Film programme 2023

Peter the Beetle (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Meelis Arulepp

Estonia, 2022, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

Peter the Beetle dreams of performing in front of the big crowd at the Zoo. He leaves home to make his dream come true. Unfortunately, he is too small to be seen.

Dandelions (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age), Neighbourhood

Directed by: Alexandra Chovanová

Czech Republic, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

A tale of two lions, young and old, in a flower world not so different from ours – with the same crisis coming with old age and worries about what we leave behind.

A Tiny Voyage (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Emily Worms

France, Switzerland, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

Parakeet Titi opens the door to his own cage by himself but doesn´t fly away. John decides to help Titi overcome his fears, as the pair set out on a tiny voyage.

The Chameleon and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

International, 0, 40 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

The Chameleon (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Pim ter Braak

Netherlands, 2022, 2 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

A chameleon tries to protect himself against approaching danger with his camouflage, but is forced to flee. This only gets him into more dangerous situations.

Lights (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Jitka Nemikinsová

Czech Republic, 2023, 9 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

A birthday party is held in a small town filled with light bulbs. Here, flames can grow up and be assigned to bulbs – they get a glass globe so they can shine forever.

Pig (2021)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Jorn Leeuwerink

Netherlands, 2021, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

A big group of animals makes itself dependent on a power grid, hooked into the socket-shaped snout of a single sleeping pig. How long will that last?

Middle Watch (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: John Stevenson, Aiesha Penwarden

United Kingdom, Czech Republic, 2022, 12 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

During a war a sailor must do his duty. Watch must be kept, the horizon scanned for enemy craft and the bubble trails of deadly torpedoes launched by submarines.

My Name Is Edgar and I Have a Cow (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Filip Diviak

Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Edgar’s life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf is to become a schnitzel.

Where Rabbits Come From (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Colin Ludvic Racicot

Canada, 2023, 15 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

In a cold dystopian world, a widowed father defies the authorities trying to instill a sense of wonder into his daughter’s life.

Edgar and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

International, 0, 56 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Blèh (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Tim Alards

Netherlands, 2022, 4 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

While picking up his birthday cake, a boy notices zombies all around. They are too busy with their phones to pay attention to their surroundings or traffic.

Troublemaker Tommy (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Rao Heidmets, Pauline Heidmets

Estonia, 2023, 14 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

The zoo is overcrowded – by people and animals. Everyone is happy – especially the animals. Though the forest is taboo, two siblings cannot be stopped.

A Journey with my Dad (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Mori Israeli

Israel, France, 2022, 10 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Little Tamer accompanies her dad to a hotel where the vacationers look a bit strange. Tamar eventually discovers a story hidden by her father.

Malacabra (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Marylou Bort, Mathilde Bourges, Hugo Florin, Jeremy Guibert, Valentine Miniot, Vincent Nogues, Axel

France, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

A Mayan shaman casts a spell on a goat, and sends it to another village, their ancestral rivals. The goat wreaks havoc and destruction on the rivals' village.

Malacabra and Other Animations

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

International, 0, 54 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Chimborazo (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Keila Cepeda

Spain, 2022, 7 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Chimborazo's ice pickers have been long subjected to the harshness of a volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. They crush some of its ice to provide for their people.

The Story of Bodri (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Stina Wirsén

Sweden, 2022, 13 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

Hédi lives happily with her Jewish family and her dog Bodri. Her best friend is Marika and they have lots of fun. But the World War Two and everything changes.

"Meet Cute" (2022)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Shawn Patrick Tilling

Canada, 2022, 3 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 4

Score:

• Info

This is the story of a fateful day for two people waiting for the bus. It is a love letter to the films of the silent era.

Desert Critter (2023)

Section: International Competition of Short Animations for Children (up to 12 years of age)

Directed by: Lina Walde

Germany, 2023, 8 min

Projection place: Golden Apple Cinema 6

Score:

• Info

The desert critter casts the shadow of a palm tree. No other animal has such an annoying shadow. Can the critter exchange it for the right one?