Film Archive

Kids DOK 2021
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Little Karl and the Elephants
Friedrich Kießling
A journey back in time to 1915 Dresden. Karlchen wants to see the famous elephants of the Sarrasani Circus one day. When his dream comes within reach, everything turns out different than expected.
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Little Karl and the Elephants

Karlchen und die Elefanten
Friedrich Kießling
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
Germany
2021
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

A journey back in time to 1915 Dresden, where Karlchen lives, who dreams of seeing the famous elephants of the Sarrasani Circus one day. To earn the ticket, he delivers potatoes. But his few coins are not enough for the visit. When Karlchen’s dream at last comes within reach, everything turns out different than expected.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Friedrich Kießling
Script
Friedrich Kießling
Producer
Jana Krämer, youngfilms GmbH & Co. KG
Co-Producer
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Sound
Oscar Zöllner
Score
Gary Hirche
Animation
Friedrich Kießling
Kids DOK 2023
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Leonie, Skeet & the Piglets
Jip Heijenga
Leonie helps where she can on her parents’ farm. She wants to be a pig-farmer when she grows up. When they are forced to give up the farm, Leonie says goodbye to her dream.
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Leonie, Skeet & the Piglets

Leonie, Skeet & de biggen
Jip Heijenga
Kids DOK 2023
Documentary Film
Belgium
2023
15 minutes
Dutch
Subtitles: 
English

Leonie’s greatest dream is to become a pig-farmer. She spends a lot of time with her cat Skeet on her parents’ farm and helps where she can: taking care of the piglets or loading the pigs onto the truck to the slaughterhouse. But new laws make her parents give up the farm. The last pigs disappear and Leonie must say goodbye to her dream.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Jip Heijenga
Script
Jip Heijenga
Cinematographer
Michael De Moor
Editor
Amber van Acker
Producer
Sofie Van Noten
Sound
Frans Wouters, Yannis Van Den Ecker, Stijn d'Alleine
Kids DOK 2022
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Let’s Dance!
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
A colourful rotoscoped short film. In movement sequences drawn frame by frame, the figures whirl across the screen. Let’s just join the dance!
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Let’s Dance!

Let’s Dance!
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Spain
2022
3 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Some light relief in the form of a snappy dance number! In colourful rotoscoping, in movement sequences drawn frame by frame, the figures whirl across the screen. Students of the TecnoCampus in Mataró near Barcelona created this short film as a joint project. One can see the fun they had in the process in every scene. Let’s just join the dance!

Lina Dinkla

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Director
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Cinematographer
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Editor
Queralt Antú Serrano
Producer
Queralt Antú Serrano
Sound
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Score
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Animation
students’ collective TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme
Kids DOK 2022
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Light
Sarah Lederman
Julie lost her parents as a small child. She is 13 now and able to talk about her loss. Despite her fate, she faces the world with her arms wide open.
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Light

Licht
Sarah Lederman
Kids DOK 2022
Documentary Film
Belgium
2021
15 minutes
Dutch

Julie lost her parents when she was still very young. Now she is 13 and has long since settled in her new home, with a family who loves her. Over the years she has managed to accept her fate. “Light” follows Julie for a while and shows a girl who, despite immeasurable loss, faces the world with her arms wide open.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Sarah Lederman
Cinematographer
Pieter-Jan Claessens
Editor
Marielle Dazler, Fairuz Ghammam
Producer
Sofie Van Noten
Sound
Florian Keirse
Score
Lars Overstijns
Kids DOK 2020
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Little Forest
Paulina Muratore
For many years, Mizu takes care of a tree, cherishes it and grows up with it. When a big flood threatens her life, she takes refuge in its crown.
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Little Forest

Bosquecito
Paulina Muratore
Kids DOK 2020
Animated Film
Argentina
2020
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

When Mizu discovers a small plant in the forest, she goes there every day to water it. The years pass by, the little seedling becomes a big tree, Mizu a big girl, and one day they are both grown-up. But then a big rain comes that seems to go on forever. When the forest is flooded, Mizu must save herself. She takes refuge in her tree.

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Director
Paulina Muratore
Script
Paulina Muratore
Producer
Facundo Corsini
Sound
Manuel Yeri Racig
Score
Rodrigo Carazo
Animation
Agustín Touriño
Kids DOK 2021
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Little Singer
Hao Yu
The little singer steps forward, clears her throat one last time, then … She’s not going to lick the microphone like a popsicle, is she? Surely an idea we’ve all had at one time or another!
2021
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Little Singer

Little Singer
Hao Yu
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
Germany
2021
1 minute
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

The curtain is up, the stage is clear, the microphone on: Let the show begin. The little singer steps forward and everyone is waiting with bated breath what singing talents are about to be heard. She clears her throat one more time and then it starts. But what is this? She’s not really going to lick the microphone like a popsicle, is she? Surely an idea we’ve all had at one time or another!

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Hao Yu
Producer
Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Score
Ilja Gussarov, MOE - Valeriia Khazan, Steven Müller, Nico Pavlovic, Fabian Zeidler
Animation
Hao Yu
Kids DOK 2020
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Long, Live, Love
Sine Skibsholt
Rose is a teenager who fights with her mother and, for the second time, against cancer. She records everything in her diary: good and bad moments, photos, memories, drawings.
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Long, Live, Love

Lever Elsker Savner
Sine Skibsholt
Kids DOK 2020
Documentary Film
Denmark
2020
78 minutes
Danish
Subtitles: 
English

Rosemarie has defeated cancer as a small child. Now she’s fourteen and the disease is back. Though her mother supports Rose, her anxiety makes it hard to get along with her. Their relationship is complicated and so is being a teenager with cancer. Rose looks ahead: new school, new haircut, new image. She wants to move on – and she wants her mother to do the same.

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Director
Sine Skibsholt
Cinematographer
Sine Skibsholt, Ina Lindgreen
Editor
Rebekka Lønqvist
Producer
Helle Faber
Sound
Thomas Arent
Score
Martin Juel Dirkov
World Sales
Kim Christiansen
Kids DOK 2022
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Lost Brain
Isabelle Favez
One day the crocodile loses her mind by sneezing and finds herself unable to do the simplest tasks. Meanwhile, everything around her goes black and white. Who can help?
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Lost Brain

Lost Brain
Isabelle Favez
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Switzerland
2021
6 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Louise the crocodile lives in a pretty flat in the city. The elevated train rattles, the coffee hisses on the stove and the walk takes her to a green park. But what is this? When Louise sneezes, all the colours fade away one by one! The crocodile also seems to lose her mind, because suddenly Louise can’t do the simplest tasks. Who can help her?

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Isabelle Favez
Cinematographer
Isabelle Favez
Editor
Jérôme Vittoz
Producer
Nicolas Burlet
Sound
Jérôme Vittoz
Score
Jérôme Vittoz
Animation
Isabelle Favez, Camille Müller
Kids DOK 2021
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Louis’ Shoes
Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe, Jean-Géraud Blanc
Louis, a boy with autism, introduces himself to his new class and tells them about his peculiarities. But the other children don’t seem to have a problem with it.
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Louis’ Shoes

Les chaussures de Louis
Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe, Jean-Géraud Blanc
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
France
2020
5 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
English

Louis, eight years old, has autism and is starting at a new school. He steps in front of the class to introduce himself and his peculiarities, which can occasionally lead to misunderstandings. And anyway, sometimes things are really complicated in Louis’ mind. But it seems that his new class doesn’t have a problem with this at all.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Théo Jamin, Kayu Leung, Marion Philippe, Jean-Géraud Blanc
Producer
Anne Brotot Brotot
Score
Lolita del Pino
World Sales
François Heiser