Short Sweets (6+)
60 min. | Dialogue Language: Dutch
Sometimes something sweet can taste so nice! These are both sweet shorts and short sweets. Experience these charming stories with characters such as a couple of not so bright birds, the Autosaurus Rex, two cats getting to know Piet Mondrian, a giant Rock Creature, a sad fox queen and many more. (Curated for kids of ages 6 and up.)
Boom
Run for your life! A couple of not so bright birds try to protect their eggs from a volcano eruption.
Cat
This cat has an especially delicious recipe: Mouse Soup! A delightful episode of Julia Ocker's series Animanimals.
Mira is Dead
How unfortunate, Mira the cat is dead. Otto, four years old, explains what happened.
The Turnip
Based on the famous Slavic folktale, which has been told for ages by the peasants' point of view, this unique project depicts the over-exploited story from an underground angle, showing what really happened while peasants were cultivating vegetables. Even the oldest of tales can be relevant today.
Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen
Welcome to Franzy's kitchen! Alone on her asteroid, Franzy leads a happy life until she runs out of the delicious soup her parents bequeathed to her. Maybe the planet next door can help? Soon, Chef Franzy discovers that her special pink soup is not just delicious, but also magical.
The Wolf and the Dog
Freely inspired by Jean de la Fontaine's timeless poem Le Loup et le Chien and raising the eternal issue of the definition of freedom, this cartoony short features a dog, full but servile, and a wolf, free-as-air but hungry. This film is part of the 9th edition of Fresh Out of School, a collection of 13 short films based on poems on the theme "Liberty", directed by young animators right after their animation studies.
Autosaurus Rex
Among the different species that inhabit our planet, one stands out from the others by its power and its impact on ecosystems: the Autosaurus Rex! In the form of a documentary we get to know the life, the history and issues of the mighty Autosaurus Rex ... (Do they look like a car to you? Hmm ... It's like the film is trying to tell us something!)
The Queen of the Foxes
The queen of the foxes is the saddest of them all. In order to make her happy, her worried gang swarms out at night to lay at her feet the secretly written, but ultimately unsent love letters retrieved from the city's rubbish. The Queen of the Foxes is a whimsical short that reminds us that there's a hopeless romantic in all of us. With painted and animated images in an impressionist style, the film is an ode to love.
Pim & Pom at the Museum: The Big City
Join Pim & Pom, two curious cats, on a discovery journey through the fascinating world of art. When Pom explains that Piet Mondrian's painting Victory Boogie Woogie is actually a map of New York City, Pim immediately wants to go to the tallest skyscraper. They race for it. Who will win?
Luce and the Rock
One day a giant Rock creature disturbs the quiet life in the village where Luce lives together with her mother and the other villagers. He destroys everyone's house, including Luce's! Luce is angry and determined to take the Rock Creature back to his home. But the Rock might have more in common with Luce than she first thought ... A story of two unlikely friends who end up facing their fears together. After Catherine, Belgian animator Britt Raes again warms our hearts with her very distinct style ands storytelling.