On your mark, get set, it’s time for a whole lot of animated brilliance from all corners of our big wide world. Join us for metaphysical musings and reflective moments, laugh-out-loud gags and a load of animal antics – it’s your annual wintery fix of animated inventiveness and imagination.
Films — by Country
- Albania
- Aotearoa New Zealand
- Argentina
- Australia
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Czech Republic
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Kosovo
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Mexico
- Mongolia
- Morocco
- Palestine
- Poland
- Russia
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Spain
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- UK
- USA
- Uzbekistan
The Netherlands

Drama Girl
Playing outside the boundaries of drama and documentary, this adventurous self-portrait of a 20-something artist and dancer asks the question, “if you could star in the film of your life, how would you rewrite the script?”
%20HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=3244c8b065)
Instinct
Halina Reijn’s astonishingly assured directorial debut tensely interrogates the fantasises of a veteran therapist (Carice van Houten, Game of Thrones), whose attraction to a sex offender patient escalates into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game.

Kala azar
Working to care for dead animals, a young couple collect deceased pets from people’s homes, while also scavenging for neglected roadkill, in Greek video artist Janis Rafa’s uncanny first feature film.

King of the Cruise
Intrigued by cruise ships and the people who frequent them, Sophie Dros’ fascinating documentary focuses on an extravagant Scottish Baron whose love of luxury liners masks a very human need for affection and validation.

Mi Vida
Defying family expectations and maternal norms, 63-year-old hairdresser Lou travels to start a new life abroad, settling on the Spanish port city of Cádiz, where adventures in language and friendship await.

My Extraordinary Summer with Tess
Mijn bijzonder rare week met Tess
A charming and sensitive all-ages drama that explores life’s lightness and gravity with uplifting emotional depth. Winner of a special mention from the Berlinale Generation KPlus’ adult jury, and the NYICFF Grand Prize Feature Film Award.

Paradise Drifters
Exciting young director Mees Peijnenburg and ace cinematographer Jasper Wolf (Monos; Instinct, NZIFF20) immerse us in the gritty world of a trio of disadvantaged Dutch youths en route to Marseille, where either hope or failure awaits.
%20HERO-0-520-0-390-crop.jpg?k=43124fbc59)
State Funeral
Compiling rare found-footage into an unnerving visual essay on Stalin’s cult of personality, this disquieting film observes the notorious Soviet leader’s 1953 funeral procession – and with it, the end spectacle of a tyrannical regime.

They Call Me Babu
Ze Noemen me Baboe
Indonesia’s shifting colonial landscape is examined through startling archival footage and the remarkable story of one nanny who, while caring for a Dutch family, braved occupation and social upheaval to find her own independence.