The Best Short Film for Children
Bullies
dir. Daniel Bydlowski, USA
Eugene, a shy 10-year-old boy, is bullied every day until he discovers a secret underneath the school that keeps him safe, for now…
It Rains Slowly
dir. Saeed Nejati, Turkey
A story that happened in 1980s and its topic is : a teacher teaches the students what is freedom and how to withstand injustice.
Perfection
dir. Riccardo Di Gerlando, Italy
A young girl tries to draw a very difficult work ..
Little Heroes
dir. Lydia Bruna, Germany
Lena and Basti dream of being action heroes, therefore they join the local children’s firebrigade. But the challenges are bigger then expected and their friendship is tested; because one important lesson, they still have to learn: together you’re stronger then alone.
Are You Volleyball?!
dir. Mohammad Bakhshi, Iran
A group of Arabian spoken asylum seekers arrive to an English spoken country border and can’t keep going. They conflict with border soldiers everyday till a deaf-mute baby becomes a catalyst for better communication between two groups.
KID MIGUEL
dir. Maximiliano Subiela, Argentina, Italy
Miguel is a little boy that lives in a shantytown with his father, a tough man embittered by life who makes him go about the streets of Buenos Aires picking up cardboard for them to scrape a living. One day, rummaging through the rubbish, Miguel finds a Pinocchio puppet that, with some help from a fairy teacher and old Barbablú, will teach him a valuable lesson on unconditional love.
Abibu
dir. Igor Osmolovski, Lyudmila Shapoval, Belarus
A film about a teenager with autism and his abilities.
The new boy
dir. Maria Sopova, Russian Federation
Imagine that you have 5 children… Now imagine that the family has become even more than one child… a brand New boy act like he hung the moon: speaks in a strange language and listens to his parents… the Comedy of the absurd, well, you understand.
ONE FINE DAY
dir. Julio Benito Cabrera, India
There is a bigger world outside the world wide web
Real
dir. Anna Troyanskaya, Russian Federation, Ukraine
A true native granddad is better than all the magic Santa Clauses.
Alice in the sky with comets
dir. Christophe Sailly, France
Alice, 9 years old, has a dream: later she will be an astronaut. But a serious eye disease makes it impossible. Until a surgeon and a strange hospital roommate make her see that dream differently.
Director & Teacher
dir. Ömer Dişbudak, Turkey
Burak is a Turkish language and literature teacher in a state school but at the same time interested in cinema so shoots short movies. Also in his lessons he benefits the effective expression techniques of cinema.
Sherbert Rozencrantz, You're Beautiful
dir. Natalie van den Dungen, Australia
Milly’s world revolves around her pet guinea pig. When her mother attempts to engineer for her a ‘real’ friend, it results in ridicule and forces Milly to question her sense of self.
My Grandfather’s Notebook
dir. Jacqueline Sánchez-Carrero, Enrique A. Martínez, Spain
Eleven-year-old Lucia and her mother move to Seville, against Lucia’s will, mainly because she is being separated from her grandfather, who has raised her since she was born. In response to the tense situation with her mother, Lucia´s grandfather decides to share a secret with her, a mysterious notebook.
MUM
dir. Akash Mihani, India
An eight-year-old Mamta is struggling with her homework. She gains the attention of her always strict class teacher as she reads from the unwritten essay on Mother; leaving the class teacher distressed.
The camping girl
dir. Paméla Bisson, Canada
Erika goes to camp for the first time and has to survive a week without her smartphone and her audience of subscribers.
Petit
dir. Asier Ramos Rubert, Spain
Mateo is all alone. The world around him seems to spin too fast and everyone seems so insensitive, no one realizes … Mateo will find out something and it will be only one option … TO RUN AWAY
Elo
dir. Helen Takkin, Estonia
Elo hates kindergarden. She does not understand why she has to stay in this prison, while there is a alluring and mysterious life waiting for her outside. Elo comes up with a plan how to escape that place for good.
BALO
dir. Marco Di Gerlando, Ludovica Gibelli, Italy
Balo is a young boy just arrived in Italy from a distant country
GANDH
dir. Partha Sarathi Manna, India
Almost all kids dream to be alike their parents but Pritam’s father stinks for him. Even the fills ashamed of uttering a word about “MY FATHER” in the classroom. But whn pritam confronts the sole motive of his father’s profession, he vows to be a cleaner.
Just Go!
dir. Pavels Gumennikovs, Latvia
Inspired by the incredible true story about a young man, who lost both of his legs in childhood accident and who is in love with the girl next door.
Sa'ad's olive tree
dir. Ahmad Zayery, Iran, Syria
“Saad” is a boy who loves football with big dreams. After he loses his eyes and friends in a mortar explosion, he falls into a big depression and locks himself up at home. It is his mother with so many efforts and creativity who brings him back to life again…
Change your heart, not my color
dir. Pierre-Antoine Carpentier, France, Senegal
Djibril is a thirty-year-old Senegalese with a stable situation, with values and friends. And like other Senegaleses, he has preconceptions about albino people. Then the day he meets one, he is making fun of him. But he doesn’t know that albino people won’t let themselves be pushed around that day.
Heirloom
dir. Baturhan Bilgin, Turkey
A short film about the situations that a little girl faces while trying to complete her homework.
Bachi
dir. Mohammad javad Heydari, Iran
The condition for it’s sale is that the toy helicopter will be sold by money or 80 kilos of date instead he made this condition in order to make the competition among the kids narrower and they elaborate harder to gather dates in order to get the helicopter.
Tutu & Pointes
dir. Iria Pizania, United Kingdom
A 10 year old girl with a commitment to support her hardworking single mother is about to have her life changed when an unexpected friend guides her towards discovering the power of dance.
The way of Becoming Me
dir. Yeo Huiji, Republic of Korea
Just like her peers, Seulgi wants to wear pretty clothes and hang out with her boyfriend Min-sung. However, Seulgi feels ashamed of herself because she feels inferior to others as her mother is always busy. Then, one day, her grandmother Sun-ok visits.
Man
dir. Oksana Artemenko, Ukraine
Little boy scared toilet. His father – military soldier – taught him “A real man should pee in the toilet not the pot”. Father went at war at the East of Ukraine and didn’t come back home. Son should become man now.
JOY
dir. Mohanraj Sivalingam, India
Tarun wanted sports shoes for his birthday but His father can’t afford. Tarun & His sister Harini fully showcase how the society who has more than needed can help the one in need and create true ‘JOY’.
YOVER
dir. Edison Sanchez, Colombia
Yover is barely twelve, but he must work. Every day he rides the streets of the new Bojayá – a village that survived the bloodiest massacre of the war in Colombia – and continues to steal from reality, minutes of fantasy and play, which belong to the world of children.
Sacred Hair
dir. Mario Morin, Canada
Sacred Hair is the story of Arthur, 8, that despite his age is living the biggest challenge of his life: cancer. On Mont-Royal Park in Montreal, he crosses paths with Mounia, a Muslim woman wearing the hijab.
