Short Animation
Balinale 2026 Official Selections
🎬 "Venezia Diorama" by Nicolas Piret
🎬 "The Sky Was Candy" by Anh Tú Nguyen
🎬 "Ashen" by Ruby Bell
🎬 "This Is Your Captain Speaking" by Nienke Deutz & Digma Van Der Put
🎬 "God Is Shy" by Jocelyn Charles
Find all synopses and details on balinale.com
From one generation to the next, creativity becomes more than something we practice it becomes something we pass on. Today that legacy continues from mother Mandy walker to daughter Ruby Bell.
“My life has been immortalized in photographs, captured by my cinematographer mother, from the moment I was born. Naturally, I became a nostalgic human being and consciously sought to conserve my personal universe in pictures. Not a single momentous occasion is absent from our family archive and fortunately her artistic eye made the happy memories into cinematic recollections. We have preserved our family reminiscences ad infinitum to remember a grandfather’s laugh, a dog’s short legs, and the joy of watching family friends grow up alongside us. People change, the haircuts evolve, the time will pass anyway, so capture it while you can.” - @rubybell
exactly a month ago I got to go to @amdocfilmfest (my first time visiting Palm Springs!) 10/10 weekend hanging out with my friends @shamanm90 and @shutterbugtara , watching some cool films, trading trivia, not skipping meals and finally being able to meet the incredible team of @ashen_movie irl🎈
Ashen was one of the first projects I worked on as a sound designer since moving back to LA. So grateful for the opportunity + every opportunity I've had to design/mix sound for animation since then. It's just so fun.
We are over the moon to announce @ashen_movie has been selected to premiere at @bali.nale , an Academy Award Qualifying film festival running from June 1-7!
Stay tuned for screening information
Congratulations to the whole team once again 🫶
World premiere of Ashen ✅
Thank you @amdocfilmfest for including us in such an awesome program and Q&A afterwards, plus the amazing afterparty
We were so lucky to have some of our lovely crew join us too 🥹
