The Long Shorts Film Competition, unveiled at this edition of MONSTRA, gives a special place to a set of works whose narrative, atmosphere or concept need more time for their message or creative intention to be fully conveyed. Responding to the current trend towards longer independent animated films, it brings together a set of twelve works with individual durations between 15 and 33 minutes, many of them by established authors who are now venturing into storytelling in this longer format.