The national children’s jury of the festival is called MovieSquad HAFF Junior. Prior to the festival, children from eight to twelve years old could go to a movie theatre near their school to watch a programme of seven short animation films and cast a vote for their favourite. The school received special teaching tools to prepare for the films and the children could apply for a seat on the three-headed jury. The film gathering the most votes from all classes and the jury’s favourite have a chance to be included in the national educational project Klassefilm of the EYE Film Institute Netherlands. This programme is also screened at the festival.
On Sunday, directly following the screening of 14:30, the winner will be announced. MovieSquad HAFF Junior is realised with support from the SNS REAAL Fund and in association with the EYE Film Institute Netherlands.

This program screened as part of HAFF 2010

Showing in this program

Head in the Stars

• Sylvain Vincendeau
• France, 2005
• 8 min.

A young man drives into the hills to enjoy the beautiful star-spangled sky undisturbed. Only insects keep him company. But then competitors appear. Until the hill is teeming with people.

Me and My Monster

• Claudia Röthlin
• Switzerland, 2008
• 3 min.

A small girl is afraid of monsters. They are everywhere. One day, she has had enough. She comes up with a remarkable solution to get the monster on her side.

Mixed bag

• Isabelle Favez
• Switzerland, 2009
• 7 min.

Can a bag full of money be the solution to an unhappy couple's problems? Or will the bungling bank robbers who lost it have other ideas? A tale of greed, betrayal and cheap suitcases.

The Bare-wolf

• Valère Lommel / Joke van der Steen
• France / Canada, 2010
• 9 min.

A young wolf changes into a human being upon seeing a rainbow and plays dirty tricks. He imagines himself the king of the forest. The whole village is topsy-turvy.

The Egg Race

• Kaisa Penttilä
• Finland, 2009
• 9 min.

A pigeon couple is overjoyed about the huge egg they finally managed to produce. They buzz around the city in their car, photographing the newcomer everywhere. But then it breaks...

The Happy Duckling

• Gili Dolev
• United Kingdom, 2008
• 8 min.

A cheerful duck in the park tries to make contact with a boy. But the boy tries to chase him away. Why is he so nasty?

Variety

• Roelof van den Bergh
• The Netherlands, 2009
• 4 min.

In a hectic circus performance a young juggler tries to keep his Chinese Plates and the people on them spinning. But there are too much plates...