Dollhouse Elephant

Dollhouse Elephant is a dark comedic societal commentary. The film examines the social paradox of wanting to live exactly as you please, but how giving this freedom to others too means having to show compassion and consideration, potentially changing your individualistic ways. The film visualises this by following the lives of a group of neighbours sharing a building. Despite none of the inhabitants making any effort to connect, their different private habits have unforeseen consequences, forcing the neighbours to come together. While some of them learn to change their ways and get a happier life, others are unable or too blind for any real self-insight and eventually return to their old antics.

Awards:

SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Short Film, Annecy International Animation Festival 2025
Special Mention, Anibar International Animation Festival 2025
Best National Film, Turku Animated Film Festival 2025
AGORA Award, Helsinki International Film Festival 2025
Animest Trophy, Animest International Animation Film Festival 2025
Masters Award, Primanima Hungary 2025
Best Short Animation Film, Beirut Shorts 2025

Festivals (updated in November 2025):

Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France 2025
Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo 2025
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Guanajuato/San Miguel de Allende/Irapuato, Mexico 2025
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy 2025
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK 2025
Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finland 2025
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland 2025
SiamAnima – Siam International Animation Festival, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 2025
Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland 2025
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada 2025
Animest International Animation Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania 2025
Animage International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil 2025
Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia 2025
Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan 2025
Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland 2025
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hungary 2025
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, USA 2025
Experimental Film Guanajuato, Mexico 2025
AFI Fest, Los Angeles, USA 2025
BitBang International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2025
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK 2025
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon 2025
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal 2025
POFF Shorts International Short Film and Animation Festival, Tallinn, Estonia 2025
GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada 2025
Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK 2025
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing, China 2025
Rex Animation Festival, Stockholm, Sweden 2025
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy 2025
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, Spain 2025
Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy 2025
London International Animation Festival, London, UK 2025
Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium 2025