A young boy has to travel across the city of Sofia, Bulgaria, to conduct a very important transaction. But the journey will be arduous.
● Kevork Aslanyan
● 11'
● Bulgaria
An old man drives away with a little girl: it’s just the beginning of a story that touches the deepest sensibility and pushes ourselves to look inside us.
● Valerio Gnesini
● 10'
● Italy
Nemo looks different. Nobody else wears a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut.
● Jan Gadermann
● 15'
● Germany
This bystander story is told through the perspective of a 15-year old girl, Raquelle, who witnesses her classmate Noah being bullied. When doing the right thing transforms Raquelle from bystander to victim, she finds herself trapped in the same emotional quicksand of her peers.
● Ryan Cannon
● 9'
● USA
Romy has to say goodbye to her classmates because she's going to France. Not on holiday, but to work there: her family's touring circus will spend the entire summer performing in an amusement park. In a letter to her classmates, Romy talks about the ups and downs of her life as a circus artist and about her big dreams.
● Nina Landau
● 16'
● Belgium
A bullied 12-year-old boy bonds over soccer with a 11-year-old Syrian refugee.
● Sarah Winkenstette
● 88’
● Germany
For the second year running, a group of 4th and 5th grade cinephiles took on the role of program curator. The student committee saw, discussed and selected the 6 films of the unit, which touch on a wide range of topics from bullying to nutrition.
● 79'
Justine, 12, firmly believes that she will be happier once her parents are divorced. The catch? They have no plans to do so.
● Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers
● 88'
● Canada
Shy, deaf Jamie (12) moves to the boarding school for the deaf to start her new school. She is reluctant to make new friends. When she is suddenly unable to go home at the weekend, an unexpected plan develops with her bold classmate Imane (13).
● Nicole van Kilsdonk
● 91'
● Netherlands