This vibrantly illustrated wordless picturebook explores the role of creation and creativity in the imagination of children. A young girl draws a group of monsters, an elephant, and a little girl on a sheet of paper with a set of pencils. The figures … [Read more...]
La Carotte Géante [The Giant Carrot]
Boldly coloured and cleanly cut computer animation depicts this tale of a family with a giant carrot growing in the vegetable patch. It is only through teamwork that the family are able to uproot the giant carrot. Even the pets join in: the dog, the … [Read more...]
Taps
Matthew Gravelle’s clever and aesthetically superb short film manages to communicate themes of solidarity and inclusion even though the main characters are a set of creaky kitchen taps. The three taps, lined next to each other, make a musical … [Read more...]
Neighbourwood
This charming German CGI film features a wise old owl, the latest in a long line of prestigious academics. Under the weight of his ancestry and cultural heritage, he becomes frustrated by the arrival of a new neighbour, the woodpecker, who moves onto … [Read more...]
Yövuoro [Nightshift]
This short film, made in Finland, has a similar premise as Owl Bat, Bat Owl. A bat is perfectly content in his tree until a new bird arrives. The bird lives in the daytime, while the bat is nocturnal. The bird makes the most annoying noises … [Read more...]
Iz Dubine [Out from the Deep]
This Croatian short film is made in stylish and eccentric stop-motion. A group of residents in a block of flats in an area of the city can see each other as they go about their lives. When one of the residents finds a book of old photos, the music … [Read more...]
Ice Dream
A penguin at an oceanarium dreams of becoming an ice cream seller. He uses the snow in his pen to imitate the actions of the vendor who sells ice creams on the other side of the glass. He escapes the pen and makes his way into the ice cream stall to … [Read more...]
Όνειρο για ζωή [Dream of Living]
Homelessness is an important issue all across the world. This issue can be connected thematically to many other examples in the corpus, in particular those addressing the migrant crisis. This sombre stop-motion Greek short film details the pain of an … [Read more...]
Foxly’s Feast
Foxly is a hungry fox in the countryside, and he can’t wait to eat his dinner. This picturebook uses the theme of appetite and dinner time to challenge our assumptions about who eats and who eats whom. Each spread reveals Foxly talking to another … [Read more...]
