3-7.12.2025 / Białystok

KIDS 6 AND UP Competition

Rozpoczęcie: 5 December 2025 11:30
Zakończenie: 5 December 2025 13:00
Lokalizacja: Forum Cinema

KIDS 6 AND UP Competition

5.12.2025, 11:30
Kino Forum, 5 Legionowa St
ticket: 10 PLN

 

LE TUNNEL DE LA NUIT
THE NIGHT TUNNEL
NOCNY TUNEL
director: Annechien Strouven
music: Jonathan Vanneste
Belgium, France, Netherlands 2024, 9’

After digging a tunnel on the beach, two kids from different sides of the world meet each other. Together, they dig their way to the North Pole, where they discover a magical way to go back home.

PIERIS: WING TO WIND
PIERIS: OD SKRZYDŁA DO WIATRU
director: Tiago Miguel
director of cinematography: Tiago Miguel
music: Ivo Reis
Portugal 2025, 3’13”

A short film based on a true story about the growth of a caterpillar in captivity, and all the setbacks that might come with it. After emerging out of a chrysalis with deformations in her wings, the path to the sky is arduous but not impossible.

ŻUCZKI
BEETLES
director: Piotr Chmielewski
music: Piotr Kubiak
Poland 2025, 9’51”

Are we aware of our privileges? What do we conceive of when we don’t handle something that comes easily to others? What to do when we see someone struggling with a challenge that is not a problem for us? The story of the beetles inspires the search for answers to these questions.

DER STACHEL IM PO
A PAIN IN THE BUTT
KŁOPOT
director: Elena Walf
director of cinematography: Elena Walf
music: Nicolai Krepart
Germany 2025, 5’40”

The hedgehog is just about to go into hibernation when he notices that one of his spines is missing. It’s stuck in Lena’s dog’s bottom, of all places. Getting it back won’t be easy…

SNIP SNAP
CIĘCIE I PSTRYK
directors: Douglas Irvine, Eleanor Stewart
music: John Lemke
United Kingdom 2025, 8’

When a little girl’s pair of scissors turns into an enormous crocodile, a world filled with imagination and adventure unfolds. With her trusty teddy by her side, the girl, the crocodile, and a reluctant teddy embark on a playful journey around the world – that is, until Mum interrupts them and makes a discovery that could put an end to the young girl’s escapades with her friends.

TEARS OF THE LITTLE CLOUD
ŁEZKI MAŁEJ CHMURKI
directors: Anya Ru, Masha Rumyantseva
director of cinematography: Masha Rumyantseva
Italy, Portugal 2024, 4’15”

Animals in the forest don’t want to play with the little restless cloud. However, it will be able to transform the forest and its inhabitants.

ŻYCZENIA DLA LAMY
WISHES FOR LAMA
director: Karolina Gołębiowska
Poland 2025, 1’56”

A short birthday card created by a four-year-old girl for her mother. In a stream of consciousness that drifts between fact and fantasy, the child paints a tender, whimsical portrait of their unique bond.

MUCA COPATARICA
SLIPPER KEEPER KITTY
KOTKA STRAŻNICZKA KAPCI
director: Rok Predin
music: Daniel Pemberton
Slovenia 2024, 10’31”

In the Small Village, children play all day but carelessly toss their slippers at night. By morning, the slippers vanish. Their parents explain that Muca Copatarica, the Slipper Keeper Kitty, took them. The children find her in the forest, where she returns their mended slippers. Grateful, they promise to care for them better.