Straight and in a Circle TRAILER

“Straight and in a Circle” is an animation depicting the journey of forced migrants, highlighting the transformative power of empathy and integration. It captures the universal struggle of individuals seeking refuge and belonging in a new community.

Director: Palina Ramashka
Animator: Palina Ramashka
Sound designer and composer: Laurynas Kamarauskas
Editor: Antoine Echelard
Producing Company: Vilnius Academy of Arts

AWARDS

Award Winner : Best Animated Film  – Meadow Hills Short Film Festival (Poland)
Award Winner : Best documentary student – Rotary International Peace Film Festival (Turkey)
Award Winner : Best Experimental – Fly Creator Excellence Awards (Australia)
Award Winner : Best Film – Animation – Teen Indie Film Awards 2025 (India)
Award Winner : Best Human Rights Short Film – CINE TEJO – International Short Film Festival (Portugal)
Award Winner : Best music – Biencortos (Venezuela)
Finalist – Anti-War International Independent Film Festival (Estonia)
Finalist – BUEIFF Web Series (Argentina)
Finalist – Kadrajımdan Çocuk Uluslararası Kısa Film Festivali (Turkey)
Finalist – Let’s Start The Revolution (Poland)
Finalist – Linea d’Ombra Festival | UNIFEST (Italy)
Finalist – One World One Flower International Buddhist Film Festival. (Republic of Korea)
Finalist – Seguin Film & Arts Festival (United States)
Honorable Mention – Festival internacional de cine de Orizaba F.I.C.O. (Mexico)
Honorable Mention – Uroboros Film Festival (Mexico)
Nominee – Chania Film Festival (Greece)
Nominee – Northwest International Film Festival (United States)
Nominee – Ray of Light Awards (Spain)
Nominee – Woman, Life, Freedom Film Festival (Australia)
Quarter-Finalist – Kobani International Film Festival (Germany)

SELECTIONS

NarrarelFuturo: XiI Festival de Cine & Nuevos Medios (Colombia)
36 Girona Film Festival (Spain)
3rd CINE RO – Rondônia Film Festival (Brazil)
9th Chaniartoon 2025 (Greece)
Anim!Arte – International Student Animation Festival (Brazil)
ANITIME Animation Festival (Israel)
Art All Night – Trenton Film Festival (United States)
Athens Film Festival (United States)
Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF) (Canada)
Canada China International Film Festival (CCIFF) (China)
Cartoon Club (Italy)
Centre Film Festival (United States)
Cine Minhocão 2025 (Brazil)
DokumentART (Germany)
Ernte Sehen 2025 (Austria)
FEDAXV 2024 (Chile)
Festival du Film d’Animation de Savigny (Switzerland)
Film Against War Festival (United States)
Flipbook Film Festival (North Macedonia)
Fort Smith International Film Festival (United States)
Fresco International Festival of Modern Art and Spiritual Films 2025 (Armenia)
Giffoni Macedonia Youth Film Festival (North Macedonia)
Gjon Mili International Video Art Festival (Albania)
GUTTERBLISS FILM FESTIVAL (United States)
Human Environment Care Film Festival (Canada)
II Itaicine – Festival Internacional de Animação de Itaiópolis (Brazil)
Izmir International Refugee Film Festival (Turkey)
Joburg Underground Film Festival (South Africa)
LIFFA Lahore International Film Festival Awards (Pakistan)
Lift-off filmmaker sessions (United Kingdom)
Lugano Animation Days Festival (Switzerland)
LUKSUZ FILM FESTIVAL (Slovenia)
Malabo International Music & Film Festival (Equatorial Guinea)
Migration in Transit. International Film Festival (Peru)
Movies on War (Norway)
Multicultural Mental Health Film Festival (Australia)
Music Art Film Craft Fest (United States)
Othismos Film Festival (Italy)
Phoenix Animedia Film Festival (India)
PIAFF, Paris International Animation Film Festival (France)
PLURAL+ (Saudi Arabia)
Qinling Mountains Film Festival (China)
Semana ¡VIVA EL CINE! (Argentina)
Silver Frame Film Festival (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Soundscreen Film Festival (Italy)
SUNCINE: Environmental Film Festival (Spain)
The Blanes – Costa Brava International Film Festival (Spain)
Tianjin International Academic Film Festival (China)
Tony Curtis International Film Festival (Hungary)
TRICKY WOMEN TRICKY REALITIES (Austria)
Villammare Festival Film&Friends (Italy)
Zinetxiki Zinemaldia – International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Spain)

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