Trading Cards - Awards & Official Selections

 

TRADING CARDS: 35 Official Selections, 6 Awards (13 Countries),  

14 Academy Award Qualifying Festival Selections

SYNOPSIS: An enigmatic man journeys back in time to find his younger self, seemingly to revisit the nostalgia of trading cards. An exploration of identity, mental health and the erosion of childhood innocence, Trading Cards is a dark fantasy animated film about the weight of living with Obsessive-compulsive disorder. 

 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS 

1) Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia, 23 Jan - 1 Feb 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, WORLD PREMIERE - 25 Jan 2026) 

2) WA Made Film Fest, Perth, Australia, 19 Feb - 1 March 2026

3) Hong Kong International Film Festival (50th HKIFF), Kowloon, Hong Kong, 1-12 Apr 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, INTERNATIONAL & ASIAN PREMIERE - 5 Apr 2026) 

4) Florida Film Festival. Florida, USA, 10-19 Apr 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE)

5) Dallas International Film Festival, Texas, USA, 23-30 Apr 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival)

6) Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, California, USA, 30 Apr - 7 May 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival)

7) Animafest Zagreb (World Festioval of Animated Film), Croatia, 8-13 June 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, EUROPEAN PREMIERE)

8) Gold Coast Film Festival (SIPFest - Shorts in Paradise), Surfers Paradise, QLD, 2 May 2026

9) Sci-On! - The Biggest Little Science + Fiction Film Festival in the World, Reno, Nevada, USA, 1-3 May 2026

10) Fest Anca, Zilina, Slovakia, 30 June - 5 July 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, SLOVAKIAN PREMIERE)

11)  Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia, Tokyo, Japan, 25 May - 10 June 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, JAPANESE PREMIERE)

12) St Kilda Film Festival, St Kilda, Victoria, 4-14 June 2026, (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, VICTORIAN PREMIERE)

13) Under Embargo till 3 July - A+++ Genre Fest (canada Prem)

14) 13th Galacticat International Film Festival in Tàrrega and Ponent, Catalunya, Spain, 24 Sept - 4 Oct 2026

15) Believe Psychology Film Festival,  Pasadena, California, USA 15-17 May 2026 (Nominee)

16) Humboldt International Film Festival, Arcata, California, USA 23-26 Apr 2026

17) South By Southwest SXSW London, UK, 1-6 June 2026 (Top 10 Competition Stream, UK PREMIERE)

18) Raindance Film Festival, London, UK, 17-26 June 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival)

19) deadCenter Film Festival, Oklahoma City, USA, 10-14 June 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival)

20) La Guarimba Film Festival, Cosenza, Italy, 7-12 Aug 2026

21) Under Embargo till Sept 2026 - Goya Qualifying Festival, Spain October 2026  

22) Stay Gold Film Festival, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA Sept 2026

23) Under Embargo - till final quarter 2026  (Academy Award Qualifying Festival, Europe)

24) Revelation Film Fest, Perth, Australia, 8-19 July 2026

25) Cinetoile International Film Festival, Nabeul, Tunisia, 1 Aug 2026

26) Palm Springs International ShortsFest, California, USA, 23-29 June 202 - (Academy Award Qualifying Festival) 

27) Electric Film Festival, Poole, England, UK, 13 June 2026

28) Monstro – 6th Jacareí Fantastic Film Festival, Sao Paolo, Brazil, 20-23 Aug 2026

29) LINOLEUM Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine, 29 Sept - 4 Oct 2026

30) Tabor New Frame Film Festival,  Veliki Tabor Castle, Croatia, 2-4 July 2026 

31) Creative Circle Awards (Short Film – Sound Design), Margate, England, 1–2 July 2026 (Shortlisted; exhibited at the UK Creative Festival – Best of British Creativity Exhibition)

32) Dark Tales, Noosaville, Queensland, 11 July 2026

33) Scinema International Science Film Festival, Deakin, ACT, 7-22 Aug 2026

34) UNDER EMBARGO till 15 JULY - Film Fest in Athena, Georgia in August 2026

35) UNDER EMBARGO till 15 JUNE - Academy Award Qualifying pathway for animation fest in Aug 2026 in Rhode

AWARDS

1) Yoram Gross Award for Best Australian Animated Film - Flickerfest, Sydney, Australia, 23 Jan - 1 Feb 2026 (Academy Award Qualifying Festival) 

2) Best Animation - Humboldt International Film Festival, Arcata, California, USA 23-26 Apr 2026

3) Best International Film -  Gold Coast Film Festival (SIPFest - Shorts in Paradise), Surfers Paradise, QLD, 2 May 2026

4) Artistic Excellence Award - Sci-On! - The Biggest Little Science + Fiction Film Festival in the World, Reno, Nevada, USA, 1-3 May 2026

5) Best Animation - Believe Psychology Film Festival,  Pasadena, California, USA 15-17 May 2026

6) Jury Special Mention - South By Southwest SXSW London, UK, 1-6 June 2026

COUNTRIES PLAYED IN (14)

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Embargoed, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia, UK (England), Ukraine, USA

CONTINENTS PLAYED IN (6)

Oceania, Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, South America

CREW & CAST

Radheya Jang (Jegatheva) - Writer, Director, Producer, Animator, Editor

Jay Jay Jegathesan - Producer & Narrator

Executive Producer - Bart Yates

Nicholas Gardiner - Original Music

James Utting - Sound Design