A few nigella seeds tucked in the palm of her hand, 6-year-old Dounia leaves Aleppo with the Princess of Aleppo’s help and travels towards a new world.
● Marya Zarif, André Kadi ● 72' ● Canada, France
When the ever-optimistic boy Monty causes the school’s computer to crash during a test, he is immediately put in a special-needs class and deemed unlikely to ever succeed. Monty decides to start his own school, a school which accommodates kids with strange brains!
● Anders Morgenthaler, Mikael Wulff ● 84' ● Denmark
Vitello lives with his Mom in a small terraced house next to the ring road. In many ways being Vitello is totally okay. There is only one problem. Vitello doesn’t have a dad. Well – of course he has a dad – Vitello just doesn’t know who he is.
● Dorte Bengtson ● 72' ● Denmark
Sprightly Chuskit’s dream of going to school is cut short when she is rendered a paraplegic after an accident.
● Priya Ramasubban ● 89' ● India
On his first day as a fourth-grader, Sune is welcomed by an unwanted surprise. A new boy is in his seat, and he's everything Sune wants to be. Not only that, but his name is also Sune - it's the worst possible start to the fourth grade.
● Jon Holmberg ● 89' ● Sweden/Denmark
Patterson was born on the same day as his best friend Raf, a giraffe. Because his grandfather is a zookeeper Patterson gets to spend a lot of time with Raf. They’re inseparable and share everything. That is, until Patterson goes to school for the first time and finds out that giraffes aren’t allowed at school.
● Barbara Bredero ● 75' ● Netherlands
Gonzalo, an imaginative and tenacious 10-year-old, is facing the most difficult task of his life: get to school with clean shoes in order to prevent being separated from his best friend (his football), until the end of the year.
● Giselle Geney ● 14' ● Colombia
Three childhood friends reveal what the Harry Potter stories mean to then, transforming their sleepy Cuban town into a world of wizards, witches and monsters.
● Ben Garfield ● 4’ ● United Kingdom
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