INTERNATIONALES KURZFILMFESTIVAL

15. – 20. OKTOBER 2024

ONLINE UND IM KINO

International Competition Films for Children #23

20.Oktober 10.00 | Luchs Kino

International Competition Short Film for Children aged 9 and over

Online: available from 17 to 30 October

Film overview

Bild aus dem Film "Tiger".

Tiger

Director: Julia Ocker

Animation | Germany |2022 |
03:37
min

Synopsis:

The tiger is supposed to perform a daring circus trick, but he is too scared to do it.

Bild aus dem Film "I'm not afraid!".

I'm not afraid!

Direction: Marita Mayer

Animation | Norway | 2022 |
07:02
min

Synopsis:

During a game of hide-and-seek, Vanja leaves the bright living room and enters a dimly lit courtyard where there are far too many dark corners, strange shadows and strange noises. To overcome his fear, Vanja transforms into a dangerous tiger!

Bild aus dem Film "Reflection".

Reflection

Direction: Sanna de Vries

Animation | Netherlands | 2021 |
04
:04 min

Synopsis:

Mirrors cover every inch of Fiep's small house. As she stares at her own reflection, Fiep focuses so intensely on her flaws that they literally become gigantic ... transforming her into a kind of mutation of all her imperfections. Overwhelmed by the sight, Fiep struggles through the door into the wild winter landscape surrounding her home and runs as far away as she can ...

Bild aus dem Film "Town Hall Square".

Town Hall Square

Direction: Christian Kaufmann

Animation | Germany | 2023 |
08:35
min

Synopsis:

Bernard works behind the windows of a ticket office at Town Hall Square tube station, waiting for something he seems to have forgotten. One day, however, a little tiger shows up and turns Bernard's orderly life upside down. A short film about an unexpected visitor, annoying radio songs and love of life!

Bild aus dem Film "Ça Chewing !".

Ça Chewing !

Direction: Armel Saint Loup

Animation | Belgium | 2022 |
02:59
min

Synopsis:

Chewing gum is a sticky, and exceptional jazz musician. Full of emotion, it melts every heart very quickly. A hymn to love and... to chewing.

Bild aus dem Film "Wüstentier".

Desert Critter

Direction: Lina Walde

Animation | Germany| 2023 |
08:00
min

Synopsis:

The desert critter casts the shadow of a palm tree. No other animal had such an annoying shadow. Can it be replaced? Desert Critter is a film about the search for one's own identity, but also about friendship and where we can find it.

Bild aus dem Film "The Girl Behind the Mirror".

The Girl Behind the Mirror

Direction: Iuri Moreno

Animation | Brazil | 2021 |
12:05
min

Synopsis:

A transgender girl locks herself in her room out of fear of the monsters that threaten her outside, until a new reality emerges from behind the mirror in which these monsters do not exist and she is free to be who she is or wants to be.

Bild aus dem Film "Blue Wall".

Blue Wall

Direction: Wan-Yu Chung, Yu-Cheng Tu,
Li-Lin Chen

Animation | Taiwan | 2021 |
10:12
min

Synopsis:

This story is about "upside down" boy who lives with his father. Because of his different gravity, the father is afraid that the boy will fly away if he leaves the house; therefore, he is forbidden to leave. Instead of compromising, the boy reads many books to imagine and learn about the world outside.

Bild aus dem Film "Chimborazo".

Chimborazo

Direction: Keila Cepeda

Animation | Spain | 2022 |
07:17
min

Synopsis:

For years, the ice pickers of Chimborazo have been exposed to the rigours of the volcano located in the Ecuadorian Andes. In return, they break off part of the ice to provide for their people. Today, this profession would be threatened with extinction if it weren't for Baltazar Ushca, who, despite his age, walks for hours every day to the Chimborazo glacier to cut large blocks of ice that he later sells in the nearest town.

Bild aus dem Film "FoxTale".

FoxTale

Direction: Alexandra Allen

Animation | Portugal | 2022|
05:55
min

Synopsis:

A hungry fox fights for the last berry on top of the tree.