13-year-old Nastia, an elite gymnast from Kyiv. After winning the Ukrainian championship with her tightknit group of friends, Nastia is forced to flee to Germany with her grandmother due to war in Ukraine. In the unfamiliar town of Gelsenkirchen, Nastia must start over and cope with the uncertainty of whether she will ever see her parents and friends again. But when she joins a German gymnastics team, Nastia finds hope and begins to build a new life for herself. This moving story celebrates resilience, friendship, and the power of sports to bring people together.
● Simon Lereng Wilmont, Alisa Kovalenko
● 22΄
● Denmark, Norway
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?
● Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová
● 11'
● Czech Republic, Slovakia, France
Once upon a time there was a little girl who was always distracted. With her eyes fixed on her phone, she couldn't notice the world around or who wanted to play with her.
● André Carrilho
● 8'
● Portugal
A tiny bark beetle enjoys simple life in the forest. However, after a fire breaks out, the forest burns down, she gets separated from her family and also loses her arm during the escape. She finds refuge in a children's school. Now lost and alone, she has to face the world of giants on her own.
● Eva Matejovičová
● 12’
● Czech Republic
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.
● Ignas Meilūnas
● 12'
● Lithuania
In a completely purple world, inhabited solely by triangular purple characters, a small orange circle arrives at school and immediately feels out of place. Through a blossoming friendship with a fellow pupil, he learns to overcome his feelings of inadequacy, anxiety and isolation.
● Peter Peake
● 4’
● UK
Moscow. 1957. Only a few days are left until the launch of Sputnik II, the first satellite in the history of humanity to host a living being: Laika. But Laika isn’t a dog like the others.
● Francesco Catarinolo
● 8’
● Italy
Every morning, Boris the village baker makes a fresh batch of 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?
● Maša Avramović
● 8'
● France, Switzerland, Croatia
Amazing animated short stories for children aged 2 and up, without dialogue.
● 55'