A selection of hilarious, surprising and deliciously weird shorts by women and non-binary filmmakers.&nbsp; Co-curated by Cardiff Animation Festival and WIA UK.

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Cowgirlies

A bunny's friends take her on a meat-bender to celebrate her vegan anniversary, indulging in the kinds of foods she avoids all year long.

Vegeversary

How was Your Day? This is a typical question in the Applebottom household during their usual family dinners. With their mouths full of Mommy’s delicious jellied food and plates heavy with a steamy clown meat steak, join them for a bit of idle chit chat. Be a fly on the wall for their ridiculous conversations and ask yourself, what will they say next?&nbsp;&nbsp;

How Was Your Day?

The polluted ocean forces mermaids to seek help on land, revealing their existence as non-mythological creatures.

Sea Angels

On their first day of eighth grade (middle school), Sam, Lexi, and Jane come up with a plan to get the most coveted table in the school cafeteria. Their strategy, however, begins to fall apart when Katy, a sixth-grade TikTok influencer, takes the spot they wanted.

Girls In Real Life Situations

In a city shaken by climate change and disappearing habitats, a strange new stick insect appears: TUBULUS PLASTICUS, evolved to mimic plastic straws. What begins as a curious spectacle turns into an eerie presence, quietly disrupting everyday life.Inspired by the real-life outbreak of stick insects in central Seoul, this animated short blends the cute with the uncanny, the playful with the unsettling.

Tubulus Plasticus

Darlene and Eileen spot slim shady whilst grocery shopping. The pair thing of how to get his attention, but things take an unexpected turn. Watch to find out more!

Slim Shady at the Store

A short opera inspired by Aesop's fable The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle.

Cockpera

On an isolated cacti farm, three stressed out birds ask a cowgirl to help stop the elusive Ax-Man.

Spell of the West

A dissatisfied marriage, a secret crush, and workplace fantasies come to a head in a diner run by a mole with a hot ass.

Bug Diner

Oscar is coming of age, against his better judgment. In doing so he must experience the necessary evil of leaving something behind, but he can still feel it in the pit of his stomach.

Belly

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