Tricks for Kids 3 (6 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.

Die Geschichte vom Fuchs, der den Verstand verlor (The story of the fox who lost his mind)

Christian Asmussen, Matthias Bruhn / Deutschland / 11/2015 / 00:11:10 min.

„A fox. A sly, handsome fox. For who knows things, will have a long life, thought the fox and lived a long adventurous life himself, The fox lived long and grew old, … but also a bit forgetful.“ A film about growing old, dementia and the communal life of generations.

Hey Deer! (Hey Deer!)

Örs Bárczy / Ungarn / 07/2015 / 00:06:20 min.

The film is about an cocoa-drinking deer, who is eager to shovell snow in front of his house every day. Every night an earthquake causes a new mess and makes our fella’s life unbearable. Between two cups of cocoa the amazing truth comes out which changes the deer’s life forever.

My Grandfather was a cherry tree (My Grandfather was a cherry tree)

Olga Poliektova, Tatiana Poliektova / Russland / 01/2015 / 00:12:30 min.

This is a movie-memory, narrated by a young boy about his views on life and death. It’s also a story about an unusual grandfather, who could listen to the trees breathing and believed that a “Person can’t die if someone still loves him”.

My Little Sumo (My Little Sumo)

Carlos Clavijo,Ana Salgado / Australien / 10/2015 / 00:09:36 min.

Hi-ro-ko, Hiroko! Once little Australian girl Daisy gets a sumo name from her trainer Kenji, nothing will stop her in the quest to become a champion. But life doesn’t always go according to plan and Daisy learns that loss is something that brings a family together in their saddest moments.

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s LLamas (Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s LLamas)

Jay Grace / Großbritannien / 10/2015 / 00:28:00 min.

The Farmer and Bitzer go to a Country Fair and Shaun accompanies them intent on causing mischief. Shaun spies an auction of three Llamas and cleverly gets the unwitting Farmer to buy them. At first everything’s great fun, but then things spiral out of control…