Film Archive

Kids DOK 2021
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The Girl Who Stood Still
Joana Toste
One minute holding her mother’s hand … and the next minute alone! The girl does not budge from the street crossing. Everyone has to help, even the Prime Minister himself.
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The Girl Who Stood Still

A menina parada
Joana Toste
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
Portugal
2021
9 minutes
Portuguese (Portugal)
Subtitles: 
English

Fast drawn lines fidget, in the middle a girl on a bustling street crossing, just now holding her mother’s hand … and suddenly alone! But what did Mama say: If we lose each other, stay exactly where you are. It’s just that the car drivers are not amused at all. Now everyone has to help, even the Prime Minister himself.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Joana Toste
Script
Sara Monteiro
Editor
Vanessa Namora Caeiro
Producer
Nuno Beato, Diogo Carvalho
Sound
Daniel Camalhão
Score
João Lucas
Animation
Joana Toste
World Sales
Joaquim Pinheiro
Kids DOK 2021
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The Summer Before Seventh Grade
Kristen van Schie
On a hot June day, the two friends Ádel and Berci, both twelve years old, are lying on a meadow. It’s the summer holidays and they talk about everything that crosses their minds.
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The Summer Before Seventh Grade

The Summer Before Seventh Grade
Kristen van Schie
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
South Africa,
Hungary
2020
9 minutes
Hungarian
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

On a hot June day, the two friends Ádel and Berci are lying on a meadow, looking at the clouds. It’s the summer holidays and they are talking about everything that crosses their minds. Berci has a lot of imagination and is looking forward to the next school year. Ádel, on the other hand, is more anxious and worries. The clouds drift past, as fleeting as the summer.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Kristen van Schie
Cinematographer
Kristen van Schie
Editor
Kristen van Schie
Producer
DocNomads
Sound
Kristen van Schie, Eduardo Saraiva
Kids DOK 2021
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The Voice Break Choir
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Boys who from earliest childhood have sung in a choir have now entered puberty. In the “Voice Break Choir” they wait until their changed voices can be relied on again.
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The Voice Break Choir

Målbrottskören
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
Sweden
2021
28 minutes
Swedish
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

Boys who from earliest childhood have sung in a choir have now entered puberty. They have to wait in the “Voice Break Choir” until their voices can be relied on again – in order to continue singing with the men. In interviews and impromptu songs, they describe personal changes and searches for identity. A film about the threshold between being a boy and becoming a man.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Cinematographer
Martina Carlstedt, Ina Holmqvist
Editor
Matti Kentrschynskyj, Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Producer
Martina Carlstedt, Ina Holmqvist
Score
Ted Krotkiewski, Per Egland
Kids DOK 2021
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Tò he
Tobbi Vu
To comfort his little sister, her brother gives her “tò he” every day, a traditional toy made of sticky rice powder. A colourful and imaginative story from Vietnam.
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Tò he

Tò he
Tobbi Vu
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
United Arab Emirates
2021
5 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Two siblings, a boy and a girl, play together. They say goodbye to their father who has to go to war. To comfort his sister, the big brother gives her “tò he” every day, a traditional toy made of sticky rice powder. Until one day their father returns. A colourful and imaginative animated story from Vietnam.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Tobbi Vu
Script
Tobbi Vu
Producer
Tobbi Vu
Score
Robin Pham
Animation
Tobbi Vu
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Asadaghas Herz Jens Pedersen

Ever since American soldiers killed Asadagha’s parents, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters alone. Now they are kicked out of their uncle’s house and Asadagha wants only one thing: to become a fighter.

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Asadaghas Herz

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Ever since American soldiers killed Asadagha’s parents, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters alone. Now they are kicked out of their uncle’s house and Asadagha wants only one thing: to become a fighter and get his revenge. But there are people who show him another path, and a nice girl …
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Faridullas freier Tag Jens Pedersen

Faridullah and his sister have to rise at dawn to work hard at a brick factory. But one day they use the bricks to build their dream house, leave their jobs and imagine what it would be like to be a child like any other …

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Faridullas freier Tag

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Faridullah and his sister have to rise at dawn to work hard at a brick factory. But one day they use the bricks to build their dream house, leave their jobs and imagine what it would be like to be a child like any other …
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Laylas Melodie Jens Pedersen

Girls are married at eleven. Girls who make music are killed by the Taliban militia. This is why Layla was forced to leave her village to live in a children’s home in the capital.

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Laylas Melodie

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Girls are married at eleven. Girls who make music are killed by the Taliban militia. This is why Layla was forced to leave her village to live in a children’s home in the capital. Now she must choose: stay at music school or go back to her mother – and no more music.
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Machgans Lösung Jens Pedersen

She wants to become a teacher, but for now Machgan must support her family by selling chewing gum in the streets. If only her father wasn’t a junkie and had a job!

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Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Machgans Lösung

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
She wants to become a teacher, but for now Machgan must support her family by selling chewing gum in the streets. If only her father wasn’t a junkie and had a job! Machgan takes a tough decision that is to change her own and her family’s life.
Kids DOK 2021
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Yaren and the Sun
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
This summer, Yaren will go to a special camp, where all the children mourn someone who was close to them. A film about loss, healing and friendship.
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Yaren and the Sun

Yaren en de zon
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
Belgium
2021
19 minutes
Dutch
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

Yaren’s mother died four years ago. This summer she is excited to go to a special camp: a bereavement camp. All the children here have lost someone close to them. In five beautiful and intense days, Yaren and the other kids deal with what unites them all: their pain. A film about loss, healing and friendship.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Cinematographer
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Editor
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Producer
Maarten Schmidt
Sound
Neal Willaert
Score
Johannes Genard