Total Duration: 02:06:59
Who says you have to sit still to enjoy cinema? Welcome to MFW12’s Pool Cinema! This program is all about relaxing, cooling off, and diving into great stories. Float, swim, or lounge poolside. We’ll have food, drinks for everyone. Don’t forget your towel!
EENY, MEENY, MINY, MOE! (En, ten, týky!)
[d] Andrea Szelesová
Czech, Slovak / 2026 / Animation / 12:56
Yios, a lonely mythical boy, struggles to make friends in the clouds. After he falls down to Earth, everything changes.
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Awards/Screenings: Premiere at Berlinale – Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin
[ig] @pureshorefilms
MONSTER & ME
[d] Tom Field / [w] Tom Field and Elora Battah
New Zealand / 2025 / Fiction / 07:42
Motmot lives a monotonous and mundane life until one day he meets an unknown creature, a human boy.
[ig] @tomfieldd @elorabattah
ACCELERATION
[d] Stepan Crani
Moldova / 2026 / Animation / 03:03
On a snowy winter day, a boy receives a new bicycle. As he pedals, his imagination takes him far beyond the courtyard.
[ig] @stepancrani
TUTTI (你吹Do，我吹Si)
[d][w] Zhuang Rong-Zuo
Taiwan / 2026 / Fiction / 18:36
A struggling recorder player meets a boy who wants to quit. Practicing together, they discover growth beyond music.
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Awards/Screenings: 2026 Berlinale Generation Kplus | Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg – Mo&Friese – Children Jury’s Special Mention
[ig] @zhuangrongzuo @me_is_pork
CARCASSONNE-ACAPULCO
[d] Marjorie CAUP & Olivier HÉRAUD
France / 2025 / Animation / 13:49
As flight 7836 reaches cruising speed above the Atlantic Ocean, the crew are startled by an unexpected knock at the door.
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Awards/Screenings: Premiere at Festival International du Film d’Animation d’Annecy
[ig] @carcassonne.acapulco
LINIE 12 (Line 12)
[d][w] Sarah Schulz
Germany / 2025 / Animation / 08:33
Will a pedantic train conductor and a chaotic musician be able to save the train from disaster?
THE APPLICANT (El aspirante)
[d] Sam Orti / [w] Flora Cuevas
Spain / 2025 / Animation / 14:58
A civil servant, who lives and works in a tiny, gray, and depressing room, whose mission in life is to reject applications
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[ig] @conflictivos_productions
AN ELEVATOR (Um Elevador)
[d][w] Paulinho Caruso
Brasil / 2025 / Experimental / 07:13
Stuck inside a malfunctioning elevator, a woman decides to dance with her own reflection to overcome boredom.
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Awards/Screenings: SADLER’S WELLS 2026 / Cyprus Dance Film Fest 2026
BRUTE
[d][w] Jérémy Comte
Canada / 2026 / Fiction / 16:29
Overwhelmed by crippling anxiety, a young sculptor finds himself trapped in his studio.
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Awards/Screenings: Regard sur le court métrage au Saguenay | In the Palace
[ig] @jaycomte
YES! (JAH!)
[d] Madli Lääne
Estonia / 2024 / Experimental / 03:15
In a world that rewards perfection, failure might be the most radical act.
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Awards/Screenings: Aspen Shortsfest I Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
THE SENTRY
[d][w] Jake Wachtel
Cambodia/ USA/ Norway / 2025 / Fiction / 17:35
A suave Western agent’s mission goes off the rails when a cheeky Cambodian security guard refuses to be another routine kill.
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Awards/Screenings: SXSW 2025 | Show Me Shorts New Zealand, Best International Short
[ig] @thesentryfilm
CUT ! (Coupez !)
[d] Louis Bujeau,Geoffroy Virgery / [w] Louis Bujeau
France / 2025 / Fiction / 02:50
A stuntman on set.
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Awards/Screenings: Winner of the 1minute2court Fesrtival
[ig] @droledeprod