Best of the Fest
Drumroll, please…these are the highest-rated shorts of NYICFF 2025! Even we don’t know what’s going to be in this program—but we do know it’s going to be great! Join us for a special program of this year’s audience favorite and award-winning shorts!
shorts in this program:
The Night Tunnel
Le Tunnel de la nuit
Belgium, France, Netherlands | New York City Premiere
Animation, Annechien Strouven, 2024, 9 min
No dialogue
The Refusers
De Afvalligen
Netherlands | New York Premiere
Animation, Wiep Teeuwisse, 2024, 3 min
In Dutch; with English subtitles
The Little Ancestor
La Petite Ancêtre
Canada | US Premiere
Animation, Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, 2024, 11 min
No dialogue
Swimming with Butterflies
United States | East Coast Premiere
Documentary, Live Action, Karl Stetler, 2024, 8 min
In English
Capybaras
Los Carpinchos
Chile, France, Uruguay | US Premiere
Animation, Alfredo Soderguit, 2024, 11 min
No dialogue
Fish River Anthology
Mereneläviä
Finland | North American Premiere
Animation, Veera Lamminpää, 2024, 10 min
In Finnish; with English subtitles
América
Peru | World Premiere
Live Action, Javier Arias-Stella, 2024, 15 min
In Quechua; In Spanish; with English subtitles
Hello Summer
Ahoj leto
Czech Republic, France, Slovakia | US Premiere
Animation, Martin Smatana & Veronika Zacharová, 2024, 11 min
No dialogue