Nicolas is a 10-year-old boy with Down Syndrome whose mom makes him a costume every year for his birthday to boost his imagination.
● Eduardo Rivero
● 82’
● Mexico
A friendship forms between a never-aging 10-year-old vampire and an orphan schoolboy, but a moon headed monster throws obstacles in their paths.
● Joann Sfar
● 82’
● France, Belgium
Following an unfortunate accident, a feisty little mouse and a shy young fox cub unwittingly find themselves in animal heaven. In this strange environment, they will have to put aside their natural instincts and work together to succeed on their journey through this new world.
● Denisa Grimmová, Jan Bubeníček
● 87'
● Czech Republic, France, Poland, Slovakia
Marguerite and Margot are both 12, with each their own family, friends, problems… ad era! One lives in 1942 and the other in 2020.
● Pierre Coré
● 89’
● France
While 12-year-old Jackie is wandering around the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Oopjen Coppit, from Rembrandt's famous painting, suddenly appears in front of her looking for her long-lost sister.
● Annemarie van de Mond
● 90'
● Netherlands
Only a Child is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. An omnibus film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.
● Simone Giampaolo
● 7'
● Switzerland
Every June at Maplewood Middle School in NJ, 6th grade students participate in a rite of passage: try write a letter to their future 18-year-old selves.
● Sarah Klein & Tom Mason
● 13'
● USA
Dédalia is a spider. Close to the death, she asks herself : would she have moved to New York with her best friend, if she wasn’t so afraid of humans?
● Hélène Ducrocq
● 9'
● France
