We Want to Be, Play, and Choose

Synopsis

In this session, we discover how important we are, that we can choose our profession, and that sometimes we are not as small as we think. We want to be, play, and choose. And we have the right to!

The Black Hen by Marion Clauzel, France, 13 minutes

(Live-Action, Portuguese Dubbed, English Subtitles)

In the family’s holiday home, four-year-old Auguste feels abandoned by his mother and seeks comfort in the company of a black hen.

Sand Cake by Kateřina Karhánková, Czech Republic/France, 9 minutes and 49 seconds

(Live-Action, No Dialogue)

Mína and her toy friend are having fun in a sand park. Saving Toy, tied to a high totem, seems impossible. Tricycle helps Mína, and a new friendship is born.

Aeronaut by Leon Golterman, Netherlands, 2 minutes and 15 seconds

(Animation, No Dialogue)

At the age of 10, Kevin dreams of becoming a pilot so that he and his sister Jaimy can free themselves from their father’s tyranny. But when Jaimy gets her hands on her brother’s brand-new model airplane, the bond between the two children is put to the test.

When I Grow Up by Ester Kasalová, Czech Republic, 4 minutes

(Animation, Portuguese Dubbed, English Subtitles)

The director visits a nursery and asks the children what they want to be when they grow up.

You Are (Not) Small by Virginia Wilkos, USA, 5 minutes

(Animation, Portuguese Dubbed)

Just because you are not big doesn’t mean you are small. It’s all relative!