If the world was just a question of having muscles and being fit, we needed to use our imagination to be able to train in all our daily activities.
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The dirty dishes have really piled up at the bears’ house of Ned and Mishka, but they don’t feel like tidying up. They’re getting hungry so Ned gets the idea of phoning a raccoon for whom washing up should be no problem.
Poor Mister Fox! Brothers are always fighting and it is he who suffers most. This time an arm popped out. It’s time for the children to make up and treat Mister Fox.
The witch is feeling old. So she decides to do a spell to make her young again. But she is missing a very special ingredient: a baby. The infant princess from the nearby kingdom seems to be an excellent choice. Is it?
There is a strong connection between parents and their child. A young woman leaves the parental home to see the world. But the world of her parents is so tightly connected with her that by leaving, she puts it at risk. It turns out that this connection can be also destructive.
A curious lynx leaves its forest, attracted by the city lights. He has a lot of fun there until he falls asleep in the middle of a parking lot. In the early morning, locals are astonished to find this strange animal covered in snow.
Animals watch seals give a perfect, synchronized performance on the trampoline. Hippopotami are the ones paying the most attention because when their turn comes they don’t want to look bad.
Using a stop motion animation technique, Mathilde Pepinster imagines the story of a man that visits the supermarket but thinks he is an eskimo, living surrounded by ice.
Jacob lives in the city and dreams of becoming an architect like his father. One day, when his dad has to go away for work, Jacob spends the week with his cousin Mimmi and her father. They live in the suburbs of Riga, Latvia’s capital. There everything seems different and calmer. When the boys realise the local park will be replaced by skyscrapers, they will try to stop the construction. And they will get precious help from a pack of special dogs.
A strong sailor gets an autumn leaf from a little girl. It reminds him of his home. So long since he left and he misses home a lot. The sailor rushes to return and meet his old parents. What will he find there?
Fussel, the friendly monster, is going on an adventurous journey. His goal? To find out what’s at the end of the red string.
In the midst of a heatwave of insanity, two children find a way to cool everyone down! A playful stop motion short film animated in a hybrid technique between cut out, clay animation and thousands of replacement pieces.
Behind a children’s game there is a story about the perception of time. To win the game, the young boy becomes an old man and his life one hide and seek game. Poetic visions are created from childhood memories but they also touch adults.
A scientist is immersed in observing the clouds. He counts how many there are, measures their distance to the ground and weighs the water which they are made of. But suddenly everything changes when a cloud doesn’t quite fit what his registers.
Hugo always wanted to have a puppy dog. One day he meets Holger and his dream comes true. But Holger is not a dog after all, but a baby elephant instead. A film about friendship and the playful world full of discoveries seen through the eyes of a child.
The film depicts thoughts and feelings of a mother with her mentally disabled son. While she moves with him through everyday life, her ambivalent feelings, her struggles to accept him as he is, get into her way.
The hippopotamus discovers he has a big behind. Animals came from the savannah to see it and give their opinion. But since everyone disagrees, a battle of rotten fruit starts. Everything ends well, when each bottom finds a proper potty.
Once upon a time there were five misfits. The first was full of holes. The second was folded in two, like a letter. The third was soft and slept all day. The fourth was reversed, hands on the ground and feet on air. The fifth had nothing of worth, a sort of bizarre ball.