These twelve films from eleven different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards – but adults are allowed in as long as you are accompanied by a child. They are films for the young but also the young at heart including several films that tug at the heart-strings.
Here you will meet charismatic characters and encounter amazing tales including a knitted toy dinosaur who has to unravel himself to save the love of his life, an elephant who’s expert at basketball and a seven year-old boy who’s dreams, hopes and fears are bought to life by a dazzling series of images created entirely by matchsticks.
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Tony the Tiny Pony (Ned Wenlock, New Zealand)
Listen up cowboys, cowgirls and cow-everybody else too: gather round to hear the story of a tiny pony named Tony.
2019, 4min
Matches (Geza M. Toth, Hungary)
A lonely boy is playing with his colourful matchsticks. While he is talking about his dreams, fears and hopes, the matchsticks bring his visions to life.
2019, 11min
Hedgehog (Vaibhav Keswani, Jeanne Laureau, Colombine Majou, Morgane Mattard, Kaisa Pirttinen & Jong-ha Yoon, France)
A young boy, obsessed with hedgehogs, shares his love for them all the time with everybody.
2018, 5min
Maestro (The Illogic Collective, France)
Frogs, hedgehogs, turtles, fish and many other forest animals belt out a stirring rendition of a Vincenzo Bellini war opera.
2019, 2min
Home Sweet Home (Chaitane Conversat, France/Switzerland)
A series of stories bind a granddaughter and grandmother despite time and distance.
2018, 13min
Saturdays Apartment (Jeon Seungbae, South Korea)
In this apartment five different family members struggle with the noises from the other floors.
2018, 7min
Lost and Found (Andrew Goldsmith & Bradley Slabe, Australia)
A knitted toy dinosaur has to unravel itself to save the love of its life.
2018, 8min
Gunpowder (Romane Faure, Nathanael Perron, Léa Detrain, Benoît de Geyer d’Orth, Pei-Hsuan Lin & Anne-Lise Kubiak, France)
lt’s teatime ! Unfortunately for Phileas all his teaboxes are empty so he decides to get some from China.
2019, 5min
The Kite (Martin Smatana, Czech Rep/Slovakia/Poland)
A touching tale of a boy and his grandfather as they spend the day flying a kite.
2019, 13min
Good Heart (Evgeniya Jirkova, Russia)
In a primeval forest lives a primitive family. Mum is strict, crazy and grumpy. All she wants is that everyone eats well and is healthy.
2018, 5min
Hansel and Gretel (Shaun Clark & Magid El-Bushra, UK)
Hansel and Gretel’s parents have fallen on hard times. The mother sends them out into the forest to find strawberries for supper, not realising that it is a dangerous place after dark.
2019, 6min
Athleticus – Gym Keeper (Nicolas Deveaux, France)
An elephant shows off his basketball skills to a group of watching giraffes.
2018, 2min
