Short films

A colourful selection of European animated shorts, many of which have won several prizes on film festivals in Belgium and abroad. The films on Short Films For Kids are not only highly original and surprising fantastic tales, they also offer children an insight into the genre of animated film. The different techniques and narrative styles indicate the medium’s endless creative possibilities. No dialogues.

LE TROP PETIT PRINCE / Zoia Trofimova
THE APPARTMENT CAT / Sarah Roper
KATER / Tine Kluth
MECHANIEK / René Adema /
MR. JONES: THE MAP /Oystein Stene
BONHOMMES / Cecilia Marreiros Marum
LUNAR JIG / Rachel Everitt
SHADOWS & REFLECTIONS / Stephen Whittle
HUMAN DAY / Eric Peeters
SIENTJE / Christa Moesker
CAPTAIN BLIGH / Derek Roczen

Iraq, 2009. Ten-year-old Hamoudi has only one leg but is crazy about football. Like the rest of the world, he and his friends look forward to the Champions League Finale between Barcelona and Manchester United. But then the TV crashes.

EXTRA’s: 
-Short film: “ Land of the Heroes” (Sahim Omar Kalifa - 2010 - 17 min) 
Iraq, 1988. In a land devastated by war, Dileer and his sister want to watch cartoons on television, but that turns out to be more difficult than expected.

-Interview with Sahim Omar Kalifa about his life and work

This collection of diverse short films is truly a ‘best of the fests’. With multiple selections and several prestigious awards under their belts, Flemish short films have been successfully touring the film festival circuit. Selected Shorts 14 presents the impressive work of a new generation of filmmakers, offering a glimpse at the future of Flemish cinema.

TRACKLIST:

YOU WILL FIND IT / Jessie De Leeuw
MATTEUS /Leni Huyghe
LUCID / Uwamungu Cornelis
THE LETTER / Kenneth Mercken
COCKAIGNE / Emilie Verhamme
LAS MENINAS / Eva-Maria Cools
NURU / Michael Palmers
BROTHERS / Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
DE VEER VAN CÉSAR (THE SPRING OF CÉSAR) / Oscar Spierenburg & Minske Van Wijk
DURA LEX / Anke Blondé
BEATS OF LOVE / Wim Geudens
UPPER CIRCLE / Annelies Van De Woestyne
SHATTERED PAST / Boris Sverlow
PENCIL OF LOVE /Gert Driesen