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The 6th edition ANIMATION SCREENINGS FILM FESTIVAL STRIPED TALE

Experience the magic of motion and imagination at Striped Tale, the ultimate destination for animation enthusiasts. All the films are demonstrated in their original language with English subtitles.

October 02nd-03rd, 2025

Venues:

ART CINEMA
ART CINEMA

A cozy private cinema in Old Tbilisi.

The fireplace room has a large screen and a 5.1 audio system. Cozy chairs are placed at different heights so that everyone can watch the movie comfortably.

36 Dzmebi Zubalashvilebi St, T'bilisi 0162, Georgia

Seats

20-30

SCREENPLAY CONTEST
SCREENPLAY CONTEST

A webpage on the website where the selected screenplays' information published during the event

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Seats

Unlimited

FESTIVAL CHANNEL
FESTIVAL CHANNEL

Online channel with the festival program published. You can watch films, vote for them and give reviews.

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Seats

Unlimited

1️⃣ Be subscribed to our site, receive an email invitation, or buy access.
2️⃣ Log in and watch festival films during festival days.
3️⃣ Vote & leave reviews to support your favorite films.

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OFFICIAL SELECTION

MEMORY PAINT
MEMORY PAINT

United States

2025

Runtime, min

3

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Director:

Rich Cammarata

A grieving girl steps into a faded photograph and enters a dreamlike world of brushstrokes and memory. As colors vanish and reappear through rain and rewind, she follows whispers of the past toward healing. Memory Paint is a hand-painted meditation on love, loss, and the stories that live in silence.

ART CINEMA

December 4, 2025 at 12:00:00 PM

A DROP OF DEW
A DROP OF DEW

China

2025

Runtime, min

5

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Animation, Experimental, Short,

Director:

Lu Ren

A drop of dew fell into the blue forest. She chased her own shadow, which had turned into a fish, from the vibrant water source to the wasteland without grass.

VENUE

OUT TO PASTURE
OUT TO PASTURE

United States

2025

Runtime, min

7

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Animation, Short, Other, Student, Drama, Comedy, Parody, Biopic

Director:

Amandeep Singh

The rise and fall of legendary movie star Marcel T. Cow.

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GLOWING MEMORY
GLOWING MEMORY

Georgia

2025

Runtime, min

7

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Sci-fi, Drama,

Director:

Goga Osepashvili

After the loss of his beloved Tina, Andro returns to a holographic simulation where she still exists. Through their final conversation, he is forced to confront the painful truth: to survive the future, he must accept change and let go of the past. The film explores grief, memory, and the human struggle to move forward in an artificial world.

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ROLY & POLY
ROLY & POLY

Canada

2025

Runtime, min

1

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Animation,

Director:

Béatrice Ferland D'Addetta

A sleepy beetle is helped by its pillbug companion to get ready for the day.

VENUE

MY FRIEND IS A HU GUI (INTERNATIONAL VERSION)
MY FRIEND IS A HU GUI (INTERNATIONAL VERSION)

Russian Federation

2024

Runtime, min

9

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Animation, Short, Animation, Adventure, Fantasy

Director:

Pavel Finozhenkov

A wonderful tale about the one of a kind friendship between an ordinary girl and an ancient spirit.

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TÊTE-À-TÊTE
TÊTE-À-TÊTE

United States

2024

Runtime, min

3

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Animation, Experimental, Short,

Director:

Soyeon Kim

tête-à-tête is a lyrical exploration of human connection, where the language of movement and abstract visuals replace words, inviting viewers into a dance of emotions that unfolds across a 360-degree canvas.

VENUE

THE BIRTH OF A TROUBLEMAKER
THE BIRTH OF A TROUBLEMAKER

Not Specified

2025

Runtime, min

1

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, Experimental, Surreal, Art, Fantasy

Director:

Alla Fisenko

The Birth of a Troublemaker is an animated short that marks the beginning of an original mythology. It follows the emergence of Fafnir, a small troublemaker born not from nature, but from pure chaos. The film blends stylized 2D and 3D animation, capturing a world where softness and threat collide. From a spiked egg — a Morgenstern, both a morning star and a medieval weapon — Fafnir hatches into existence: tiny, almost toy-like, yet carrying the eerie spark of something ancient and unpredictable. This is just the first glimpse into a growing universe unfolding on fafnir.one, where new stories, side pieces, interactive experiences, and collectible artifacts expand the strange and playful world of this little creature.

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THE ORDER OF OUROBOROS
THE ORDER OF OUROBOROS

United States

2025

Runtime, min

10

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Animation, Experimental, Short, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Philosophy

Director:

Ben Dubow

A forbidden sect holds the key to a paradox dividing an empire —but the answer may cost you everything you believe. Experience a mathematical odyssey through self-reflecting mirrors and recursive labyrinths that blur the boundary between observer and observed. Inspired by Douglas Hofstadter's Godel, Escher, Bach

VENUE

HUMAN LAYERS
HUMAN LAYERS

Netherlands

2024

Runtime, min

5

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Animation, Short, Student,

Director:

Fatemeh Zare

The movie is about humans act differently in different contexts. Representing the routine life of a couple at work, together and alone where they can truly express themselves and not be prevented and confined by people, social norms and the society.

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WHISPER OF THE WELL
WHISPER OF THE WELL

Turkey

2025

Runtime, min

6

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Animation, Short,

Director:

Elif Dokur

On a moonlit night, a woman unjustly condemned returns as a dark tale of vengeance, altering the fate of a quiet village.

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PUPA
PUPA

Ireland

2025

Runtime, min

4

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Animation, Short, Student, Thriller, Horror, Gore, 2D Animation, Psychological

Director:

Mizhqua Rinoa Jin Tabuena Natividad

‘PUPA’ is an animated short depicting envy, perfectionism, and its destructive effects. Butterflies, often the symbol of beauty, do not start as the perfect specimens we admire. Their metamorphosis from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly happens in the pupa, where they melt their bodies down and rebuild themselves to perfection. And where perfection exists, envy follows. Envy is an archaic emotion. An amalgamation of the strongest feelings a person may feel. It is a carnal and destructive emotion that even humankind’s oldest religions warn against. PUPA depicts the push and pull of both perfectionism and envy in the form of two dolls. One being the former favourite, and the other, a shiny new doll. The older doll’s envy starts as a sinking, impending doom of replacement, which eventually pushes her to the edge.

VENUE

DISSIMULATOR
DISSIMULATOR

Australia

2024

Runtime, min

3

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Animation, Short, Student, Experimental, Scifi, Horror, Silent, Experimental

Director:

Holland Kerr

An astronaut, investigating the crash of a space station on a distant desert planet, receives a signal that water has been found. Sweaty and exhausted, she eagerly follows the signal deep into the belly of a mysterious cave.

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THE MONEYKEEPER
THE MONEYKEEPER

Lebanon

2025

Runtime, min

12

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Animation,

Director:

Giovanni Bassil

Life takes a new turn when an old man lands a quirky job inside an ATM, fueling his long-held dream of escaping to Hawaii.

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PLAY AGAIN?
PLAY AGAIN?

United States

2024

Runtime, min

4

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Animation, Music Video, Short, Student,

Director:

Rita Chen

Faced with the end of their world, two time-travelers say their last goodbyes.

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THE QUANTUM GIRL
THE QUANTUM GIRL

Colombia

2025

Runtime, min

4

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Animation,

Director:

Juan Manuel Nieves Del Toro

A girl who lived alone in a village and only had her imagination

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GRZ GRZ GRZ
GRZ GRZ GRZ

France

2025

Runtime, min

4

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Animation, Short, Student,

Directors:

Emmy Gavila, Alia Munim, Victoria Yang

As Colline prepares for her photography competition the day before, she is interrupted by a strange insect hunter who appears at her window. Following this unexpected visit, her camera disappears and Colline is forced to pursue the alleged thief in order to save her competition.

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THE 7 DAYS OF JACKIE BRAWN
THE 7 DAYS OF JACKIE BRAWN

China

2025

Runtime, min

9

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Animation, Music Video, Short, Other, Web / New Media, Experimental, AI, comedy, drama, musical, shortfilm, animation

Director:

Dirk Weiblen

An insight into the weekly routine of a former supermodel turned fashion and pet stylist operating a combined pet and beauty salon for celebrities to be featured in Vogue's pet magazine Dogue.

VENUE

FATHER ALPHONSE AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT
FATHER ALPHONSE AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT

Canada

2025

Runtime, min

10

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Animation, Short,

Director:

Diana Thorneycroft

Father Alphonse is a newly hired novice priest, who must get from his apartment to the town church during the last hour of Mardi Gras.

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CLAIRE VOYANCE (IN THE SPOTLIGHT)
CLAIRE VOYANCE (IN THE SPOTLIGHT)

France

2025

Runtime, min

6

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Animation, Short, Student,

Directors:

Clara Bulliere, Lou Delabre, Olivia Gaultier

"It’s a brand new mission for the Paranormal Detective Agency (P.D.A.)! Young detective Claire Voyance and her friendly ghost sidekick, Charles Eston, are called in by the heiress of a haunted theater. Their job? To help two lost souls stuck in a time loop: Wilson, an actor killed by a falling spotlight while on stage, and Helen, a mysterious lady. Can Claire and Charles bring down the curtain on this ghostly mystery?"

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SHAPES OF LOVE
SHAPES OF LOVE

United States

2024

Runtime, min

2

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Animation,

Director:

Jiamu Tao

Jo is willing to change themselves to meet others' needs. Is there someone who's willing to accept them as they are?

VENUE

RUNNING LATE
RUNNING LATE

United Kingdom

2025

Runtime, min

6

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Animation, Short, Animation, Claymation, Silent film, Comedy, Surreal, Stop-motion animation

Director:

Alistair Nicholls

A stop-motion animated film about one mans surreal morning routine

VENUE

JULIET & THE KING
JULIET & THE KING

Iran, Islamic Republic of

2025

Runtime, min

92

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Animation, History, drama, comedy, musical

Director:

Ashkan Rahgozar

The Iranian King gets an invitation to visit France. While visiting a "Romeo and Juliet" play in Paris, the actress catches his eye. He falls in love with her so deeply that he asks her to perform the same play in Tehran, so he can impress her and win her heart. Julie, the actress, decides to take this chance with the help of her friend Jamal. But she suddenly finds herself among jealous court ladies.

VENUE

THE ARCHIVIST
THE ARCHIVIST

Brazil

2025

Runtime, min

11

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Animation,

Director:

Antonio Sergio Spagnol

A man who works in the public archives retires and begins to save his memories

VENUE

24
24

United States

2025

Runtime, min

1

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Animation, Short, Student,

Director:

Eva Weitzman-Stangel

The Earth's rotation in 14 seconds.

VENUE

CATASTROPHE
CATASTROPHE

Not Specified

Pages

113

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Screenplay, animation, action, adventure, zombies, children

Writer:

Jeremy Decoursey

In a world overrun by zombies, Alex, a cat sheltered her entire life in a cafe, must rally her feline friends on a rescue mission to the Vets… Uncovering a dark conspiracy that could change the fate of cats and humans alike.

VENUE

IMAGINE
IMAGINE

Not Specified

Pages

19

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Short Script, Fantasy, Animation

Writer:

Kirby Gilshamoch

A baby's morning diaper change transforms into an epic, surreal quest through a fantastical world, where everyday objects become extraordinary landscapes and the mundane becomes magical, culminating in the discovery of a cherished treasure.

VENUE

BYE BYE BEETLE
BYE BYE BEETLE

United States

Pages

9

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Short Script, Environmental, Animation

Writer:

Sophia Flot-Warner

As possibly the last Puritan Tiger Beetle, Pearl undertakes a perilous quest to locate others of her species, she symbolizes the plight of all endangered species and the urgent call for preservation. She faces the threat of extinction in the vanishing coastal dunes.

VENUE

THE NIGHTINGALE IN BURKA
THE NIGHTINGALE IN BURKA

Not Specified

Pages

16

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Screenplay, Short Script,

Writer:

Abhilash Mohan

Subaida, a spirited 10-year-old Afghan girl, dreams of music in a world that's trying to silence her. This poignant drama set in Kabul follows Subaida's journey as she discovers her passion for the ‘Rubab’, a traditional Afghan musical instrument, against the backdrop of a society teetering on the edge of radical change. Subaida's life with her stern yet caring grandfather is a constant dance between honouring tradition and chasing her dreams. As she grapples with the weight of cultural expectations, she stumbles upon a vibrant musical community at her school, led by her friend Amina. This discovery ignites a fire within her, unveiling a world of music that she had never dared to dream of before. As Subaida embarks on a secret journey into her newfound passion for music, she stumbles upon a hidden family legacy steeped in years of fear and oppression. This startling discovery not only intensifies her bond with the Rubab but also ignites an unwavering determination within her to play—standing strong against the challenges that lie ahead. The story takes a dark turn as political tensions in Kabul escalate. Subaida's world begins to crumble around her, mirroring the chaos engulfing the city. As the Taliban's grip tightens, Subaida, her grandfather, and Amina find themselves caught in a desperate struggle to preserve not just their music, but to save their very lives against the looming dangers that surround them. With danger closing in from all sides, Subaida clutches her rubab, to play one last melody. "The Nightingale in Burka" is a heart-wrenching tale of resilience, identity, and the enduring power of music in the face of oppression and the viewers will be left wondering: in a world intent to silence her, can Subaida's music still find the strength to rise and soar?

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WINNERS

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SHAPES OF LOVE

Director:

Jiamu Tao

WINNER

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ROLY & POLY

Director:

Béatrice Ferland D'Addetta

🏆 BEST CHILDREN ANIMATION

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MY FRIEND IS A HU GUI (INTERNATIONAL VERSION)

Director:

Pavel Finozhenkov

🏆 BEST DEBUT ANIMATION

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HUMAN LAYERS

Director:

Fatemeh Zare

🏆 BEST COMEDY ANIMATION

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WHISPER OF THE WELL

Director:

Elif Dokur

🏆 BEST DARK / HORROR ANIMATION

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THE QUANTUM GIRL

Director:

Juan Manuel Nieves Del Toro

🏆 BEST FANTASY ANIMATION

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GLOWING MEMORY

Director:

Goga Osepashvili

🏆 BEST SCI-FI ANIMATION

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A DROP OF DEW

Director:

Lu Ren

🏆 BEST EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION

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TÊTE-À-TÊTE

Director:

Soyeon Kim

🏆 BEST HYBRID / MIXED MEDIA ANIMATION

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THE BIRTH OF A TROUBLEMAKER

Director:

Alla Fisenko

🏆 BEST VISUAL STYLE

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OUT TO PASTURE

Director:

Amandeep Singh

🏆 BEST ADULT ANIMATION

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THE 7 DAYS OF JACKIE BRAWN

Director:

Dirk Weiblen

🏆 BEST AI-ASSISTED ANIMATION

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FATHER ALPHONSE AND THE FIGHT BETWEEN CARNIVAL AND LENT

Director:

Diana Thorneycroft

🏆 BEST CONCEPTUAL / PHILOSOPHICAL ANIMATION

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CLAIRE VOYANCE (IN THE SPOTLIGHT)

Directors:

Clara Bulliere, Lou Delabre, Olivia Gaultier

🏆 BEST ANIMATED SERIES PILOT / EPISODE

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DISSIMULATOR

Director:

Holland Kerr

🏆 BEST SOUND & MUSIC DESIGN

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MEMORY PAINT

Director:

Rich Cammarata

🏆 BEST MUSIC ANIMATION

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RUNNING LATE

Director:

Alistair Nicholls

🏆 BEST SHORT ANIMATION, 🏆 BEST DIRECTOR (ANIMATION)

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JULIET & THE KING

Director:

Ashkan Rahgozar

🏆 BEST FEATURE ANIMATION

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CATASTROPHE

Writer:

Jeremy Decoursey

🏆✍️ BEST FEATURE ANIMATION SCREENPLAY

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THE NIGHTINGALE IN BURKA

Writer:

Abhilash Mohan

🏆✍️ BEST SHORT ANIMATION SCREENPLAY

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Director:

Eva Weitzman-Stangel

SPECIAL MENTION

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JULIET & THE KING

Director:

Ashkan Rahgozar

FAN AWARD

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OUT TO PASTURE

Director:

Amandeep Singh

CHANNEL AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD

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