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
A children's theatre troupe is missing their protagonist. They discover that he is learning to kick-box in order to defend himself from the neighbourhood bully. With the help of a part-time electrician & kung fu master they must learn how to be a team again in order to make it to curtain call.
● Nikos Dayandas
● 20’
● Greece
Little stone is a mineral necessary for the manufacture of electronic devices. An epic story that begins in the mines of Congo, goes through the assembly factories in China, lands in the hands of consumers, and ends up in electronic waste dumps in Ghana.
● Alizé Arnal, Virginie Texier, Ludovic Plisson, Quentin Greiner
● 4'
● France
A surreal coming-of-age fable about a lonely girl whose wish comes true when she gains a magical friend; an exact double of herself!
● Bonnie Dempsey
● 15’
● Ireland
A young boyscout gives himself the mission to free his friend from her house since her dad won’t let her go to the camp.
● Miguel Lambert
● 6'
● Canada
Two girls get away in a dreamy adventure until they face the harsh reality surrounding their lives and that of more and more kids in Paris. The Kokokids of Paris. Glowing on the inside, while living in the shadows.
● Alexia Colette
● 14’
● France