A brother and sister walk along, each carrying a tree in a small pot. When they come accross a parrot and a fallen statue, they each have to choose their own journey.

TWIN TREES

A brother and a sister have to choose their own journey

A young girl in her age of innocence discovers Rehak, a magical drawing hidden behind her bedroom wall.

REHAK

A young girl in her age of innocence discovers Rehak, a magical drawing hidden behind her bedroom wall.

BANDIT HILL is a whimsical adventure through an enchanted forest filled with woodland creatures ready to play! Mountain biker and artist Jill Kintner brings her character drawings to life as they race down Bandit Hill to outrun an onslaught of angry clouds and terribly-behaving weather. Full of mud monsters, happy trees, and fluffy clouds oozing personality, the trio of Squirrel, Fox, and Snail look to Jill to save them from the storm! This magical, hybrid animation and live action piece brings together one of the world's top mountain bikers with a far away land pulled straight out of her imagination.

BANDIT HILL

Bandit Hill is a whimsical adventure through an enchanted forest filled with woodland creatures ready to play! This magical, hybrid animation and live action piece brings together one of the world's top mountain bikers with a far away land pulled straight out of her imagination.

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE You fly with no seat! That's the rule in the Turbobus. To get one is a hard day job for a young wolf on his turbo-journey to find real friendship.

TOBI AND THE TURBOBUS (TOBI UND DER TURBOBUS)

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE

RENAIDANCE is a 3D narrative emotional animation. The theme invigorates cultural inheritance and the integration of dreams, courage, and culture as transformation. By artistically interpreting a motif of inheritance and family support, integrating different cultures “inheritance” through the inspiring story, this film braces strong family love and elder culture in a never-ending chain.

RENAIDANCE

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE A hungry fox hunts for food on a cold winter night. On the edge of the forest he discovers a small farm. He sneaks closer to steal a some food, unaware of the Tomten who guards the farm, and is caught red-handed in the hen-coop. When the Tomten sees how hungry the fox is, he decides to share his Christmas porridge with him, as long as the fox promises to leave the animals alone.

THE TOMTEN AND THE FOX (REVEN OG NISSEN)

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE A heart warming story about friendship during cold winter days.

A story of a little girl having nightmares and a monster eating only happy dreams.

DREAM EATER

A story of a little girl having nightmares and a monster eating only happy dreams.

A dog gets abandoned on the side of the road. Attached to a street light, he stays alone until the day he meets a young astronaut wannabe and a professional cyclist who keeps on trying to beat her highest score. With spring as a backdrop, we wanted to use moments of simple lives to discover little stories that intertwine with each other. A microcosm that settles on a split-screen where the different characters evolve at the same time.

A TINY TALE

An abandoned dog by the side of the road, a young astronaut wannabe, a professional cyclist, and the connection between all three.

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE Brought by the waves of the sea, a fantastic being of gigantic size discovers a pleasant place of great natural beauty, and makes it his home, becoming the guardian and soul of the place. There, he meets a cheerful little boy with whom he creates a bond of friendship forged in sharing the pleasure that both feel in living in harmony with nature. But one day, peace is threatened by a polluting and noisy tide.

MARÉ

Recommended for: KINDERGARTEN - 4TH GRADE A fantastic being of gigantic size discovers a pleasant place of great natural beauty

Recommended for: 4TH GRADE - 12TH GRADE ONLY A CHILD is a visual poem created by over 20 animation directors under the artistic supervision of Simone Giampaolo, which gives shape and colour to the original words spoken by Severn Suzuki at the UN Summit in Rio in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet. An omnibus film celebrating the environmental youth movement 30 years in the making.

ONLY A CHILD

Recommended for: 4TH GRADE - 12TH GRADE ONLY A CHILD is an omnibus animation short that gives shape and colour to Severn Suzuki’s original speech at the UN Summit in Rio (1992): a child’s desperate call to action for our planet’s future.

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