A selection of the world's best-loved, most beautiful and artistic animated feature films that explore themes of happiness, courage, friendship and self-acceptance. Whether you're a fan of anime or fairytales, this programme offers something for everyone.
Antoine Lanciaux, Sophie Roze, Chaïtane Conversat
2017
On the eve of the holidays, Prune leaves her parents behind for the traditional end of the year school trip. However, a terrible snow storm paralyzes the city… Watch beautiful winter tale along with three other charming stories, where trees come to life and surprise you at every turn.
Alex Grigg, Loup Blaster, Caleb Wood, Sean Buckelew, Jeannette Bonds, Nicoals Menard, Kirsten Lepore
2017
“Strangers” marks the second full release from the collective with seven new and diverse films from filmmakers located all over the world. Late Night Work Club is a loose, rotating collective of indie animators. That is, animators who do independent, non-commercial work. It’s an excuse to bring a whole bunch of us together and make something great, and also to promote the work of the artists involved. Some of the best, most personal, experimental and vital animation going right now is happening on the internet. It’s being made late at night when other people have gone to sleep and on weekends when everyone else is out. It’s being made by students, freelancers, full-timers and folks with unrelated day jobs. It means something to us. It’s our scene.
Simon Rouby
2017
12-year-old Adama lives in a remote West African village. Beyond the cliffs lies the World of Wind, where the Nassaras reign. One night his older brother, Samba, disappears. Defying the village elders, Adama decides to set off in search of him. With the steadfast determination of a child coming of age, he embarks on a quest that takes him over the seas, to the North, to the front line of the First World War. The year is 1916.
Linda Hambäck
2017
Dolores and Gunellen live together in a house with a small garden. They need each other to balance their lives. Gunellen’s straightforwardness and curiosity makes Dolores let go a bit of her need for order, and Dolores’ urge to “tell-all-about-how-every-thing-works” and follow routines helps Gunellen organizer her life. But one day, Gunellen says that she wants to see the world. Dolores does not want her to go!
Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
2017
Twelve-year-old Brendan lives a sheltered life in the Abbey of Kells, a remote medieval outpost under constant threat of invasion from terrifying Viking hordes. But an exciting new chapter of action, adventure and danger awaits him when a master illuminator arrives with the legendary Book of Kells, a powerful but unfinished artifact capable of vanquishing the forces of darkness. With the hordes drawing closer by the second, Brendan must embark on an epic quest throughout the enchanted forest to defeat a giant serpent god and complete the book before it’s too late.
Matthias Bruhn and Michael Ekblad, Ted Sieger
2017
Molly is having a new experience! She is no longer the centre of attention in her family, as she will soon have a little brother or sister. Egg Island is where all monsters are born, and where Molly’s parents must go to wait for their new child to emerge from its shell. But, when they leave, they forget Molly’s gift for her new sibling, and Molly decides to take it herself, crossing mountains and seas.
Alberto Vázquez, Pedro Rivero
2017
Teenagers Birdboy and Dinky have decided to escape from an island devastated by ecological catastrophe: Birdboy by shutting himself off from the world, Dinky by setting out on a dangerous voyage in the hope that Birdboy will accompany her.
Kim Helminen, Eric Guaglione
2017
Life isn’t easy on Piggie Island for the Angry Birds. Red and his fearless feathered companions, Chuck, Matilda, Bomb, Blues and Terence, must band together to protect their eggs – and their future – from the wily plotting of the Bad Piggies. With only their wit and determination to guide them, they must overcome the Piggies’ superior technology and seemingly insurmountable numbers. But they have one great edge…the Piggies’ astounding stupidity! ANGRY BIRDS TOONS brings to life the characters and adventures from one of the most beloved games in history, and reveals the fun and sneaky worlds of the Birds and their nemesis Piggies.
Michaël Dudok de Wit
2017
The first international co-production from renowned Japanese animation giant Studio Ghibli enlists the talents of Oscar-winning Dutch animator Michaël Dudok De Wit for a wondrous story about the unlikely friendship between a castaway on a deserted island and an enormous sea turtle.
Claude Barras
2017
Courgette is an intriguing nickname for a 9-year-old boy. Although his unique story is surprisingly universal. After his mother’s sudden death, Courgette is befriended by a kind police officer Raymond, who accompanies Courgette to his new foster home filled with other orphans his age. At first Courgette struggles to find his place in this, at times, strange and hostile environment. Yet with Raymond’s help and his new found friends, Courgette eventually learns to trust, finds true love and at last a new family of his own.
Metsämarja and Antti Aittokoski
2017
Hop-hop… Pikkuli doesn’t want to learn how to fly and if he doesn’t want to fly, he will not! So he swims like a penguin and hops like a chicken. Pikkuli compares himself to his talented big Sister and reckless Brother, and it’s not easy to be so different from them. Athletic Daddy Byrd and caring Mommy Byrd know their youngest child is a bit odd, but they love him just the same.With the help of his friends, Pikkuli finds his strengths. Pikkuli likes the same things other small children around the world like; his family and friends, he loves music and to play games, to swim and to fish – and Pikkuli learns something new every day! Perhaps one day he will learn how to fly, too. But for the time being, he prefers bouncing. Chirp, chirp!