An evening of short animated films in UNTHINKABLE's comfy Sofa Cinema.

Enjoy our cosy Sofa Cinema and watch a diverse selection of short animated films, hand-picked from our UNTHINKABLE 2026 submissions. You’ll be able to choose your favourite film of the evening, giving it a chance to be entered into the Award Screening on October 10th and potentially win! Bring your own snacks, sit back, and relax.

Step into a collection of animated short films that journey through the strange, the unsettling, and the beautifully surreal. Exploring themes of fear, transformation, and the darker corners of the imagination, these works embrace the uncanny, inviting audiences into worlds where reality bends and the unexpected lurks around every corner. From haunting dreamscapes to twisted fairy tales, each film crafts its own fantastical universe, transporting viewers across extraordinary landscapes inhabited by curious creatures and impossible places. Showcasing a diverse range of styles from some of the leading hands in animation — this programme celebrates the limitless possibilities of this medium.

Films showing:

I Am Here (dir. Cheyenne Goudswaard)

Niccolo (dir. Clementine Di Prizio)

La vie avec un idiot (dir. Theodor Ushev)

A Kind of Testament (dir. Stephen Vuillemin)

The Fire Next Time (dir. Renaldho Pelle)

God is Shy (dir. Joceyln Charles)

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