Short Film Literacy for Families

FILM LIST FOR SCREENING SATURDAY, 5 APRIL 2025

WAT ZIT ER IN DIE KIST?

Director: Pieter Gaudesaboos, Bram Algoed // Belgia / 2023 / 09:37 // A story about a pilot, a captain, a machinist, a bus driver, a mailman, a girl… and a giant box.

CODE ROSE

Director: Romain Seisson, Taye Cimon, Sandra Leydier, Pierre Coëz, Manuarii Morel, Julie Groux // France / 2022 / 05:07 // In the open sea, a flamingo lands on an aircraft carrier. To keep the runway clear and get the planes to take off, the military must get rid of it.

CRAB DAY

Director: Ross Stringer // UK, England / 2023 / 11:00 // As part of a fishing community’s annual ritual, a young boy must kill his first crab in order to become a man and gain his father’s approval.

ENTRE DEUX SOEURS

Director: Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset // France / 2022 / 07:20 // These two sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine.

LA BOULANGERIE DE BORIS

Director: Maša Avramović // France, Switzerland, Croatia / 2023 / 08:13 // Every morning, Boris, the village baker, makes a fresh batch of crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbours until…

VARKEN

Director: Jorn Leeuwerink // The Netherlands / 2022 / 08:17 // The animals use the pig’s energy for simple things at first, but soon become dependent on a city where every single thing is automated.

THE SWINEHERD

Director: Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith // Denmark / 2023 / 07:35 // In this goofy version of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Swineherd”, we meet the young swineherd, who sits and looks after the king’s pigs.

FILM LIST FOR SCREENING SATURDAY, 26 APRIL 2025

CLERMONT-FERRAND INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2025 – CHILDREN PROGRAM

QUÈ LI PASSA AL CEL?

Director: Irene Iborra // 2022 / Spain / Animation / 10:01 // The sun rises happily over the horizon and is welcomed by the most beautiful landscape. The humans, wake up and do what they always do: cut down trees, construct aimlessly and pollute without shame. Their actions, very disrespectful to the planet, jeopardise the whole environment.

LOS CARPINCHOS

Director: Alfredo Soderguit // 2024 / France, Chile, Uruguay / Fiction Animation / 10:30 // Hunting season has begun. A family of capybaras seek refuge in a chicken coop, but the hens don’t trust them. The curiosity of the youngest members of the families will create a union with unexpected consequences.

MOJAPPI – IT’S MINE!-

Director: Nijitaro // 2024 / Japan / Animation / 03:12 // Mojappi, a trio of naughty kids who live in the forest, just love being naughty. One day, they find out that their friends are baking pancakes! They will do anything to get those pancakes!

LE TUNNEL DE LA NUIT

Director: Annechien Strouven // 2024 / Belgia, France / Fiction Animation / 08:58 // After digging a tunnel on the beach, two kids from different sides of the world meet each other. Together, they dig their way to the North Pole, where they discover a magical way to go back home.

HOOFS ON SKATES

Director: Ignas Meilūnas // 2024 / Lithuania / Fiction Animation / 12:24 // In a winter wonderland two friends are having a blast ice-skating on a frozen lake when suddenly a mysterious and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them. The creatures of the lake need help so it is time to learn how to talk to a stranger, not letting me fear and preconceptions rule.

FILANTE

Director: Marion Jamault // 2024 / Prancis / Fiction Animation / 08:49 // Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish: to find her mysteriously missing per rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn’t return. Paulette words to understand what’s wrong with her star.