This father and son tale is about the apathy and low mood caused by overwork and isolation. A father is miserable at work while his son, still young, is optimistic about going to school. The son’s cheerful moods get more and more repressed as his … [Read more...]
Deux Amis [Two Friends]
The animation in this French film is comparable to that of Novembre [November]. An unlikely friendship between a tadpole and caterpillar progresses as each grows up into two very different beings: a frog and a butterfly. The film centres the classic … [Read more...]
Unplugged
This short and simple film is about renewable energy. It is the only work in the Library to directly and explicitly address this important concept for the future of Europe. At only 90 seconds long, the film is a perfectly bite-size film for students … [Read more...]
Szalontüdö [Tripe and Onions]
Live action films appear infrequently in the corpus, as do Hungarian films. This live action short is similar to French Roast in its use of an upside-down protagonist: a scruffy man, perhaps homeless, appears to eat the lunch of a Hungarian … [Read more...]
Pipopingviini [The Red Herring]
This Finnish-Irish co-production is by some of the same makers as Isän Poika [Papa’s Boy]. A community of penguins are used to traditional methods of fishing, but a pair of suave penguin businessmen arrive to propose a new method. A huge machine is … [Read more...]
The Little Red Plane
This stop-motion animation is made out of wool: the knitted adventure of a boy and his pet cat who fly around the world delivering parcels in the eponymous red plane. This exquisite work was produced as a student film by Charlotte Blacker at the … [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...]
La Grande Migration [The Great Migration]
Although this film is one of the oldest works in the corpus, produced at the end of the 1990s, it is a great example of how to treat a sensitive subject (migration) with allegorical good humour. The film follows a flock of birds migrating to a warmer … [Read more...]
La Moufle [The Mitten]
A charming film, this beautiful depiction of the approach of winter in the countryside will compel children aged 8-11 years old to discuss the importance of shelter and sustenance in a harsh environment. As snow falls, a girl and her grandparents … [Read more...]
