SIFF 2026: Short Animation Films (Group 1)

Synopsis

Part of the 13th edition of the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth, this package of four short animation films explores fear, loss, and the courage to face an unfamiliar world. In (The Great Dreamscape), a young performer escapes her stage fright through a magical adventure. (It Could Have Been Me) brings a Palestinian-American girl closer to the reality faced by her friend from Gaza. In (Cartoon Physics), a mother turns to the logic of cartoons as she struggles to explain death to her child. (Autokar) follows a shy girl whose journey from Poland to Belgium becomes a fantastical adventure beneath the seats of a bus.