Competition category: CHILDREN’S Films

September 12th, 11:00 A.M.

Duration 56’26’’

RHINO

Germany, 2022, 3’37’’, 2D animation

director Julia Ocker

The rhino is looking forward to his date with the rhino lady.

I’M GOING

Iran, 2023, 6’18’’, digital cut-out animation

director Reyhaneh Kavosh

I’m going to… where? To have some fresh air? Looking for a beach? To play?
We go to different places, although from the whole point of view, we all go to the same place on a big ship.

THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES

Portugal, 2024, 7’55’’, 2D animation

director André Carrilho

A girl wanders, always clutching a phone from which she never takes her eyes off. Along the way еveryone tries to captivate her and draw her attention, but she is indifferent to everything around her. What no one expected was that, during the dizzying journey, the phone would slip out of her hands, only to fall apart on the ground.

SPARROWS

France, 2024, 11’37’’, 2D animation

director Rémi Durin

In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…

IMPOSSIBLE MALADIES

Italy, 2023, 8’, puppet animation

directors Stefano Tambellini, Alice Tambellini

Aboard their cart, Doctor Rabarbaro and his assistant Tosse travel from house to house to cure absurd illnesses with their ingenious remedies.

HOOFS ON SKATES

Lithuania, 2024, 12’24’’, puppet animation

director Ignas Meilūnas

In a winter wonderland two friends are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them. Now they must learn how to deal with the other kind, not letting the fear and preconceptions rule.

COOT

Netherlands, 2023, 2’15’’, 2D animation

director Marlies van der Wel

A coot and a ferry skipper peacefully coexist along a city river. Their harmony is disrupted when a new bridge emerges, causing the skipper to lose all his passengers overnight.

LITTLE FAN

Germany, 2023, 5’, 3D animation

directors Sveta Yuferova, Shad Lee Bradbury

An unexpected encounter will grow into a meaningful friendship.

September 13th, 11:00 A.M.

Duration 58’57’’

BAKING WITH BORIS

France, 2023, 8’15’’, 2D animation

director Maša Avramović

Every morning, Boris the village baker makes crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbours until… Achoo! He can’t stop sneezing. He has become allergic to flour. How will he manage to keep baking for everyone in the village?

HUSH HUSH LITTLE BEAR

Latvia, 2022, 4’40’’, stop-motion animation

director Māra Liniņa

Bear parents put their cubs to sleep…

THE CARP AND THE CHILD

France, 2024, 6’50’’, 2D animation

directors Morgane Simon, Arnaud Demuynck

A child goes carp fishing. But he has the bad idea of bringing his little dog with him. Between the puppy, a frog and a duck, it’s not easy to catch a fish…

MY FRIEND IN THE JINGLE TRUCK

Canada, 2023, 5’16’’, mixed technique

director Sima Naseem

In Karachi, Pakistan, a little girl meets a magical bird in a painted truck. It embarks on a fascinating adventure, entering the painted world of the truck and learning valuable lessons about friendship.

FORAGE

United States, 2023, 7’29’’, stop-motion animation

director Carolyn Gair

Zip is a “rustbot” who searches an abandoned attic for treasures to decorate his home. After a mouse steals a rare find from him, he runs after it, facing unexpected dangers.

TUU TUU TIL

Germany, 2024, 4’30’’, 2D animation

director Veronica Solomon

The incredible and funny adventures of a crocodile in a colorful world full of children, cars, animals and toys.

FOREVER SEVEN

Germany, 2024, 9’26’’, 2D animation

directors Antje Heyn, Alexander Isert

A box is a box is a box. Sometimes though it’s just a matter of perspective to discover something completely different behind it.

HELLO SUMMER

Slovakia, 2024, 10’45’’, mixed technique

directors Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová

Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels elsewhere?

WOODLAND SONGS: SNOWY DAY

United Arab Emirates, 2024, 3’06’’, 2D animation

director Amir Saharkhiz

A group of woodland animal kids experience the wonders of snow for the first time…