Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in your country. That is what happens to 9-year-old Anna in 1933. Anna is not sure who Hitler is. But when her own father goes missing one day, she comes to realize that this man is about to change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life.
● Caroline Link
● 119’
● Germany
East Germany, 1989. Twelve-year-old Fritzi lovingly takes care of her best friend Sophie's little dog Sputnik, while Sophie's family is on summer vacation in Hungary. When Sophie doesn't come back from vacation, Fritzi and Sputnik set out in search of her.
● Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn
● 87’
● Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg/Czech Republic
Meet Bella, Rella and Sierra, a trio of skateboarding six-year-olds who form the Pink Helmet Posse. This fantastical short follows the girls as they pop ollies and shred through gender stereotypes—all while dressed in tutus.
● Ben Mullinkosson, Kristelle Laroche
● 8’
● USA
Skateistan, a nonprofit, focuses on recruiting girls from impoverished neighborhoods to not only teach them to skateboard, but to help educate them so they can join - or return to - the public school system.
● Carol Dysinger
● 40'
● USA
A wildly imaginative and kind-hearted boy's mission to become a superhero is challenged when his optimistic view of the world begins to crumble.
● Julian Park
● 20'
● USA