Animation, like childhood, can be full of wonder with the biggest pleasures being the simplest ones. This programme carefully chosen for children of 8 and above strips away all the soft-sell toy ads and the over-the-top blockbuster-style special effects to deliver a selection of wonderful films full of joy. This programme is suitable for all ages but especially 8-15 year-olds.
These enthralling films include a surreal story about three friends who exchange heads by accident, a grumpy granny living in a blue fairy-tale forest and a tense and prickly standoff between a hedgehog and a quartet of insatiable beasts.
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Heads Together (Job Joris & Marieke, Netherlands)
Three friends exchange heads by accident and are forced to adapt to each others life.
21min, 2017
City and Heart (Anne-Sophie Raimond, France)
The frenetic chaos of the city, the beating heart of a poet.
3min, 2016
Two Trams (Svetlana Andrianova, Russia)
Klick and Tram are two city trams that leave their bus depot every morning.
10min, 2017
Shock Therapy (Bali Engel & Matthieu Landour, UK)
Jim is afraid of everything. To cure himself, he decides to invite all his phobias to his home but it’s not a good idea.
7min, 2017
Hedgehog’s Home (Eva Cvijanović, Canada/Croatia)
A hedgehog lives in a lush forest, respected and envied by the other animals. But one day a quartet of insatiable beasts spark a tense and prickly standoff.
10min, 2016
When I Worry About Things – Annabel’s Story (Andy Glynne & Liam O’Connor, UK)
Annabel has OCD and nervous tics after a period of upheaval, but ultimately she learns to cope with her depression.
5min, 2017
Merlot (Giulia Martinelli & Marta Gennari, Italy)
In a blue fairytale forest a grumpy granny loses a bottle of wine.
6min, 2016
The Shrapnel (Dmitry Ivanov, Russia)
A soldier, wounded at war, returns home to his mother.
4min, 2016
Deep Beneath The Earth (Kim Noce & Shaun Clark, UK)
The only thing young Lucy likes is gaming on her Ipad. But when she loses it in the woods she is determined to get it back.
3min, 2017
Link (Robert Loebel, Germany)
Two characters are linked by their hair, influencing each other by every move they make.
7min, 2017
