a powerful narrative crafted independently.

 

Diploma by Che Marcheti

 

Sphere Supreme
(Belgium, 2024)

Director: Hasan Pastaci

For a fun and colorful psychedelic journey, where the shapes
and character design become incredibly captivating.