Like a dream, we are transported through moments in the relationship of a girl and her teddy bear as she begins to run, play, and learn about the world. But as she grows older, the time comes to pack away childish things for good.
● Lou Rigoudy
● 3’
● Canada
A girl pursues a connection with her sister, who is covered by a strange gray fur. It is soft and uncanny at the same time. It grows between them, and they drift further apart from each other.
● Madeleine Homan
● 5’
● the Netherlands
Leyla urgently needs a new laptop for school. When she hears about a weightlifting competition up for grabs, she starts training at her family's farm with her own funds.
● Nursen Çetin Köreken
● 14’
● Turkey
To be sisters is about sharing a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine..
● Anne-Sophie Gousset
● 8’
● France
This Is Your Captain Speaking is a short fiction film about ten-year-old Asare. To prevent his music teacher Seydou from being sent out of the country, he tries to adopt him. Asare himself has been adopted and he can stay, then that will probably also apply to Seydou, right?
● Idriss Nabil
● 24’
● the Netherlands
Wild Housemates is based on an African tale «The Goat and the Tiger» and offers in a fun way a touching lesson on friendship and coexistence.
● Armelle Mercat-Junot
● 15’
● France
Paolo Piangino is a very happy man – because he can cry. He cries about stories with a sad ending and about stories with a happy ending. Paolo’s tears make other people happy, too: They can pick Paolo’s happiness like flowers. But they cannot hold on to it.
● Thorsten Droessler, Manuel Schroeder
● 14’
● Germany, Switzerland, Czechia
Chelar is upset. Upset with climate change, upset with the rules of her classmate’s games and upset with the absence of any real connection with nature. So Chelar decides to become a tree. What starts as a spontaneous act soon becomes a mind changing example for her friend Solvei and the adults around her.
● Agnes Maagaard
● 12'
● Germany
Among the different species that inhabit our planet, one stands out from the others by its power and its impact on ecosystems. It is the Autosaurus Rex!
● Marcel Barelli
● 6’
● Switzerland
Mina and her Toy friend are having fun in a sandpit. Suddenly, mud pies are stamped out and the Toy is captured by cycling Totemites!
● Kateřina Karhánková
● 10’
● Czechia, France