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This collection of original 2D- and 3D-animated short films were created by DigiPen Europe-Bilbao students. The films range from digital work to traditional hand-drawn animations, and they help demonstrate academic coursework. Watch the films and learn more about the student teams, production processes, and more by viewing each animation page.

Bon Ali The Kind

Year 4001: A small hero must carry the last seed through the desert to end the drought. Join Bon Ali’s journey and see what he can achieve despite his short legs!

Close-up of Bon Ali The Kind character with a neutral expression against an orange-hued background.

The Lightkeeper

During a stormy night, a lightkeeper encounters something incomprehensible crashing into the lighthouse.

A lighthouse shines in the middle of a storm with brave sea. Above, in glowing yellow, the letters lightkeeper.

Duck Attack

Ducky swims peacefully until a large float drifts toward him. Shocked but determined, he defeats the menace with his sword, regaining his tranquility and confidence.

A dramatic scene from Duck Attack features a large, menacing duck looming over a smaller, tearful duck wearing a headband, with the title boldly displayed in jagged white text.

Trott

Trott, a lonely turtle goes through a hard journey full of greed and ambition, which will play a dirty trick on him.

A giant friendly turtle stands upright in a dense forest, surrounded by tall trees.

Goodbye Kepler

After nine years, the Kepler space telescope comes to a bittersweet end. Moved by the news, 12-year-old Haley bids farewell in this celestial story.

A young girl stands in an esplanade at night, holding a rocket in her hand

Glimpse Into the Past

Two childhood friends find solace in a world devoid of hope as they endure the horrors of the Holocaust.

A childhood memory: a boy and a girl lie down on a field, they are friends and they smile.

Witchy Crash

A spell of great determination takes an unfortunate turn for a young witch when her feline companion intervenes.

A young witch in her study, alongside her pet: a cat; and there is also a baby dragon.

Conej Steps Out

In order to get his girlfriend Claire the ultimate gift for their upcoming date, Conej builds a rocket to reach the moon in this gorgeous animated short.

Conej standing on a ladder while using a hamer to build his rocket

Shades

A young boy discovers a friendly cat amid the ruins of a war-torn city.

A young boy smiles and greets a white cat with a striped tail by extending his hand

Gaia

A young child investigates his forest home when he discovers it’s being torn down by machinery.

A young child slides down a giant leaf and is about to land near a group of mushrooms within a forest

Tardes de Verano

A little boy spends a summer day with his boring grandma and learns the hidden magic in small things, stillness, and silence.

A bored boy looks out the window of a car that's passing through a series of hills with a windmill in the background

HeartBits

A robot who collects mechanical pieces in the forest discovers a nymph. He tries to blend into the nature to get closer to her.

A robot made from various parts and covered in plants and moss poses in a forest.

Safo

A sculptress, confined to crafting statues of boys, discovers a new inspiration for her art. To bring this vision to life, she must embrace her true self and dare to think outside the box.

A woman sculpting in a room, focused and passionate about her work, shaping clay into a masterpiece.

A Successful Student

A new student is excited to learn all types of subjects, but her motivation soon disappears when she realizes how the education system really works.

A young female student holds onto a small tablet affixed to her desk

The Balloonman

Delighting children was never a problem for the old carnival balloonman, whose expert hands could fashion any type of creature imaginable.

An old carnival balloonman holds up a red balloon dog at an amusement park with a roller coaster

Monster's Lullaby

Deep below the waters of the open sea, the sudden interruption of a bell stops the monster’s lullaby and attracts the attention of the baby monster.

Two monsters, big and small, look happily at each other under the sea

500 Miles Close

A young woman scrambles to make the perfect morning breakfast for someone close to her heart.

A woman wakes up and sits on the corner of her bed by a window

Ad Lib

When two dancers in a club refuse to follow the strict rules of who can dance with who, their act of defiance sparks a revolution.

Humanoid figures move and dance in a nightclub suffused with neon colors

Insecure

A teenage girl’s upcoming date takes a turn for the worst when insecurities shake her confidence hours before the much-anticipated event.

The protagonist, a teenage girl, dances while thinking about the drees she will be wearing on her date

25 Percent

An allegory about the nature of domestic abuse. A woman is compelled to get on and off the same train at the same station time and time again.

A CG image of a dispirited woman in a black sweater at an open-air train station. The landscape behind her is a barren desert

Licence to Krill

A lobster named Lionel aims his sight on the open sea and plans his escape from the crowded restaurant after the chef choses him as the next meal.

There are some lobsters at first side and a krill restaurant above

Dead End

Mortimer prides himself on a long and distinguished career as the head Grim Reaper, until a paperwork error leads to tragic consequences.

A small pale man stares intently at a floating candle

All Iron

After years of seeing her family’s farmland become decimated by a ruthless mining operation, an elderly woman decides to fight iron with iron.

An old woman with a long nose is surrounded by pottery in a room lit by firelight.

Arpeggio

A young boy learns piano from his loving father. In his teens, his relationship with the instrument, and in turn, his dad, reaches a crossroads.

The backs of a man in a white shirt and a boy in a blue and red striped t-shirt as they sit at a brown wooden upright piano

Core

In a futuristic world, a hulking robot chases an unlucky human who possesses a unique core.

A dimly lit, metal robot raises an open claw as seen from below. Both its claw and eyes glow brightly red in the dark.

REA

A woman tries to escape from a futuristic corporation forcing motherhood on its subjects.

A person in a futuristic setting looks at a poster of a mother with a child in her arms, with "The future is yours to save."

Three Cold Souls

Two masked warriors, Red and Blue, enter an arena and engage in an intense, acrobatic battle.

Extreme close up of a face on the right half of the image, including an eye and ear lit by red light

Deadly Delivery

Infiltrating a supervillain’s lair is going to be a challenge no matter what. But it’s especially tough when you really have to go to the bathroom.

A gaunt man with an oblong face walks down a dim, red-lit corridor wearing a black mask, spandex, and gloves

Level 1457 LAST

Humanity has been forced to live underground due to a new ice age, but a solar energy worker finds the call to the surface too strong to ignore.

A man in a heavy fur coat and yellow goggles holds a nut in a pair of pliers in front of three glowing golden canisters

Heart Level

A man must infect the literal heart of a corrupt government with a virus, but the daring act might cost him his own life too.

Close up of a man with a vertical face looking to the left. He has earrings and sports white face paint stripes on his cheek.