Nine amazing short films, all nominations for the ECFA Short Award 2024, are touring the European children & youth film festivals. A new and exciting short film distribution initiative by ECFA. The compilation contains shorts from Portugal, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland and Germany –animation and live action– all with one thing in common: they were nominated for ECFA’s Best Short Award 2024. Among them the film that was voted as the winner during the Berlinale in February 2024: To be sisters.
Aaaah!
Osman Cerfon, France, 5’, 2022
Το Aaaah! is a cry of pain, surprise, fear, joy, songs, grumbling, laughter, anger Aaaah! is the expression with which children, these primary and innocent beings, experience life in a community, framed by the whistles of adults.
The Black Hen
Marion Clauzel, France, 13', 2022
In the warmth of the holiday home, four-year-old Auguste feels abandoned by his mother and turns his attention to the black hen. He goes to the henhouse every morning, as early as possible, to be the first to pick up the egg. But one day, the nest remains desperately empty...
Don, t blow it up
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejová, Czech Republic, 8’, 2022
Two little girls are playing with a ball. But after a petty quarrel, they get angry with each other and take offense. Their umbrage makes them inflate like balloons, they fly all the way up to the clouds. Girls get stuck up there, with no idea how to get down and save their kitten stuck in the tree.
Ice merchants
João Gonzalez, Portugal-France-UK, 15', 2022
Every day, a father and his son jump with a parachute from their vertiginous cold house, attached to a cliff, to go to the village on the ground, far away where they sell the ice they produce daily.
Pond
Lena von Döhren & Eva Rust, Switzerland, 9', 2023
A shoal of herrings, adopting fantastic formations, roams the vast ocean. When seagulls suddenly attack, one small herring finds itself stranded in a tidal pool. As it searches desperately for a way out, it discovers many other sea creatures here. And now there is no time for fear: only by joining forces can they hope to defend themselves against the hungry seagull.
Princess Aubergine
Dina Velikovskaya, Germany, 8', 2023
A king and a queen have almost everything, but something is missing. Desperate as they are, they search for the perfect seed to grow a child, but the only thing flourishing is their garden.
Somni
Sonja Rohleder, Germany, 3’, 2023
The sun sets and the eyes are closing. Rocking from one green leaf to the next, the little monkey glides gently to sleep. Suddenly the world of dreams gets darker, more colorful and wild. Mysterious plants, creatures and shapes line the trajectory through the night. Somni is a cinematic lullaby.
To Be Sisters
Anne-Sophie Gousset & Clément Céard, France, 7’, 2022
To be sisters is about sharing a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine.
The Queen of the Foxes
Marina Rosset, Switzerland, 9', 2022
In the hopes of making their queen smile again, the foxes descend on the city each night to rummage through the humans' trash, searching for all the love letters that were never sent.
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