During family meals, Charlotje loves to hide under the table to listen to what the adults have to say. Her parents pull her out and force her to sing a song, and then they send...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
In an unfamiliar house, among adults paralysed by their loss, a young girl finds a surprising kindred spirit in her dying grandmother, Emma. In the wonderful natural world around...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Being a boy is not a problem. Neither is being fat. But being a fat boy is a very big problem, at least to Paul, because nobody wants to play with him. When even the girl from the...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Greece, 1967, during the military dictatorship. Odysseas is a nine year old boy, son of the village doctor involved with the faction opposing the regime, while his mother is of...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Stefano, a six year old child, faces up to his first day at school through “spot fantasies” about his ideal family, “real life” and “ Affectionate mystifications”.
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Liverpool, 1955. Jack, a seven year-old boy, lives with his grandfather, Tom, and his young widowed mother, Edith. Jack’s mother often takes him to the cinema and he loves every...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
Michel Gondry's examination of childhood love is replete with his trademark surreality. One evening at the turn of the century, Stephane discusses with his brother the end of the...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
France, 1996. On her thirteenth birthday, Sarah reads a letter written to her on the day of her birth by the Director François Truffaut, a friend of her now separated parents. In...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |
The Rogers family spend their time watching television, each in their own separate room. All except Veronica Rogers, their suicidal teenage daughter, but no-one pays any attention...
Category | Out of competition |
Section | Preludes |
Tipology | Short Film |