2024 Tumbleweeds Film Festival for Kids

Tumbleweeds Shorts Celebration (Ages 4+)

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A collection of short films curated by Utah Film Center.

A little polar bear Ursa is alone in the cold dark Arctic and looking for his mum. He walks through a blizzard, through icy cold tundra and sharp ice hummocks, towards the northern lights and the magic song in hope to find his mother. On his way Ursa meets different Arctic animals - friends and enemies, and after many challenges comes to the edge of the earth. In front of him is only the sea and the northern lights. And there in the distance, in the northern lights he sees his mum. Little polar bear is floating to her on an ice floe, and a big blue whale pushes him ahead. The floe becomes smaller and smaller and eventually melts. But Ursa still manages to reach the edge of the northern lights and there he meets his mum. And they are floating together in the sky and become into two constellations - the Great Bear (Ursa Major) and the Little Bear (Ursa Minor).


Awards

Best Norwegian Short Film, Barnefilmfestivalen 2021, Norge

Best Short Film Made for Kids, Golden Kuker Iaff, Sofia, Bulgaria 2021

The Best Children Film, Tiaf, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2021

Special Mention -Best Film for Children, Reanima, Bergen, Norge, 2021

Best Animation for Children, Laaf, Los Angeles, Usa, 2021

Audience Prize 4+, Cine Junior Ff, Paris, France, 2022

Best Animation Short 4+, Psaroloco Int. Cildren´s and Youth Ff, Pireaus, Greece,2022

8+ Best Short Film - School Jury Award, Cactus Cildren´s and Youth Ff, Aosta, Italy, 2022

Honorable Mention Lantern & Light Icff, Melbourne, Australia, 2022

Award Vinner 3-6 Y.o Kinodiseea Icff, Bucharest, Romania, 2022

Best Animation Award Bridge of Peace, Paris, France, 2022


Official Selection

Seoul Guro Int. Kids FF, South Korea, 01-07.07. 2021

ZLIN Int. FF for children and youth, Czech Republic, 09-15.09.2021

ANIBAR Int.Anim Festival, Peja, Kosovo, 23-30.07.2021

GIFFONI children and youth Int. Film Festival, Italy, 27.07 - 01.08 2021

La Guarimba Int. Film Festival, Italy, Calabria, 7-12.08.2021

AniFest ROZAFA IFF for children and young people, Tirana, Albania, 09-13.08 2021

FANTOCHE Int. Anim. FF, Baden, Switzerland, 03 - 08.09 2021

The Norwegian IFF HAUGESUND, Barnefilmprogram, 21-27. 08 2021

TIFF Junior, Tromsø, Norway, 01 - 05.09. 2021

Film Festival della Lessini, Verona, Italy, 20-29.08.2021

Family Film Festival, Irland, Dublin, 27-29.08.2021

Universal Kids Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 02-06.09 2021

Kino Dzieci - Kids Kino IFF, Warszawa, Poland, 25.09-03.10.2021

BUSTER Copenhagen IFF for Children and Youth, Danmark, 27.09.- 10.10 2021

Zero Plus IFF, Tyumen, Russia 27.09-03.10.2021

ANIMATOU IAFF, Geneva, Switzerland, 28.09- 09.10 2021

International Animated Short Film Festival “AJAYU”, Puno, Peru , 29.09-02.10.2021

Reykjavík International Film Festival, Island, 30.09 - 10.10 2021

Le Chouette Festival, France, 1-4.10.2021

Animare (shorts for children), Italy, 1-10.10.2021

Cinemagic Belfast Film Festival, Ireland, UK, 01 - 31.10 2021

Animafest Gdansk IAFF, Poland 14-17.10.2021

Fredrikstad Anim. Fest. Norway, 21-24.10.2021

CINEKID, Amsterdam Netherlands, 7-23.10.2021

TOFUZI: Int. Fest. of Animated Films, Georgia, Batumi, 25-30.10.2021

Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Children’s Film Festival), Sweden, 25-31.10.2021

FILEM´ON International Children´s FF, Brussels, Belgium, 28.10-06.

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    10 minutes
  • Language
    No Dialogue
  • Country
    Norway
  • Premiere
    Utah Premiere
  • Rating
    Not Rated - Recommended for All Ages
  • Note
    This film contains mothers separated from children and themes of death that might be frightening to some young viewers.
  • Director
    Natalia Malykhina Bratli
  • Screenwriter
    Natalia Malykhina Bratli
  • Filmmaker
    Production Design - Natalia Malykhina Bratli<br> Composer, music - Mandy Senger, Band Jarŋŋa<br>Animator- Masta Volkova, Natalia Malykhina Bratli<br>Sound - Kasper Val