Animated Shorts for Kids (6-9)

55 minutes
Animated Shorts for Kids (6-9)

Especially for kids aged six to nine, we've rounded up a special collection of animated adventures, slapstick, and unforgettable stories you won’t see on TV! Most of the films are without dialogue.

This program screened as part of KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 2017

Showing in this program

A Boat-Load of Trouble

A Boat-Load of Trouble

  • Aslaug Willumsen
  • Norway, 2016
  • 4 min.

In a crime-ridden city with a coffe-addicted policeman, a young apprentice takes upon herself the task of cleaning up the streets.
Will she be able to keep her head abow the water?

Autumn

Autumn

  • Hélène Letourneur
  • France, 2016
  • 2 min.

In the four seasons workshop, Autumn character installs his season, using his tools on the Earth model.

Dark, Dark Woods

Dark, Dark Woods

  • Emile Gignoux
  • Denmark, 2016
  • 6 min.

Pushed beyond her breaking point by an endless routine of duties and lessons, princess Maria is swept into the dark, dark woods full of monsters.

Ethnophobia

Ethnophobia

  • Joan Zhonga
  • Greece / Albania, 2016
  • 14 min.

Survival, clash and symbiosis go side by side; all accompanied by bursts of joy and pain as a result of man’s internal need to find and exaggerate differences when similarities are obviously greater.

HUMUS

HUMUS

  • Simone Cirillo / Simone Di Rocco / Dario Livietti / Alice Tagliapietra
  • Italy, 2017
  • 7 min.

The short film revisits the theme of the sorcerer's apprentice: a curious and clumsy kid messing around with the botanical experiments of a lanky Master Cervo. One night, the boy, taking advantage of the Master's sleep, experiences every possible formula and ingredient eventually causing a disaster. After a failed attempt of the Master, the boy has to face the problem alone.

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Jubilé

  • Charlotte Piogé / Coralie Soudet / Marion Duvert / Marie El Kadiri / Agathe Marmion
  • France, 2016
  • 7 min.

In Buckingham Palace, it is time for the Queen to go to a ceremony. But an unfortunate burst of wind takes away her hat, which leads one of her trustworthy guards and a playful corgi to run after it through London. The two heroes will have to cooperate in order to retrieve her Majesty her hat…

Little Stone Lion

Little Stone Lion

  • Tang Chen
  • Taiwan, 2016
  • 6 min.

The little stone lion sat in front of the temple, guiding it with his parents. He hoped that someday he could drive ghosts and monsters away as his parents did. One day at a tranquil night, a starving stray cat sneaked into the temple and the little stone lion witnessed the scene. In order to prove that he was a qualified protector, he decided to drive it away on his own.

Wishing Box

Wishing Box

  • Wenli Zhang / Nan Li
  • United States, 2017
  • 5 min.

Wishing Box is an animated short film produced as a collaborated project of international artists. Everyone on our team has worked very hard for the past three years to bring this animation to completion.

The story is about a pirate Derek and his sidekick monkey after years sailing, finally found a treasure box, and this box is a magic box can make your wishes come true.