Girls In Chess
Girls In Chess
A spotlight on the gender gap in the world of competitive scholastic chess.
● Jenny Schweitzer
● 4'
● USA
A children's theatre troupe is missing their protagonist. They discover that he is learning to kick-box in order to defend himself from the neighbourhood bully. With the help of a part-time electrician & kung fu master they must learn how to be a team again in order to make it to curtain call.
● Nikos Dayandas
● 20’
● Greece
An incredible animated music video illustrates serious facts about climate change.
● Henrike Rothe
● 4'
● Germany
After a great flood, Pää floats down the river on the roof of his house. Soon he is joined by Nif, and together they travel downstream and out into the ocean. Along the way they meet many peculiar creatures.
● Magnus Fredriksson
● 15’
● Sweden
Four Canadian youth activists, Hannah Alper, Cooper Price, Charlene Rocha and Sophia Mathur join forces to raise awareness on the biggest issue of their lives – Climate Change.
● Steve Scaini
● 23'
● Canada
Little stone is a mineral necessary for the manufacture of electronic devices. An epic story that begins in the mines of Congo, goes through the assembly factories in China, lands in the hands of consumers, and ends up in electronic waste dumps in Ghana.
● Alizé Arnal, Virginie Texier, Ludovic Plisson, Quentin Greiner
● 4'
● France
An 8-year-old girl named Jessie is enjoying what little time she has left with her best friend, Lucas. The trailer park they live in will be closed, and the whole community will be forced to evacuate, as a result of the MTBE water contamination.
● Kyung Sok Kim (man)
● 18'
● USA
Only a Child is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. An omnibus film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.
● Simone Giampaolo
● 7'
● Switzerland