The short films:

Ana Morphose

  • Year: 2023
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: Joao Rodrigues
  • Duration: 10min

A little girl reads herself to sleep. As she dozes off, the physical world starts melting into an alternate reality where the contents of a book rule over the laws of physics.

Extraordinary Mona

  • Year: 2022
  • Country: Belgium
  • Director: Sarah Van Dale
  • Duration: 15min

Mona is an imaginative teenager who - like her brother - struggles with ASD. She is on the eve of a giant step in her life: she will make the transition to mainstream education and make new friends. An exciting new world is opening up for her, but that creates extra t

Skintone

  • Year: 2023
  • Country: Italy
  • Director: Alberto Marchiori
  • Duration: 10min

Elodie has an important ballet performance. She dreams of becoming a ballerina, just like her aunt Orlanda. To support her, Orlanda wants to give her niece new ballet shoes. But it is not easy to find them in the right color.

Ice Merchants

  • Year: 2022
  • Country: Portugal
  • Director: João Gonzalez
  • Duration: 14min

Every day, a father and his son parachute out of their cold house, tethered to a cliff. Down in the village, they sell the ice they produce daily. Stunning animation about the harsh living conditions of a resourceful family!

Piece by Piece

  • Year: 2023
  • Country: Austria
  • Director: Reza Rasouli
  • Duration: 8min

During a walk in the neighborhood, a boy, as a joke, snatches the headscarf away from a friend's head. Afraid of being seen, the girl runs after him. The unusual chase leads the two to new insights and a little more openness.

Extra info

A vast menu of themes such as diversity, identity and sustainability is served bite-sized and light. A short-film series with few words, also suitable for newcomers.