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:

Annecy SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack in a Short Film 2025
Animest Trophy, Animest International Animation Film Festival 2025
Masters Award, Primanima World Festival of First Animations 2025
Best Short Animated Film, Beirut Shorts 2025
Best International Film, Rex Animation Film Festival 2025
Best National Film, Turku Animated Film Festival 2025
Special Mention, Anibar International Animation Festival 2025
AGORA Award, Helsinki International Film Festival 2025
Audience Award, Paris International Animation Film Festival 2026
Best Direction, Paris International Animation Film Festival 2026
Jury Award – Honourable Mention, GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation 2025
FAS Cineclub Award, Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film 2025
Student Jury Award for Best Graphic Universe, Paris International Animation Film Festival 2026
Honourable Mention, West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival 2026

Festivals:

Annecy International Animation Festival, Annecy, France (8/6-14/6/2025)
Anibar International Animation Festival, Peja, Kosovo (14/7-20/7/2025)
Guanajuato International Film Festival, Guanajuato/San Miguel de Allende/Irapuato, Mexico (25/7-3/8/2025)
La Guarimba International Film Festival, Amantea, Italy (7/8-12/8/2025)
Edinburgh International Film Festival, UK (14/8-20/8/2025)
Turku Animated Film Festival, Turku, Finland (20/8-24/8/2025)
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland (2/9-7/9/2025)
SiamAnima – Siam International Animation Festival, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand (10/9-21/9/2025)
Helsinki International Film Festival Love & Anarchy, Finland (18/9-28/9/2025)
Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Canada (24/9-28/9/2025)
Animest International Animation Film Festival, Bucharest, Romania (3/10-12/10/2025)
Animage International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil (7/10-12/10/2025)
Videomedeja International New Media Art Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia (9/10-11/10/2025)
Taichung International Animation Festival, Taichung, Taiwan (11/10-18/10/2025)
Etiuda&Anima International Film Festival, Krakow, Poland (14/10-19/10/2025)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Budaörs, Hungary (15/10-18/10/2025)
Chicago International Film Festival, Chicago, USA (15/10-26/10/2025)
Experimental Film Guanajuato, Mexico (22/10-25/10/2025)
AFI Fest, Los Angeles, USA (22/10-26/10/2025)
BitBang International Animation Festival, Buenos Aires, Argentina (28/10-1/11/2025)
Leeds International Film Festival, Leeds, UK (30/10-16/11/2025)
Beirut Shorts International Film Festival, Beirut, Lebanon (2/11-7/11/2025)
Cinanima International Animated Film Festival, Espinho, Portugal (7/11-16/11/2025)
POFF Shorts International Short Film and Animation Festival, Tallinn, Estonia (11/11-19/11/2025)
GIRAF International Festival of Independent Animation, Calgary, Canada (13/11-16/11/2025)
CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Querétaro, Mexico (13/11-16/11/2025)
Manchester Animation Festival, Manchester, UK (13/11-19/11/2025)
Feinaki Beijing Animation Week, Beijing, China (14/11-17/11/2025)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione, San Vito al Tagliamento, Italy (15/11-23/11/2025)
Rex Animation Film Festival, Stockholm, Sweden (17/11-22/11/2025)
Zinebi International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, Spain (21/11-28/11/2025)
Amarcort Film Festival, Rimini, Italy (25/11-30/11/2025)
London International Animation Festival, London, UK (27/11-7/12/2025)
Leuven International Short Film Festival, Belgium (28/11-6/12/2025)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia (1/12-7/12/2025)
Bogoshorts Bogota Short Film Festival, Colombia (2/12-9/12/2025)
ANIMARIO Madrid International Festival of Contemporary Animation, Madrid, Spain (11/12-14/12/2025)
Paris International Animation Film Festival, Paris, France (15/1-18/1/2026)
London Short Film Festival, UK (23/1-1/2/2026)
Anima Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium (20/2-1/3/2026)
Sea Slug Animation Festival, Seattle, USA (27/2-1/3/2026)
Tampere Film Festival, Tampere, Finland (4/3-8/3/2026)
West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, Morgantown, USA (5/3-8/3/2026)
ONE Country ONE Film International Festival, Issoire/Apchat, France (6/3-21/3/2026)
Tricky Women Tricky Realities, Vienna, Austria (11/3-15/3/2026)
Monstra Lisbon Animation Festival, Lisbon, Portugal (12/3-22/3/2026)
Kaboom Animation Festival, Amsterdam/Utrecht, the Netherlands (13/3-22/3/2026)
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, UK (18/3-22/3/2026)
(Re)animacija Festival of European Animated Film and Illustration, Nikšić, Montenegro (20/3-22/3/2026)
Festival d’un Jour, Bourg-lès-Valence, France (23/3-28/3/2026)
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, Ohio, USA (13/4-19/4/2026)
Filmfest Dresden, Dresden, Germany (14/4-19/4/2026)
Animocje International Animated Film Festival, Bydgoszcz, Poland (21/4-26/4/2026)
Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films, Liberec, Czech Republic (5/5-10/5/2026)
FICAM – Festival International de Cinéma d’Animation de Meknes, Morocco (15/5-20/5/2026)
Melbourne International Animation Festival, Melbourne, Australia (17/5-24/5/2026)
LOUDframe Festival, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA (22/5-24/5/2026)
Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan (25/5-10/6/2026)
Chilemonos International Animation Festival, Santiago, Chile (26/5-28/5/2026)
Animafest Zagreb – World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb, Croatia (8/6-13/6/2026)
Kino Otok – Isola Cinema International Film Festival, Izola, Slovenia (10/6-14-6/2026)
Fest Anča International Animation Festival, Žilina, Slovakia (30/6-5/7/2026)
Supertoon International Animation Festival, Šibenik, Croatia (20/7-24/7/2026)
Imaginaria International Animated Film Festival, Conversano, Italy (16/8-23/8/2026)