Films for children age 3 - Films for children age 7 - Films for children age 12

Recent films, previews, previously unreleased films from age 7

Comics in cinema from age 7

A tribute to hungarian cinema from age 7

Short films in competition 2 from age 7

Compétition 2

1'17

Louise

Anita Lebeau / Canada / 2004 / Animation / 10' / 35 mm / original version with French subtitles

Ninety-six years young and fiercely independent, Louise lives on her own near Bruxelles, a town in rural Manitoba.

Contact: Office National du Film du Canada

Tragic Story with Happy Ending (História trágica com final feliz)

Regina Pessoa / Portugal, France, Canada / 2005 / Animation / 8' / 35 mm / in French

A little girl with a heart that beats too loud finds acceptance in embracing her own difference.

Contact: Folimage

Maestro

Géza M Toth / Hungary / 2005 / Animation / 5' / 35 mm / no dialogue

Five minutes before the show, the Maestro is getting ready for the performance behind the curtains.

Contact: Kedd Ltd 

The Old Crocodile (Toshi wo totta Wani)

Koji Yamamura / Japan / 2005 / Animation / 13' / 35 mm / original version with French subtitles

One day the old crocodile met an octopus. The octopus treated her new friend to a variety of fish she'd caught just for him. But when night fell, he couldn't help eating one of the octopus' legs... A beautiful film based on Leopold Chauveau's fantasy Histoire du vieux crocodile (The Story of the Old Crocodile, 1923).

Contact: Yamamura animation

Badgered

Sharon Colman / UK (England) / 2005 / Animation / 7' / 35 mm / no dialogue

The tale of a grumpy badger who just wants the world to let him sleep.

Contact: National Film and Television School

Imago

Cédric Babouche / France / 2005 / Animation / 12' / 35 mm / in French

8-year-old Antoine lost his father in a plane crash. Unable to accept his death, the boy will relive and accept his loss through a metaphorical dream. Thus, he will finally be able to mourn.

Contact: Sacrebleu Productions

Alone (Seul)

Corinne Garfin / France / 2005 / Fiction / 24' / 35 mm / in French

June 1945. In a military plane, following a mechanical breakdown, the men have to parachute out above the mountains. One of them crashes into the rock face and finds himself suspended in mid-air.

Contact: Tara Films

Wednesday, June 14, 9:30 am at the Roxy theatre (in La Bourboule)

Friday, June 16, 2 pm at the Casino theatre in La Bourboule

Saturday, June 17, 2 pm at the Roxy theatre (in La Bourboule)