SIFF 2025: Short Animation (Group 2)

Part of the 12th edition of the Sharjah International Film Festival screenings, this package of six short animations explores imagination, memory, and healing through the lens of childhood. (I Am Akiko) celebrates a girl whose unique vision challenges conformity. In (Potatoes), fragile lines reveal the beauty and pain of letting go. (The Day You Were Gone) follows a boy searching for his missing brother amid secrets at home. (OMBR) revives ancestral memories in an abandoned house. In (Yore Gramps and The Whale), grief transforms into solace through a mythical companion. Finally, (Rusty Lake) leads into a haunting world where myth, memory, and self-discovery converge beneath rippling waters.