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24th International Animation
Film Festival, Baden/Switzerland
1 – 6 September 2026
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Midnight Snack: We Are Human, After All

“We Are Human, After All” brings together animated shorts that celebrate humanity through animals, ghostly spirits and unconventional figures. Fragile, playful, stubborn, dreamy and sometimes ridiculously funny, they comprise a cute, bittersweet selection of characters who reflect the soul of the smallest Swiss animation film festival in Savigny.

Appointments & Tickets

Sat 5.9. • 22:45
Cinema Trafo 3
12+ 71'

Supported by

SWISSLOS Kanton Aargau

Curated and moderated by

Marjolaine Perreten, Festival director Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny (celebrating the 10th edition of the smallest Swiss animation festival)

Films

Un jour si blanc, Vasily Chirkov, RU 2022
Un jour si blanc
The house, the garden, the old rusty basin, the wind… everything has its mystery and its soul. Children know how to sense it.
Direction Vasily Chirkov Duration 6' Country Russia Year 2022
Animation Vasily Chirkov Screenplay Vasily Chirkov Music Sasha Chirkov Distributor T/M FILMS

Shackle, Ainslie Henderson, UK 2022
Shackle
Three woodland spirits explore theconflicting, archetypal human drives of creativity, possessiveness and our desire for status.
Direction Ainslie Henderson Duration 10' Country United Kingdom Year 2022
Animation Ainslie Henderson Screenplay Ainslie Henderson Music Poppy Ackroyd Sound design Keith Duncan Distributor Miyu Distribution

Stuck, Violette Talalaeff, FR 2021
Coincé
A man can stop and restart time with a snap of his fingers, until one day time no longer starts again.
Direction Violette Talalaeff Duration 2' Country France Year 2021
Animation Violette Talalaeff Screenplay Violette Talalaeff Music Titouan Gramain Sound design Violette Talalaeff Distributor Violette Talalaeff

Hot Singles in your Area, Nicolás Petelski, ES 2022
Hot Singles in Your Area
True love will find you in the end.
Direction Nicolás Petelski Duration 1' Language English Country Spain Year 2022
Animation Nicolás Petelski Screenplay Nicolás Petelski Music Nicolás Petelski Sound design Nicolás Petelski Distributor Nicolás Petelski

Penelope, Heta Jäälinoja, EE/FI 2016
Pénélope
Doorbellrings. Someone is at the door. But everything's a mess.
Direction Heta Jäälinoja Duration 4' Country Estonia, Finland Year 2016
Animation Heta Jäälinoja Screenplay Heta Jäälinoja Music Jukka Herva Sound design B6 Studios, Horret Kuus Distributor Heta Jäälinoja

Kukuschka, Dina Velikovskaya, DE 2017
Kukuschka
Kukuschkais a bird, who follows the Sun. It seems to her as if she already could touch It, but the Sun is still far away. Suddenly she is not alone anymore, but for two it's even more difficult to keep going so fast. She will reach the Sun, may be tomorrow may be the day after.
Direction Dina Velikovskaya Duration 9' Country Germany Year 2017
Animation Milana Fedoseeva, Eugenia Zhirkova, Dina Velikovskaya, Dmitriy Lasarev Screenplay Dina Velikovskaya Music Artem Fadeev Sound design Artem Fadeev Cut Vera Myakisheva Production Vladimir Gassiev Distributor Dina Velikovskaya

We're Human, After All, Jan Mika, CZ 2018
We're Human, After All
During a harsh winter, the hare must face the freezing cold, hunger and the dangers of hunters and other animals. One day he finds out what a good, comfortable and safe life rabbits lead.
Direction Jan Mika Duration 17' Country Czechia Year 2018
Animation Jan Míka Screenplay Jan Míka Music Viliam Béreš Sound design Mirek Šmilauer Cut Tomáš Vrána, Jan Míka Production Miloň Terč, Jan Míka Distributor Jan Mika

Phyton and Guard, Anton Dyakov, RU 2015
Python and Guard
A story about friendship and adventures of two, at first glance, incompatible characters: a zookeeper and a python.
Direction Anton Dyakov Duration 14' Country Russia Year 2016
Animation Anton Dyakov Screenplay Anton Dyakov Music Michael Krug, Alexei Galliamov Sound design Artem Fadeyev Distributor Soyuzmultfilm Studio

Space Dan, Adrien Blanchard, Théophile Farant, Matéo Grossi, Pablo Jegado, Lucas Rougé, FR 2025
Space Dan
Dan, a space billionaire, celebrates his birthday in his private space station when a cake accident ruins the party. After aiming for the stars, it’s hard to come back down to earth.
Direction Adrien Blanchard, Théophile Farant, Matéo Grossi, Pablo Jegado, Lucas Rougé Duration 8' Country France Year 2025
Animation Adrien Blanchard, Théophile Farant, Matéo Grossi, Pablo Jegado, Lucas Rougé Music Romain Camiolo Sound design Raphaël Angelini Distributor Yummy Films