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Kids DOK

Nobody’s too young for great cinema! At Kids DOK, we gather films for everyone from the age 3, 5 and 8 who is in the mood for funny and thought-provoking viewing experiences.

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Filmstill A Wish
A Wish
Franz Impler
A kid sees a falling star and gets to make a wish. But how, considering their friends‘ reminder that the world has more important problems? Everything goes bitterly wrong, brightly coloured.
Filmstill A Wish

A Wish

A Wish
Franz Impler
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Germany
2024
2 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
English
No Premiere
Three kids trudge through the snow. One of them sees a falling star and gets to make a wish. But it’s not quite that simple, because the two friends think the childish wish is too short-sighted and selfish in light of global problems. Ninety seconds in bright colours and with cute characters that show briefly and succinctly what goes bitterly wrong when the right thing is no longer right.

André Eckardt

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Director
Franz Impler
Producer
Franz Impler
Animation
Franz Impler
Animation Technique
3D Digital

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Filmstill Bats & Bugs
Bats & Bugs
Lena von Döhren
A glowing lantern puts the insects of the jungle under its spell. A young bat wants to rescue them and soon discovers that friendship can also bring light to dark times.
Filmstill Bats & Bugs

Bats & Bugs

Nachtschwärmer
Lena von Döhren
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Switzerland
2026
11 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

It looks like business as usual deep in the jungle – until one night a lantern lights up and magically attracts countless insects. They fall into a strange trance; even the bat family wake up. While the adults use the bright commotion to hunt, the young bat saves a glowworm, a fly and a moth. The next night, the dangerous light returns. The small bat is determined to try to save her new friends from its spell. A small adventure about friendship and mutual help.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lena von Döhren
Script
Lena von Döhren
Cinematographer
Lena von Döhren
Editor
Fee Liechti
Producer
Sarah Born
Sound
Thomas Gassmann
Score
Martin Waespe
Animation
Lena von Döhren, Nils Hedinger, Simon Eltz
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Lena von Döhren
mail@lenalena.org
World Sales
Georg Gruber
MAGNETFILM GmbH
georg.gruber@magnetfilm.de
Animation Perspectives
Filmstill Breaking the Law
Breaking the Law
Franz Impler
The playground is empty. Everyone is at home, in lockdown. Except for a pear-shaped 3D figure plodding through the gravelly sand on thin legs, wearing chunky sneakers, towing a balloon.
2020
Filmstill Breaking the Law

Breaking the Law

Breaking the Law
Franz Impler
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Germany
2020
1 minute
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere
April 2020: The playground is empty and quiet, with a sadly fluttering barrier tape that nobody cares about because everyone is at home in lockdown. Except for a pear-shaped 3D figure which pads searchingly through the gravelly sand on thin legs, in chunky sneakers. It is towing an exhausted balloon with a frozen smile and – chunky sneakers. The dangling balloon hands pat the lonely rule-breaker from above. Franz Impler’s poetic and playfully condensed snapshot lets us empathise with an indescribable, exceptional situation in all its melancholy and absurdity.

André Eckardt

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Director
Franz Impler
Producer
Franz Impler
Animation
Franz Impler
Animation Technique
3D Digital

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Filmstill Camille & Chameleon
Camille & Chameleon
Lucie Nichelmann
Camille and a chameleon afraid of heights love playing hide and seek in the forest. But their high spirits mess things up and they get lost in the undergrowth. Will they find each other?
Filmstill Camille & Chameleon

Camille & Chameleon

Camille & Chamäleon
Lucie Nichelmann
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Germany
2025
12 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

Camille, a very small girl, and the Chameleon who is afraid of heights are inseparable and love to play hide-and-seek in the forest. Camille loves to literally call the tune with her whistling. But one day she becomes too cocky and gives Chameleon an idea that will upset everything. Now they are lost in the green thicket. Can they get over their pride and find each other again?

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lucie Nichelmann
Script
Lucie Nichelmann
Cinematographer
Lucie Nichelmann, Julian Quitsch
Producer
Falk Schuster, Alina Cyranek
Sound
Henrike Sommer
Sound Design
Tilman Köhler
Score
Eric Kröber
Animation
Lucie Nichelmann, Manuel Schroeder
Animation Technique
Silhouettes

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Lucie Nichelmann
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Kids DOK
Filmstill Cell Buddies
Cell Buddies
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Arjen van der Plas, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit
What happens when a grumpy raccoon and a credulous manatee break out together? A cute plasticine animation about what matters more: freedom or solidarity?
Filmstill Cell Buddies

Cell Buddies

Zellenkumpel
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Arjen van der Plas, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Netherlands
2025
6 minutes
Dutch
Subtitles: 
English, German (Overvoice)
No Premiere

Sam, a grumpy raccoon, must share a prison cell with Bob, a loveable, but somewhat slow-witted manatee. Their chaotic prison break gradually reveals Sam’s soft core, while Bob remains unfailingly loyal to Sam. Will they manage to escape? Suddenly, that no longer matters so much, since together they have already experienced something much better: solidarity. A cute plasticine animation you will absolutely love.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Arjen van der Plas, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit
Script
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas
Cinematographer
Hidde Alberts, Melle Windig
Editor
Hidde Alberts
Producer
Paul Moggré
Sound Design
Miquel Reyes
Animation
Melle Windig, Hidde Alberts, Miquel Reyes, Jurgen de Smit, Arjen van der Plas
Animation Technique
Puppets

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World Sales
Stine Wangler
KurzFilmAgentur Hamburg e.V.
sales@shortfilm.com
German Distributor
Anne Jagemann
Animation Perspectives
Filmstill Changeover
Changeover
Franz Impler
A devious blue Cheshire cat sets her own mischievous, magical rules of the game, driving a tennis player to despair. The court keeps rotating and turns him into his own opponent.
2022
Filmstill Changeover

Changeover

Changeover
Franz Impler
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Germany
2022
1 minute
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere
A tennis player is driven to despair by his opponent, a devious blue Cheshire cat. After her serve, she uses wicked magic to manipulate the spatial coordinates and establishes the one, ruthless rule: Now the court keeps rotating and with every return the player, long-since destined to lose, crowns himself the invincible opponent. A creative tennis nightmare.

André Eckardt

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Director
Franz Impler
Producer
Franz Impler
Animation
Franz Impler
Animation Technique
3D Digital

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Filmstill Cloud Fish
Cloud Fish
Noé Garcia
The cloud fish swims through the loud, hectic underwater world. Is he too small to cope? A story about size not being the measure of everything, painted in blue-green watercolour images.
Filmstill Cloud Fish

Cloud Fish

Wolkenfisch
Noé Garcia
Kids DOK
Animated Film
France,
Belgium
2025
6 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

A tiny fish swims through a huge underwater world. It is loud and hectic at times. He would love nothing better than to hide behind the other fish. Is he too small to see the world as the big ones see it? Drawn in enchanting blue and green watercolours, this animation shows that there is no such thing as too big or too small. And wouldn’t it be lovely if we could all fly up to heaven in a big bubble in the end?

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Noé Garcia
Cinematographer
Noé Garcia
Producer
Arnaud Demuynck
Sound
Ugo Olivari
Sound Design
Ugo Olivari
Animation
Noé Garcia
Animation Technique
2D Digital, Drawn

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Miguel Español Celiméndiz
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Filmstill Cyclepaths
Cyclepaths
Anton Cla
A man on an e-scooter at the edge of the city. Only the gun slung over his shoulder irritates. The time for sounding the alarm is up. Disaster has already struck.
Filmstill Cyclepaths

Cyclepaths

Cyclepaths
Anton Cla
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Belgium
2023
13 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere
On the outskirts of the city, the new modern buildings are silent, the highway bridge hisses. Birds circle in the sky. A young man, hidden by a hooded sweater, is driving an e-scooter on a path in the park. Only the gun slung over his shoulder irritates. Anon Cla’s film portrays an atmosphere of high alert while disaster has already struck. Increasingly drastic scenes play out serenely. The soundtrack to this screaming silence is supplied by a high-tech world: highway, tram, indicator sounds, emergency signals. What the sound backdrop rigidly refuses is to provide a loud release that would resolve the tension. The suburban landscape is steeped in a read, theatrical warning light, blurring limit the view. The 3D computer design veils neither the artificiality nor the computer-based deformation of the images. Normality has become a battle zone where the machine matrix already reigns.

André Eckardt

Contains depictions of murder, war scenes

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Director
Anton Cla
Producer
Anton Cla
Sound
Milan Van Doren
Animation
Anton Cla
Animation Technique
3D Digital

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Filmstill Dancing Friend
Dancing Friend
Elena Walf
The clumsy caterpillar would like to dance with the graceful butterflies, but they make fun of her. Just one of them offers her his hand. An episode from the KiKa series “Lenas Farm”.
Filmstill Dancing Friend

Dancing Friend

Tanzpartner
Elena Walf
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Germany,
Croatia
2025
5 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere

Three butterflies are absorbed in their graceful ballet routine, skilfully turning one pirouette after the other. They ignore the clumsy caterpillar that would really love to dance with them. Only the smallest butterfly reaches out a hand. What a surprise when the caterpillar pupates and hatches! Another episode of the KiKA show “Lenas Farm”.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Elena Walf
Script
Elena Walf, Simon Thummet
Cinematographer
Elena Walf
Editor
Matthias Bäuerle
Producer
Thomas Meyer-Hermann
Co-Producer
Miljana Dragičević
Sound
Luis Schöffend
Score
Nicolai Krepart
Animation
Uwe Fährmann
Animation Technique
2D Digital

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Thomas Meyer-Hermann
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Sara Cooper
Meta Media Entertainment
sara@meta-media.co.uk
German Distributor
Studio FILM BILDER
Kids DOK
Filmstill Dog and Tree
Dog and Tree
Franka Sachse
The friendship between a dog and a tree narrated backwards and animated with black and white paper. They have experienced a lot together and have even survived a great storm.
Filmstill Dog and Tree

Dog and Tree

Hund und Baum
Franka Sachse
Kids DOK
Animated Film
Germany
2026
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
World premiere

An animated film made entirely out of black and white paper – and told backwards, too! A white she-dog lives in the root cavity of a mighty tree. But what connects the two? Step by step, the film takes us back to their first encounter, when the dog was still a puppy. An equally unusual and strong friendship that withstands even a massive storm.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Franka Sachse
Script
Franka Sachse
Cinematographer
Franka Sachse
Editor
Franka Sachse
Producer
Ana Vallejo
Co-Producer
MDR Fernsehen
Sound
Florian Marquardt
Sound Design
Christian Schunke, Florian Marquardt
Score
Andreas Kuch
Animation
Franka Sachse, Aline Helmcke, Franka Sachse
Animation Technique
Cutout

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Filmstill Dysphasia
Dysphasia
Anton Cla
When words fail, colours and shapes may speak: a man with dysphasia sits silently on a chair, his gaze untamed. We move closer and closer until the whirlpool pulls us in too.
2023
Filmstill Dysphasia

Dysphasia

Dysphasia
Anton Cla
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Belgium
2023
1 minute
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere
Anton Cla builds on a documentary film project by his artist friend Charles Dhondt about dysphasia, a language processing disorder: The colourful and protean picture of a man sitting quietly on a chair and yet radiating unbridled energy keeps flickering in Cubist style. The viewer’s gaze approaches the man’s head, and the more it does so, the wilder the colours and shapes become until at last they form a whirlpool of drawers. A world of its own, complex and creative, that has trouble taking in the outside world and is hard to convey to the outside.

André Eckardt

Photosensitivity warning: Contains flashes of light that may trigger seizures for people with visual sensitivities.

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Director
Anton Cla
Producer
Anton Cla
Animation
Anton Cla
Animation Technique
2D Digital, 3D Digital, AI Generated

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Filmstill Elegy of Time
Elegy of Time
Anton Cla
An empty room floats weightlessly in the dark. Its three walls glow, displaying highly abstracted movements. Are they projected inventions, or is there a world behind them?
Filmstill Elegy of Time

Elegy of Time

Elegy of Time
Anton Cla
Animation Perspectives
Animated Film
Belgium
2017
5 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None
No Premiere
An empty room floats weightlessly in the dark. Its three walls glow, displaying abstract movements. Are they projected inventions or is there a world behind them? At least this quiet, disquieting in-between place, this empty stage, offers time to dream: A ride “no brakes downhill” (Tin Fingers) that passes a flight of stairs, a petrol station, a panorama window. Anton Cla designs a mystically charged architecture of the imaginary, whose statics are calculated from light, sound, movement and the manipulation of time.

André Eckardt

 

Photosensitivity warning: Contains flashes of light that may trigger seizures for people with visual sensitivities.

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Director
Anton Cla
Producer
Anton Cla
Sound
Tin Fingers
Animation
Anton Cla
Animation Technique
Collage, 2D Digital

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