Tricks for Kids 1 (8 years and older)

The Tricks for Kids competition series presents 24 of the latest and most beautiful short films for children. The programmes are targeted at various age groups, from the” Zwergenschau” for the youngest viewers of ages 4 and up, to films for children aged 8 years and older. The screenings will be attended by filmmakers. They explain how their films were created and answer questions. For films in foreign languages, German voice-over will be provided live in the cinema.

De Longues Vacances (A long holiday)

Caroline Nugues-Bourchat / Belgien / 06/2015 / 00:15:54 min.

Louise is on camping holiday with her parents. With her father, she collects treasures having belonged to a siren. He tells her about a siren, who does not find her place in society. After a little time Louise discovers the history of the siren might be the one of her father.

Bambustempelstrasse (Bamboo Temple Street)

Baoying Bilgeri / Deutschland / 07/2015 / 00:13:33 min.

Bamboo Temple Street marks the border between the houses of wealthy upperclass people and the barracks of poor migrant workers. Despite this social inequality Bao and Lili develop a clandestine and silent friendship. One day Bao leaves her parents house to find her friend.

Sugar Rush (Sugar Rush)

Reno Armanet / Frankreich / 10/2015 / 00:04:03 min.

Bibi and Nono are two Kids who are chasing through the streets of Marseille to get back their lollipop.

Kitsune Tsuki (Fox Fears)

Miyo Sato / Japan / 01/2015 / 00:07:38 min.

In the evening of a village festival, a young boy named Bunroku goes to the festival with his friends and visits a clog shop on the way. There he learns an old superstition about the fox.

Wurst (Sausage)

Josefine Häßler / Deutschland / 07/2015 / 00:04:22 min.

The sausage inside the fridge falls in love with the bread outside on the kitchen table. Driven by love and desire, it tries everything to reach the other side of the fridge door…

Crabe Phare (Crabe Phare)

Gaëtan Borde, Benjamin Lebourgeois, Claire Vandermeersh, Alexandre Veaux, Mengjing Yang / Frankreich / 06/2015 / 00:07:00 min.

The Crabe-Phare is a legendary crustacean. He captures the lost sailors boats to add them to his collection. But the crab is getting old, and it is more and more difficult for him to build his collection….