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.
