Especially for kids aged 8 to 12, we've curated a special collection of animated shorts you’re not likely to see on TV! Most of the films are without dialogue, or will be dubbed into Dutch live by voice actors Remco Polman and Nienke Poiesz.

Speciaal voor kinderen tussen de 8 en 12 verzamelden we een bijzondere collectie korte animaties die je niet snel zal tegenkomen op televisie! Bijna alle films zijn zonder dialogen, of worden live in het Nederlands nagesynchroniseerd door stemacteurs Remco Polman en Nienke Poiesz.

This program screened as part of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2015

Showing in this program

Aria For A Cow

• Dan Lund
• United States, 2015
• 6 min.

Aria, a bovine diva, demands to be respected for more than just her dairy products. Featuring previously unreleased song by Howard Ashman & Alan Menken

Captain 3D

• Victor Haegelin
• France, 2015
• 3 min.

Captain 3D is a super hero that reminds us our favorite comics ! When he puts his relief glasses, a new world gets animated in 3D and gives life to the most terrifying monster from which he must save the most charming young lady...

Changeover

• Mehdi Alibeygi
• Iran, 2014

A Badminton shuttlecock has fallen in the corner of the pitch. A tiny bird comes along and mistake the shuttlecock for his mate.

Fears

• Nata Metlukh
• Canada, 2015
• 2 min.

A film about fear creatures, how they can worsen people’s existence and make it more difficult, but also how they can be useful and even save people’s lives.

Full Feather Jacket

• Liz el Saadany
• The Netherlands, 2015
• 2 min.

Clumsy seagull Manfred enjoys his humble work as a cleaner at the Air Force base. But when he accidentally kills a member of the seagull troops, Manfred is forced to take his place. Unwillingly Manfred embarks on a highly dangerous mission, that he is not prepared for...

Iron Egg

• Viktória Traub
• Hungary, 2015
• 12 min.

Benedek lives with his parents and grandmother on top of a steep hill, secluded from the world. One day, the boy is taken by a peculiar creature, the iron hen, to the thick, dark forest surrounding his home. The inhabitants of the singing wind harp forest all fear the Terrible Growl, monster of the swamp. The two friends, with the aid of a few brilliant ideas and shiny fireflies, conquer the monst

Little Big Sun

• Olena Potyomkina
• Ukraine, 2015
• 21 min.

Young girl lives alone in taiga. Her only friend is the Sun. It helps and takes care of her. One day the girl disappears. Sun is looking for her everywhere, but cannot find. It stops shining – what for? Later the girl comes back. But something has changed in her. Their friendship is put to test.

My Home

• Nguyen Phuong Mai
• France, 2014
• 11 min.

Hugo’s mother is back home.
The day after, when Hugo wakes up, he finds black feathers all over his house.

Sticks and Stones

• Isaac King
• Canada, 2014
• 3 min.

Sticks and Stones is an animated story about a boy exploring his world, mediated by technology and social media. Are we a part of nature, or outside it? Is it "human nature" to be cruel? Through empathy, we learn everything is connected.