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Children's Corner Short Films

Childrens Corner

Saturday May 26th 9:30 am
Run Time 1 hour 4 min
Adults 8 Euro/ kids 18-12 5 euro/under 12 FREE
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We are happy to introduce our Childrens Program because the love of cinema starts at an early age!

The Fawn
Dir. Jennida Chase/Hassan Pitts (USA 2017) 8min 15s

The Fawn is a collaborative, intergenerational storytelling project for the 21st century. This social media born, expanded cinema work unites art and life through the reinvention and the magical realism of a childs imagination, who is constantly stuck at her parents work, and she moves to another level with Snapchat. The Fawn is a no budget work that utilizes free mobile applications to explore character and contemporary issues in ecology through the whimsical perspective of childhood.

The Fawn gets separated from her parents while searching for clean water. She encounters deforestation that drives her further into the forest where she meets all manor of creatures before discovering the heart of the forest where there is clean water. The film uses common technology and free mobile applications to weave a fantastical heros journey as she traverses modern ecological crises.

*Alumni Film!

Odd is an Egg

Dir. Kristin Ulseth (Norway 2016) 12 min
Animation

Odd is terrified of his head, until one day he falls in love with Gunn who is both fearless and happy in life. Odd's life is turned upside down and he is freed from his worries in the most unexpected way.

Such a great parable for adults as well about acceptance and kindness.
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Kosnin
Dir. Sara Seligman (USA/ Mexico 2017 ) 12 min
Program: Children's Corner
10-year old Héctor wants to 'fly,' like the voladores in his community. His single mother can't afford the costs, but Héctor is determined to achieve his dream, and through hard work and a little help, sets out to do what others in his community have done for generations - FLY.

Pezcal
Dir. Pablo Briones (Spain, Colombia, Argentina, Switzerland 2016) 11 min

Taking care of pigeons, going fishing, being friends. A day in the life of Leonel and Antuán, two young boys living in the Cuban countryside.

Get Up Kinshasa!*
Dir. Sébastien Maitre (France, the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2016) 21 min