Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 12 of the best, most recent wonderful short animated films, full of joy, from all around the world.
There’ll be talking animals, seriously fun adventures and wondrous tales to spark those little imaginations. Adults are allowed in if they have permission from their kids. Suitable for all ages but especially 0-7 year-olds.
This programme contains several cheeky, loveable animals in all sorts of mad adventures. Percy Cat is looking forward to a holiday in ‘Cat Lake City’, a mouse dreams of wanting to fly with birds, a small tiger goes on a long journey to find his stripes and neighbours Pig and Duck learn that friendship is the most important thing to cherish.
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Adults can only come if they’re bringing a child, and children can only come along if accompanied by an adult. If you’re over 18, we’re afraid being a ‘big kid’ doesn’t count.
Animanimals collection – Fly (Julia Ocker, Germany)
Three singing frogs and a fly play a mischievous game.
2018, 4min
Matilda (Irene Iborra, Spain)
Matilda can’t get to sleep so she starts to explore her room in a new light with the magic of her torch.
2018, 7min
Nest (Sonja Rohleder, Germany)
A lovesick bird of paradise dances through the night, doing it’s best to attract a mate.
2019, 4min
Cat Lake City (Antje Heyn, Germany)
Percy Cat is looking forward to a relaxing day in “Cat Lake City” – the cats’ holiday paradise.
2019, 7min
Sam’s Dream (Nölwenn Roberts, France)
A little mouse wants to make his dream come true – to fly with the swallows.
2018, 7min
The Pig on the Hill (Jamy Wheless & John Helms, USA)
When Pig’s free-spirited new neighbour Duck plunges himself into Pig’s quiet, orderly life, Pig learns that having friends is what he has been missing all along.
2018, 6min
Ray’s Great Escape (Jie Weng, China)
Ray is a little monster who lives on the edge of a volcano about to erupt so he has to move out of his house.
2018, 7min
A Tiger with no Stripes (Raul ‘Robin’ Morales Reyes, France/Switzerland)
A little tiger takes a long journey to look for his stripes.
2018, 8min
Fussel (Alex Berweck, Germany)
What’s on the end of the red string?
2019, 5min
Koyaa – Elusive Paper (Kolja Saksida, Slovenia)
Koyaa wants to paint a picture but the paper he is using is being very elusive.
2019, 3min
Animanimals collection – Slug (Julia Ocker, Germany)
Slug struggles with her new house.
2018, 4min
Monsters Don’t Exist (Ilaria Angelini, Luca Barberis Organista & Nicola Bernardi, Italy)
Two longtime rivals engage in an epic battle for monster supremacy.
2018, 3min
