Competition HAFF Junior

65 minutes
Competition HAFF Junior

Eight films have been invited to take part in the international competition HAFF Junior. Children (8+) from all over the country vote for their favourite film

This program screened as part of Haff 2016

Showing in this program

(Otto)

(Otto)

  • Job / Joris & Marieke
  • The Netherlands, 2015
  • 10 min.

A woman who can’t have children steals the imaginary friend of a little girl and keeps this a secret from her husband. While the woman enjoys life with her imaginary child the gap between her and her husband grows bigger. When the little girl comes to claim back her imaginary friend, it’s the power of imagination that brings everyone together.

Benches No. 0458

Benches No. 0458

  • Ivan Maximov
  • Russia, 2015
  • 6 min.

Some absurd situations around the park benches.

Cats & Dogs

Cats & Dogs

  • Jesús Pérez / Gerd Gockell
  • Switzerland / Germany, 2015
  • 6 min.
Hey Deer!

Hey Deer!

  • Örs Bárczy
  • Hungary, 2015
  • 6 min.

Short Animated Film about an adorable, cocoa-drinking deer who is eager to tidy and shoveling in front of his house every day. However, there is a suspicious earthquake all night which causes the mess day by day and make unbearable our fella’s life. Between two cups of cocoa the amazing truth comes out which change the deer’s life forever…
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Jonas and the Sea

Jonas and the Sea

  • Marlies van der Wel
  • The Netherlands, 2015
  • 11 min.

Jonas and the Sea is an animated short film about a man who casts aside everything in pursuit of his dream. A dream we all share: the quest to find a place we can call home, even if it's underwater.

Musicide

Musicide

  • Ferriol Tugues
  • Spain, 2015
  • 6 min.

René is happy playing the bagpipes. He tries to making a living playing in the street. He doesn?t mind how many coins are tossed into his hat as long as he can carry on playing. But one day he realizes that he is held in contempt by the local residents. His life and the lives of the townsfolk are about to be changed forever.

The Scarecrow’s Heart

The Scarecrow’s Heart

  • Gholamreza Kazzazi
  • Iran, 2015
  • 11 min.

Being stranded in freezing winter, a little bird has no choice but going to the only scarecrow of the plain to escape from crows. It gets used to the scarecrow, fixes it, feeds on it and takes it as a member of its family. One day the little bird faces a mother wolf caught in human trap whose cubs are sad about it. It helps her and saves her from the trap.
A crow figures out the friendship of the bird and scarecrow and leaves there to inform others. The next day the bird sees that its friends have come back to the pain and flies to them but soon realizes that they’re crows. It comes back to the scarecrow to warn it and then takes cover in the tin box hung on it.
Crows that now are aware of the scarecrow’s kindness attack to destroy it but suddenly the mother wolf and her cubs show up and make them escape. The little bird who has been watching all these gets out and notices that the scarecrow’s eye is missing. It flies to the crows, fights with them and takes the eye back to the scarecrow.

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Very Lonely Cock

Very Lonely Cock

  • Leonid Shmelkov
  • Russia, 2015
  • 6 min.

It was a hard day for the very lonely cock. Perhaps tomorrow it’ll be better.