Ten-year-old Yanxuan lives in the South Chinese Mountains and loves what every girl loves: singing and dancing like the stars on television. Her greatest wish, though, is to celebrate her birthday with the whole family. But her parents work far away.

A silvery fish, a white rabbit, a small sparrow – two children look for dead animals by the sea and in the forest to bury them in their multicoloured cemetery named “Eternal Hunting Grounds”. The honest and at the same time magical story by Elin Grimstad makes the children discover what death means through their adventures. It is immediately captivating by its very plastic design, rich in different materials, its vibrant sound world and the emotional voice of its narrator.

André Eckardt

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Golden Dove Best Animated Short Film (International Competition Short Documentary and Animation Film);
Nominated for mephisto 97.6 Audience Award

A serious illness is no excuse to be in a bad mood. Thea is an epileptic and loves to tell jokes – at which she herself laughs the loudest.

Lina Dinkla

Five adolescents remember the war at the Ivory Coast. Now, in the refugee camp, they can laugh and make plans for the future again.

Lina Dinkla