On October 15, the official website of the FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival announced its 2026 official selection. Murmure, by Yu Jinhong and Wang Ziyu, and So Shiny, So Well Shaped, by Li Meixuan, Wu Yilin, and Nie Junlin—animation students, Class of 2021, at CUC’s School of Animation and Digital Arts—made the list, both selected for the International Animated Short Film Competition (CORTOMETRAJE INTERNACIONAL DE ANIMACIÓN EN COMPETENCIA).
Screenshot of the selected works list on the official website of
the FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival
Murmure is a graduation-project animated short by Yu Jinhong and Wang Ziyu, supervised by faculty member Duan Wenkai. Centering on a girl’s growing-up experience, the film uses fantasy and surrealist techniques to portray the girl’s rich inner world as she faces the physical changes of adolescence. The film had previously been selected for the competition sections of renowned festivals including the 2026 Zagreb Animafest (Croatia), the 2026 Seattle International Film Festival (United States), the 2026 Insomnia International Animation Film Festival (Russia), and the 2026 Fantasia International Film Festival (Canada).
Screenshot of the Murmure page on the official website of
the FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival
So Shiny, So Well Shaped is a graduation-project animated short by Li Meixuan, Wu Yilin, and Nie Junlin, supervised by faculty member Cheng Xing. Centered on the theme of searching for self-identity, the film tells the fantastic tragedy of Salomé, a merman who, longing for human society, painfully gives up his merman identity and turns into a human, only to drown in the sea. The film had previously been selected for the competition sections of renowned festivals including the 2026 Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany), the 2026 Tirana International Film Festival (Albania), the 2026 Monstra Lisboa Animated Film Festival (Portugal), and the 2026 Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival (Israel).
Screenshot of the So Shiny, So Well Shaped page on the official website of
the FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival
The FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival is the largest fantastic genre festival in Mexico, dedicated to promoting and publicizing fantastic genre works both in Mexico and overseas. It has become the most important genre film festival in Latin America and has been named one of the best genre film festivals in the world by Dread Central, a well-known US news website. In 2026, the festival will be held from November 12 to 15 in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán, where Murmure and So Shiny, So Well Shaped will be screened on-site and compete for the final awards.
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Editor：Li Jalu
