SESSIONS 10 shorts divided into the 2 sessions below | click on each one to watch the films
Kids 1 (ages 5 to 7)
The Amazing Boy
Through a playful and experimental adventure, Luiz, a young 10-year-old deaf Brazilian suburban boy, finds himself faced with sensations and emotions that are still unknown to him in his daily life. Thereby, he has to start dealing with the discovery of a new phase of his life.
Animation
Director: Malu Gonzaga
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2024
Length: 9'39"
Rating: 10+ (violence)
Film available only at the on-site screenings
Like you
Thanks to an extraordinary common thread, a grumpy grandpa builds a new relationship with his granddaughter.
Animation
Director: Paul Chatelain, Amélie De Schepper, Julie Martins, Chloé Rusch
Country of production: France
Year of production: 2023
Length: 3'27"
Rating: General
Cultural Recipe
Starting from the cornmeal pastry, traditional in the southern region of Minas Gerais, the story of Pindorama is told.
Documentary, Experimental
Director: Antonio Fargoni
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2024
Length: 12'21"
Rating: General
No están solos
The largest feline in South America, the jaguar, is no match for the ambition of man.
Director: Mathias Maciel
Country of production: Paraguay
Year of production: 2023
Length: 3'8"
Rating: 10+ (violence)
Pororoca
Adapted from the text ‘The Unbelievable Story of the Fisherman’ by T. Dalpra Jr, ‘Pororoca’ is the result of the love between the Whale and the Manatee; a metaphor for the agitated and fluid meeting of sea water and river water.
Animation
Director: Francisco Franco, Fernanda Roque
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2024
Length: 5'54"
Rating: General
Kids 2 (ages 8 to 10)
Yellow Daisy Butterfly
Cheri-lee is inconsolable when her Granny Daisy dies. As Daisy ascends, she sees Cheri-lee’s grief, and returns as a little white egg that transforms into a butterfly. A metamorphosis that mirrors Cheri-lee’s stages of grief.
Animation
Director: Diek Grobler
Country of production: South Africa
Year of production: 2024
Length: 9'58"
Rating: General
Dona Biu
Miss Biu is a student short film animation about a faith healer who lives in a small town in the Northeast of Brazil. A women narrates a story about her memories as a child and the daily habits of Miss Biu.
Animation
Director: Gabriela Taulois
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2024
Length: 4'41"
Rating: General
Iroco
IROCO tells the story of a sacred tree, Iroco, and how it answered the requests of women in a village in exchange for offerings.
Based on Yoruba mythology and Afro-Brazilian culture, the short shows the story of Olorumbi, one of the mothers who was unable to keep her promise and had her destiny completely transformed by Iroco.
Animation
Director: Denis Leroy Faria
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2024
Length: 10'27"
Rating: General
Maré Braba
She, who connects everyone by her waters, observes and operates the changes resulting from global warming. The people by the sea are the first to feel its upheavals and mood swings. She knows that humans are moving to stop these changes. Just as she knows that they are repeating an old saga: a few prevailing over the great rest, deepening the problems created by themselves.
Animation
Director: Pâmela Peregrino
Country of production: Brazil
Year of production: 2023
Length: 6'59"
Rating: 10+ (anguish)
The Island (Ada)
Ada; She is a little girl living in a dry village where it has not rained for a long time. Ada’s family is considering leaving the village if the thirst continues. Ada is very upset about this and wants to tell us about her village with her camera. She goes to a lake that used to be full of water and visits the island named after her. But she sees that the lake is completely dry, the soil is cracked and there is no water left in it.
Documentary
Director: Mahmut Taş
Country of production: Turkey
Year of production: 2024
Length: 5'8"
Rating: General
