Total program 70 min

Puppies, babies, and bears, oh my! We’ve once again scoured the globe for the best collection of animated short films for audiences of every age to enjoy. Funny characters and curious kids mingle with gentle lessons about kindness to animals, why not to be afraid of being afraid, how dandelions are born, and so much more: Kayak (Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort & Antoine Rossi, France 2021, 6 min), Andy “A Dog’s Tale” (James Wheless, US 2021, 8 min), Bench (Rich Webber, UK 2020, 2 min), Kiko and the Animals (Yawen Zheng, France/Switzerland 2020, 7 min), My Name Is Fear (Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez, Germany 2021, 5 min), The Most Boring Granny in the Whole World (Damaris Zielke, Germany 2022, 7 min), Patouille and the Parachute Seeds (Inès Bernard-Espina, Mélody Boulissière & Clémentine Campos, France 2021, 6 min), Salt (Alicia Scott Nichols, US 2020, 6 min), Winter Sleep (Katerina Karhankova & Alexandra Majova, Czech Republic 2020, 7 min), Wolf and Cub (Marvin Bynoe, US 2021, 8 min), Step by Step (Fanny Paoli, Anabelle David, Emma Gach, Claire Robert, Julie Valentin & Thēodore Janvier, France 2021, 7 min).

Nonverbal and in English
Age 5+