Short Films for Children and Young Audiences
There is a cinema aimed at younger audiences and family audiences that aims, in addition to providing entertainment and spreading fascination, to offer this audience diverse, alternative, and innovative content that allows them to grow as critical viewers.
In this session of short films especially designed for children and young audiences, we bring together original and stimulating works overflowing with ideas and charm, many of which have a successful track record in national and international festivals.
Films
- Once Upon a Time in Dragonville Marika Herz |France, Switzerland | 2024 | 9 min | Animation Sansón, a dragon harassed by the other inhabitants of Dragonville, is forced to enter Humanville. There, he meets Simón, a boy who helps him overcome all the difficulties. Sansón discovers a new world and, above all, the true taste of friendship.
- The Girl with Occupied Eyes André Carrilho |Portugal | 2024 | 8 min | Animation Once upon a time, there was a girl who, even when she was outside the house, was always distracted. With her eyes fixed on the mobile phone, she didn’t notice the world around her or anyone who wanted to play with her. What could be done to distract her?
- Cake Battler Ida Hansen Eldøen |Norway |2025 | 8 min | Animation Emma tries to take control of her mother’s perfect birthday cake, addicted to social media and likes, receives an unexpected help from one of the decorations: Bernt, a small snowman made of marshmallows.
- The Chicken Wants to Fly Elena Walf |Germany | 2025| 5 min | Animation It’s supposed that the chicken should lay eggs, just like the other chickens. But the swallows flying in the air have awakened in her a completely different desire: she wants to fly!
- I Love You, Elephant Antonie Zavadilová |Czech Republic |2025 |10 min. | Animation A boy and an elephant get lost in a maze.
- The Life of a Mushroom Ēvalds Lācis |Latvia | 2024 | 8 min | Animation A large and beautiful mushroom in the forest is a feast for the collectors and the foxes, but it is also the home of a family of flies. These have a variety of ingenious tricks to camouflage their home.
- The Hip Hops Sandra Vivas |Dominican Republic | 2024| 4 min | Animation A story of disability and inclusion from the point of view of a child, based on the filmmaker’s own life.
- Filante Marion Jamault |France | 2024 | 9 min | Animation Every night, Paulette observes the same fleeting star in the sky and asks for her greatest desire: to find her lost pet, a rat that has mysteriously disappeared. The days pass and the animal does not return. Paulette wants to understand what happens to her star.