Experience moments of innocence, confusion, strength, and unexpected clarity along with the young protagonists in this block. These six powerful short films grapple with tough issues such as grief, mental illness, addiction, and resilience - through the eyes of children.

Guddal, a free spirited 5 year old girl along with her younger brother Laddoo and older sister Chinu live in their ancestral home with a nanny to look after them. Guddal and Laddoo are on a series of shenanigans orchestrated by Guddal.
Her mischief lands her in trouble and she is punished. But the news of the death of her ailing grandmother and the flow of relatives in her idyllic space leave her perplexed.
The film looks at the spirit of childhood even in the grimmest of times.

Anaar Daana

The film looks at the spirit of childhood even in the grimmest of times.

A young girl gets the opportunity to visit her father, who is in a psychiatric hospital for a serious mental illness.
Crane is based on the director's own experience growing up with a parent with a serious mental illness.

Crane

A young girl gets the opportunity to visit her father, who is in a psychiatric hospital for a serious mental illness.

A little girl grows up under the eyelashes of a big eye. A story about loss, grief and transformation.
In Turkish, thre is a saying: "May your eyelash never touch the ground," which they say out of love and protection.

Eyelash

A little girl grows up under the eyelashes of a big eye. A story about loss, grief and transformation.

Cata, a five-year-old girl, lives her days in a world of colors created by Lu, her mother. Faced with an unexpected loss,
Cata navigates grief with the purity and innocence typical of her young age.

Love of Two

Cata, a five-year-old girl, lives her days in a world of colors created by Lu, her mother. Faced with an unexpected loss, Cata navigates grief with the purity and innocence typical of her young age.

Some say Jeanne is mad/crazy because she doesn't let boys push her around, which doesn't sit well with everyone.
To protect herself, she decides to say stop. From now on, consider yourself warned, don't touch Jeanne, she stings.

Nettle

Some say Jeanne is mad/crazy because she doesn't let boys push her around, which doesn't sit well with everyone. To protect herself, she decides to say stop. From now on, consider yourself warned, don't touch Jeanne, she stings.

Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he's prepared for his Father's birthday.

Punter

Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he's prepared for his Father's birthday.

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