Three childhood friends reveal what the Harry Potter stories mean to then, transforming their sleepy Cuban town into a world of wizards, witches and monsters.
● Ben Garfield
● 4’
● United Kingdom
Greta’s class is going on a school trip next week and a lot of arrangements must be made. What’s the packing guidebook for a trip to the future? Why do all grown-ups freak out with this particular f-word?
● Josephine Ehlert
● 7΄
● Germany
Suppose your country began to change. Suppose that without your noticing it became dangerous for some people to live in your country. That is what happens to 9-year-old Anna in 1933. Anna is not sure who Hitler is. But when her own father goes missing one day, she comes to realize that this man is about to change the whole of Europe – starting with her own small life.
● Caroline Link
● 119’
● Germany
East Germany, 1989. Twelve-year-old Fritzi lovingly takes care of her best friend Sophie's little dog Sputnik, while Sophie's family is on summer vacation in Hungary. When Sophie doesn't come back from vacation, Fritzi and Sputnik set out in search of her.
● Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn
● 87’
● Germany/Belgium/Luxembourg/Czech Republic
Amra’s father Erdene is the leader of the last nomads opposing global mining companies digging for gold in the Mongolian steppe. After his father dies in a tragic car accident, Amra sets out to continue the fight in his father's spirit – but with the tools of an 11-year-old boy.
● Byambasuren Davaa
● 97’
● Germany, Mongolia
Microplastic Madness is an optimistic take on the local and global plastic pollution crisis as told through a refreshing urban youth point of view with an inspiring take action message.
● Atsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen
● 75'
● USA