The short films:

A Walk into the Afterlife

  • Year: 2024
  • Country: Luxembourg
  • Director: Jiyun JEONG
  • Duration: 4min

In a Korean village, a cat walks across the neighbourhood in the early hours of day. A sacred tree at the edge of the village is the cat’s gateway into the afterlife. The cat sneaks into a lotus garden, picks up a lotus bud, and quickly makes her way back to the village…

Happy Snaps

  • Year: 2024
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Tyro Heath
  • Duration: 12min

On the Isle of Sheppey, two boys try to enjoy a final day together. Their adventures are captured by Gabriel, who has cerebral palsy, on an old camera. But as the day goes on, fears about the future cloud their friendship.

Wolfie

  • Year: 2025
  • Country: Czech Republic
  • Director: Philippe Kastner
  • Duration: 13min

A perfectionist illustrator accidentally makes an ink blot, thus giving birth to Wolfie, a little wolf with an inky nose. Wolfie loves chaos, but this can lead to unforeseen, very creative consequences.

I found a box

  • Year: 2025
  • Country: France
  • Director: Eric Montchaud
  • Duration: 10min

Guy, a bird flitting and running through the forest, bangs into a box one day. What is this box doing here? And what could I use it for? For many things, as long as you make the right choices.

Gilbert

  • Year: 2024
  • Country: Spain
  • Director: Alex Salu, Arturo Lacal, Jordi Jiménez
  • Duration: 12min

Gilbert and Sullivan live on an island in the middle of the ocean. Sullivan is a trumpeter and Gilbert delivers packages with his gondola. One day, Gilbert decides to withhold a parcel actually intended for his neighbour. Delicate animation combining various techniques.

The Empty Panel

  • Year: 2025
  • Country: France
  • Director: Thibault Chollet
  • Duration: 11min

Since his dog died, Paul no longer draws the fantastic comic book adventures in which they starred together. But his little sister urges him to complete one unfinished drawing. A touching story in a graphic style that draws inspiration from comic strips.

Extra info

Children's perspectives can be imaginative or sensitive, but they are always surprising. In these unique stories from all corners of the world, children find their own voice through photographs, comic strips, letters, etc. Be amazed by the power of their imagination!

With Q&A