Animation Special: Winter Edition
18/12/2024 at 4 pm
EM 2 (Innenstadtkinos Stuttgart)
tickets will be available soon
58 min / without dialogues
recommended from 5 years
The sun is already setting in the afternoon and the days are getting shorter and colder. Winter is coming – and along with it the perfect weather for a trip to the cinema.
On 18 December, we’ll be celebrating the upcoming shortest day of the year with… wait for it – a short film programme! WINTER EDITION is a joint programme by ITFS and Filmwinter with animated shorts about friendship, madness and wild adventures. All films have no dialogues and are suitable for animation fans of all ages and nations.
The event is a part of the initiative KURZFILMTAG, which will be held under the motto ‘Building Bonds’ this year. That day is all about coming together and sharing moments of community. So we invite you to spend some time in the cinema watching short films and in the company of others.
Animanimals Zebra
director: Julia Ocker; Studio FILM BILDER, Germany 2023
One day the zebra ran against a tree.
Mobile
director: Verena Fels; Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany 2009
A cow is hanging on one side of a mobile, longing for company. There are lots of other animals on the other side, but they can’t do anything with the cow. So she takes her fate into her own hands.
A Stone in a Shoe (Un caillou dans la chaussure)
director: Eric Montchaud; Xbo Films, Nadasdy Film; France, Switzerland 2020
A student arrives for the first time in his new class. He is not a student like the others, it’s a frog in a class of rabbits.
The Pocket Man (Le Petit Bonhomme de poche)
director: Ana Chubinidze; Folimage; France, Switzerland 2016
A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend – an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man’s pocket. With music, the pocket man helps the blind man to walk safely in the street. Both are very happy together.
Once Upon A Blue Moon
director: Steve Boot; MacKinnon and Saunders; United Kingdom 2016
A Robot on a mission to photograph rocks, meets an Alien who just wants someone to play with.
Two Friends (Deux Amis)
director: Natalia Chernysheva; La Poudriere; France 2024
Two friends, a caterpillar and a tadpole, grow up in two different environments.
Belly Flop
director: Jeremy Collins, Kelly Dillon; Triggerfish; South Africa 2028.
Persistence pays off when a fearless young girl learning to dive is unperturbed by a talented diver who steals the spotlight.
Spin & Ella
director: An Vrombaut; Lunanime; Belgium 2022
Ella is a spider fairy and she lives in Branch City. She is energetic and full of ideas . She has a magic wand that she can use to draw spider webs. But she can’t do it on her own, she needs her best friend Spiders help for that! Especially now, when her magic wand goes haywire, and Branch City becomes a jumble of knots.
Miriam´s Green Spots (Miriami rohelised täpid)
director: Priit Tender; Nukufilm; Estonia 2012
Miriam is in the kitchen, making a milkshake with the food processor. The chicken, too is interested in the appliance, but keeps pressing wrong buttons and finally it crashes on the floor. As Miriam is busy ironing, the chicken starts fixing the food processor herself. It seems to work. Later mother wants to use it, but the appliance has gone berserk. I turns out that the chicken has climbed into it.
Knitted Knights (Wollmond)
director: Gil Alkabetz; Sweet Home Studio; Germany 2009
A lady who loves knitting wants to knit a jumper for the full moon and turn it into a woollen moon. But the fact that it waxes and wanes over the course of a month complicates things somewhat. But this is just the beginning of a great adventure.