Tricks for Kids Series 1 (4 years and older)

The Tricks for Kids Series Competition consists of 2 age-based programmes of selected episodes of the most beautiful, international animated series for children of all ages. Children and their families can look forward to a journey across different continents, full of surprises and discoveries. The attending filmmakers will be glad to tell the audiences about the creation of their stories. For episodes in foreign languages, German voice-over will be provided live in the cinema.

Tadaaa! – Wackelpeter (Dusty & Mop – Jello)

Regie Director: Sandra Schießl / Deutschland / 10/2015 / 00:03:27 min. / Produktion Production: TRIKK17 – Animationsraum GmbH & Co. KG

The small beings Dusty and Mop emerge in different human spaces and explore them. They experiment with any given object and always create beautiful chaos. Mop feels magically attracted by electrical switches and simply hast to push them…. This time he brings the coffee machine to a bubbely boil: what a great apparatus! He wonders what would happen, if he added these bags of green powder…

La Cabane à Histoires (The Treehouse Stories)

Regie Director: Célia Rivière / Frankreich / 07/2016 / 00:07:00 min. / Produktion Production: Dandeloo

Join the 4 friends in their wonderful “real” treehouse. Up there they play, talk, feel, argue, think and play again. Lisette, the big sister will naturally pull out a great illustrated book which mirrors children’s emotions. When she opens the book the characters come to life…

Petzi – Endstation Wüste (Klump – Shortline)

Regie Director: Carsten Bunte, Johannes Weiland / Deutschland / 09/2016 / 00:12:00 min. / Produktion Production: Studio Soi GmbH & Co. KG Filmproduktion

An overprotective mother croc keeps her daughter close when Klump and his adventuring friends urge her to travel the world.

How Shammies Built A House (How Shammies Built A House)

Regie Director: Edmunds Jansons / Lettland / 2015 / 00:05:39 min. / Produktion Production: Atom Art

Shammies long to have a pet. They know they would need to take care of it and everyone is ready to build a house for it. When the houses are ready it turns out – everyone has meant a different pet. Sockie meant a little mice, Hankie a little bird, Mitten a little doggie and Pillow a little fish. If they can’t agree, it will not work out…

Simon – Le Secret (Simon -The Secret)

Regie Director: Julien Cayot / Frankreich / 2016 / 00:05:00 min. / Produktion Production: GO-N Productions

Simon is an adorable little rabbit who exudes all the vitality of childhood. He’s at an age when little rabbits (and indeed little children!) are starting to come into their own – challenging relationships with parents, embarking upon school life, learning about the world in general, dealing with authority and of course, language.

Tina & Tony „A Princess“ (Tina & Tony „A Princess“)

Regie Director: Andrew Bahurin, Djangir Suleymanov / Russland / 08/2016 / 00:05:00 min. / Produktion Production: Animation Studio Petersburg

Every girl wants to be a princess. Tina tries her best to become a true princess too but does not succeed. How everything goes? You can find it out from this episode!

BASIA I UPAŁ W ZOO (BASIA AND A HOT DAY IN THE ZOO)

Regie Director: Marcin Wasilewski / Polen / 2015 / 00:10:32 min. / Produktion Production: Grupa Smacznego

Basia is five years old and lives in the city with her family, her tortoise Kajetan and her trustee friend Teddy the Teddy Bear. Like every five-year old, Basia sometimes stumbles on seemingly big problems which she has to deal with. She is not necessarily as good as an angel, but it is still hard not to love her.

Trudes Tier – Das Schöne und die Biest (Trude’s Flatmate – The Beauty and its Beast)

Regie Director: Klaus Morschheuser / Deutschland / 08/2016 / 00:06:00 min. / Produktion Production: Studio Soi / Verleih Distribution: / Weltvertrieb World Sales: Westdeutscher RundfunkWDR PG Fernsehfilm

When Trude receives a call from her friend Inge, she immediately thinks about Tier: Inge is still looking for actors for the play “The Beauty and the Beast”. Tier wants to know more about it, so Trude reads the story to him. Tier is immediately bowled over by and wants to go at all costs to the audition. Trude accompanies him and is pretty surprised at what she expects there.