From November 28 until December 6, the Leuven International Short Film Festival is taking of Leuven again. Belgium’s biggest short film festival once again contains a series of surprising programmes: the Flemish and European Competitions, animation shorts, short documentaries, VR-films, live music, panel discussions, children’s films and workshops.

During the festival, as part of the European Competition, a film “Can you hear me?” by Anastazja Naumenko (Poland, 2025) will be presented. It tells the story of Nastia, who has been living abroad for a long time, has a Zoom call with her Ukrainian mother, who is not very tech-savvy. Her struggle with modern communication technology reflects the complicated communication process between mother and daughter.

The program includes also the animated short “Autokar” by Sylwia Szkiłądź, a Polish artist who studied in Belgium. It tells the story of 8-year-old Agata, who moves from Podlasie in Poland to Brussels in the 1990s. While writing a letter to her father, her pencil falls and rolls away. As Agata searches for it between the bus seats, she enters a fantastical world inhabited by mysterious half-human, half-animal passengers. The film will be screened as part of the ‘Animation Nations 1’ Programme.

The full programme and tickets are available on the website.

Kortfilmfestival Leuven
November 28 – December 6, 2025

Screenings of “Can you hear me?” as part of European Competition 
December 2, 22:00 – STUK Cinema ZED
December 5, 17:30 – STUK Cinema ZED *
*attended by Anastazja Naumenko (director)
Tickets

Screenings of “Autokar” as a part of ‘Animation Nations 1’ Programme
December 1, 21:30 – STUK Labozaal
December 3, 17:15 – STUK Labozaal
December 5, 15:30 – STUK Labozaal
Tickets