In a town where the adults live on ground level and children refuse to come down from the treetops, a series of interviews sets out to discover - what is it exactly that the generations misunderstand about each other? This animated documentary highlights the absurdity of childhood, adult-ness, the internet, and generational gaps.
● Ronni Shalev, Alon Sharabi, Hod Adler
● 3’
● Israel
An emotionally charged teen is forced to reconsider her prejudice towards emotion suppressing devices when a bushfire threatens her town.
● Tamara Hardman
● 13’
● Australia
An incredible animated music video illustrates serious facts about climate change.
● Henrike Rothe
● 4'
● Germany
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
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
Growing up on the magical Isle de Jean Charles, two siblings reflect on relocating from their home as the Louisiana coastline slowly submerges underwater. This rapturously photographed film captures the fading majesty of losing one’s homeland to climate change.
● Sandra Winther
● 22’
● USA
Through innovative animation techniques, a feast of plastic garbage, collected from beaches, sidewalks, warehouses and yards mark the end of humanity's love and hate relationship with this "beautiful poison", plastic.
● Paul Bush
● 7'
● Denmark, UK