Animated Dreams & Nightmares

Name: Animated Dreams & Nightmares
Genre: Animation
Released: 2026-10-25
Duration: 1 h 27 min

<div>Animation is exceptional when it comes to making inner visions reality. These short films will invite you into the strange, often beautiful, and occasionally freaky worlds dreamt up by their filmmakers. Curated by Rhys Iliakis.</div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Sorrow Doesn’t Sleep at Night </b></div><div>Josefina Montin & Martín André | Chile | 2025 | 9 min</div><div>Alone in a cabin with his cat, a man must confront his guilt and the ghosts of his past… or be consumed by them.</div><div><br></div><div><b>O’ Bingo!</b></div><div>Ian Kelewae | USA | 2026 | 5 min</div><div>A dog and her old lady owner find a magical plant on their walk and take it home, much to the displeasure of the cultic plant-worshipers.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Ensmoothening</b></div><div>Kevin Eskew | USA | 2026 | 12 min</div><div>Tranquility and peace finally reign supreme on earth, but only due to the help of extradimensional beings smoothing out all the rough spots. Literally.</div><div><br></div><div><b>FRAGILE</b></div><div>Yuping Shi | Australia | 2025 | 4 min</div><div>A little guy called Saimo finds a one-way pass to a metaphysical crossroads, but the nightmare also finds Saimo.</div><div><br></div><div><b>2nd Day & the End of the World</b></div><div>Sara Koppel | Denmark | 2025 | 12 min</div><div>In a neon-colored, climate-catastrophic world, a dysfunctional family must figure out how to exist. Can love and hope prevail against powerlessness and detachment?</div><div><br></div><div><b>Off-Time</b></div><div>Nata Metlukh | Japan, Ukraine, USA | 2025 | 11 min</div><div>A data engineer futilely tries to manage his time and multitask to create an organized life. It is only when time breaks down around him that he discovers joy in life.</div><div><br></div><div><b>God Is Shy</b></div><div>Jocelyn Charles | France | 2025 | 15 min</div><div>Two friends pass time on a train ride with a game about their deepest fears, but things shift when a mysterious passenger intrudes on them with a strange story of her own.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Blessed</b></div><div>Birute Sodeikaite | Canada | 2025 | 7 min</div><div>Buffalo is tough, strong, and self-sufficient. Can he brave the new frontier of parenthood, or will his anxieties get the better of him?</div><div><br></div><div><b>The Garden</b></div><div>Carolina Charadán & Miguel Machado | Canada, Cuba, Mexico | 2025 | 12 min</div><div>19th-century Cuban painter-poet, Juana Borrero, wanders an Edenic garden as a young girl, exploring the boundaries between art and dream.</div></div><div><br></div>AnimationPT1H27M2026-10-25Animated Dreams & Nightmares"Animated Dreams & Nightmares"

Showtimes

October 25, 4:15 pm