SCHOOL AND CHILDREN’S DAY CARE PROGRAMME OF THE ITFS
Take your class to the cinema! Selected in cooperation with VHS Stuttgart – Treffpunkt Kinder and supported by LFK – Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg, the ITFS offers three different short film programmes that have been specially compiled according to the interests and needs of schoolchildren. The programmes include animated films from all over the world, and filmmakers are happy to answer the kids’ questions. After the screenings, there are optional workshops and creative activities for classes and groups. The programme is aimed exclusively at school classes.
In a primary school classroom, a fun filled, hyper mischievous, noisy bunch of 4th graders are caught off-guard as the teacher walks in unannounced; followed by a surprise test of creativity and character. Will all of them complete it in time?
A small family of shrews, made up of a grandmother, a mother and her three children, lives on the edge of a stream. But one day, heavy rains fall, bringing floods that sweep away the village. Luckily, the family escapes the worst, but their house is totally destroyed. Forced into exile, the little family then sets out to find a new place before winter.
To be sisters is about a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine.
Trude and the flatmate are going on a picnic trip. The flatmate already pilfers some sausages from the picnic basket. When the two of them get stuck in traffic jam and halt next to a cattle truck, the Flatmate is struck by pity for the poor pigs. And when Trude explains to him what sausages are made of, the flatmate makes up his mind: He has to do something about this!
In fantastic formations, herring roam the vastness of the sea. When seagulls suddenly attack the school, a small herring finds itself alone in a tidal pool. Looking for a way out, he discovers that many other sea creatures live in the pond. But there is no time for fear. Because only together can they defend themselves against the hungry seagull.