TAAF2026 Competition Nominations Announced

December 19, 2025

This year, there are 39 submissions from 31 countries and territories for Feature Animation and 997 submissions from 71 countries and territories for Short Animation. Among them, a total of 27 films (4 feature films / 23 shorts) were selected by the TAAF2026 Preliminary Selection Committee. Please check the list of members by clicking below.

TAAF2026 Preliminary Selection Committee

Feature Animation Competition

Christmas with Astrid Lindgren

Director : Yaprak Morali, Are Austnes
Sweden, Norway / 52m / 2024

The Songbirds' Secret

Director : Antoine Lanciaux
France, Belgium / 1h17m /2025

©Korean Academy of Film Arts

The Square

Director : Kim Bo-sol
South Korea / 1h13m / 2025

Stitch Head

Director : Steve Hudson
Germany, Luxembourg / 1h31m / 2025

Short Animation Competition

Slot 1

Saudade, Perhaps...

Director : José-Manuel Xavier

Portugal / 13m25s / 2024
White Carousel

Director : Nadya Neo

Singapore / 3m58s / 2025
Tawny Owl

Director : Anastasiia Zhakulina

Russia / 8m00s / 2025
Passing By

Director : Kang Hanna

South Korea / 8m44s / 2025
La Fille du Lac

Director : Louise Bacou, Mathieu Leguay, Ludivine Miermont, Elisa Martin, Marion Fuchs, Achille Houplain, Olessia Fedko, Luna Schwertz

France / 9m23s / 2025
Because Today Is Saturday

Director : Alice Eça Guimarães

Portugal, France, Spain / 12m24s / 2025
The Box

Director : Alexandra Pavlova

Russia / 7m52s / 2025
Whale Club 4ever!

Director : Jaymus Chong

Singapore / 7m12s / 2025
Jus d'Orange

Director : Alexandre Athané

France, Poland / 13m45s / 2024

©OH! Animation
©2025 Nadya Neo. All rights reserved.
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©Alexandre Athané - Nolita - Animoon - The Singing Plant Company

Slot 2

Kamarade

Director : Garance Valere, Valentin Okoundou, Hubert Chauvaux, Alice Bourget, Louise Laurent, Fleuriane Le Guillou

France / 8m18s / 2025
Holy Heaviness

Director : Farnoush Abedirenani, Negah Khezre Fardyardad

Iran / 9m00s / 2025
Dog Ear

Director : Péter Vácz

Hungary / 20m44s / 2025
There Will Be No Other End

Director : Piotr Milczarek

Poland / 8m04s / 2024
Carmela

Director : Vicente Mallols

Spain, France / 15m00s / 2025
Chère Fin,

Director : Khéma Cousin, Lien Franckel, Laora Le Boursicot, Alissende Masson, Joséphine Mounier, Clément Saden

France / 7m49s / 2025
The Girl Who Cried Pearls

Director : Chris Lavis, Maciek Szczerbowski

Canada / 17m28s / 2025

Slot 3

Winter in March

Director : Natalia Mirzoyan

Estonia, Armenia, Belgium, France / 16m22s / 2025
Like Friend, Like Deer

Director : Malek Eghbali

Iran / 12m59s / 2025
The Necronomicon

Director : Cheon Jisub

South Korea / 6m06s / 2024
Murmuration

Director : Janneke Swinkels, Tim Frusinger

Netherlands, Belgium / 12m30s / 2025
In Thousand Petals

Director : Louise Bongartz

Belgium / 10m15s / 2024
113 Words for You Today

Director : BoQing Tang, Lan Zeng

USA, China / 12m31s / 2025
Eating Time

Director : Mari Kivi

Estonia / 16m20s / 2025

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