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The little Bird and the Leaf

D: Lena von Döhren

Switzerland 2012, 4 min, Without dialogue, age recommendation: 4 years and up

It’s winter. At the end of a branch hangs a single leaf. A little black bird comes along to water the leaf, but it falls off. The wind lifts the leaf and dances with it through the snowy wood. The little bird joins in, delighted. But the fiery red fox behind the tree is already licking his lips.

The Quiet One (Die Stille)

R: Emelie Wallgren, Ina Holmqvist

Sweden 2011, 30 min, Swedish, Farsi, Polish, Greek, English, Spanish, age recommendation: 4 years and up

Children from all over the world attend a special school in a Stockholm suburb where they first learn Swedish and find out what it’s like to live in this strange new country. Maryam has just arrived from Iran and isn’t as integrated as the other children. She often feels excluded and stays away from the others. But no sooner does she gain confidence and begin to make friends with other girls than she looks as though she might faint with happiness.

Corrida

R: Janis Cimermanis

Latvia 2011, 7 min, no language, age recommendation: 4 years and up

A beautiful flamenco dancer, a toreador and a bull. The bull does not want to die and chases the toreador through the town and into the countryside until he escapes up a tree. But how on earth will the toreador ever get down again with the beast eyeing him from below? Thank goodness for mobile phones – and a rescue crew from Latvia. An amusing animated film about the dangers of bullfighting and the power of women.

The Path of a Hare (Hazenpad)

R: Lotte van Elsacker

Netherlands 2011, 6 min, no language, age recommendation: 4 years and up

A hare’s life, told in silhouette. A young hare sniffs out his natural habitat and comes across his reflection in the water for the first time. His mother tenderly explains all the things he must watch out for outside their burrow. Dangers lurk in the shape of birds of prey and foxes. Nature is not always peaceful and beautiful. But life always goes on.

Just a little (Bara lite)

R: Alicja Björk Jaworski

Sweden 2011, 9 min, Swedish, age recommendation: 4 years and up

It’s the first warm day of the year. A little pig makes its way merrily to the lake. On the way there, he meets a hedgehog that nobody wants to play with because he doesn’t have enough prickles. A crow with a long beak, a green lamb and a calf with too many flecks all have the same problem. Down at the lake this group of rather special animals meets a big fat frog who can make dreams come true.