Children's mountains
by Mária Horváth
8’, Hungary, 2011
Italian premiere
It is Pretty Kitty the cat’s birthday. For this special day, her friends from the woods give her a present: a beautiful flower. But a flower is a delicate thing, and must be cared for and, above all, one must not forget to water it...
by Sacha Goedegebure
10’, Nederland, 2010
Italian premiere
The big white bunny, timid and clumsy, loves to chase colourful butterflies and eat the ripe apples that grow on the trees in the forest. But he must defend himself from the pranks of the band of mischievous squirrels...
by Serhat Karaaslan
17’, Turkey, 2010
Italian premiere
Firat and his father gather objects from the garbage in order to survive. Little Firat’s greatest dream is to have a bicycle. One day, at last, he finds one, but it has only one wheel.
by Leon Ding
11’, China, 2011
The bear brothers, Briar and Bramble, have learned that the evil woodsman, Vick, is looking for men to increase production in his mill. And so, the two bears hatch a plan...
by Richard Phelan
9’, UK, 2011
Italian premiere
Helped by his animal friends, a bear and a deer, a little beaver tries to realize his dream: to build the biggest dam in the world, like that in an old photo...
by Alexei Alexeev
5’, Hungary, 2011
Italian premiere
The three animal musicians, Bear, Wolf, and Rabbit, improvise a jazz concert in the forest. Bear plays a trunk-bass, Rabbit a log-drum, and Wolf sings. Even if many try, no one will succeed in stopping their concert!
21’, Italy, 2011
Italian premiere
The wonderful story of Dolasilla, the warrior princess of Fanes, the ancient people of the Dolomites, and the protagonist of a terrible destiny, who must face battles, prophecies, magic creatures and enchanted kingdoms to save her people.
by Samantha Leriche-Gionet
4’, Canada, 2010
Italian premiere
There is a mystery in the snowy forest: someone has secretly stolen the noses of the snowmen the children have made. Who could it have been? And why?
by Luis Arizaga Rico
3’, Spain, 2009
Italian premiere
In a remote monastert amid the mountains of China, the famous Master Xin has the difficult task of transforming the two trouble-markers Bao and Fei into two perfect Shaolin monks, ever-ready yo help the weakest. Will he succeed?
by Nassos Vakalis
3’, USA, 2010
A rich and elegant elephant and a bear meet by chance on a train that is travelling across the mountains. They really cannot abide one another. Will they get through the trip without arguing?
by E. De Marzi, D. Bronzini, G. Motter, G. Nardi
5’, Italy, 2011
Italian premiere
The legend of the mysterious fade of the Lessinia and their magic balls of yarn.
by Marta Minorowicz
24’, Poland, 2010
A grandfather awaits his grandson, who will come up from the city to spend a few days with him. Surrounded by the wild nature of the mountains of Bieszczady, grandfather and grandson try to find a way to understand one and other.
by Sahim Omar Kalifa
17’, Belgium, 2010
Italian premiere
Dileer and Zienee help their mother gather old weapons and ammunition. After working, they would like to watch cartoons on TV, but all of the channels are filled with images of the war. When their aunt pays a visit with their cousin Malo...
by N. Alves-Rodrigues, O. Bouacheria
J. Chheng, A. Kevin, S. Hary, F. Monier, U. Malassagne
4’, France, 2010
Italian premiere
A king without a kingdom obliges a little beaver to cut the wood to build his castle. The tireless beaver cuts and cuts. And when there are no more trees to cut?
by Peyman Nanan Ghodrati
14’, Iran, 2011
Italian premiere
A little girl lives with her father in a small hut that is both their house and a shelter for the few sheep that allow them to live. When one of the sheep is killed bya wolf, the little girl does her best to keep her newborn lamb alive.
by Verena Fels
6’, Germany, 2010
A farm suspended by a thread: on one side is a pink cow, on the other, all of the other animals. But the cow feels alone, and wants to reach her friends. Will she succeed without losing her balance and making everything fall?
by Byron Howard, Nathan Greno
90’, USA, 2011
Based on the timeless fairy tale, Rapunzel, by the Brothers Grimm, the fi ftieth Disney classic tells of a girl with golden hair kept prisoner in a tower in the woods and of the bandit who frees her.
by Olivier Lelardoux
13’, France, 2010
Italian premiere
Wanji, Numpa, Yamni and Tupa: the adventures of four wolf cubs in the forest of North America.
by Ian Kenny
2’, Ireland, 2006
italian premiere
An old song tells of a wonderful place where the mountains are made of whipped cream, the houses of cookies, the trees of candy and the clouds of spun sugar, where you can sleep all night in the open air and everyone is happy.