5 and UP

SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 2:00 PM

Short Films 82'
Recommended ages 5 & up

The short films in this category will be mostly visual, without subtitles, with easy-to-comprehend themes and developmentally appropriate messages.

	PEPPER Argentina, 2008. Animated, Juan Ortelli, 3' A little bug decides to give a day of peace to every animal and person in the whole world. So he takes a pepper mill and start his hilarious journey and make his idea a completely success.
	MOON CHILDREN Switzerland, 2008. Animated, Ursula Ulmi, 5' A group of children sleep cozy inside the Moon. One day they awake...
	HOW THE BUNNY DIDN'T TURN TO BE SOMEONE ELSE Russia, 2008. Animated, Ekaterina Bim, 6' A story about friendship and how the tadpole turned into the frog, the caterpillar into the butterfly, and the bunny...into anybody.
	I'M HUNGRY Belgium, 2008. Animated, Louis Marie Colon-Delphine Hermans, 3' Ikouk is a young Inuit who is always so hungry that his mom cannot feed him anymore. Ikouk has to find food on his own...
	MASH GO SPLASH Germany, 2008. Elisa Klement, 8' At least the peas Toni has to eat, says her mother. But Toni isn't hungry at all! Maybe the fat mash can help her? But he's very moody today. That's gonna be dangerous, 'cause the mother is quite near...
	MIRIAM'S BROKEN PICTURE Estonia, 2009. Animated Puppetry, Priit Tender, 5' In this expertly made film, Miriam decides to take the blame when her younger brother accidentally breaks their parents' wedding photo. Will her brother be able to admit the truth?
	THE HAPPY DUCKLING Great Britain-Scotland, 2008. Animated, Gili Dolev, 9' An animated adventure following the antics of a reluctant young boy and the relentlessly happy duck who trails him. website
	CELLO Russia, 2008. Animated, Tatiana Kurnaeva, 7' A boring cello lesson quickly turns into a dancing, soaring insect cavalcade with the addition of just a little inspiration from a ladybug with a violin.
	LOST AND FOUND Great Britain, 2008. Animated, Philip Hunt, 24' A boy finds a penguin at his door. The penguin looks sad and the boy thinks it must be lost. So he decides to help it find its way home, even if that means to row all the way to the South Pole.
	BIG PLANS Switzerland, 2008. Animated, Irmgard Walthert, 4' Despite the well developed plans, some problems turn up during the construction of an efficient machine. Fortunately, a great idea comes up that can solve the problems.
	THE SWIMMING LESSON Belgium-Netherlands, 2008. Animated, Danny de Vent, 8' Jonas' mom takes him to his very first swimming lesson. He is terrified and wants to go home. As he tries to run away, he falls into the deep end of the pool. No one notices him there, so he is left to save himself.