Short Films - Friendship and Family
Runtime: 76 min. | Recommended Ages: 10-12
The films are screened under Greek subtitles
Friendship and Family
Growing Together Friends and family are our first compass, even when the world around us shifts. Through high-speed races, unexpected friendships, and new family balances, the films in this section explore—with honesty and tenderness—everything that binds us to others and helps us discover our true selves.
The program is prefaced by actress Ioanna Angelidi
Shorts in this lineup:
SOAP BOX
Fiction dir. by Jimmy G. Pettigrew I 16min I Canada
A group of kids gather to compete in the annual soap box race down the Mountain of the Muertay, the village's highest peak. Hubert, 10 years old, will try to win the race for the first time, in order to charm Anouk Sauvages, the girl who makes his heart beat faster.
THE SWIMSUIT
Fiction dir. by Amina Krami I 10 min I Austria
Noa is a confident seven year old. On a seemingly endless day of summer Noa is raving in the garden with friends in swim shorts. The play comes to an abrupt end. As Noa gets gifted a swimsuit, Noas perspective on the world changes irreversibly. But Noa’s best friend does not escape this grief.
EARTHQUAKE
Animation dir. by Massimiliano di Lauro, Lorenzo Latrofa I 8 min I Italy
“Earthquake” is a child who struggles more than others to channel his exuberance and for this very reason he got this nickname. It was given to him by his teacher because, like an earthquake, sometimes his anger explodes uncontrolled and irrational, leaving obvious marks as it passes. Precisely the parallelism with the telluric phenomenon will lead us on a journey through the child's feelings and emotions, starting from what happens before the earthquake until its manifestation and the destruction it leaves behind.
TWO SIDES OF SUMMER
Documentary dir. by Loes Janssen 15 min I Netherlands
In this short documentary we follow ten-year-old Xavi. His parents are divorced, which means he now goes on two holidays. Two holidays, that sounds like fun, right? Not necessarily, when your parents are separated. At the water park in Turkey everything seems perfect, but Xavi (10) misses his swimming buddy, Dad. In Germany, Xavi goes on a survival trip in the woods, but without Mom, and with a sad sister, Dad has less time for him, and Xavi has to entertain himself. Through Xavi’s eyes, the short documentary Two Sides of Summer shows what it’s like to adjust to a life with divorced parents.
FANTAS
Fiction dir. by Halima Elkhatabi I12 min I Canada
Tania decides to take her horse Fantas to meet her friends in her working-class neighborhood. By sharing her passion, she seeks to bring together two parts of herself, two worlds that have never crossed paths before and which will collide in an urban tale with surreal overtones.