These seven short animated films have been especially selected from the archives of the London International Animation Festival and are some of the most loved films we have screened for children over the years. Every member of the family will love these films but they have been specifically chosen for 0-7 year-olds.
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The Penguin who couldn’t Swim (Tom Rourke, UK)
A disabled penguin lives on a rocky island in the southern seas, where she feels isolated from the rest of her colony.
2018, 5min
Pointy (Amy Bruning, UK)
A strange pointy boy wants to fit in and have fun. Will he be accepted into this world that is so different from him? Or is he just too pointy?
2019, 5min
Hugo Bumfeldt (Eva Katinka Bognar, Hungary)
Hugo is an alien boy living on a tiny far-away planet. One day he gets his first pet as a present – it’s a real scuba diver taken from Earth.
2018, 12min
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
Tallyho Pancake (Kai Pannen, Germany)
Mr Bumble’s pancake flies out of the window and escapes. Soon the pancake is followed by the whole forest.
2009, 7min
The Fox who could play the violin (Natalya Nilova, Russia)
The fox can play the violin really well – and the other woodland animals start to take notice.
2017, 11min
Queen Bum (Maja Gehrig, Switzerland)
A Dad and his little girl make up goodnight stories about strange Queen Po.
2015, 11min
