A collection of some fo the best award-winning short film programs from CICFF38!
Screening December 4-5, 11-12 & 18-19, 2021
Saturdays: 1:00 PM
Sundays: 1:00 PM
$10 /General Admission
$7.50 /FACETS Members
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A collection of some of the best award-winning short films from CICFF38! This selection represents a range of animation, live-action, and documentary for younger viewers. Includes winners from the Children’s and Professional Juries, along with the winners of the Best Production for Young Children and Embrace Awards!
All Ages | Includes 7 Short Films | 85 min. runtime
Short Films
A Stone in the Shoe
A spritely young frog finds himself unable to communicate and connect with his classmates. His daydreams reveal his fears, but the kindness of a classmate allows him to overcome them.
Eric Montchaud | France | 11 mins | Nonverbal
Stairs
Sonor, is a talented young man who uses a wheelchair. He needs training to land his dream job. When issues of access and the attitudes of others about disabilities threaten to stand in his way, it is his young sister’s love and unwavering support that inspires him to keep going!
Zoljargal Purevdash | Mongolia | 12 mins | Mongolian
Seahorse
Hanan accompanies her brother to classes in the public pool. The first swimming badge is called Seahorse, their instructor explains, because it doesn’t drown. When Hanan came to Europe in a rubber dinghy, she couldn’t swim. To overcome this trauma she learned to swim, now it is her little brother’s turn.
Nele Dehnenkamp | Germany | 16 mins | German
Mama has a Mustache
A short, quirky, fully animated documentary about gender and family, as seen through children’s eyes.
Sally Rubin | Germany | 10 mins | German
The Wolf Pack
Four loners, Tilly, Sophie, Lillia, and Marla, are all sent away to camp so that they can make new friends. Even though they have nothing in common, they are grouped together and forced to cooperate on the adventure course. Soon they are faced with their greatest challenge: a Waldschrat, a dangerous shapeshifter who’s very territorial. The girls must become a strong gang of warriors to cross the beast.
Lydia Bruna | Germany | 15 mins | German
Freebird
Freebird is the coming-of-age story of a boy with Down Syndrome who learns to navigate the world with a loving mother, an absent father, a classroom bully, and a life-long crush all in the pursuit of a beautiful life.
Michael Joseph McDonald, Joe Bluhm | Canada | 6 mins | English
Dolápo is Fine
Educated in a British boarding school, Nigerian teenager Dọlápọ̀ aims to find a job in London’s financial center. Pressured to change her style and name to fit in, she is faced with questions about her self-image and how much she needs to adapt in order to be considered.
Ethosheia Hylton | United Kingdom | 15 mins | English, Yoruba
