Since its inception in 2002, Minikino has placed critical thinking at the heart of its mission. More than two decades later, this commitment continues through ongoing research into how short film discussions and filmmaking activities can support the development of children and youth aged 4–17.
In 2024, Minikino launched a year-round public program inviting schools, teachers, parents, and individuals to recognize the value of short films as a meaningful educational supplement. For MFW11, the Education Team has selected 59 films in 11 programs from the official selection, each accompanied by a Watch and Learn Guide to support reflection and discussion after the screening.
Activities such as school field trips, filmmaker Q&A sessions, and hands-on learning stations at the festival hub further extend this initiative—fostering curiosity, empathy, and critical thinking through the shared experience of short films.
Webinar: MFW11 Guide for Educators (Petunjuk Jelajah Edukasi MFW11)
Discover new ways to learn and teach with short films at Minikino Film Week 11 (MFW11)! Minikino invites educators, education observers, and parents to join the MFW11 Guide for Educators webinar. This pre-festival event is designed to introduce the Short Films for School program, which uses 59 films from 11 short film programs to help students aged 4–17 develop critical thinking and empathy. Participants will learn how to use the provided Watch and Learn Kit—a guide with film lists, age recommendations, and discussion prompts—to select appropriate films and facilitate meaningful post-screening conversations.
PASS HOLDERS AND/OR BY INVITATION CONDUCTED IN BAHASA INDONESIA
MFW11 presents a selection of official festival films specially curated for student audiences. The screenings include stories that invite questions, open conversations, and encourage different ways
of seeing the world. Aimed at nurturing critical thinking, the films create a shared space where students and teachers can reflect, respond, and relate cinema to everyday life.
BALCONIES // [d][w] Xenia Smirnov // Germany / 2024 / Animation / 05:20 // “Balconies” showcases the peculiarities and endearing quirks of everyday life in a high-rise building.
FILANTE // [d] Marion Jamault // France / 2024 / Animation / 08:49 // Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky.
CHALISA // [d] Swati Agarwal // India / 2024 / Animation / 05:45 // In the short claymation musical “Chalisa,” audiences are taken on a journey through Hanuman’s magical life. // Awards/Screenings: Best Direction Award in ASIFA India Award of Excellence 2024 | Silver Award in WAVES Waves Awards of Excellence 2025 // [ig] @swati_agar
KUKELEKU // [d][w] Jelle Janssen // Netherlands, United Kingdom / 2024 / Animation / 03:04 // After discovering a squeaky toy, the voiceless rooster Nugget fakes his crow to claim the throne. // Awards/Screenings: StopTrik International Film Festival | Manchester Animation Festival // [ig] @jellejanssenanimation@kukeleku_film
THE GIRL WITH THE OCCUPIED EYES (A Menina com os Olhos Ocupados) // [d] André Carrilho // Portugal / 2024 / Animation / 07:55 // Everyone tries to captivate her and draw her attention, but she is indifferent to everything around her. // Awards/Screenings: Golden Gate Award Winner for the Family Films category – San Francisco FF | Best Animation Award – The West Virginia Mountaineer SFF
HELLO SUMMER (Ahoj leto) // [d] Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová // Slovakia, Czechia, France / 2024 / Animation / 45:00 // Sea, sun, beaches, and family holidays.But what if the hotel isn’t as stellar as promised? // Awards/Screenings: Young Audience Award – Annecy, Special Mention (Category – Best Slovak Short) – Fest Anča // [ig] @bearwithme_distribution
ABOVE THE TAMARIND TREE // [d] Buthyna Al-Mohammadi // Qatar / 2024 / Animation / 07:44 // An introverted girl ventures into a wild valley, risking her life to reclaim her precious necklace from a mischievous parrot.
SLIPPER KEEPER KITTY (Muca Copatarica) // [d] Rok Predin // Slovenia / 2024 / Animation / 10:31 // In the Small Village, children play all day but carelessly toss their slippers at night. By morning, the slippers vanish. The Slipper Keeper Kitty, took them. // Awards/Screenings: FEST-New Directors/New Films Festival, IndieLisboa
TREASURE (Tesoro) // [d] Carmen Álvarez Muñoz // Spain / 2024 / Animation / 05:38 // A bored grandma decides to train a murder of crows and start a peculiar criminal family. // Awards/Screenings: Finalist on the 2025 Quirino Awards | Best National Animated Short Film on the 2024 FICVI festival // [ig] @tesoro_animation
CENING NEPUKIN I KAWA (When Cening Meets Kawa, the Magical Forest) // [d] Epriliana Fitri Ayu Pamungkas / [w] Epriliana Fitri Ayu Pamungkas, I Made Denny Chrisna Putra // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 12:45 // A girl defies tradition, fails a sacred ritual, and slips into a surreal world where time and choices collide. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection JAFF 19th 2024 // [ig] @wesee.kawa@denfilm.bali
NOT A FAIRY TALE // [d][w] Malgorzata Rybak // Poland / 2023 / Animation / 02:53 // Extraordinary skills of a street lamp initiated by some unexpected non-human visitors. Believe it or not, it’s a true story. // Awards/Screenings: World Festival of Animated Film in Varna, Bulgaria, 2023 (Best Children’s Film) | CINANIMA, Portugal, 2023 (Grande Panorama: Students – 2ºnd e 3ºrd Ciclo)
UMMI AND ZAKI (Ummi und Zaki) // [d] Daniela Opp / [w] Kai Rönnau // Germany / 2024 / Animation / 04:21 // “Now we‘re friends for life”, says Zaki. But Ummi doesn‘t know if that‘s what she wants.
THE RUMBLE-BUMBLE RALLY (Morgenfugl og Murmeldyr: Rydderacet) // [d] Annette SAUGESTAD HELLAND, Johan KAOS // Norway / 2024 / Animation / 08:40 // Did you know that the living room is actually a racetrack? // Awards/Screenings: Grand-Prix of the Monstrinha Competition – MONSTRA | Lisbon Animation Festival, Filem’On // [ig] @bearwithme_distribution
TOMORROW (Demà) // [d][w] Estefania Ortiz // Spain / 2024 / Fiction / 16:00 // Lucas is starting school and he will have to accept that his older brother will not take part on this new adventure. // Awards/Screenings: 47º Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente de Elche – FICIE. Spain | 7º Indy Shorts International Film Festival-Heartland Film. USA // [ig] @demacurtmetratge@fnnrtz@shojifilms@agenciafreak
LE PETIT ET LE GÉANT // [d][w] Isabela Costa // France, Brazil / 2025 / Animation / 08:40 // A little hamster living in a post-apocalyptic world discovers a spark of hope. // [ig] @isabeladacosta
A KING WITHOUT A CROWN (Un Roi sans couronne) // [d][w] Olivier Bayu Gandrille // France / 2025 / Fiction / 21:01 // Raja is being sent away to Indonesia. Clément, his French half-brother, would do anything to join him. // [ig] @mabel_films
PASSING BY (지나가는 것) // [d] Hanna Kang // South Korea / 2025 / Animation / 08:44 // A girl unexpectedly meets her childhood best friend, torn between rekindling their bond or letting the moment fade away. // Awards/Screenings: Short Animations for Children, 65th Zlín FilmFestival 2025 // [ig] @yangna_yang_
WASHHH // [d][w] Mickey Lai // Malaysia, Ireland / 2024 / Fiction / 23:10 // A Chinese trainee is commanded by the teacher to lead her multiracial female comrades to wash the stained sanitary pads. // [ig] @mickeylai23@ParallaxFilms
12 MOMENTS BEFORE THE FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY (Sheng Qi Shou) // [d][w] Zhizheng Qu // China / 2025 / Fiction / 16:33 // A middle school is about to hold a flag-raising ceremony. However, this is not a gentle winter for him. // Awards/Screenings: Cannes La Cinef 2025 // [ig] @parallaxfilms_sales
DENGARLAH NYANYIAN PING PONG (Hear the Ping Pong Sing) // [d][w] Andrew Kose // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 17:54 // A 6-year-old girl finds comfort in the rhythm of a ping pong ball when her family argues in Hokkien words she can’t understand. // Awards/Screenings: Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2024)
HER BODY // [d] Daphne Lücker / [w] Rosita Wolkers // The Netherlands / 2024 / Fiction / 14:12 // A healthy girl (9) living in a hospital bed discovers the truth about her body and the lie her mother forces her to live. // Awards/Screenings: Senior Jury Award – Go Short Nijmegen 2025 // [ig] @rinkelfilm
LIGHT OF LIGHT (Φῶς ἐκ φωτός or ΦΩΣ ΕΚ ΦΩΤΟΣ) // [d][w] Neritan Zinxhiria // Greece / 2023 / Documentary / 12:55 // In 1932, a monk built a camera in isolation. 90 years later, a filmmaker finds and reconstructs the lost footage. // Awards/Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam (TigerShort Nominee) | Slamdance Film Festival (GrandPrix Winner) // [ig] @reconstructingmemories@iphigraph
LITTLE REBELS CINEMA CLUB // [d][w] Khozy Rizal // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 17:00 // Set in 2008, Doddy, a 14 year old boy, tries to recreate an iconic scene of a zombie film with three of his best friends. // [ig] @khozyrizal
NEZUMIKOZŌ JIROKICHI // [d] Rintarō // France, Japan / 2023 / Animation / 23:47 // As the city of Edo is plunged into darkness, a man emerges from the attic of a house.
THE WILD-TEMPERED CLAVIER // [d] Anna Samo // Germany / 2024 / Animation / 07:20 // Despite the world’s disasters, an artist insists on playing. // [ig] @samoanimation
THE FIRST FILM // [d] Piyush Thakur / [w] Piyush Thakur, Deepak Lohana // India / 2024 / Fiction / 19:59 // In a small town of 1960’s India, where cinema is forbidden for women, a 14-year-old embarks on a quest to watch her first film. // Awards/Screenings: Bogoshorts | Glasgow Short Film Festival // [ig] @tff.film@haathwalathakur
THE WIELS MARSH (Le Marais Wiels) // [d][w] Charlotte Pion, Catherine Le Goff, Martine Janssens, Christine Flasschoen, Aurore Woller, Marie Fontaine, Claire Poinas // Belgium / 2025 / Animation / 05:47 // A collective film made within Zorobabel’s evening workshops in Brussels. // Awards/Screenings: Millenium Documentary Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium (2025) // [ig] @atelier_zorobabel
PUBLIC POOL // [d] Elizabeth Lo // USA / 2025 / Documentary / 12:47 // A portrait becomes a visual celebration of public spaces as well as a meditation on family and the luxury of leisure. // Awards/Screenings: CPH:DOX | Vienna Shorts
US, THE SEA AND THE SAD END // [d][w] Malgorzata Rybak // Poland / 2023 / Animation / 02:00 // When you finally arrive at your favorite snorkeling spot but then suddenly everything is getting out of control. // Awards/Screenings: UPPSALA Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2024 | FEST ANCA International Animation Festival Slovakia, 2024
BURNT WOUND (Luka Bakar) // [d][w] Jason Iskandar // Indonesia / 2025 / Documentary / 07:00 // A Jakarta neighborhood rebuilds after a fire, seen over time from a single angle. // [ig] @studioantelope@jasoniskandar@florencegiovani
LIGHTS, HAZE (გაბნეული შუქები) // [d][w] Tata Managadze // Georgia, Belgium, Finland, Portugal / 2024 / Animation / 08:04 // Utopian symbolic playgrounds from memories are interconnected through sharp, flickering lights. // Awards/Screenings: Annecy 2025 official selection | International Premiere at Tricky Women/Tricky Realities // [ig] @eat_vashli
ESTE NO ES TU JARDÍN (This is not your Garden) // [d] Carlos Velandia, Angélica Restrepo / [w] Carlos Velandia // Colombia / 2025 / Animation / 12:53 // Rooted in wetlands, páramos and centennial forests at the verge of disappearing, memories and a speculated future collide. // Awards/Screenings: IFFR International Film Festival Rotterdam – Short & Mid-length (2025) | Annecy International Animation Film Festival – Off-Limits (2025) // [ig] @carlosvelandiav
THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS // [d][w] Elham Ehsas // United Kingdom / 2025 / Fiction / 15:00 // Haunted by rising sea levels, a daughter digs up her father’s grave to move his body to higher ground. // Awards/Screenings: Aspen Shortsfest 2025, USA // [ig] @zoradzo
FLOW OF BEING (Olemise kulg) // [d] Helen Unt / [w] Anti Naulainen, Outi Inkeri Rossi, Helen Unt // Estonia, Bulgaria / 2024 / Animation / 11:11 // A person is in the flow. They make a decision and keep flowing until all becomes one. // Awards/Screenings: Uppsala Short Film Festival 2024 | Ann Arbor Film Festival 2025. // [ig] @good_to_be_here@bonobostudio_zagreb
FISH, PLEASE! (Pelabuhan Berkabut) // [d] Haris Yuliyanto / [w] Jovan Ardiansyah & Haris Yuliyanto // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 19:53 // During a tough time, a stunted man wants to save his wife’s pregnancy by stealing the only fish in the harbor with mysterious gas. // Awards/Screenings: Official Selection Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2024 | Official Selection Glasgow Short Film Festival 2025 // [ig] @kurakurafilms@harishyuliyanto@brociz_jr@annisadeey
SILENT PANORAMA // [d] Nicolas Piret // Belgium / 2024 / Animation / 05:09 // In this animated miniature, a drawing gradually comes to life before our eyes, and people occupy places that used to belong to nature. // [ig] @manifest_pictures@nicolas_piret_
EVEN TIDE // [d] Francesco Clerici / [w] Jon Barrenechea, Francesco Clerici // Italy, Switzerland / 2023 / Experimental / 11:00 // In an unspecified future, some solar-powered camera devices are activated with motion sensors. // Awards/Screenings: Torino Film Festival (Special Jury Award – Spazio Italia) | Calgary International Film Festival. // [ig] @varicolouredhfa@anche_no_01
BECOMING AIR // [d][w] Alisi Telengut, Diego Galafassi // Germany, Sweden / 2024 / Animation / 06:24 // Breathe deeply: in 3 years, your molecules will circle Earth, as today’s oxygen came from nature.
WATER SPORTS // [d] Whammy Alcazaren // Philippines / 2025 / Fiction / 19:35 // Sad boys Jelson and Ipe harness the power of their love in an attempt to survive a world devastated by climate change. // Awards/Screenings: SXSW London | Hamburg Short Film Festival. // [ig] @watersportsathletics
NETTLE (Ortie) // [d] Toni Hilgersson // Belgium / 2025 / Fiction / 20:14 // Some say Jeanne is mad because she doesn’t let boys push her around, consider yourself warned, don’t touch Jeanne, she stings. // Awards/Screenings: Brussel short film festival 2025 // [ig] @Antoinehilgersson
BARLEBAS // [d][w] Malu Janssen // The Netherlands, Belgium / 2024 / Fiction / 19:59 // When headstrong Heylken is accused of witchcraft, she resists and inspires young Griet with her free spirit and powerful voice. // Awards/Screenings: Prix Sauvage Corto for best short film, L’Europeautour de L’Europe, Paris, France | Mélies d’Argent for best European short, Imagine Film Festival, Amsterdam // [ig] @malu_janssen@doxyfixy
SUINTRAH // [d] Ayesha Alma Almera / [w] Ayesha Alma Almera, Alex Suhendra // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 21:08 // A father and his only son who rented a house in a village where there is a rule that no one is allowed to speak loudly. // Awards/Screenings: Best Live Action Short Festival Film Indonesia 2024 | Wide Angle Section Busan International Film Festival 2024 // [ig] @_ayeshaalma@opypratiwi
BOTTLENECK (GARGALO) // [d][w] Carlos Segundo, Anna Zêpa // Brazil, Portugal, France / 2025 / Fiction / 20:00 // Janaina is tired, and that can be scary. // [ig] @rabodeolhofilmes
ON WEARY WINGS GO BY (Linnud läinud) // [d][w] Anu-Laura Tuttelberg // Estonia, Lithuania / 2024 / Animation / 11:00 // A wintry poem about the Nordic nature. Birds fly South, porcelain animals and insects hide from the freezing wind and snow. // [ig] @onwearywingsgoby
MACHINES (Maskiner) // [d][w] Sigurd Bleken // Norway / 2024 / Fiction / 14:46 // Catastrophe strikes in the life of a single mom, working as a cleaner, saving up for a special birthday present for her son. // Awards/Screenings: Odense International Film Festival | Aesthetica Short Film Festival // [ig] @skalastormfilms
FAILED ATTEMPTS TO HUG EACH OTHER (Intentos Fallidos para Abrazarse) // [d][w] Sergio Díaz Ochoa // Mexico / 2024 / Fiction / 12:51 // Two brothers estranged by superficial disputes confront the limits of reconciliation. // Awards/Screenings: Morelia International Film Festival | Riverrun International Film Festival // [ig] @sergiodiazo@elimperiocine@belicosafilms_mx
BLUE HEART (Coeur Bleu) // [d] Samuel Suffren // Haiti, France / 2025 / Fiction / 15:19 // Marianne and Pétion, living in Haiti, await a call from their son who has left in pursuit of the American dream. // Awards/Screenings: Director’s Fortnight Cannes ‘25 // [ig] @samuelsuffren
FAMILY MAN // [d] Kalani Gacon / [w] Kalani Gacon, Maya Khan // Nepal / 2025 / Fiction / 17:23 // In a remote Nepalese village, a mysterious man finds refuge in the house of a family haunted by their father’s disappearance. // Awards/Screenings: Clermont Ferrand 2025 | Alexandria International Short Film Festival 2025 // [ig] @kalanigacon
B203 // [d][w] Manuel Rodriguez // Germany / 2024 / Fiction / 12:32 // On the way to meeting his biological father, Sebastian and his adoptive father Richard begin to reevaluate their own relationship. // Awards/Screenings: ALCINE 53 – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (World Premiere) // [ig] @manuelrodriguez29.97
CHANGING ROOMS (Ce qui appartient à César) // [d] Violette Gitton // France / 2024 / Fiction / 18:00 // César is 12 when his older sister Lou is assaulted. César would like to take part in every fight, but he doesn’t have the weapons.
YONGKY’S FIRST HEARTBEATS // [d] Giovanni Rustanto / [w] Giovanni Rustanto, Harashta, Ernest Lesmana // Indonesia / 2024 / Fiction / 16:42 // Believing a stethoscope holds power, Yongky steals his dad’s. It’s broken—until Sri helps him finally hear his own heart. // [ig] @giovannirustanto@sinemalima@horebesoklibur@talamedia_co
VISITING HEAVEN GATE (Đi Cổng Trời) // [d][w] NGHIÊM QUỲNH TRANG // Czech Republic, Vietnam / 2025 / Fiction / 16:20 // In Sapa, a daughter joins her grieving mother’s pilgrimage for “Heaven Gate,” confronting shared loss on misty peaks to reconnect. // [ig] @trangnghiem@aznkru
KEEP LOOKING? (跌咗真係搵?) // [d][w] Anna Ieong // Macau, Taiwan / 2024 / Fiction / 20:00 // A freshly wrapped zombie film crew, a mysteriously vanished memory card. What an absurd, chaotic, and crazy night? // Awards/Screenings: Nomination of 2025 Youth Film Festival | Nomination of 2025 Macao Films Panorama // [ig] @keeplooking.shortfilm
PENA’S SPECIAL HAULING (Penan erikoiskuljetus) // [d][w] Anssi Kasitonni // Finland / 2024 / Fiction / 11:43 // Pena has been driving a semi-truck for 50 years and wants to continue despite some slight memory issues. // Awards/Screenings: Go Short (Netherlands) | Vancouver IFF (Canada)
LUNCH WOMAN // [d] Tokio OOHARA, Gertjan ZUILHOF // Japan / 2024 / Fiction / 04:58 // Toki loves nature and knows how to find things to eat outdoors. At lunch time she goes out and saves on her budget a bit. // Awards/Screenings: Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival 2024 // [ig] @tokiooohara@gertjanzuilhof
DURIAN, DURIAN // [d][w] Nelson Yeo // Singapore / 2025 / Experimental / 06:43 // While awaiting their deaths, two solitary souls find an unexpected connection beneath the shelter of a durian tree. // Awards/Screenings: International Film Festival Rotterdam | Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg // [ig] @nelson.y_frames
WEATHERED // [d] Karina Casanas Invernon, Jachym Bouzek // United Kingdom / 2025 / Animation / 06:22 // Stringed along by frameworks of a hard to grasp outside world, a life sized puppet longs to connect to their own rhythm. // Awards/Screenings: Annecy Animation Festival Official Selection // [ig] @karinacasanas@jachymbouzek
BLOWOUT (Le sens de la fete) // [d][w] Amaranta Kahn // Portugal / 2024 / Experimental / 01:21 // This is an ode to celebration, joy, music, dance. The movie was shot with a microscope, the music composed by Louis Sady. // [ig] @amoebae_from_the_world
MONTSOURIS (PARK) // [d] Guil Sela // France / 2024 / Fiction / 13:53 // On a beautiful autumn day in Montsouris Park, Jacques and Nathan are on the lookout for people to feature in their documentary. // [ig] @manifest_pictures@guilselaapelbaum
NURTURING FILM CRITIQUE: A TALK WITH MFW11’S FESTIVAL WRITERS
OPEN FOR PUBLIC CONDUCTED IN BAHASA INDONESIA & ENGLISH
What happens when young writers are given the space, mentorship, and access to the short film festival circuit?
This session highlights the journey of participants in the Hybrid Internship for Film Festival Writers, a Minikino initiative that fosters emerging voices in film criticism through immersive, hands-on engagement with a festival environment.
Over the course of this six-month program, participants met with national and international guest speakers, joined book clubs, and watched countless short films—developing their critical voice and unique perspective along the way. In this public presentation, they share selected excerpts, insights, and reflections from their writing journey, inviting us to reconsider how we watch, interpret, and engage with film.
Join us in supporting the next generation of film thinkers and celebrating the growing ecosystem of film criticism in Indonesia.
Join our programmers and education team to get to know Minikino Film Week more closely. This informal tour is open to students and anyone interested in the festival. It offers an opportunity to learn about the ideas that guide Minikino’s work, how the programs are developed, and the ways people can take part.
Inspired by the eleven MFW11 mascot characters illustrated by artist Beng Rahadian, this activity invites children to explore their creativity through coloring. Using specially designed worksheets, participants can bring each character to life with their own choice of colors, while appreciating the creative process behind the artwork.
HOW TO JOIN
For children aged 4–12 years. Children under 6 must be accompanied by a guardian
Walk-in only, no registration required.
Each slot lasts 90 minutes.
Bring your coloring tools (crayons, colored pencils, or markers)
Building on the same illustrated characters, this activity encourages children to imagine and write simple stories. Guided by the worksheets, they can develop basic plots and personalities, turning
visual inspiration into words.
The KORINCO GAMES premiere is showing at the MFW11 Opening event, showcasing the results of the stop-motion animation workshop held by Minikino in collaboration with SESIFF (South Korea) and Bogoshorts (Colombia), as part of the MFW11 Pre-event activities.
This marks the second year of this transnational collaboration, a workshop designed specifically for children. This engaging workshop introduced young participants to the captivating world of stop-motion animation, where they learned the basics of storytelling, character design, and animation techniques. Guided by experienced mentors, children created their short animations, fostering creativity and technical skills in a fun and supportive environment.
The workshops took place on July 9-11 in Bali (Minikino), July 13-14 in Seoul (SESIFF), and July 26-28 in Bogota (BOGOSHORTS). This year’s theme, “KORINCO MUSEUM,” highlighted traditional children’s games from three countries, following last year’s “KORINCO Games” featuring three animal chefs.
The animations will have their world premiere at all three festivals this year.
CHILDREN AND FAMILY PROGRAMS
CLERMONT-FERRAND FOR CHILDREN 2025
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and Minikino present a special short film program curated for children and families, recommended for ages 7 and up.
QUÈ LI PASSA AL CEL?
[d] Irene Iborra
Spain / 2022 / Animation / 10:00
The sun rises happily over the horizon. The humans wake up and their actions, very disrespectful to the whole environment.
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HOOFS ON SKATES
[d] Ignas Meilūnas
Lithuania / 2024 / Animation / 12:00
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.
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FILANTE
[d] Marion Jamault
France / 2024 / Animation / 09:00
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish: to find her mysteriously missing pet mouse.
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LOS CARPINCHOS
[d] Alfredo Soderguit
France / 2024 / Animation / 11:00
A family of capybaras seeks 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.
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LE TUNNEL DE LA NUIT
[d] Annechien Strouven
Belgium / 2024 / Animation / 09:00
After digging a tunnel on the beach, two kids from different sides of the world meet each other.
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MOJAPPI -IT’S MINE!-
[d] Nijitaro
Japan / 2024 / Animation / 03:00
Mojappi, a trio of naughty kids who live in the forest. One day, they find out that their friends are baking pancakes! They will do anything to get those pancakes!
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KUKI FOR KIDS 2025
The KUKI Short Films for Kids program for ages 4 and up is colorful and populated by animals, people, and wondrous creatures. The films tell of friendship, clever ideas, and small challenges. Not only first-time cinemagoers will be amazed, laughed at, and wide-eyed.
Programmer: Hannes Brühwiler – Verleihmanager
Email: hannes@interfilm.de
IL BRUCO E LA GALINA (Caterpillar and Hen)
[d] Michela Donini, Katya Rinaldi
Italy / 2013 / Animation / 10:12
A caterpillar and a hen are best friends. They both know that a big change is coming for Caterpillar. Will things between them be the same as before?
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CZAPU, CZIPU (Hee Hee Hatty)
[d] Tomasz Glodek, Bogna Sroka-Mucha
Poland / 2014 / Animation / 05:00
The adventures of a little boy and his wonderful paper hat. What’s hidden inside the hat and what sounds does it make?
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ILLUSTRATION : COMPOSTAGE
[d] Élise Auffray
France / 2014 / Experimental / 02:30
How does our food waste quickly become pure earth? This stop-motion animation shows us how it’s done in fast motion.
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HEDGEHOGS AND THE CITY (Ezi un Lielpilseta)
[d] Evalds Lacis
Latvia / 2013 / Animation / 10:00
The animals awaken from hibernation, and where their forest once stood, there’s suddenly a city. But the
hedgehog knows how animals can survive.
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PARAPLÜ
[d] Markus Kempken
Germany / 2008 / Animation / 02:30
Three little men in the rain. Who gets wet?
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THE SMORTLYBACKS
[d] Wouter Dierickx, Ted Sieger
China, Switzerland / 2013 / Animation / 05:45
The world is full of amazing creatures and fantastic journeys if you know where to look…
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SNOWFLAKE (Snejinka)
[d] Natalia Chernysheva
Russia / 2012 / Animation / 06:00
When an African boy receives a paper snowflake in the mail, he immediately dreams of real winter.
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VISITING HEAVEN GATE (Đi Cổng Trời) // [d][w] NGHIÊM QUỲNH TRANG // Czech Republic, Vietnam / 2025 / Fiction / 16:20 // In Sapa, a daughter joins her grieving mother’s pilgrimage for “Heaven Gate,” confronting shared loss on misty peaks to reconnect. // [ig] 
