the golden elephant catalog

14-20, Nov 2011-Hyderabad

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THINTERNATIONALCHILDRENSFILMFESTIVALINDIA

7 days

13 theatres

38 countries

154 films

150,000 viewers

THINTERNATIONALCHILDRENSFILMFESTIVALINDIA14-20, Nov 2011-Hyderabad

14-20, Nov 2011-Hyderabad

Contents

Little Directors 73

Childrens World 81

O n C h i ld rens

Cine

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145

India Competition 47

Shorts Competition 59

Compet i t ion International 31

Jury 19

Opening

Film 29

In Focus: China 137

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Jury 19 Competition International 20 India Competition 22Shorts Competition 24Little Directors 26

Opening Film 29 Gattu 30

Competition International 31Alafzar 32(Meadow) Bestevenner 33(Rafiki) David and Kamal 34De Sterkste Man Van Nederland 35(The Strongest Man In Holland) Den Kaempestore Bjorn 36(The Great Bear) Digari 37(The Other)Gadkiy Utyonok 38(The Ugly Duckling) Het Geheim 39(The Magicians) Iep! 40(Eep!) Kidnappet 41(Lost in Africa) Knerten Gifter Seg 42(Twigson Ties the Knot) Les Contes de la Nuit 43(Tales of the Night) Vorstadtkrokodile 2 44(The Crocodiles Strike Back) Wintertochter 45(Winters daughter) Xinghai 46(The Star and the Sea)

India Competition 47Chillar Party 48(Chillar Party) Chitrakuzhal 49(The Bird Catcher) Dekh Indian Circus 50(Watch Indian Circus) I am Kalam 51Krish, Trish and Baltiboy II 52Stanley Ka Dabba 53(Stanleys Tiffin Box)Taryanche Bait 54(Island Of Stars) The Lotus Pond 55Vihir 56(The Well) Woh 57(That Fellow)

Shorts Competition 59Adventures of Owen 60Bob 60Bottle 61Dodu - O Rapaz De Carto 61(Dodu -The Cardboard Boy) Drug Detstva 62(The Playmate) Ekti Kaktaliyo Galpo 62(A Coincidental Tale) Ghadyalancha Dawakhana 63(The Watch Clinic) In A Heartbeat 63Kahnikr 64(Storyteller) Keshavrz Va Robat 64(The Farmer and the Robot)Kosher 65La Fille et Le Chasseur 65(The Girl and the Hunter) Land of the Fireflies 66Lpis-de-cor 66(Colored Pencils)

Mobile 67Neuneinhalbs Abschied 67(Nineandahalfs Goodbye) Os Olhos Do Farol 68(The Eyes of the Lighthouse) Pik 68(Pecker) The Ball 69The Lost Thing 69The Monster of Nix 70Tigeris 70(Tiger) To Horio 71(The Village) What Makes Me Happy: Tungs Film, Vietnam 71

Little Directors 73Adventures of Eddy and Curt 74Dhanam 74(Wealth) Fancock 4 75Hamari Duniya 75(Our World) Kabhi Socha Hai 76(Stop and Think!) Nishadam 76(The Savage) Scream V Halloween Night 77Subbus Noodles 77Superhero 78Tellu 78(A Boy who Applies Oil)Thulyam 79(Equal)

Childrens World 817 Days in Slow Motion 82Aatpaat Nagar Hote 83Alice In Wonderland 84Azur et Asmar 85(Azur and Asmar)

Briefgeheim 86(The Secret Letter) Champions 87Chandani und ihr Elephant 88(Chandani-The Daugher of the Elephant Whisperer) Charandas Chor 89(Charandas The Thief)Chintu Skool 90(Chintu School) Chutkan Ki Mahabharat 91(Chutkans Mahabharat) Coraline 92De Indiaan 93(The Indian)Dik Trom 94(Chubby Drums) Dom-zari 95(Goldtail) Fimfarum Do Tretice Vseho Dobreho 96(Fimfarum Third Time Lucky) Foeksia de miniheks 97(Fuchsia the Mini Witch) Gantala Bandi 98(Bell-Cart) Hayat 99How to Train Your Dragon 100In Oranje 101(In Orange) Karla og Jonas 102(Karla and Jonas) Kikkerdril 103(Frogs and Toads)Kung Fu Panda 2 104Lillusioniste 105(The Illusionist) Lilkee 106Maman, Behrouz Man-o Zad! 107(Behrouz Hit Me, Mom!) Ocans 108(Oceans) Parvaz-E Morghabi-Ha 109(Flight of the Ducks) Sikharam 110(The Peak)

Streetkids United 111Summer With the Ghost 112Sunshine Barry and the Disco Worms 113Tangled 114Touching Wild Horses 115Toy Story 3 116Un Cargo Pour lAfrique 117(A Cargo to Africa) Waar is het Paar Van Sinterklass 118(Where is Winkys Horse?)Yeh Hai Chakkad Bakka Bambe Bo 119(Sensational Six)Zokomon 1202 Broers 121(2 Brothers) Aansoo Bane Moti 121(Tears Become Pearls) Ammachi Ki Macchi 121(Grandmothers Fish Curry) Anne Vliegt 122(Flying Anne)Babioles 122Chanda Ke Joote 122(Chandas Shoes) Cores e Botas 123(Colours and Boots) Derevo Detstva 123(My Childhood Mystery Tree) Dve Prinzessi 123(Two Princesses) En LOpera 124(At the Opera) Geralds Last Day 124Gorilla 124Hoggie and Snip 125Hokus-Pokus 125(Hocus-Pocus) Il Re Dellisola 125(The King of the Island) Jiyo ya Maro 126(Survive) Josette Und Ihr Papa 126(Josette and Her Daddy) Kelkunnundo? 126(Are you listening?)

Khialbaf va Kouzeye Roughan 127(The Day-dreamer and the Jug of Oil) Koros Medal 127Kosminen Kulkuri 127(The Cosmic Avenger) Kuchao 128(A Gum Boy) Linventeur 128(The Inventor) La Vieille dame et les Pigeons 128(The Old Lady and the Pigeons) Ledus Pavlnieks 129(Ice Master)Leitmotif 129Little Terrorist 129Lizard 130Lost and Found 130 Mukand and Riaz 130 My Happy End 131My Name is Mohammed 131My Space My Time 131Pantoffelhelden 132(A Slippery Tale) Rumours 132Something Left, Something Taken 132Steinfliegen 133(Stoneflies) Tana Libera Tutti 133(Everyone Saved) Tigre Og Tatoveringer 133(Tigers and Tattoos) Tornehekken 134(The Hedge of Thorns) Tot ou Tard 134(Sooner or Later) Tsuribashi 134Una Caja De Botones 135(A Box of Buttons) Viaje A Marte 135(Journey to Mars) WeileWangque De Jinian 135(TianAis Ordeal) Ziluks 136(Acorn boy)

In Focus: China 137Hai Yang Peng You 138(A Friend from theOcean) Hai Zi Na Xie Shi Er 139(Something About Kids) Lu Cao Di 140(Mongolian Ping Pong) Niao Chao 141(Birds Nest) Shang Xue Lu Shang 142(Unique Schooling) Wu Gui Ye Shang Wang 143(Magic Tortoise)

On Childrens Cinema 145Charandas Chor An Unsung Masterpiece 146Screen-Play! 148Childrens Cinema in China 150

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Opening Film

17th International Childrens Film Festival India30 | Opening Film

Rajan KhosaRajan Khosa came into the limelight with his feature film Dance Of The Wind, which premiered at Venice and won at Rotterdam, Chicago, London, Nantes and other film festivals. His shorts include Wisdom Tree and Flower Girl.

An alumnus of Royal College of Arts, London, FTII, and NID, Ahmedabad, he is a voting member of BAFTA.

GattuDirector: Rajan Khosa | India / 2011 / Col. / 90 mins

Producer: Childrens Film Society, India Script: Ankur Tewari, K.D.Satyam, Rajan Khosa Camera: Satya Rai Nagpaul Editor: Antara Lahiri

Cast: Mohammad Samad & Naresh Kumar

In this town, the sky is full of kites, and all the kids are obsessed with kite-flying. The kite, Kali, rules the skies. No one knows who flies Kali. No one can defeat Kali. An illiterate street urchin takes up the challenge. With neither money nor education on his side, he sets

out for his goal. Dreams arent impossible when the desire is strong.

World Sales Agency: Childrens Film Society, India

Competition International

17th International Childrens Film Festival India32 | Competition International

Asian Premiere

AlafzarMeadowDirector: Mohammad-Ali Talebi | Iran / 2011 / Col. / 87 mins

Producer: Javad Norouzbeygi Script: Mohammareza Yousefi, Mohamad-Ali Talebi Camera: Hadi Shalalvand Editor: Kaveh ImaniCast: Noroddin Alami, Gohar Khyrandish, Sepehr Godarzi

Festivals & Awards include: Fajr Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: IRIB Media Trade

Ali and Nargis bravely leave their childhood behind when their family falls into difficult times. Ali is charged with the responsibility of taking the sheep over mountain territory to new pastures that will keep the flock alive. Nargis must find a way to bring her mother back to her family which has been split by the fight between her father and uncle over the use of the meadow.

Mohammad-Ali TalebiMohammed-Ali Talebi is a writer, producer and director. He studied Film and TV direction in Tehran. He has written and directed many TV series, short films and documentaries, mostly for children. He has also directed several feature films including You Are Free and Bag of Rice.

Age Group: Above 10 years

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BestevennerRafikiDirector: Christian Lo | Norway / 2009 / Col. / 79 mins

Producer: Trine Aadalen Lo Script: Morten Hovland Camera: Bjrn Stle BratbergEditor: Nazanin MofakhamCast: Ane Dahl Torp, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Jon igarden,Andrea Brin Hovig

Festivals & Awards include: Special International Jury Prize (Montreal International Childrens Film Festival, 2010)Childrens Jury Prize (Montreal International Childrens Film Festival, 2010)Silver Nugget (The Norwegian Cinema Administrators Association, 2009)Sprockets International Film Festival for Children and Youth (Toronto, 2011)Jerusalem International Film Festival for Children and Youth (2011)Berlin International Film Festival (2010)Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2010)London Childrens Film Festival (2010)Kristiansand International Childrens Film Festival (2010)Seoul International Youth Film Festival (2010)Tel Aviv International Childrens Film Festival (2010)

World Sales Agency: AB Svensk Filmindustri

Julie, Mette and Naisha are best friends. They have snowball fights with the boys, race down steep hills on a sledge and are looking forward to Christmas. One day Naisha suddenly disappears. The refugee applications of Naisha and her mother have been rejected so if the police find them they will be sent back home. But nobody knows where Naisha and her mother have gone. The only clue is a secret address written in invisible ink. Julie and Mette get onto the night train to the big city to find Naisha before the police do.

Christian LoChristian Lo graduated with a B.A in film and video production from the Surrey Institute of Art & Design University College, England in 2001.His shorts for children, Iver and Punctured, have been screened at numerous film festivals winning many awards. Rafiki is his debut feature film.



Asian Premiere

David and KamalDavid and KamalDirector: Kikuo Kawasaki | U.S.A / Israel / 2011 / Col. / 78 mins

Producer: Fuminori Hayashida Script: Kikuo Kawasaki Camera: Itamar HadarEditor: Yuval OrrCast: Yoni Rosenzweig , Abdalla El Akal, Tzachi Cohen, Natan Ravitch, Liron Levo

Festivals & Awards includes: Award of Merit (The Indie Fest, 2011)Best of the Fest (Palm Beach International Film Festival, 2011)World Cinema Award (DC Independent Film Festival, 2011)Best Childrens Film Award (Tiburon International Film Festival, 2011)Oakland International Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Eleven Arts

David, a Jewish American, comes over to Jerusalem to meet his father whom he has not seen for years. Kamal, an Arab Boy, lives in Jerusalem with his mother, sisters and a very strict grandfather. He and his grandfather have to support the family because they have no father. The day after his arrival, David comes to the Old City and accidentally meets Kamal in the worst possible way. However, a friendship gradually develops between them.


Kikuo KawasakiKikuo Kawasaki established himself as a TV commercial director in New York after working as editor on Game, the multi-screen U.S. entry to the 1967 Montreal Expo. From 1974 to 1979, he directed a number of Japanese commercials. He has also directed the films Lured Innocence and Private Passions.


De Sterkste Man Van Nederland The Strongest Man In HollandDirector: Mark de Cloe | Netherlands / 2010 / Col. / 8o mins

Producer: Alain de Levita Script: Bart Korthuis and Maarten Lebens Camera: Bert PlotEditor: Moek de GrootCast: Bas van Prooijen, Suzan Boogaerdt, Borre Stokdijk, Yenthe Dirks, Gonny Gaakeer

Festivals & Awards include: Berlinale (2011)Nomination (Prix Europa, 2011)Sprockets (Toronto International Film Festival, 2011)Seoul International Youth Festival (2011)Kristiansand International Childrens Film Festival (Norway, 2011)Osaka Film Festival (2011)Warsaw Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: NL Films

Raised by his mother, Luuk has grown up hearing stories about a father he has never met, reputed to be the strongest man in the world. At his new school, Luuk fears being teased for being smaller than his classmates but finds an unlikely friend in Minke, the tallest girl in school. The two of them begin a search for Luuks father, which leads them to strongman Powerhouse Ren, who agrees to coach Luuk in weight training. As Luuk builds his confidence and discovers more secrets about his familys past, he comes to realize that strength comes in many different forms.


Mark De CloeMark de Cloe studied at the Rietveld Academy and the Maurits Binger Institute in Amsterdam. His final exam films Lucky Strike and Ralentir won the Grolsch Film prize in 1992. Mark de Cloe was nominated Most Promising Young European Director at the Rome Film Fest, 2006.


Den Kaempestore Bjorn The Great BearDirector: Esben Toft Jacobsen | Denmark / 2010 / Col. / 73 mins

Producer: Petter Lindblad Script: Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft Jacobsen Camera: Jannik Tai Mosholt, Esben Toft JacobsenEditor: Esben Toft Jacobsen, Elin Prjts, Marion TuorCast: Markus Rygaard, Alberte Blichfeldt, Flemming Quist Moller, Elith Nulle Nykjaer Jorgensen

Festivals & Awards include: SIGNIS Argentina Award, Best Feature Film, Film Festival (Nueva Mirada, 2011)Young People and Children Award, Best Feature Animation Film (Film Festival Nueva Mirada, 2011)Berlinale Generation K Plus, (Germany, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Copenhagen Bombay

Jonathan usually spends his vacations alone with his grandfather who lives on the edge of a vast forest populated by mythical animals. This year, his kid sister Sophie joins him. But its not fun to be stuck with a little sister, so he does what he can to avoid her. He succeeds in a way he can never imagine. Sophie is kidnapped by a giant, 1000 year-old bear. Now, Jonathan has to venture into the heart of the forest to confront the strange beings that dwell there and rescue his sister.


Esben Toft JacobsenEsben Toft Jacobsen studied visual communication at The Danish Design School and animation from the National Film School of Denmark. He has worked as a freelance artist and animator on a number of computer games before joining Copenhagen Bombay. He has also participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus, 2008.


DigariThe OtherDirector: Mehdi Rahmani | Iran / 2010 / Col. / 84 mins

Producer: Mohammad Ali Najafi Script: Mehran Kashani Camera: Reza TeimouriEditor: Nazanin MofakhamCast: Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Merila Zaraie, Milad Morabi Nasad

Festivals & Awards include: Best Director (Fajr Film Festival, 2010)Best Childrens Film (Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2010)World Premiere Prize (Avanca Film Festival, Portugal, 2010)Ibn Arabi Film Festival (Spain, 2011)New York Film Festival (2011)Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (2010)International Film Festival of India (2010)Festival de Rio (2010)Goteborg Film Festival (Sweden, 2010)

World Sales Agency: Persian Film Distribution Centre

A young boy is forced to go on a trip to the capital city, Tehran, with his soon to be step-father. Their relationship dramatically changes during this inevitable trip where the two must work together to sell a van. Their journey takes them through various towns. As they travel, they learn about each other and eventually create a strong father-son bond.


Mehdi RahmaniMehdi Rahmani is a filmmaking graduate from the IRIB University, Tehran. He has made many shorts and documentary films. He is also a photographer and has made several photographic collections. The Other is his first feature film.


Gadkiy UtyonokThe Ugly DucklingDirector: Garri Bardin | Russian Federation / 2010 / Col. / 75 mins

Producer: Garri Bardin Script: Garri Bardin Camera: I. RamizovEditor: I. Sobinova-KassilAnimation: O. Veselova, I. Molodova, M. Parfenova, I. Sobinova-Kassil, V. Homutov, V. Manevich

Festivals & Awards include: Nika Award (Russia, 2011)Childrens Film Festival Seattle (2011)Melbourne International Film Festival (2011)Cleveland International Film Festival (2011)Vancouver International Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Films Boutique

A rooster finds a strange egg just outside the coop fence. It hatches a fledgling that belongs to no known species of chicken, duck or goose in the coop. All the poultry in the yard think it is ugly. Rejected by its surrogate parents, the chick is ridiculed and pushed around by the other birds and siblings despite saving the coop from a fox. Utterly miserable, the little outcaste courageously decides to make it on his own in the dangerous world outside.


Garri Bardin Garri Bardin is a celebrated Russian animation director, screenwriter, producer and director. He worked with the Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm, and in 1991 founded his own studio, Stayer, which has produced many animations that won top awards at international film festivals. The Ugly Duckling is his first feature film.


Het Geheim The MagiciansDirector: Joram Lrsen | Netherlands / 2010 / Col. / 90 mins

Producer: Frans Van Gestel & Arnold Heslenfeid Script: Frank Ketelaar Camera: Mark Van AllerEditor: Peter AlderliestenCast: Thor Braun, Theo Maassen, Java Siegertsz, Chantal Janzen, Daan Schuurmans

Festivals & Awards include: Special Jury Prize (International Childrens Film Festival,Montreal, 2011)Ludi Audience Award (Kristiansand International Childrens Film Festival, Norway,2011)Politiken Audience Award (Buster International Film Festival, Copenhagen, 2011)Kinderfilmfest Publikumspreis (Childrens Film Festival, Mnchen, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Delphis Films

Eight-year-old Ben Stikker is fascinated by the magic show of master illusionist Hans Smid and is determined to discover the secrets behind the disappearing trick. His charming but clumsy father Koos takes magic lessons with him and in no time the Stikker & Son Magic Show is on. During a performance, Bens friend and assistant Sylvie vanishes in their magic trick. Everyone holds Koos responsible. Now not only does Ben have to find Sylvie, but he must also save his parents marriage and keep his father out of the hands of the press and the police.


Joram Lrsen Joram Lrsen has directed several successful films and TV series. His 2007 film Love is All became one of the highest grossing Danish films of all time. His TV series include All Stars, Vuurze and Baantjer. He has also made many TV films.


Iep!Eep!Director: Ellen Smit | Netherlands / 2009 / Col. / 81 mins

Producer: Leontine Petit & Joost de Vries Script: Mieke de Jong Camera: Theo Bierkens N.S.C.Editor: Ot LouwCast: Kenadie Jourdin-Bromley, Joke Tjalsma, Huub Stapel, Madelief Vermeulen

Festivals & Awards include: Best Feature Film (European Film Festival, Poland, 2011)Best Picture, Youth Jury (Reel to Real Film Festival, Canada, 2011), Grand Prix (Montreal International Childrens Film Festival, Canada, 2010), Children Jury Award (Great Little Cinema, Milan, Italy, 2010), Berlinale Generation K plus (Germany, 2011), International Childrens Film Festival, (Istanbul, Turkey, 2010), Seoul International Youth Film Festival (South-Korea, 2010), Buster Copenhagen International Childrens Film Festival, (Denmark, 2010), International Festival of Film for Children and Young Adults (Iran, 2010)International Film Festival Cine-Jeune (Saint Quentin de LAisne, 2010), Cinekid, Amsterdam (The Netherlands, 2010)


In a beautiful countryside, Warre spends time watching birds. Suddenly a little creature falls from the sky. It looks like a baby girl but has wings instead of arms. Warre takes the creature home and shows it to his wife Tine, who wants a baby. Tine decides to keep the creature and calls it Birdie. Tine does her very best to raise Birdie as a normal little girl. But Birdie is not a normal little girl and one day she flies away to the South. Tine is inconsolable and together with Warre she goes looking for Birdie.



KidnappetLost in AfricaDirector: Vibeke Muasya | Denmark, Kenya / 2010 / Col. / 92 mins

Producer: Vibeke Windelv, Karoline Leth Script: Vibeke MuasyaCamera: Alexander GruszynskiEditor: Morten Hjbjerg

Festivals & Awards include: Distribution Award (Kristiansand International Childrens Film Festival,Norway, 2011) Best European Film (European Childrens Film Association Prize,2011), Berlinale (Germany, 2011)Gteborg International Film Festival (Sweden, 2011)Malm, BUFF (Sweden, 2011)Turnhout Open Doek Film Festival (Belgium, 2011)Zlin International Film Festival for Children & Youth (Czech Republic, 2011)Munich International Film Festival (Germany, 2011) Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2011)

World Sales Agency: : LevelK

Simon, an adopted boy and soccer enthusiast, travels with his Danish mother to his country of origin, Kenya. Soon after arriving, Simon loses his beloved soccer ball. Attempting to find it, he gets lost in the biggest city-slum in Africa. With his trendy shoes and fancy clothes he clearly stands out but, after he gets mugged he looks like any other African boy. When Simons mother goes to the media for help, Simon is suddenly a hunted boy in the alleyways of the slumhe now needs all the help he can get from his new friends.


Vibeke MuasyaVibeke Muasya is a writer, director, dancer and choreographer. She has written and directed several award-winning documentaries and short films. Her short film Birds of Passage (2001) received a Prix Europa nomination and was shortlisted for an Oscar nomination and Tulip Night (1999) won the Silver Award at Rotterdam. Lost in Africa is her debut feature film.


Knerten Gifter SegTwigson Ties the KnotDirector: Martin Lund | Norway / 2010 / Col. / 78 mins

Producer: Finn Gjerdrum Script: Birgitte Bratseth Camera: Morten Halfstad ForsbergEditor: Steinar StalsbergCast: Adrian Grnnevik Smith, Petrus A. Christensen, Pernille Srensen, Jan Gunnar Rise

Festival & Awards includes: Berlin International Film Festival (2011)Kinder-Kino-Festival, Dusseldorf (2011)Stockholm International Film Festival (2011)Kristiansand International Childrens Film Festival (Norway, 2011)Seoul International Youth Film Festival (2011)New Horizons International Film Festival (Poland, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Sola Media GmbH

Lillebrors mother is hurt in a biking accident. Using their detective skills, a chatty twig named Twigson and Lillebror establish that it wasnt just an ordinary accident. Someone was responsible for sending her to hospital and they must find out who! Twigson and Lillebror hunt for the culprit against all advice. The only one willing to believe and help them, is Lillebrors friend Tiny and her talking twig Karoline who makes Twigsons heart beat faster.


Martin LundMartin Lund is a graduate from the Norwegian Film School. Lund made his debut as a feature film director in 2010 with Twigson Ties the Knot, the second film in the Twigson-franchise, one of the biggest and most successful movie franchises in Norwegian cinema history.


Les Contes de la NuitTales of the Night Director: Michel Ocelot | France / 2010 / Col. / 84 mins

Producer: Christophe Rossignon, Philip Boffard Script: Michel Ocelot Editor: Patrick Ducruet

Festivals & Awards include: World Premiere Berlinale (2011)BFI London Film Festival (2011)Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011)Durban International Film Festival (2011)International Film Festival of Berlin (2011)Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (2011)Melbourne International Film Festival (2011)

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World Sales Agency: Studio Canal

Every evening, a girl, a boy, and an old technician get together in a small movie theater. Although the theater no longer seems to be operating, it is full of wonders. The three friends invent, draw, dress up, and become characters in any story they feel like telling during one magical night when everything is possible. There are witches and fairies, powerful kings and stable boys, werewolves and beautiful, cruel ladies, cathedrals and sequins, cities of gold and dark forests, harmonies of vast choirs and the spells of a single drum, devastating malice and triumphant innocence.


Michel OcelotMichel Ocelot is a world renowned animation artist, writer and director. His works include globally acclaimed features Kirikou And The Sorceres, Azur et Asmar and many animated shorts and TV series. He has won many Csars and BAFTA awards and has been nominated both at Cannes and Berlin. He is also a former president of the International Animated Film Association.


Vorstadtkrokodile 2The Crocodiles Strike BackDirector: Christian Ditter | Germany / 2010 / Col. / 90 mins

Producer: Christian Becker & Lena Schmann Script: Neil Ennever and Christian Ditter Camera: Christian Rein Editor: Ueli ChristenCast: Nick Romeo Reimann, Fabian Halbig, Leonie Tepe, Manuel Steitz, David Hrten, Javidan Imani

Festivals & Awards include: Tel Aviv International Childrens Film Festival (2010)Oulu International Childrens Film Festival (2010)Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People (2010)KinderKinoFest (Dsseldorf, 2010)International Childrens Film Festival (Seattle, 2011)European Youth Film Festival of Flanders (2011)Stockholm International Film Festival Junior (2011)Kids Film Festival International Jakarta (2011) Seoul International Youth Film Festival (2011)Sprockets International Childrens Film Festival (Toronto 2011)


Summer vacation would be perfect for The Crocodiles, but for the strange incidents in the factory where Ollie and Marias parents work. Their parents may lose their jobs, even their home. That would spell the end of The Crocodiles. If Ollie and Maria have to move, there would be no gang left for Hannes, Kai, Jorgo, Frank and Peter either! The Crocodiles must get to the bottom of the mysterious series of accidents at the factory. They put the pedal to the metal and race full speed ahead on bikes and souped-up wheelchairs into their next adventure!


Christian Ditter Christian Ditter is a writer, director and producer. He graduated from the Munich Film School. His graduating film French For Beginners was picked up for theatrical release and became a sleeper hit. He has directed shorts, episodes of TV series and films including the hugely successful Crocodile film series for children.


WintertochterWinters DaughterDirector: Johannes Schmid | Germany, Poland / 2010 / Col. / 92 mins

Producer: Philipp Budweg, Mikolaj Pokromski, Thomas Blieninger Script: Michaela Hinnenthal, Thomas Schmid Camera: Michael BertlEditor: Thomas KohlerCast: Nina Monka, Ursula Werner, Leon Seidel

Festivals & Awards include: Best Director (Fajr Film Festival, 2010)Best Childrens Film (Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2010)World Premiere Prize (Avanca Film Festival, Portugal, 2010)Ibn Arabi Film Festival (Spain, 2011)New York Film Festival (2011)Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival (2010)International Film Festival of India (2010)Festival de Rio (2010)Goteborg Film Festival (Sweden, 2010)

World Sales Agency: Film GmbH

11-year-old Kattaka is celebrating Christmas at home in Berlin when her family receives a phone call. She must now search for her biological father, a Russian sailor whose ship is currently moored in Gdansk and whose existence her parents have kept secret until now. Kncke, her best friend, and Lena, her old neighbour, go with her on a journey along German country roads and the Polish coast to find him. For 75-year old Lena, its a journey back to her home in Masuren, which she fled from during the Second World War.


Asian Premiere

Johannes Schmid Johannes Schmid has been a student of art history, German literature, theatre and film. He has worked on several adaptations of texts for theatres including Berlins Theatre for Children and Young people. He has directed many plays and films and is particularly interested in productions for children and adolescents.


XinghaiThe Star and the SeaDirector: Xiao Guiyun & Li Qiankuan | Peoples Republic of China / 2010 / Col. / 106 mins

Producer: Ren Zhonglun, Yan Xiaoming, Xue Guizhi, Xu Tao Script: XU Xin Camera: Song XiaofeiEditor: Jiang YongCast: Vivian Hsu, Su Jiahang, Alec Su, Wang Chengyang

Festivals & Awards include: Golden Angel Award (Asian American Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2010)Hawaii International Film Festival (2010)Montreal International Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: The Film Library, Hong Kong

Born into a poor family of boat people in Macau at the turn of the century, young Xinghai lives with his mother and grandfather. Despite their hardships, his mother struggles to educate him while his grandfather introduces him to the indigenous mud pipe and bamboo flute his first musical instruments. But more tragedies strike and his grandfather also dies at sea. Xinghai and his mother flee to Singapore to escape poverty. There he meets an inspiring mentor.


Li Qiankuan & Xiao Guiyun Li Quiankuan and Xiao Guiyun are a husband and wife directorial team who co-direct most of their films. Together, they have won many film awards. They are both passionate exponents of traditional Chinese culture and have helped in pushing for cinema friendly legislations in their country.

IndiaCompetition

17th International Childrens Film Festival India48 | Indian Competition

Chillar PartyChillar PartyDirector: Nitesh Tiwari & Vikas Bahl | India / 2011 / Col. / 135 mins

Producer: Ronnie Screwvala & Salman Khan Script: Vikas Bahl & Nitesh Tiwari Camera: Amitabha SinghEditor: Aarif Shaikh & Amit PawarCast: Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna

Festivals & Awards include: Bollywood Fest (Norway, 2011)

World Sales Agency: UTV Software Communications Pvt. Ltd

Chillar party is a gang of several boys who live in the Chandan Nagar Society in Mumbai. All the colony members accept and adore them. When an orphan boy Fatka enters the society with his dog Bhidu, the gang has some problems with the newcomer because of some misunderstandings. These problems are, however, soon resolved and the Chillar party accepts Fatka and his dog as friends. Problems within the gang soon arise again when a state minister comes for the opening ceremony of a playground. At the ceremony, the ministers secretary is bitten by Fatkas dog Bhidu.

Nitesh Tiwari & Vikas Bahl Nitesh Tiwari is an engineering graduate from IIT, Bombay. He is currently working with Leo Burnett, Mumbai. He was radio jury member at Cannes, 2011. Vikas Bahl conceptualized and headed UTVs UTV Spotboy. He produced the films Aamir, Welcome to Sajjanpur, Dev D and Udaan among others.


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ChitrakuzhalThe Bird CatcherDirector: Majeed Gulistan | India / 2009 / Col. / 83 mins

Producer: Dhirubhai Chauhan Script: Majeed Gulistan Camera: M J RadhakrishnanEditor: Mahesh NarayananCast: Amal Ashok, Sidharth, Meera Nair, Vijayaraghavan, Indrans, Madhu, Geetha Vijayan

Festivals & Awards include: CMS International Film Festival (Lucknow, 2011)Habitat Film Festival (New Delhi, 2011) International Film Festival of Kerala, (2010)Dubai Film Festival (2010)South Asian Film Festival (Goa, 2010)

World Sales Agency:Dhirubhai Production

A Forest officers school-going kid, Charu, happens to get lost in the forest by a trap laid by poachers. Caught and taken away by the poachers, the boy is spotted by his classmate, a tribal boy named Virundhan. Virundhan is called The Bird Catcher by his classmates as he is believed to catch and eat birds. He saves Charu from the poachers and both of them meet Amina, another classmate, who is running away from the police.

Majeed Gulistan Majeed Gulistan studied film direction and scriptwriting at the Institute of Film Technology, Chennai. He has worked in both television and film. He has directed and scripted over twenty documentaries.



Dekh Indian CircusWatch Indian CircusDirector: Mangesh Hadawale | India / 2011 / Col. / 106 mins

Producer: Chirag Shah, Mahaveer Jain, Anil Lad, Vivek Oberoi Script: Mangesh HadawaleCamera: Laxman HadawaleEditor: James Valiakulathil Cast: Tannishtha Chatterjee, Nawauddin Siddique, Shivani Oza, Virendra Singh Rathod

Festivals & Awards include: Audience Award, Busan International Film Festival (2011)Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Sundial Pictures

Ghumroos mother spends time cooking and maintaining their open-air desert home. His father is a mute who works long hours on a road crew but must suffer many indignities in silence. Ghumroo wants nothing to do with education and runs away from his mother when she drags him off to school. One day his younger sister Panni picks up a flyer advertising a visiting circus and her goal in life is set, she wants to go to see the bamboo man. But every rupee the family can set aside is for education, not circus visits.

Mangesh Hadawale Mangesh Hadawale completed his degree in theater from the Centre of Performing Arts in Pune. His first Marathi film Tingya was a commercial and critical success winning several awards at the National Awards and the Pune International Film Festival.



I am KalamI am KalamDirector: Nila Madhab Panda | India / 2010 / Col. / 87 mins

Producer: Shantanu Mishra Script: Sanjay ChouhanCamera: Mohana KrishnaEditor: Prashant NaikCast: Harsh Maya, Hussan Saad, Gulshan Grover, Beatrice Ordeix

Festivals & Awards include: The Don Quixote Prize, Montreal international Childrens Film Festival (2011)Special Jury Mention, Cinekid International Children Film Festival (2010)Best Feature Film, Lucas international Film Festival (Germany, 2010)Audience Awards, Indian Film Festival (Los Angeles, 2010)Audience Favourite Choice, Barbican London ChildrenFilm Festival (2010)Best Feature Film, Indian Panorama, IFFI (Goa, 2010)International Jury Special Mention, Ale Kino International Film Festival (Poland, 2010)Best Actor, Minsk International Film Festival (2010)Best Debut Director, Aravindan Puraskaram (2010)

World Sales Agency:IDream Independent Pictures

Chhotu is an intelligent boy who belongs to a poor family in Rajasthan. He is forced to find work at a roadside food stall. On a hot sultry day, Chhotu encounters the local prince. The pauper is captivated at the sight of the crisp tie that the prince sports. He is immediately drawn towards it. The prince eyes the camel the pauper has tamed, and is instantly mesmerized, even though he is forbidden by his father to mix with commoners. This is the beginning of an unlikely and unstable friendship.

Nila Madhab Panda Nila Madhab Panda is one of Indias emerging generation of innovative young filmmakers. He was the United Nations Fellow from India in 2003 and won the UK Film Fellowship. His twelve years of experience in documentary and television have given him a strong understanding of contemporary storytelling methods.



Krish, Trish and Baltiboy IIKrish, Trish and Baltiboy IIDirector: Munjal Shroff & Tilakraj Shetty | India / 2010 / Col. / 60 mins

Producer: Childrens Film Society, India Script: Deven Sansare Camera: Shashank Pawar Editor: Rajiv PanchalCast: Baba Sehgal, Damdeep Sood, Smita Malhotra

Festivals & Awards include: Audience Award, CMS International Childrens Film Festival, (Lucknow, 2010)

World Sales Agency: Childrens Film Society, India

Krish, Trish and Baltiboy; three lovable minstrels take you on a wonderful journey into the world of Indian folktales and folk music. After spending many warm afternoons eating jamuns with his friend, the monkey, Mr. Crocodile takes some home for his wife. The greedy Mrs. Crocodile dreams of eating her husbands friend, the monkey. In Bihar, two village monkeys set out for the city in search of a better life. The lazy barbers brilliant wit is beautifully presented in Patachitra when the barber sets out to the forest to make a living.


Munjal Shroff & Tilak Shetty Munjal Shroff and Tilak Shetty founded an animation studio, Graphiti, in 1995. They have developed and produced shows such as J Bole Toh Jadoo with Nickelodeon and are currently developing an animated feature with Turner. Tilak Shetty became an Animation Director after co-authoring eight books on computer programming.


Stanley Ka DabbaStanleys Tiffin BoxDirector:Amole Gupte | India / 2011 / Col. / 95 mins

Producer: Amole Gupte Script: Amole GupteCamera: Amole GoleEditor: Deepa BhatiaCast: Partho Gupte, Amole Gupte

Festivals & Awards include: Action Aid Award, Giffoni Film Festival (Italy, 2011)Best Actor Award, Schlingel International Film Festival (Germany, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Fox Star Studios

Stanley is a fourth grader who is very popular amongst his friends. He is talented and is liked by his teachers. However, he never brings his lunch box or dabba to school. Their Hindi teacher, Khadoos, warns Stanley to bring his own lunch or stop coming to school. Stanley misses school for a few days and his absence is felt by his teachers and school mates. One fine day, Stanley brings his dabba packed with mouth-watering items for Khadoos. We soon find out why Stanley doesnt bring a dabba to school.

Age Group: Above 1o years

Amole GupteAmole Gupte is a director, screen-writer and actor who is most popularly known for his work in the film, Taare Zameen Par. He has been visiting faculty at film-making and media institutes like the FTII, Whistling Woods International and MET.


Taryanche BaitIsland of StarsDirector: Kiran Yadnopavit | India / 2010 / Col. / 101 mins

Producer: Friday Filmworks & ALT entertainmentScript: Saurabh Bhave & Kiran YadnyopavitCamera: Sudhir PalsaneEditor: Shree Narayan Singh Cast: Sachin Khedekar, Ashwini Giri, Kishor Kadam, Vinay Apte, Jayant Wadkar, Shashank Shende, Shubhangi Joshi, Ishan Tambe, Asmita Joglekar

Festivals & Awards include: Pune Film Festival Best Screenplay, Best ActorMIFTA Best Screenplay & Dialogues

World Sales Agency: Alt Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Shreedhar works as a clerk lives a happy, content life with his family in a beautiful Konkan village. His troubles begin when he takes his wife, son and daughter with him on an official tour to Mumbai. Dazzled by the sights, Omkar, Sreedhars son insists on visiting a five star hotel that Shreedhar cant even dream of affording. Unable to placate the son, the father wagers a nights stay at the hotel if the son can stand first in his school exams. The father-son duos attempts to win the bet and the extent to which they are pushed by harsh realities makes for the funny and emotional journey of this bitter-sweet tale.

Kiran YadnopavitKiran Yadnyopavit is a Maharashtra State Award winner for writing the script of Sukhant. Although a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and a post graduate in Advertising and Public Relations from Symbiosis Pune, Kiran has been active in the theatre circles in Pune as a playwright, director and even an actor, winning many awards along the way. Taryanche Bait is his first film as a director.



The Lotus Pond The Lotus Pond Director: Vinda Pg & Nitin Kumar Allagadda | India / 2010 / Col. / 77 mins

Producer: Nitin Kumar Script: Vinda Pg Camera: Vinda PgEditor: Chandhrashekar G VCast: Akash Petla, Rohit Ranka, Karan Sehgal, Harsh Khurana

World Sales Agency:Nitin Kumar Allagadda

Neeraj comes to know about the mythical Lotus pond in the distant mountains during one of his class lectures. Along with his best friend, they set out on an intrepid journey to reach the Lotus Pond. Its a long way up to 14000 ft in the Himalayas. Along the way, the mountain and its people open their hearts and their wisdom to the little boys. But is it enough to reach the pond. Does it even exist?

Vinda Pg & Nitin Kumar AllagaddaVinda Pg is a cinematographer and director who has worked on the National award winning film Grahanam. He has also been the cinematographer of the highly popular films, Ashta Chamma and Vinayakudu, and the Telugu travel series, Vihari the Traveller. A L Nitin Kumar, is the director and producer of Vihari the Traveller.


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Vihir The WellDirector: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | India / 2010 / Col. / 115 mins

Producer: Ramesh Pulapaka Script: Girish Pandurang Kulkarni, Satee Bhave Camera: Sudheer PalsaneEditor: Neeraj VoraliaCast: Madan Deodhar, Alok Rajwade, Girish Kulkarni, Vitthal Umap, Mohan Agashe, Sulabha Deshpande, Jyoti Subhash

Festivals & Awards include: Best Film, V Shantaram Awards (2010)Best Film MIIACC (New York, 2010) Best Director, Pune International Film Festival (2010) Best Cinematographer, Pune International Film Festival (2010)60th Berlinale Film Festival (2010)Pusan International Film Festival (2010)Rotterdam International Film Festival (2010)Stuttgart Film Festival (2010)London Indian Film Festival (2010)Melbourne International Film Festival (2010)

World Sales Agency:AB Corp

Two adolescent boys Sameer and Nachiket, cousins and best friends reconnect at a family wedding. Nachiket, who is the more mature of the two, wants to escape his stifling surroundings. Sameer does not understand this. Then one day, Nachiket mysteriously disappears in a well in which they often swam together. They play a game of hide and seek in a rather unusual way. Where one cousin hides in death, the other is looking for him in the life around him. Sameers search leads him towards the experience of oneness where he can unite with Nachiket again!

Umesh Vinayak KulkarniUmesh Kulkarni graduated in Direction from the Film and Television Institute of India. His diploma film Girni (The Grinding Machine) won the Presidents gold medal for best short film and best direction in 2005.His short documentary Three of Us premiered in Berlinale 2008 and received many international awards.



WohThat FellowDirector: Buddhadeb Dasgupta | India / 2011 / Col. / 82 mins

Producer: Childrens Film Society, India Script: Buddhadeb Dasgupta, Sohini Dasgupta Camera: Sunny Joseph Editor: Amitava DasguptaCast: Aratrika Ghose, Barun Chanda, Yama Shroff, Amitabha Bhattacharya, Raj Zutshi

World Sales Agency:Childrens Film Society, India

Little Poupe visits her grandfather, a celebrated author, for the first time when her mother falls seriously ill. Her gloomy stay in the age old mansion with a grumpy faced Mary aunty and a lonesome grandfather slowly takes a turn with the arrival of a circus troupe, a talking fox, a nagging tiger, a magic tree and Woh, the anonymous commoner from the grandfathers writing. With Woh intruding the ordinary day to day activities, Poupe and her Daddus life takes a sudden leap and becomes rather adventurous

Buddhadeb Dasgupta Buddhadeb Dasgupta is a contemporary Indian film-maker and poet of great repute. Five of his films have won the National Award for Best Film and two for Best Director. His films have also won awards at many prestigious international film festivals including Berlin, Venice and Locarno.


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Adventures of OwenAdventures of OwenDirector: David Cadiz | Canada / 2010 / Col. / 14 mins


Young Owen escapes a pestering sister, demanding mother, deadly games of dodge ball and the pain of an unrequited crush by entering the fantastic animated world of Spaceman X, an intrepid galactic traveller whose adventures Owen has drafted in his sketchbook.

Producer: James Martin Script: David Cadiz Camera: Maksymilian Milczarczyk Editor: Matthew Layden

Festivals & Awards include: Kids Land Archive Award, Kavalan International Film Festival (2011); Deluxe Student Film Award, Toronto Film Critics Association (2010)

BobBobDirectors: Jacob Frey and Harry Fast | Germany / 2009 / Col. / 4 mins


A hamster chases his lady-love all around the world to attain her affection. Will he finally catch up?

Producer: Anna Matacz Script: Jacob Frey, Stefanie Ren Editor: Jacob Frey

Festivals & Awards include: Honorable Mention, Los Angeles International New wave Film Festival (2011); Children Choice Award Gold, Sapporo International Short Film Festival (Japan 2010); Signor Rossi Award, International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics (2010)

World Sales Agency: Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg

David CadizDavid Cadiz is a director, Animation and VFX artist from Toronto, Canada. After working at various studios, he went on to study Film Production at Humber College. David is currently working with Reel Wolf Productions.

Jacob Frey and Harry FastJacob Frey and Harry Fast are Animation film directors based in Germany. They have both been studying Animation at the Baden-Wrttemberg Film Academy. Besides Bob, Jacob Freys works include the film Jimbo Clementine and the mini-animated series Jelly Jeff.

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BottleBottleDirector: Kirsten Lepore | U.S.A / 2010 / Col. / 6 mins


An unlikely friendship develops between a clump of sand and a pile of snow! Separated by the sea the duo, pass along details of their lives and communicate their love through a bottle.

Producer: Kirsten Lepore Camera: Ben Huff Editor: Kirsten Lepore

Festivals & Awards include: Vimeo Audience Award for Animation, (2011); Best Student Animation, Stuttgart Film Festival (2010)Student Annie Award (2010)

Dodu - O Rapaz De CartoDodu - The Cardboard BoyDirector: Jos Miguel Ribeiro | Portugal / 2010 / Col. / 5 mins


When Dodu scratches the surface of a cardboard box, the ocean enters. He finds himself on a boat with a ladybird. Switching off the moon, he counts sheep constellations and tears off bits of his boat to make little paper boats.

Producers: Eva Ybenes, Jos Miguel Ribeiro, Nuno Beato, IB Cinema, Sardinha em Lata, Lda Script: Alexandre Honrado, Virgilio Almeida Camera: Carlos B. Cunha Editors: Adriana Castro, Jos Miguel Ribeiro Animation: Joo Gargat, Jos Miguel Ribeiro, Luis Soares

Festivals & Awards include: Annecy International Animation Film Festival (France 2011); Anima Mundi Animation Festival(Brazil, 2011); Buster Film Festival (Denmark, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Kirsten Lepore World Sales Agency: AGENCIA-Portuguese Short Film Agency

Kirsten Lepore Kirsten Lepore is an animation film director currently studying MFA. She has been wowing the film festival circuit over the last few years and was also recently featured as a rising talent by Animation Magazine and Focus Features.

Jos Miguel RibeiroJos Miguel Ribeiro has studied and taught drawing and puppet animation. He has served as the animation director in many films including Abi Feijs Os Salteadores. He has also directed several award winning films including O Ovo, O Banquete da Rainha and A Suspeita.


Drug DetstvaThe PlaymateDirector: Julia Postavskaya | Russian Federation / 2010 / Col. / 11 mins


A lonely child is gifted a teddy bear. The bear becomes his friend and grows with him. But as the young man enters the world of adults, he must decide what to do with the six foot tall stuffed toy.

Producer: Lyubov Gaidukova Script: Julia Postavskaya Editor: Julia Postavskaya Animation: Janatoliy Lavrenishin, Julia Postavskaya (Made with the financial aid of Federal Agency of Culture and Camera of Russian Federation)

Festivals & Awards include: Best Film for Children, Animaevka (Belarus 2010); China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (2010)

Ekti Kaktaliyo GalpoA Coincidental TaleDirector: Tathagata Singha | India / 2009 / Col. / 10 mins


Babai dislikes studying. His mother is always upset with him. One day his old neighbour gifts him a magic marble that can even summon the King of Fish. In a world of impatient adults, Babai seeks his magic.

Producer: The Director, FTII Script: Tathagata Singha Camera: Soumik Mukherjee Editor: Sreya Chatterjee

Festivals & Awards include: Best Debut Non Feature Film, National Awards (2010); Crystal Filmi Chashma Award (2011)

World Sales Agency: Film and Television Institute of India World Sales Agency: Studio of Animation Cinema, SHAR

Julia Postavskaya Julia Postavskaya studied at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in the Czech Republic in the studio of animation films of Irzha Barta. She has made several films during her stay there.

Tathagata SinghaTathagata Singha is a third year student of Direction at the Film and Television Institute of India. He graduated in Physics from Kolkata.


Ghadyalancha DawakhanaThe Watch ClinicDirector: Vikrant Pawar | India / 2009 / Col. / 11 mins


An impatient boy is compelled to spend a day at his fathers workstation. Sitting in his fathers chair he starts seeing the world through different eyes.

Producer: Film and Television Institute of India Script: Vikrant Pawar, Radhika Murthy Camera: Deepak Menon Editor: Monisha Baldawa

Festivals & Awards include: Best Director (Fajr Film Festival, 2010); Best Childrens Film (Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2010)

In A HeartbeatIn A HeartbeatDirector: Karolina Lewicka | Iceland / 2010 / Col. / 8 mins


A lonely girl who has no friends watches her classmates play from a distance. One day, she sees a little boy being bullied by two older boys. Nobody comes to his rescue. This is the time to overcome her fears.

Producers: Jon Gustafsson, Karolina Lewicka Script: Karolina Lewicka Camera: Arnar risson Editor: Jon Gustafsson, Karolina Lewicka

Festivals & Awards include: Best Fiction Short, Divercine Film Festival For Children (2011); Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011); Giffoni Film Festival (Italy 2011)

World Sales Agency: Film and Television Institute of India World Sales Agency: Artio Films

Vikrant Pawar Vikrant Pawar is a third year student of Post Graduate Diploma in direction at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune. He graduated with a Government Diploma in Fine Arts, from Kalavishwa Mahavidyalaya, Sangli, majoring in drawing and painting.

Karolina LewickaKarolina Lewicka co-wrote and co-produced the award-winning documentary Wrath of Gods. Part of many films and documentaries, she was one among 50 promising global producers chosen to participate in Berlinale Talent Campus, 2008.

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KahnikrStorytellerDirector: Nandita Jain | UK / 2011 / Col. / 10 mins


She asks for her favourite story but strange demons enter it. Now, she becomes the storyteller and reminds him of the boy who lost his head. Nirmalas grandfather struggles to remember his granddaughters favourite story. Nirmala takes up the storytellers role in the hope that by telling the story correctly she can get rid of the demons that riddle her grandfathers version.

Producer: Judy Naidoo Script: Nandita Jain & Karissa Hamilton-Bannis Camera: Emma Dalesman Editor: Adam Thomas

Festivals & Awards include: Best School Animation prize, ANIMA, Crdoba International Animation Festival (2011); Best Animation, LA Shorts Fest (2011); Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011)

Keshavrz Va RobatThe Farmer and the RobotDirector: Abdollah Ali-Morad | Iran / 2011 / Col. / 21 mins


A spacecraft crashes in a watermelon field, much to the consternation of a farmer and his donkey. As the robot heads towards the water pitcher to quench his thirst, the farmer and his donkey rush to the safety of their house.

Producer: Mohammad Reza Karimi-Saremi Script: Ebrahim Fourozesh Camera: Mohammad-Rahim Bakhtiyari Editor: Mohammad Nasseri

Festivals & Awards include: Best Short Animation, International Film Festival for Children and Young People (Iran, 2010)

World Sales Agency: Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults, Kanoon, Iran

World Sales Agency: National Film & Television School

Nandita JainNandita Jain specialised in Animation Film Design at the National Institute of Design. Her film, Myths About You, won the Best Animation Film award at the MIFF 2008. She also directed and animated the BAFTA-nominated series, Our Friend Earth.

Abdollah Ali-Morad Abdollah Ali-Morad is a film-maker, script writer, animator, designer, and cameraman based in Kanoon, Iran. He is trained in puppet animation and has made several short, experimental and puppet animation films.

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KosherKosherDirector: Isabelle Stead | France / 2010 / Col. / 10 mins


Isaac is a lonely boy, ridiculed by other children. One day a little pig miraculously shows up at his doorstep and adopts him. Isaacs world is now filled with hope, but his new found friendship upsets his Jewish family.

Producers: Daniel Evans & Caroline Brun Script: Jennifer Norridge Camera: Yohan Charrin Editor: Daniel Evans

Festivals & Awards include: International Short Film Festival Kiev (2011); Art Festival des Jeunes Ralisateur de Saint-Jean-de-Luz (2010); Super Shorts Script Award Nominee (2010)

La Fille et Le ChasseurThe Girl and the HunterDirector: Jadwiga Kowalska | Switzerland / 2010 / Col. / 6 mins


The girl is crying. The hunter is hunting. When the girls tears threaten to drown the entire village, its up to the fearless hunter to save the day; surely theres a solution to this watery mess?

Producer: Claude Barras Script: Jadwiga Kowalska Camera: Jadwiga Kowalska Editors: Marina Rosset, Jadwiga Kowalska

Festivals & Awards include: Best Short Film, Childrens Jury, European Youth Film Festival of Flanders (2011); Special Mention, Mediterranean Festival of New Film-makers (Larissa, 2011)

World Sales Agency: Shorts International World Sales Agency: Folimage

Isabelle SteadIsabelle Stead has worked as a producer on several films and documentaries. She recently set up Human Film, an award-winning international Production Company based in Leeds.

Jadwiga Kowalska Jadwiga Kowalska studied and was an assistant at the Animation Department in HSLU (Hochschule Luzern, Design & Kunst), Switzerland. Her film Tot ou Tard won the Swiss Film Prize Quartz 2009 for Best Animation Film.

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Land of the FirefliesLand of the FirefliesDirector: Haroon Habib | Pakistan / 2011 / Col. / 24 mins


A 15 year old boy collects scrap near an industrial area. Every morning he borrows the cycle of an old man while he is asleep, to travel to his work. One day while he is distracted by something else, the cycle disappears.

Producer: Haroon Habib Script: Haroon Habib Camera: Haroon Habib Editor: Haroon Habib

Lpis-de-corColored Pencils Director: Alice Gomes | Brazil / 2010 / Col. / 16 mins


Cludio, a boy who loves to draw, thinks that drawing a coloured portrait of his dead father will make him come back home. But Cludio doesnt have coloured pencils. When he finally gets three coloured pencils, his mother allows him to use only one each day.

Producer: Alice Gomes e Brbara Rangel Script: Alice Gomes Camera: Ricardo Gomes Editor: Daniel Garcia

Festival & Awards includes: Best Short, Festival de Cinema na Floresta (Brazil 2011); Best Short, CMS International Children Film Festival, Lucknow 2011); Chicago International Childrens Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Glaz Video

Haroon HabibHaroon Habib is a prolific short filmmaker who has been making films since a young age. He has also made two documentaries, directed nine performances for theatre and is a graphic designer, multimedia artist and animator.

Alice Gomes Alice Gomes has been working with audiovisual production and journalism since 1998. She is a journalist, director, producer and script writer. She has also worked as an assistant director in Paulo Srgio Almeidas film Inesquecivael. She was one of the creators and directors of the series Pea Piloto.

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MobileMobile Director: Verena Fels | Germany / 2010 / Col. / 7 mins


A lonely cow wants to make friends with a little mouse. There is one little problemthey are hitched to opposite ends of a mobile. To reach her friend, the cow must turn the mobile into a roller coaster ride!

Producers: Regina Welker & Franziska Specht Script: Verena Fels

Festivals & Awards include: Grand Prix, Festival Du Film dAnimation pour la Jeunesse (Bourg-en-Bresse, 2010);Best Student Film, Anima Mundi International Animation Festival (Brazil, 2010); Best Children Film, European Animated Film Festival (Serbia, 2010)

Neuneinhalbs AbschiedNineandahalfs GoodbyeDirector: Halina Dyrschka | Germany / 2010 / Col. / 14 mins


Tom is ten, Piet is six. There are important matters of life even adults cant describe in the way Tom can. Piet also wants to have a little brother of his own to explain the world to. But he gets a hamster instead.

Producers: Halina Dyrschka, Eva Illmer Script: Guido Schmelich Camera: Alicja Pahl Editor: Angel Cano

Festivals & Awards include: Best Short Film, Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Preis (2011); Best Short Film, Kurzfilmfestival Bayreuth (2011); Edinburgh International Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg World Sales Agency: Halina Dyrschka

Verena FelsVerena Fels studied audiovisual media, animation and filmmaking. She has worked with several media-design agencies and has made several animated short films including the trailer for Festival of Animated Film, Stuttgart.

Halina DyrschkaHalina Dyrschka has studied acting and film production. She has acted in several theatre and TV productions and produced several short films. In 2009 she founded the Good Films for Children project. Nineandahalfs Goodbye is her directorial debut.


Os Olhos Do FarolThe Eyes of the LighthouseDirector: Pedro Serrazina | Portugal, Netherlands / 2010 / Col. / 15 mins


In a rocky island, a lighthouse keeper lives alone with his daughter. With no other company the little girl builds a unique relationship with the sea. This friendship makes her father uncomfortable and brings back memories that tides cannot erase.

Producer: Sardinha em Lata, Lda Script: Pedro Serrazina Editor: Pedro Serrazina, Ctia Salgueiro, Ralph Foster

Festivals & Awards include: Best Animation, Curtas Sadinas (Portugal 2011); Best Short Film, FIKE International Short Film Festival (Portugal, 2010); Honour Mention, BFI London Film Festival (2010)

PikPeckerDirector: Erik van Schaaik | Netherlands / 2010 / Col. / 3 mins


The bird pecks, the ox objects. But without the pecking, life becomes very complex. What will the ox do: cant live with, cant live without!

Producer: Jiek Weishut Script: Erik van Schaaik

Festivals & Awards include: Sprockets International Film Festival, (2011), Buster Copenhagen International Childrens Film Festival (2010); KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (2010)

World Sales Agency: Netherlands Institute for Animation Film

Pedro SerrazinaPedro Serrazina is a film maker, teacher, illustrator, script writer and producer. His award-winning first film Tale of the Cat and the Moon premiered in competition at Cannes 1996. Recent projects include a book of illustrations and short stories.

Erik van SchaaikErik van Schaaik started making horror and fantasy films at the age of twelve. Later, while studying graphic design he created a series of animation films, live action dramas and documentaries including the popular series Sausage Dog Titus.

World Sales Agency: Agencia Portuguese Short Film Agency

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The BallThe BallDirector: Katja Roberts | United Kingdom / 2010 / Col. / 11 mins


Lonely misfit Amy Jones has noticed a new boy in her street. While playing football alone in the back lane she catches his attention and he begins to reach out to her in his own quirky way.

Producer: Magnus Dennison Script: Bridget Deane Camera: Magnus Dennison Editor: Katja Roberts

Festivals & Awards include: Best Film, Shortkicks International Film Festival (Germany, 2011); Special Jury Prize, Ladymakers Film Festival (U.S.A, 2011); Oberhausen Film Festival (2011)

The Lost ThingThe Lost ThingDirector: Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun Tan | Australia / 2010 / Col. /15 mins


A boy finds a strange creature on a beach, and decides to find a home for it in a world where everyone believes there are far more important things to pay attention to.

Producer: Sophie Byrne Script: Shaun Tan Editor: Leo Baker

Festivals & Awards include: Best Animated Short Film, Academy Award (2011); Grand Prix for Best Short Film, Melbourne International Film Festival (2011); Taipei Golden Horse (Taiwan, 2010)

World Sales Agency: Meerkat Films World Sales Agency: Sophie Byrne

Katja RobertsKatja Roberts started her career in the 1990s acting in a number of Amber Films. She has taught music in the Middle-East, returning in 2007 to set up her production company. She has since directed and edited many documentaries and shorts.

Andrew Ruhemann & Shaun TanAndrew Ruhemann is the founder-owner of Passion Pictures that specializes in animation and special effects and represents over 30 directors. Shaun Tan is best known for his illustrated book The Lost Thing and works as a freelance artist and author.


The Monster of NixThe Monster of NixDirector: Rosto | France, The Netherlands, Belgium / 2011 / Col. / 30 mins


Life is peaceful in the fairy tale village of Nix until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it all alone.

Producer: Claudius Gebele Script: Rosto Editor: Nicolas Schmerkin

Festivals & Awards include: World Premiere, Annecy Animation Festival (France, 2011); Cinekid (Amsterdam, 2011);Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011)

TerisTigerDirector: Jnis Cimermanis | Latvia / 2010 / Col. / 8 mins


When a circus tiger and her cub make an unexpected stop in a small village, the compassionate locals create a cunning plan help the gentle tigers escape the clutches of the cruel ringmaster.

Producer: Mris Putni Script: Mris Putni Camera: valds Lcis Editor: valds Lcis, Jnis Cimermanis

Festivals & Awards include: Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011); Sprocket International Childrens Film Festival (2011); Seoul Animation Film Festival (2011)

World Sales Agency: Animcijas Brigde

RostoRosto is a Dutch artist, filmmaker and script writer of graphic novels. He is the founder and owner of Studio Rosto A.D, a film production company and animation studio based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Jnis CimermanisJnis Cimermanis started out as a director for Latvian Puppet Theatre. Since 1983 he has worked in films as a puppet film animation director. He has scores of shorts and feature films and TV series to his credit.

World Sales Agency: Autour de Minuit

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To HorioThe VillageDirector: Stelios Polychronakis | Greece / 2010 / Col. / 15 mins


A doctor receives a mysterious message asking for help. After a long and difficult journey he arrives at a deserted village. Since there is nothing else for him to do, he offers his services to the village itself.

Producer: Stelios Polychronakis & Paola Starakis Script: Stelios Polychronakis Camera: Dimitris Horianopoulos Editor: Frank Rosam Animation: Stelios Polychronakis

Festivals & Awards include: Special Award & Best Music Award, Drama Film Festival (Greece, 2010); Festival d Annecy (2010);Anima Mundi Festival (Brazil, 2010)

What Makes Me Happy: Tungs Film, Vietnam What Makes Me Happy: Tungs Film, Vietnam Director: Annie Gibbs | United Kingdom, Vietnam / 2011 / Col. / 16 mins


In between collecting firewood and looking after her younger brothers, Tung has to find time to study. To top it all, her piglet is determined to escape his sty and gives more than his fair share to the chase.

Producer: Annie Gibbs Storyboard: Annie Gibbs Camera: Angus Macfadyen Editor: Adam Trotman

Festivals & Awards include: Chicago International Childrens Film Festival (2011); Kids First Film Festival (New York, 2011)

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Stelios PolychronakisStelios Polychronakis studied graphic design in Greece and Film and TV design in UK. He has worked as an assistant art director and graphic artist on films like Billy Eliot, The Hours and Cold Mountain.

Annie GibbsAnnie Gibbs has worked on various global broadcast series as a producer and a director. She is currently producing and creatively directing 10 global short films for the What Makes Me Happy series that gives children in difficult environments a chance to tell their story.

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Adventures of Eddy and CurtAdventures of Eddy and CurtDirector: Aryan Chugh and Sumer Rai | India / 2011 / Col. / 7 mins


Two best friends love to create trouble in school. Their escapades are stalled when the principle gives them responsibility that no other student has ever got. Will they take this opportunity to become good boys?

Producer: The Sunshine Club Script: Sumer Rai, Shiven Narang, Chaitanya Gupta, Aryan Chugh, Aryaman Batra Camera: Aryaman Batra Editor: Sumit Dua Cast: Sumer Rai, Shiven Narang, Prathna Tuli, Neha Bhagat, Deepak Rai, Chaitanya Gupta

DhanamWealthDirector: Bismi, Aishwarya, Athira, Aswathy, Durga | India / 2011 / Col. / 7 mins


A prospective groom and his family visit Aswathys house and approve her. Her parents must now mortgage their house to arrange for the hefty dowry.

Producer: Sanjeev Sivan Script, Camera, Editor: Bismi, Aishwarya, Athira, Aswathy, Durga Cast: Praveen Kumar, Prajusha, Sabarinath

Aryan Chugh & Sumer RaiAryan Chugh and Sumer Rai participated in a two month film making workshop organized by The Sunshine Club. They were trained in storywriting, scriptwriting, acting, directing, cinematography and sound. The team chose the story and divided the tasks amongst the team.

Bismi, Aishwarya, Athira, Aswathy & DurgaThe directors are part of a group of twenty-five girls from Kerala who participated in a film workshop led by filmmaker Sanjeev Sivan with Subhash Ghai and Resul Pookutty among others.

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Fancock 4Fancock 4Director: Ansh Mehra | India / 2011 / Col. / 4 mins


Fancock and his friend Trinity are sent to Planet Earth to save it from the Evil Olympus. One day as Trinity is in school, the evil spirits arrive.

Producer: Shrey Gupta Script: Shrey Gupta, Ansh Mehra Camera: Shrey Gupta Editor: Ansh Mehra Cast: Ansh Mehra, Sumer Rai, Vishesh Aggarwal, Shahnil Samantara, Sarthak Suri, Shrey Gupta

Hamari DuniyaOur WorldDirector: Varun Halder, Binita Nayak | India / 2011 / Col. / 11 mins


Raghav and Rocky are brothers living in a slum in Noida. Raghav is sensitive, calm and compassionate. Rocky is smart, selfish and lazy. One day while playing cricket in their favourite park, they accidentally break a water tap.

Producer: Dreaming Child Productions Script: Ruma Nayak, Sheraj Ahmad, Rama Shankar, Ram Kumar, Suneta Nayak, Romikant, Nilima Halder, Pankaj Roy, Om Prakash, Usha Goswami Camera: Pankaj Roy Editor: Sumit Dua Cast: Ram Kumar, Sheraj Ahmad, Rama Shankar, Ravi Mohar, Nilima Halder, Suneta Nayak

Ansh MehraAnsh Mehra is a 13-year old student of Modern School, New Delhi. He is also a VFX and SFX artist.

Varun Halder & Binita NayakVarun Halder and Binita Nayak are students of Vidya School who participated in a film-making workshop conducted by Dreaming Child Productions.

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Kabhi Socha HaiStop and Think!Director: Ashwani Bandhu, Aman, Aditya Kumar Singh, Prashant Mohan, Harsh Anand, Soni Mahajan, Simran, Tanya Sharma, Khushboo Hanjura, Bhupender Singh, Nitin Kaushik, Mohd. Irfan, Rajbala Singh, Babita Pun, Akshay Kumar, Pooja Kumari, Alka Sharma, Sonam Chauhan, Sonia Singh, Nisha Singh, Sabila Khan | India / 2010 / Col. / 2 mins


Stop and Think and Plant a Sapling!

Script, Camera, Editor: Ashwani Bandhu, Aman, Aditya Kumar Singh, Prashant Mohan, Harsh Anand, Soni Mahajan, Simran, Tanya Sharma, Khushboo Hanjura, Bhupender Singh, Nitin Kaushik, Mohd. Irfan, Rajbala Singh, Babita Pun, Akshay Kumar, Pooja Kumari, Alka Sharma, Sonam Chauhan, Sonia Singh, Nisha Singh, Sabila Khan

NishadamThe SavageDirector: Vishnupriya, Himachandran, Nincy, Anaka, Aasmi | India / 2011 / Col. / 9 mins


10 years old Kunjumol suffers from AIDS. She has lost her parents to the disease and now lives with her grandmother. No one wants anything to do with her, not even her classmates who were once her friends.

Producer: Sanjeev Sivan Script, Camera, Editor: Vishnupriya, Himachandran, Nincy, Anaka, Aasmi Cast: Aasmi, Baby Sandra

Ashwani Bandhu, Aman, Aditya Kumar Singh, Prashant Mohan, Harsh Anand, Soni Mahajan, Simran, Tanya Sharma, Khushboo Hanjura, Bhupender Singh, Nitin Kaushik, Mohd. Irfan, Rajbala Singh, Babita Pun, Akshay Kumar, Pooja Kumari, Alka Sharma, Sonam Chauhan, Sonia Singh, Nisha Singh & Sabila KhanThe directors are 12 to 15-year old children from the Bal Bhawan School, a public school and Deepalaya, an NGO community school who participated in a film-making workshop conducted by PVR Nest.

Vishnupriya, Himachandran, Nincy, Anaka & AasmiThe directors are part of a group of twenty-five girls from Kerala who participated in a film workshop led by film maker Sanjeev Sivan with Subhash Ghai and Resul Pookutty among others.

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Scream V Halloween NightScream V Halloween NightDirector: Shantanu Sharma | India / 2011 / Col. / 4 mins


What frightens me is not so much the obvious monster. What frightens me is the unknown, the fear that the mind is not in control, that there is something out there that nobody knows about.

Producer: Cine Darbaar Welfare Society Script: Shantanu Sharma Camera: Pearson Anaal Editor: Pearson Anaal Cast: Paarth, Os, Yatharth, Naman, Krish, Manya, Ananya, Pankhudi, Kanishka, Preha

Subbus NoodlesSubbus NoodlesDirector: Anuraag Punjaabi, Shubhojit Roy, Sanjana Abraham, Siya Chandrie, S Rohit, Aditi Nagpal, Akanksha Dhume | India / 2010 / Col. / 12 mins


Subbu lives in Mumbai. Her parents go to work. What does she do all day when her parents are at work, who are the people she encounters?

Producer: Priya Srinivasan Script, Camera, Editor, Cast: Rohit, Anuraag, Shubhoget, Sanjana, Aditi, Akonsha, Siya

Shantanu SharmaShantanu Sharma is a student of the Gyan Bharti School. He participated in a film making wor

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