Tête en l'air / Head in the Clouds
Rémi Durin (Les Films du Nord/La Boîte,… Productions/Pictanovo), France, Belgium, 2023, 10'33"
Alfonso, a young squirrel, always has his head in the clouds. He loves watching them and sometimes takes snapshots of them. His parents and friends find it hard to take his hobby seriously.
Aaaah ! / Aaaah!
Osman Cerfon (Miyu Production), France, 2022, 4'40"
Aaaah! is a cry of pain, surprise, fear, joy, songs, grumbling, laughter, anger… Aaaah! is the expression with which children, these primary and innocent beings, experience life in a community, framed by the whistles of adults.
Our Uniform
Yeghane Moghaddam (independent), Iran, 2023, 7'
An Iranian girl unfolds her school memories through the folds and fabrics of her old uniform.
Harvey
Janice Nadeau (NFB/Folimage),Canada, France, 2023, 9'03"
Told through the eyes of a child with an overflowing imagination, Harvey is a poetic, luminous look at bereavement and coping with the loss of a parent.
Shackle
Ainslie Henderson (BFI/Amphibian Husbandry), UK, 2022, 9'54"
Three archetypal woodland spirits explore the conflicting human drives of creativity, possessiveness and our desire for status.
Krížom Krážom / Criss Cross
Nina Rybárová, Tomáš Rybár (Super film/MAUR film), Slovakia, Czechia, 2023, 7'56"
A short cross-stitched story about friendship and treason between a birdie, a baby goat and a fox inspired by the folk proverb “A friend in need is friend indeed”.
Hoeba / Hooba
Sem Assink (il Luster Films), Netherlands, 2022, 2'15"
3000 BC. A small group of inhabitants of the 'Low Countries' are fighting the elements and hunger. Their endless inaptitude to organize themselves combined with their impulsiveness leads to the building of the mysterious standing stone buildings of The Netherlands.