Short Films - Short Adventures I part B
Runtime: 72 min. | Recommended Ages: 7-10
The films are screened under Greek subtitles
The program includes short films with a very ........
Shorts in this lineup:
CHILDREN OF THE BIRD
Animation by Júlia Tudisco I 11min I Hungary
Seven-year-old Angel performs her Sunday rituals. She goes to a make-up store teeming with products that promote Eurocentric beauty and then attends ballet class where she stands out as the only Black girl. Feeling excluded, she escapes into a dream world in which the Black women in her life dance around her as ballerinas with elaborate Black hairstyles. Angel is embraced by the elders in her church community, a place where she always feels loved and accepted. The film is an unapologetic celebration of Black hair and the powerful ancestral bond embedded in Black women that transcends the physical world.
THE SONG OF STORMS
Animation by Caroline Attia I 26min I France
During a storm, the animals in a small mountain village begin to have strange seizures. Eight-year-old Emilie, who has just moved to the valley, and her neighbor Manon decide to investigate. They discover that there is a link between these seizures and the sound of thunderstorms, a music that only Emilie can hear.
OUR SUMMER OF FREEDOM
Animation dir. by Antoine Colomb I 22min I France I
Algiers, 1955. The war has not reached the city yet. Khadidja, Lyes, Ahmed and Philippe are four kids between 9 and 12. Malek, Khadidja’s big brother and her only family in Algiers, is arrested after a confrontation with the police at the market. Lyes, a resourceful street child, witnesses the scene and takes Khadidja in. From their shack on Kasbah’s roofs, the children will make everything possible to help Khadidja face this situation. Throughout the city, they’ll try to discover what’s hidden behind the mysterious notebook found in Malek’s belongings.