Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS presents! Children's Short Film Competition Program "We Together":
- GO AWAY, ALFRED! (France, Belgium 2023; 11 min)
Due to the ongoing war, Alfred had to flee his country. From rejection to rejection and without housing, he wanders around this foreign place. One day he meets Sonia, who simply offers him a coffee.
- THE LEFT HAND (Canada 2022; 14 min)
Young Maxime’s mother starts worrying about him when his 2nd-grade teacher declares him “abnormal”. “Inspired by my childhood memory, it’s a movie about the gender roles automatically assigned to children. These assumptions end up making us uncomfortable,” discloses the director.
- RHINO (Germany 2022; 4 min)
The rhino is looking forward to his date with the rhino lady.
- MUSICAL SOCKS (Croatia 2023; 11 min)
An extremely untalented bunny Darko takes singing lessons from the cricket Zvonko. Their lessons are a total failure leaving both the teacher and the pupil devastated. The hedgehog Željko brings a new perspective to the problem, turning Darko's flaws into advantages.
- PUFFERFISH (Germany 2022; 4 min)
In an ocean full of big, bad fish, the pufferfish is trying to seem as big and strong as possible.
- THE OLD YOUNG CROW (Japan, USA 2022; 12 min)
At a graveyard in Tokyo, an Iranian boy Mehrdad befriends an old Japanese woman. Mehrdad's story is narrated by himself as an old man, through his sketchbook recounting one particular event. Using a combination of practical effects, animation, live-action, and computer-generated elements, the film tells a story of loss, immigration, familial love, and the beauty of nature.
- IRIS (Norway, 2024; 14 min)
Iris, a mischievous and imaginative young girl, encounters a toddler who has ventured away from his parents, setting off a road movie filled with pills, cash, and a unicorn.
- LIGHTS (Czechia 2023; 8 min)
A big party is taking place in a small town inhabited by lightbulbs. It's an initiation ritual for the small flames. One of these flames likes to play with fire and rebels against the system.
THE SCREENING IS IN ENGLISH WITH SUBTITLES IN ENGLISH.
Distributor:
2ANNAS
Links:
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