The short films:
With Grace
Grace, a witty 13-year-old girl with big dreams and an exceptional talent for making everyone laugh, takes you back to her childhood years in a loving farming family in Kenya. A time full of fun, but also a time full of disaster that almost tore her family apart.
The Refusers
On a street corner, rubbish piles up, saddened because they were discarded and thrown away. Until an old newspaper is carried away by the wind and seems to dance under the light of a street lantern. Can garbage dance too? After all, they aren't only old and worn out?
My Mother is a Cow
Left in her aunt’s care on a family ranch at the edge of the Brazilian wetland, 12-year-old Mia is desperate for the touch of her mother’s love. But in this volatile natural world, with the impending threat of a deadly jaguar consuming the family, love comes in unexpected form.
The Legend of the Hummingbird
A fire breaks out in the Amazon rainforest, and frightened animals leave their habitat to take refuge on the other bank. Only a little hummingbird persists in fighting the fire when he spots a sloth and its young trapped in the flames.
The Last Garden
For Henry, the community garden is his escape from the daily toil in the city. However, the day has come for it to be demolished. Local residents cannot agree on how to save the place.
Extra info
Short films from various countries and continents - from north to south - show how we need to take care of each other and of the planet!
With Q&A and discussion