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28th International Film Festival

for Children and Young Audience

23 – 30 SEP 2023
 
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72 min
Panorama

Don't Call Me Vasya

2021
2020
Russia
from 15 years
Director: Alfiia Shakirzianova

The naive city girl Vasilisa and her brother are forced to spend a weekend with their grandma in the village. The dressy young lady doesn’t want that. She quickly meets new people and falls in love with Shura. But Shura has problems and her love is in danger.

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122 min
Panorama

Padrenostro

2021
2020
Italy
from 14 years
Director: Claudio Noce

Valerio’s world is shocked. His father was assassined, and the 10-year-old had to witness it. A new acquaintance with the street boy Christian seems to turn his summer into an adventure. But Christian has a secret.

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80 min
Panorama

Marusya foreva!

2021
2021
Russia
from 10 years
Director: Alexander Galibin

Young Alexej is horrified to learn that he is the father of five-year-old Marusja. A child doesn’t fit into his life! And there’s no way she can move in with him! But Marusja has just lost her mother in a car accident and urgently needs Alexej’s help.

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100 min
Youth Film

I Don't Wanna Dance

2021
2021
Netherlands
from 14 years
Director: Flynn von Kleist

Joey and his brother are allowed to return to their mentally unstable mother. In the beginning, everything seems to be going well, but conflicts threaten to divide the three again. Joey's only refuge is dancing and he must choose between his passion and his family.

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102 min
Panorama

Oliver and the Pool

2021
2020
Mexico
from 14 years
Director: Arcadi Palerm-Artis

When Oliver’s father suddenly dies, everyone goes crazy. The family is falling apart. Reason enough for him to move out. From then on, he lives at the house’s own pool, guarded by his father’s urn. There he learns to forgive, to become happy again and to fall in love.

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85 min
Children´s Film

Playful

2021
2021
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
from 8 years
Director: Nadereh Turkamani

Shahin and his friends want to start a football team. To make money for jerseys and shoes, they fatten geese. The bag of coarsely ground wholemeal that the new boy in the village has put in front of the door is just right for them. But the food is poison for the animals ...

 

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98 min
Junior Film

Kung Fu Girl

2021
2019
USA, China
from 12 years
Director: Devon Downs, Kenny Gage

Lisa is the best female kung fu fighter in her school, but her archenemy Yu Dabao humiliates her as often as he can. Lisa’s relationship with her single father, a game designer, is difficult but when she delves into one of his games, she realizes what really matters.

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115 min
Junior Film

Upon the Magic Roads

2021
2021
Russia
from 11 years
Director: Oleg Pogodin

The inexperienced farmer’s son Ivan has to find out who tramples the wheat field night after night. It’s a mysterious white horse. While trapping the animal, its life is in danger. Ivan releases it to freedom and receives a hunched horse with magical powers as a thank you.

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103 min
Panorama

Mica

2021
2020
Morocco, France
from 10 years
Director: Ismael Ferroukhi

Mica lives in poor conditions. To support his family financially, he is sent to Casablanca, where he is supposed to help old Hajj as a janitor in a tennis club. Nobody is interested in him until trainer Sophia finally recognizes his potential.

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93 min
German Focus

Darkdreamers

2021
2020
Germany
from 15 years
Director: Philipp Klinger

The suicide of her brother Dennis shakes Rebekka’s perfect world. While her parents try to keep up their appearances in the village, Rebekka has nightmares. Vincent was Dennis‘ best friend. She tries to understand her Brother’s death with his help. But her parents put the blame on him.

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87 min
Panorama

Buladó

2021
2020
Netherlands
from 14 years
Director: Janga Eché

While Kenza’s father Ouira is a rational and western-minded police officer, her grandfather Weljo lives more spiritually and identifies himself strongly with the culture of his ancestors. It is difficult for Kenza to find her own way in this world of contrasts. The conflicts threaten to escalate.

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100 min
Children´s Film

My Very Own Circus

2021
2020
Canada
from 9 years
Director: Miryam Bouchard

13-year-old Laura grew up in a circus family. After her mother’s death she travels in the trailer with Father Bill, a clown, and his mute assistant Mandeep. But Laura wants to settle down and go to a good private school.

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93 min
Panorama

The Whaler Boy

2021
2020
Russia, Poland, Belgium
from 15 years
Director: Philipp Yuryev

For the young whaler Lyoshka everything changes when he falls in love with a girl from a sexcam portal. His friend Kolyan doesn’t understand this and tries to make him clear that it’s not real. But Lyoshka is obsessed with the idea of finding her and sets out to look for her.

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97 min
Panorama

Karnawal

2021
2020
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Norway
from 16 years
Director: Juan Pablo Félix

Cabra’s passion is the folk dance Malambo. But neither the con father nor the mother, who only pays attention to her new boyfriend, cares about this. So somehow, Cabras fights his own way to live his dream. Then his father has a few days off and plans the next coup . . .

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93 min
Panorama

Exhibit

2021
2020
Russia
from 12 years
Director: Aljona Oleinik

Pasha’s father is an art expert. He is called to St. Petersburg for an art expert opinion, but he does not come back. With the help of his presumptuous classmate Ilya, Pasha sets off to find his father. When they are followed, they realize how serious the situation is.

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28 min
Short Film

Mum is Pouring Rain

2021
2020
France
from 7 years
Director: Hugo de Faucompret

Jeanne is looking forward to spending Christmas with her Mom but she is sent unknowingly to her Grandma’s instead. The holidays turn out to be quite an adventure as Jeanne meets new friends.

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94 min
German Focus

Sami, Joe and I

2021
2020
Switzerland
from 16 years
Director: Karin Heberlein

Sami, Joe and Leyla are best friends and inseparable. With the long-awaited end of their school years, the summer of their life begins – parties, boys and self-employment. The teenagers are taking it all out. But an experience becomes an ultimate test for them.

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92 min
Panorama

The Christmas Star

2021
2020
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany
from 8 years
Director: Karel Janák

Because of jealousy, the beautiful star girl is pushed to earth. It’s going to fade away there soon, unless it meets a true love. Teacher Vašek is in love with the princess. But he knows that they’re not allowed to become a couple. That’s when the star girl comes up with an idea . . .

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96 min
German Focus

Night Forest

2021
2021
Germany
from 10 years
Director: André Hörmann, Katrin Milhahn

A year ago Paul’s father discovered a huge cave in the Ursulenmountain. But nobody believed in him. Since then, the explorer has disappeared. Now Paul wants to prove that his father was right. Together with his friend Max he leaves for a dangerous hike.

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93 min
German Focus

The School of Magical Animals

2021
2021
Germany, Austria
from 7 years
Director: Gregor Schnitzler

Ida has to get used to the new class. But then she receives a magical little fox from the teacher and her classmate Benni gets the turtle Henrietta. By the time a thief is up to mischief in the school, the four are becoming true master detectives.

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Jim Button and the Wild 13
109 min
German Focus

Jim Button and the Dragon of Wisdom

2021
2020
Germany
from 7 years
Director: Dennis Gansel

Lummerland needs a lighthouse. That’s when Jim has an idea. The illusive giant Tur Tur might be standing on the shore with a lantern. Jim and Lukas travel with their locomotives to the Mirror Desert. But on the way the pirates of the Wild 13 lie in wait and kidnap the little locomotive Molly …

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65 min
Animated Film

Christmas at Cattle Hill

2021
2020
Norway
from 6 years
Director: William John Ashurst

The city calf Klara spends Christmas with her dad in the country for the first time. However he has neither the time nor the mind to celebrate. When the pig lady Pauline urgently needs help, Klara decides to prepare the party together with a cheeky little gnome. 

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90 min
Children´s Film

Vinsky and the Invisibility Powder

2021
2021
Finland
from 8 years
Director: Juha Wuolijoki

Hömpstad is hit by a series of burglaries. Ten-year-old Vinski meets an old pharmacist who gives him an invisibility powder because the city needs it. When his mother’s pastry shop is raided at night, Vinski actually has to take action.

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97 min
Junior Film

SpaceBoy

2021
2020
Belgium
from 12 years
Director: Olivier Pairoux

Jim is maverick, smart and a little crazy. For the school competition he infects Emma with his obsession with building a hot-air balloon. They want to prove that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. But not only Emma’s fragile health is putting the project to the test.

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82 min
Children´s Film

Dragon Girl

2021
2020
Norway, Netherlands, Czech Republic
from 9 years
Director: Katarina Launing

Eleven-year-old Sara is on the run – from the police and from being deported. She finds shelter in a house whose residents have gone on Christmas holidays. But not only her, but also an injured dragon baby that supposedly can fulfill desires ...

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90 min
Panorama

A Dog Named Palma

2021
2021
Russia, Japan
from 8 years
Director: Alexander Domogarow

Kolyas Father is a pilot and always on the move. The boy spends his time at the airport with a shepherd dog left behind – he waits for his father and “Palma” for the return of her owner. When journalists become aware of the dog, she becomes the main attraction overnight.

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75 min
Animated Film

The Ape Star

2021
2020
Sweden, Norway, Denmark
from 5 years
Director: Linda Hambäck

In the idyllicly located orphanage, the caregiver does everything to make the children feel at home. But Jonna wants a real family. When one day a potential mother shows up for her, the girl is shocked. A gorilla wants to adopt her. Is this going to be okay?

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71 min
Children´s Film

Forgotten Christmas

2021
2019
Norway
from 6 years
Director: Andrea Eckerbom

In a dozy village in Norway, the residents forgot about Christmas. Only little Elise has the feeling that December 24th has to be a special day. When she discovered an old advent calender, she wanted to find out what the date is all about.

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83 min
German Focus

My Dad is a Sausage

2021
2020
Belgium, Netherlands, Germany
from 11 years
Director: Anouk Fortunier

When the father quits his well-paid job at the bank to become an actor, his family is shocked. Only Zoë, his youngest daughter, believes in him. She coaches him for auditioning and in fact the father gets a role: He’s supposed to play the sausage in a commercial …

 

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89 min
Children´s Film

Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

2021
2021
Finland
from 8 years
Director: Marja Pyykkö

One evening the ten-year-old Alfred receives a visit from a small, wild fairy. Her name is Sihja, she is 3,000 years old and wants to stay with him. The two of them have a lot of fun together until a bird die-off breaks out in the city. Could this have anything to do with the new fertilizer factory?

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92 min
Youth Film

The Innocence

2021
2019
Spain
from 15 years
Director: Lucía Alemany

Alicia’s nights are hot - not just because she lives in a small Spanish town. With her older friend Néstor she dances and kisses with dedication – but only secretly. If her father would knew! But some things cannot be hidden and not every decision can be reversed.

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97 min
Youth Film

The Short History of the Long Road

2021
2019
USA
from 14 years
Director: Ani Simon-Kennedy

Nola and her father live as unbound nomads in a van. By a stroke of fate, the teenager suddenly is on her own. With the search for her mother and a home begins an exciting odyssey, on which the mechanist Miguel supports her.

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80 min
German Focus

Martin and the Magical Forest

2021
2021
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Poland
from 8 years
Director: Petr Oukropec

Eleven-year-old Martin has no desire to spend his holidays in a nature camp. To make it worse with his stepbrother! But then he discovers mysterious forest spirits in the “wilderness”. They need his help, because their habitat is threatened by earth drillings.

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70 min
German Focus

Best Birthday Ever

2021
2021
Germany, Sweden, Netherlands
from 5 years
Director: Michael Ekbladh

It’s rabbit boy Karlchen’s birthday! He’ll be five years old. But exactly on this day Baby Klara gets a fever and has to go to the doctor. The party is postponed. But Karlchen wants to celebrate and walks with his cuddly toys to Grandma. Forbiddenly through the dark forest...

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90 min
Panorama

I Never Cry

2021
2020
Poland, Ireland
from 15 years
Director: Piotr Domalewski

Olka lives with her family in Poland. When her father dies unexpectedly in a work accident, she travels to Ireland to bring his body home. On her journey, Olka realizes that she hardly knew her father, and her desire to learn more about him is germinated in her.

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100 min
Panorama

Glassboy

2021
2020
Italy, Austria, Switzerland
from 8 years
Director: Samuele Rossi

Pino suffers from an incurable disease that prohibits him from having a carefree childhood. When he becomes friends with the SNERDs, a group of children from the village, a great adventure begins. But suddenly Pino disappears. His new friends set out to find him.

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84 min
Animated Film

Felix and the Treasure of Morgäa

2021
2021
Canada
from 10 years
Director: Nicola Lemay

When Felix’ mother sets off on a cruise, he can finally go and search for the island where his father has last been seen. Because Felix never gave up hope. When he and the old sailor Tom arrive on the island, they make an amazing discovery.

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85 min
German Focus

The Ogglies – Welcome to Smelliville

2021
2021
Germany, Belgium
from 4 years
Director: Toby Genkel, Jens Møller

The small town of Smelliville with its huge garbage dump is getting new residents, specifically a whole Ogglie family. The green creatures love the stench and live off garbage. That way they can solve Smelliville's waste problem. However the money-grubbing building tycoon Hammer has other plans.

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85 min
German Focus

Moonbound

2021
2021
Germany, Austria
from 8 years
Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi

Peter, called Peterchen by everyone, is supposed to take care of his sister Anna. But the little one secretly runs away to help the maybug Sumsemann. He hopes to find his lost arm and his maybug woman on the moon. Therefore Peter has to travel into space, too …

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