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IFF Message to Man > 2026 > International Competition: Short animation > Hugs

Hugs

Information about the film

Genres: Animation, Short-length

Director: Nicolas Fong

Screenwriter: Nicolas Fong

Producer: Nicolas Fong

Producer company : Miyu Distribution

Year: 2025

Country: Belgium

Duration: 7 min.

Languages: no dialogue

Description

Russian premiere

Join us on the luggage rack of my bike for a sensory roller-coaster through a land full of cuddles.

About the director:

Hugs

Nicolas Fong

Director and artist. Born in Paris in 1982, he now works in animation in Brussels. His first short animated film as director, Yin, was released in 2017. He has contributed to animated features including Jean-François Laguionie’s The Painting (2011), Joann Sfar’s Little Vampire (2020), Carlo Vogele’s Icarus (2022), and Benoît Chieux’s Sirocco (2023), and to the series The Mysterious Cities of Gold (2012–2014) and Freaked Out (2022).

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