2025 schedule

Open world ANIMATION FEST (November 6-9, 2025)

Roxy Theatre

Thursday

6 PM - Opening Night Screening (90 Minutes)

Friday

7 PM - Animation Grab Bag #1 (90 minutes)

9 PM - Horror, Sci-fi & Beyond (90 minutes)

Saturday

11 AM - Saturday Morning Cartoons (90 minutes)

1 PM - Animation Grab Bag #2 (90 minutes)

3 PM - O!PLA Focus on Poland (90 minutes)

5 PM - Short Animated Documentaries (90 minutes)

7 PM - Animation Grab Bag #3 (90 minutes)

9 PM - Beyond the Beyond (90 minutes)

Sunday

Noon - Lazy Toons Sunday (90 minutes)

2 PM - Student Film Showcase (90 minutes)

4 PM - Iranian Independent Animation (90 Minutes)

6 PM - Best of OWAF 25 (60 minutes)

TICKETS

FULL SCHEDULE

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 6TH

6 PM - OPENING NIGHT BLOCK

1. Royal Flush (China, 2:53)

   Directed by Ruiqi Gao

2. Light of Day (United Kingdom, 4:00)

   Directed by Balázs Simon

3. Conversations with a Whale (Germany, 8:20)

   Directed by Anna Samo

4. The Sky Was Candy (Germany, 3:00)

   Directed by Anh Tú Nguyen

5. Sligo Water Horse (Germany, 2:58)

   Directed by Iris Birke & Patrick Gregg

6. Bow to Your Wilderness (United States, 4:46)

   Directed by Danski Tang

7. PINA (Belgium, 20:00)

   Directed by Jeremy Depuydt & Giuseppe Accardo

8. Out to Pasture (United States, 7:28)

   Directed by Amandeep Singh

9. Story of Three Sisters (France, 7:09)

   Directed by Raphaëlle BOURGON, Anchi HUANG, Vega LÁZARO, Son Tra LE, Priyam PARIKH, Jianuo WEN, Di WU

10. Mission Popo (Canada, 2:56)

    Directed by Jennifer Wu

11. Carbono (Mexico & Peru, 6:00)

    Directed by Alberto Arvizu, Yael Gonzalez

12. Rime and Reesin - Space (United States, 7:00)

    Directed by Sean Rohani

13. Apocalypse YASSS: Two Girls, One Rapture (United States, 4:02)

    Directed by Amy Hewett

14. HIDARI (Japan, 5:44)

    Directed by Masashi Kawamura
    
    

    Running Time - 01:32:17

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 7TH

7 PM - ANIMATION GRAB BAG #1

1. Selah (Mexico, 4:36)

   Directed by Maya Lugo

2. The Forbidden Zone (United States, 11:21) 

   Directed by Zach Tochinsku

3. Chardak (Serbia, 9:00)

   Directed by Mileta Postic & Predrag Joldic

4. Bursting at the Seams (Portugal, 3:38)

   Directed by Adriana Andrade, Luana Rodrigues & Daniela Tietzen

5. The Line Between (New Zealand, 4:46)

   Directed by Dakota Truscott & Trinity Korunic

6. Cell Buddies (Netherlands, 5:11)

   Directed by Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miguel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit & Arjen van der Plas

7. Red Moon (Australia, 4:15)

   Directed by Katherine Yuan

8. Blue Flavored (United States, 4:08)

   Directed by Jett Ulysses

9. Navalny: Message to Supporters (Georgia, 3:08)

   Directed by Anton Prozacian

10. My Algorithm (France, 5:34)

    Directed by Benjamin Efrati & Balazs Turai

11. Spirit Jumper (United States, 3:40)

    Directed by Josh Fagin

12. Sand Wanderer (Netherlands, 6:31)

    Directed by Eric Giessmann

13. Please Listen to Me (China, 14:45 )

    Directed by Keyu Zhou

14. God Dam (United States, 2:43)

    Directed by Abigail Hill

15. Tooth and Thread (United States, 2:25)

    Directed by Jasmine Weddle

16. Detached (United States, 2:15)

    Directed by Emory Allen

17. KILLA MAID! (United States, 2:07)

    Directed by Chonnajun Waitayawinyoo

Running Time - 01:31:12

9 PM - HORROR, SCI-FI & BEYOND

1. Absolution (United States, 3:11)

   Directed by Jill Yapsuga

2. Kill the Horse (China, 10:26)

   Directed by Xiaoruo Guo

3. BurgerWorld (United States, 8:39)

   Directed by Maddie Brewer

4. Shi inu (Japan, 2:03)

   Directed by Kosei Tanaka

5. Unwound (United States, 2:26)

   Directed by Keira Grace Schehl

6. TV or the Disturbance on Forest Hill Road (Switzerland, 14:09)

   Directed by Frederic Siegel

7. SYKORAX VI (Mexico, 8:44)

   Directed by Adrian Cadena Oviedo

8. 2:30 (United States, 5:02)

   Directed by Sophie Caswell

9. Waking (China, 15:33)

   Directed by Tingmu Yang

10. Blackout (United Kingdom, 3:28)

    Directed by Oliver Pearse

11. Detlev (Germany, 12:50)

    Directed by Ferdinand Ehrhardt

12. Butterfly Kiss (Germany, 10:00)

    Directed by Zohar Dvir

13. Little Miss Fate (Switzerland, 8:14)

    Directed by Joder von Rotz

Running Time - 01:47:00

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8TH

11 AM - SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS

*Includes retro commercials between films!

1. Pizza Ninjas: Pizza Pets (United States, 1:19)

   Directed by Ken Oghayore & Xiang Ling

2. Viscous (United States, 7:34)

   Directed by Bradford Andrew Pattullo

3. Terra Town (United Kingdom, 6:25)

   Directed by Kian Calindas

4. Pingu & Bear (Germany, 2:29)

   Directed by Kai-Anne Oppermann

5. Anchors Astray (United States, 3:15)

   Directed by Marley Yambor

6. Metal Flower (Korea, 9:54)

   Directed by Seoyun Kim

7. Date Knight (United States, 2:54)

   Directed by Amber Schmoyer & Kareena Bhatia

8. SECRET CARTOON!

9. Shapes of Love (United States, 1:39)

   Directed by Jiamu Tao

10. Robe of Rainbow Feathers (United States. 6:21)

    Directed by Wesley Price

11. The Ultimate Henchman (United States, 6:16)

    Directed by Daniel Gile

12. Deep Rooted (United Kingdom, 9:26)

    Directed by Duncan Rudd

13. Freelance (Chile, 2:40)

    Directed by Luciano A. Muñoz Sessarego, Magnus Møller & Peter Smith

14. Little Body Big Heart (United States, 4:24)

    Directed by Teo Nalani & Eli Huang

15. Night of the Living Fish (United Kingdom, 4:59)

    Directed by Taiah Hay

16. Wild (United States, 3:52)

    Directed by Emily Dame

Running Time - 01:28:36

1 PM - ANIMATION GRAB BAG #2

1. How We Hamsters Die (United States, 6:05)

   Directed by Phoebe Burdick, Mio Gribskov

2. Outbound (United States, 2:58)

   Directed by Eli Jeffery

3. Salt & Pepper (India, 3:30)

   Directed by Gunjan Dere

4. Today, I <3 U (United States, 1:23)

   Directed by Neely Goniodsk

5. Occupied (United States, 4:32)

   Directed by Liam Fink

6. Running Late (United Kingdom, 6:19)

   Directed by Alistair Nicholls

7. Jasmine (United States, 10:26)

   Directed by Adam Loomis

8. ATACAN! (Argentina, 1:01)

   Directed by Marcelo Ezequiel Randazzo

9. Boy and the Goldfish (United Kingdom, 3:51)

   Directed Erin Leung

10. Handyman and the Pierrot (Korea, 8:11)

    Directed by Yeo Minyeong

11. Fear Is A Rose (United States, 4:54)

    Directed by Isabel Stub

12. Crystalloclast (France, 4:04)

    Directed by Enthéa None

13. Death of James (Canada, 13:40)

    Directed by Sam Chou

14. Kinavu (India, 4:40)

    Directed by Brigitta Varghese

15. Right Hand Man (United States, 3:01)

    Directed by Emma Greenman & Yaumara Carrion

16. Legend of Sun Knight (United States, 10:00)

    Directed by Remy Rosenthal, Sam Billings, Oscar Waldman & Landon Nuzum-Clark
    

Running Time - 01:29:06

3 PM - O!PLA Focus On Poland Vol. 13

http://www.polskaanimacja.pl

1. Challenging Times, New Lives (2024, 3:40)

   Directed by Barnaba Mikulowski

2. Sheep Out (2023, 8:08)

   Directed by Zofia Klamka

3. Horse Portrait (2023, 5:46)

   Directed by Witold Giersz

4. Nutcracker Girl (2023, 14:03)

   Directed by Michalina Musialik

5. Disc+Dog (2023, 5:35)

   Directed by Tomek Ducki

6. Four Walls of Memory (2024, 11:46)

   Directed by Joanna Płatek

7. Legion (2024, 5:00)

   Directed by Kamil Wójcik & Cat Kaczmarek

8. Martyr's Guidebook (2023, 8:50)

   Directed by Maks Rzontkowski

9. The Nature of the River (2024, 7:24)

   Directed by Agnieszka Waszczeniuk

10. Archeo (2024, 5:27)

    Directed by Maciej Ćwiek

Running Time - 01:16:31

5 PM - SHORT ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES

+ Q&A w/ Curator Amy Lee Ketchum & Director

1. Music and Clowns (2018, 7:23)

   Directed by Alex Widdowson

2. Disabled (2023, 13:17)

   Directed by Shelia M. Sofian

3. Origins (2023, 9:03)

   Directed by Stephanie Gumpel and Amy Lee Ketchum

4. Anyuka (2023, 20:38)

   Directed by Maya Erdelyi

5. Chavez Ravine (4:37)

   Directed by Javier Barboza

6. Muro (2022, 6:39)

   Directed by Javier Barbza

7. Lagarto (2013, 6:38)

   Directed by Miguel Jiron

8. To Your Hands (2025, 11:11)

   Directed by Ana Mouyis

9. Beethoven in Beijing Excerpts (4:36)

   Directed by Jennifer R. Lin & Sharon Mullally

10. Inn at Leeds (1:24)

    Directed by Jacob Rivkin

    • Q&A AFTERWARDS

Running Time - 01:26:12

7 PM - ANIMATION GRAB BAG #3

1. Speeding, of Course (Finland, 3:57)

   Directed by Anni Sairio & Joonatan Turkki

2. Girls In Real Life Situations (United States, 6:24)

   Directed by Ofre Sparrow Vaknin

3. Where the Deer Sleep (United States, 12:10)

   Directed by Matt Udvari

4. Space Sweepers (United Kingdom, 3:28)

   Directed by Lilian Han Morze

5. The House of Loss (Japan, 9:34)

   Directed by Jinkyu Jeon

6. Every Bird Documentary (United Kingdom, 1:20)

   Directed by Matteo Gallina

7. Breaking News (Canada, 5:44)

   Directed by Victoria Korina & Claire Midori Arts

8. Falling for Greta (United Kingdom, 11:15)

   Directed by Gustavo Arteaga

9. Foxwarren "listen2me" (Canada, 2:43)

   Directed by Winston W Hacking

10. tête-à-tête (United States, 2:45)

    Directed by Soyeon Kim

11. Letters from Little Jimmy (Finland, 3:48)

    Directed by David John Graham

12. Goddamn's Great Big Adventures: The Dating Crisis (United States, 2:30)

    Directed by Lulu Arrow Mckown

13. Left Brain (United States, 1:07)

    Directed by Omer Ben Shachar & Gome Alon

14. Detective Echo (United States, 6:02)

    Directed by Indigo Blues Johnson-Monroe

15. Return to Hairy Hill (Canada, 17:14)

    Directed by Daniel Gies

Running Time - 01:33:37

9 PM - BEYOND THE BEYOND

1. DIG (Canada, 7:40)

   Directed by Jason Zumpano

2. Big Yeti (Ireland, 3:00)

   Directed by Rory Kerr

3. Wisdom Tooth (Brazil & Germany, 5:25)

   Directed by Luisa Bacelar

4. Boudoir Doll (China, 14:20)

   Directed by Dandan Luo

5. swol (United States, 4:32)

   Directed by Eva Grandoni

6. Hold Me Tight (Belgium, 6:06)

   Directed by Leoluna Robert-Tourneur

7. REST (Japan, 5:04)

   Directed by Ryotaro Miyajima

8. Sphere Supreme (Belgium, 5:02)

   Directed by Hasan Pastaci

9. Long-Term Extramarital Affair (United States, 4:21)

   Directed by Neely Goniodsky

10. Gardening (United Kingdom, 13:54)

    Directed by Sarah Beeby

11. Curiosa (united Kingdom, 9:30)

    Directed by Tessa Moult-Milewska

12. ToWer (Japan, 5:14)

    Directed by Siqi Wei

13. Horny Jail (Japan, 5:20)

    Directed by Ai Matsuno

14. WORK (United States, 1:35)

    Directed by Jacob Mollot

15. O' Bingo! (United States, 5:06)

    Directed by Ian Kelewae

16. Persona (Korea, 6:45)

    Directed by Sujin Mon

Running Time - 01:44:56

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 9TH

Noon - LAZY TOONS SUNDAY

1. NOT ALONE (UNITED STATES, 3:27)

   Directed by Momo Cao

2. A NIGHT AT THE REST AREA (JAPAN, 11:34)

   Directed by Saki Muramoto

3. DEFECTIVE RATE (JAPAN, 8:30)

   Directed by Tong Zhao

4. 113 WORDS FOR YOU TODAY (CHINA, 12:31)

   Directed by Bo Qing Tang & Lan Zeng

5. SPIKE'S COLLAR (CHILE, 1:46)

   Directed by Fernanda Jimena Pinto

6. YESTERDAY IS LATER (MEXICO, 7:34)

   Directed by Diego Solano Flores

7. THE HUMAN FOSSIL (UNITED STATES, 6:10)

   Directed by Rebecca Huang

8. LUPINE LUNAR LANDING (UNITED STATES, 8:30)

   Directed by Yemi Kanm & ShowtuneCockatoo

9. INN AT LEEDS (UNITED STATES, 1:24)

   Directed by Jacob Rivkin

10. SHADOW OF THE MUSE (UNITED STATES, 2:27)

    Directed by Rhea Susan Paul

11. THE DAY WE FLEW (UNITED STATES, 3:21)

    Directed by Runyu "Ryan" Wang

12. VOICE OF MY FATHER (KOREA, 7:20)

    Directed by Tserendorj Myagmarjav & Adriana Maria Duello

13. TROPICALIA (MEXICO & PORTUGAL, 4:05)

    Directed by Iván Reyes Grajeda

14. SEA TAXI (CHINA, 10:18)

    Directed by Boyu Deng

Running Time - 01:30:14

2 PM - STUDENT FILM SHOWCASE

1. TANG HUA SHENG (CHINA, 4:20)

   Directed by Yuqin Zhu

2. HARPER (UNITED STATES, 2:23)

   Directed by Emily Ward

3. UNDER THE WEATHER (CANADA, 2:47)

   Directed by Saul Benavides

4. HAVE A NICE DREAM (UNITED STATES, 10:00)

   Directed by Jonathan Kirkpatrick

5. PROSTHESEUS (CANADA & UNITED STATES, 4:13)

   Directed by Mikhail Maertens

6. BOUNTY (UNITED STATES, 6:31)

   Directed by Izzy West

7. THE FLOCK OF FORGOTTEN FACES (UNITED STATES, 5:40)

   Directed by A.B. Osborne & Emily McBrayer Hogue

8. THE TORNADO OUTSIDE (UNITED KINGDOM, 8:15)

   Directed by Maria Tomazou

9. PERIODICITY 118 (UNITED STATES, 7:22)

   Directed by Lara Deniz Yildiz & Hannah Mae Marsh

10. HOUSE OF MYCELIUM (UNITED STATES, 3:00)

    Directed by Jordyn Diebolt

11. FOAM MEMORY (CHINA, 1:27)

    Directed by Mingwei Ma & Jiayi Christina Fu

12. MARGINALIA (UNITED STATES, 3:15)

    Directed by Alex Gentemann

13. GOODBYE WAVES (JAPAN, 8:28)

    Directed by RUIHAN YANG

14. OF HOLLOW GLASS (CANADA, 3:24)

    Directed by Jasper Ashley

15. KAPITAN (SPAIN, 9:41)

    Directed by Andrei Simkin

16. THIS IS NOT AN EMERGENCY (UNITED STATES, 6:36)

    Directed by Sydney Agans

RUNNING TIME - 01:28:54

4 PM - IRANIAN ANIMATION SHOWCASE

1. A DAY WHEN THE SNOW MELTS (6:45)

   Directed by Hajar Mehrani

2. CAT & FISH (2:00)

   Directed by Nilram Ranjbar

3. HOLY HEAVINESS (10:00)

   Directed Farnoosh Abedi, Negah Khezre Fardyardad & Mohammad Ghaffari

4. THE ALCHEMIST'S APPRENTICE (6:48)

   Directed by Erfan Parsapour

5. IN CAPTIVITY OF A FINGER+2 (3:38)

   Directed by Zahra Shafiei dehaghani, Mohammadali Taheri, Ali akbar Ardeshir & Ismail Mokhtarian

6. TOMORROW (16:40)

   Directed by Aryasb Feiz

7. A SHADOWY STORE(Y) (5:35)

   Directed by Houman Tehrani Sharif

8. THE ROUTE (19:22)

   Directed by Babak Beigi

9. FEARISH (4:00)

   Directed by Soheila Madadi

10. THE LOVELY SKY (11:12)

    Directed by Amir Mehran

11. LIKE FRIEND, LIKE DEER (12:59)

    Directed by Malek Eghbali

RUNNING TIME - 01:39:20

6 PM - Best of OWAF25 (WINNING FILMS)

(Films will be posted here after festival)

Running Time - 01:07:31