Awards: Nominee, Best Short Film, BFI London Film Festival

Los Carpinchos (Capybaras), directed by Alfredo Soderguit from Uruguay, is based on the director’s picture book. One day, a group of capybaras, fleeing a hunter, arrive at a chicken coop where adult chickens are on guard against capybaras. This is a movie about curiosity, coexistence, and solidarity. (Written by Aoi Ozone, Hirasawa Scholar, ’26)