Short Films 2 Kplus

Golden Mango

D: Govinda Raju

India 2012, 10 Min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

An eight year old boy has an insatiable appetite for mangoes. But his family must save money. To console him, his grandmother tells him a bedtime story about a man who discovers golden mangoes in his garden. The story is carried over into the boy's dream. Golden Mango takes an endearing look at childlike fantasy and artfully interweaves it with the boy's reality.

Cheong

D: Kim Jung-in

Republic of Korea (South Korea) 2012, 18 min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

Hong lives with her blind father. Every morning he lovingly wakes her and accompanies her with his white stick part of the way to school. After school they meet again and go back home together. This is not easy for Hong, especially when the other kids make fun of her dad. One day when the others at last allow her to play with them and her father wants to pick her up, she pretends not to see him. It is only when a new school mate with a strange accent arrives that Hong realises it can be fun to be different from the crowd.

Happy Birthday

D: Mohanad Hayal

Iraq / United Kingdom / Netherlands / Hungary 2013, 8 min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

A boy visits his father's grave with his mother on his fifth birthday. Grey stone and black-clad mourners are all around. The boy plays with his remote-controlled car, jumps over gravestones and gets lost in the rambling graveyard. He discovers the photo of a little girl on a grave. She could be about his age and he plays with her as though she is still alive: she also deserves a present.

I'm Going to Mum's

D: Lauren Jackson

New Zealand 2012, 13 min, OV, age recommendation: 8 years and up

Poor Jacob. A Cold War reigns between his parents. Their divorce battle even affects the way he dresses. When he goes from his Mum's to his Dad's, he's not allowed to wear anything good because it might get lost. And his Dad pointedly doesn't give a damn what his son wears. Jacob's daily changing clothes become a parade of absurdity. Soon, he's had enough. He uses his very own methods to make his parents talk to each other again.

Cahaya

D: Jean E. Lee

USA / Singapure 2012, 10 Min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

Cahaya yearns for a bike but it is a far-off dream. She lives in a slum in Jakarta and collects plastic bottles from the trash on the riverbank. A few lads also hang out there, fooling around and sniffing glue. One day Cahaya actually finds a bicycle under the rubbish. It is old, rusty and without a saddle but she is happy. She lovingly restores it, decorating it with playing cards, bunting and little figures. Other kids are jealous and one of the lads simply steals it. But Cahaya will not put up with that.

Tree Boy

D: Waldo Salgado

Chile 2012, 15 Min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

The village boys play the whole day long in the street together – all except Hugo. He prefers to sit alone in the tree in the courtyard behind the house. This makes his parents worried and his father tries reading him encouraging stories at night. Nothing seems to work until his dad brings home a ball and everything changes. The boys start playing football and Hugo is in their midst. But then the ball lands high in the treetop and nobody can reach it. What does the world actually look like from up there?

Matilde

D: Vito Palmieri

Italien 2012, 10 Min, English subtitles, age recommendation: 8 years and up

Matilde seems to be not quite of this world. Because of her noisy classmates she can barely follow the lessons. She stares transfixed at her teacher's bushy moustache and tries to understand what he is saying. She goes to the tennis court everyday after school to pick up stray balls which she slices open with her mother's cut-throat razor and, always putting four of them together, fills a rucksack. What could she possibly be up to?

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