Champions of Charm (6+)

70 minutes

A compilation of charming shorts for kids of ages 6 and up.

Champions of Charm (6+)

Charms can get you anywhere, right? Well, these films are champions of charm as they make you laugh, live and learn. Champions in this program: a French mushroom song you'll never forget, an owl trying to make a portrait, a girl who turns into a fearless tiger, a real procrastinator, a cut-out children's adventure sparked by a space-stone, a brainy badger, some surprising older women at New Year's Eve, a little boat that dreams of flying, and a dandelion parachute. (Curated for kids of ages 6 and up.)

This program is livedubbed in Dutch in the cinema.

This program screened as part of Kaboom Animation Festival 2022

Showing in this program

Bolete porcini mushrooms

Bolete porcini mushrooms

  • Léa Fabreguettes
  • France, 2020
  • 3 min.

Picking mushrooms? It’s child’s play!

Children of Gainmore: How They Found It

Children of Gainmore: How They Found It

  • Petr Mischinger
  • Czech Republic, 2021
  • 8 min.

A group of children will experience a magical adventure with a peculiar space visitor.

Chrujda the Badger

Chrujda the Badger

  • David Súkup
  • Czech Republic, 2022
  • 8 min.

V lese žije jezevec Chrujda - samotář. Je trochu smolař s podivnými nápady, které usměrňuje sovička aspousty dalších přátel.

Circle Square – Portrait of an Owl

Circle Square – Portrait of an Owl

  • Greg McLeod
  • United Kingdom, 2020
  • 7 min.

Tuft Owl wants to make a portrait of her father. Vanessa enlists the help of the wizards, Isabella the bear and Grindle to make paintings, photos and sculptures!

I’m Not Afraid!

I’m Not Afraid!

  • Marita Mayer
  • Germany / Norway, 2022
  • 7 min.

During a game of hide and seek Vanja leaves the bright living room and enters a dimly lit courtyard, which has far too many dark corners, weird shadows and strange noises. To overcome the fear, Vanja turns into a dangerous tiger!

Merry Grandmas

Merry Grandmas

  • Mirzoyan Natalia
  • Russia, 2020
  • 8 min.

Letterboxd: Mascha is desperate to go to a wild New Year’s Eve party, but instead, her parents take her to see her grandmother, who has invited her friends over. This gorgeous animated film pays homage to the lust for life and rebellious streak of older women everywhere.

Patouille and the Parachute Seeds

Patouille and the Parachute Seeds

  • Inès Bernard-Espina / Mélody Boulissière / Clémentine Campos
  • France, 2021
  • 6 min.

A beautiful series for children about nature, with little Elf as main character. This time we are learning about the dandelions.
A nice film for small children about dandelions and flower parts and a little child who want to fly in a dandelion parachute

The Girl Who Stood Still

The Girl Who Stood Still

  • Joana Toste
  • Portugal, 2020
  • 9 min.

A child is lost from her mother and refuses to move from the same place. A policeman stops everyone else to make her move. The still girl and the policeman that guards her stop traffic and stir up the city’s hearts.

The Little Boat That Wanted to Fly

The Little Boat That Wanted to Fly

  • Ekaterina Filippova
  • Russia, 2020
  • 6 min.

Mubi: There was once a boat that didn't fit in with the others. Its dream was to fly. A flying instructor helps to fulfill that dream.

In a very special factory by the sea, small boats and planes are born and learn their jobs in the kindergarten. But one refuses to learn to be a good boat, because what he really wants is to fly.

Tonka Will Do It Tomorrow

Tonka Will Do It Tomorrow

  • Morana Dolenc
  • Croatia, 2021
  • 7 min.

Tonka likes putting things off for tomorrow. Homework, walking the dog or putting away her toys, it really doesn’t matter, because whatever job Tonka has to do, she’ll find a way to put it off for the next day. And so she got Tomorrowings, which attacks children who leave things for tomorrow.