This CGI short film, co-produced in Ireland and Finland, is about masculinity and femininity. The film was originally prepared as part of a project celebrating the music of Chopin. Although knowledge of Chopin is by no mean requisite to the success … [Read more...]
Head Up
This CGI short film, produced by Gottfried Mentor at Film Bilder in Germany, is about celebrating difference and overcoming difficulties through teamwork and solidarity. Two goats, one adult and one small, are trotting along a mountain top. The baby … [Read more...]
Horizons [Orizzonti]
This powerful wordless picturebook is another example of a text dealing directly with the theme of the migrant crisis. Although this picturebook is ultimately tragic, the tragedy is handled indirectly through the use of a powerful metaphor. This … [Read more...]
In the Silence of the Forest [En el Silencio del bosque]
Expectations are challenged in this postmodern picturebook. A little girl, dressed in red, is lost in a forest, and comes across a bear. However, the bear is not a threat and becomes her friend. The girl and the bear have a lovely time together: … [Read more...]
Jubilee [Jubilé]
This buoyant short film is made in France but represents British culture. What begins with the Queen’s hat getting blown into the wind turns into a mad dash around London for one of her dutiful guards, accompanied by her devoted corgi. Although the … [Read more...]
Dream of Living [Όνειρο για ζωή]
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. It is especially resonant with works in the corpus that show … [Read more...]
Excentric City
Less a picturebook, more an experience, this work by Béatrice Coron defies definition. A leporello with cut paper, Excentric City opens to reveal an exquisite city scene that will encourage its readers to rethink what a book is. Open this work from … [Read more...]
Fables in Delirium: The Hen, The Elephant and The Snake [Les Fables en délire: La Poule, l’Eléphant et le Serpent]
Three unlikely animals are put together in this funny French cartoon. A hen, an elephant, and a snake provide a means to contemplate different environments, and the different cultural messages that we attach to each place. The green forest of the hen … [Read more...]
Falling Letters [Bokstavsbarn]
This tender film comes from Sweden and Denmark. It is one of the only Cultural Texts in the corpus to address disability (the other is In A Bubble [Dans sa bulle]). The film spotlights learning difficulties in the classroom in this beautiful and … [Read more...]
