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A program of short films from around the globe for our youngest audience members. Artistic and experimental techniques bring childrens’ stories and experiences to life with adapted folktales, imaginary escapades, inventive landscapes, shapeshifting forms, and music to move to. Recommended age 3+
Awaskinawason (Children of the Earth): Awaskinawason is made up of the Atikamekw words awacic (child), aski (earth) and takonawason (having the responsibility for). An animated short calling on us to respect the great circle of life.
Director(s): Antony Dubé | Runtime: 3 min | Country: Canada
Ampersand: A playful musical journey from the subatomic to the galactic, inspired by the fact that all matter is made of atoms, which mysteriously behave as both particles and waves.
Director(s): Erin Clare Shea | Runtime: 3 min | Country: USA
Fulfilament: A lightning bolt from a brainstorm cloud creates a little, lost thought and discovers what it takes to become a great idea.
Director(s): Rhiannon Evans | Runtime: 8 min | Country: UK
The Sled: The little squirrel playing in the forest discovers something he has never seen before, a sled.
Director(s): Olesya Shchukina | Runtime: 4 min | Country: Russia
My Haggan Dream: A young island girl dreams of a mysterious haggan, or sea turtle, that sends her on a quest.
Director(s): Rob Sams, Laura Sams | Runtime: 8 min | Country: Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Brazey: An animated interpretive dance to a kalimba song featuring a character named Brazey.
Director(s): Jared D. Weiss | Runtime: 3 min | Country: USA
Mole and the Earthworm: Mole chases an earthworm through the dirt and discovers what he’s been searching for.
Director(s): Johannes Schiehsl | Runtime: 4 min | Country: Germany
Octopus: Baking a cake should be much easier with eight arms, but what if the arms don’t all agree?
Director(s): Julia Ocker | Runtime: 4 min | Country: Germany
Bat Times: When night falls on the farm, all the animals go to sleep. A little bat wakes up ready to play, but who’s up?
Director(s): Elena Walf | Runtime: 4 min | Country: Germany
Water Path for a Fish: In the middle of the night, Oscar chases a mysterious goldfish through a rampant adventure in a Latin American neighborhood where water is scarce.
Director(s): Mercedes Marro | Runtime: 8 min | Country: France, Spain, Colombia
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