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Kids DOK 2023
Filmstill The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog
Daniela Hýbnerová
The sister draws a swimming hedgehog. Does this work in real life? Worth a try, the brother thinks, throws a hedgehog into the pool … and gets a wet surprise.
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The Hedgehog

Ježek
Daniela Hýbnerová
Kids DOK 2023
Animated Film
Czech Republic
2023
2 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Two siblings are sitting peacefully at a table and drawing. There is a swimming hedgehog in the sister’s picture. The brother wonders whether this would work in real life. He goes into the garden, grabs a hedgehog and throws him into the pool to test this. Not funny at all, thinks the hedgehog. But before he scurries back to his pile of leaves, he comes up with a wet surprise …

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Daniela Hýbnerová
Cinematographer
Daniela Hýbnerová
Editor
Daniela Hýbnerová
Producer
Daniela Hýbnerová
Sound
Ondřej Vomočil
Score
Ondřej Vomočil
Animation
Daniela Hýbnerová
Kids DOK 2022
Filmstill The Queen of the Foxes
The Queen of the Foxes
Marina Rosset
The queen of the foxes is sad. To cheer her up, the other foxes look for discarded human love letters. But there’s nothing about beautiful red fur in them …
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The Queen of the Foxes

La reine des renards
Marina Rosset
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Switzerland
2022
9 minutes
French
Subtitles: 
German (Overvoice), English

The foxes of the pack roam through the city every night to cheer up their sad queen. They search the people’s rubbish for unsent love letters. But those ignoramuses write nothing rapturous about furry ears and bushy red coats! The queen stays sad and the foxes must think of something else.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Marina Rosset
Cinematographer
Marina Rosset
Editor
Marina Rosset
Producer
Marina Rosset
Sound
Peter Bräker
Score
Rahel Zimmermann
Animation
Marina Rosset
World Sales
Stine Wangler
Kids DOK 2022
Filmstill The Smortlybacks Come Back!
The Smortlybacks Come Back!
Ted Sieger
In search of fresh water, the Smortlybacks reach the shore of a vast sea. A mysterious creature and their magic fish help them cross the ocean.
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The Smortlybacks Come Back!

The Smortlybacks Come Back!
Ted Sieger
Kids DOK 2022
Animated Film
Switzerland
2022
8 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

The Smortlybacks are peaceful, fantastic-looking creatures, riding through the desert with the leader of their pack: no water, no shrub, no tree in sight! They are all desperate because their water supplies are running out. After a while they reach the shore of a vast sea. A mysterious creature and their magic fish help them cross the ocean.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Ted Sieger
Cinematographer
Wouter Dierickx
Editor
Joder von Rotz
Producer
Josef Burri
Co-Producer
Gerd Gockell
Sound
Thomas Gassmann
Score
Christoph Utzinger
Animation
Marina Rosset, Joder von Rotz, Wouter Dierickx
World Sales
Georg Gruber
Kids DOK 2021
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The Summer Before Seventh Grade
Kristen van Schie
On a hot June day, the two friends Ádel and Berci, both twelve years old, are lying on a meadow. It’s the summer holidays and they talk about everything that crosses their minds.
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The Summer Before Seventh Grade

The Summer Before Seventh Grade
Kristen van Schie
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
South Africa,
Hungary
2020
9 minutes
Hungarian
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

On a hot June day, the two friends Ádel and Berci are lying on a meadow, looking at the clouds. It’s the summer holidays and they are talking about everything that crosses their minds. Berci has a lot of imagination and is looking forward to the next school year. Ádel, on the other hand, is more anxious and worries. The clouds drift past, as fleeting as the summer.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Kristen van Schie
Cinematographer
Kristen van Schie
Editor
Kristen van Schie
Producer
DocNomads
Sound
Kristen van Schie, Eduardo Saraiva
Kids DOK 2021
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The Voice Break Choir
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Boys who from earliest childhood have sung in a choir have now entered puberty. In the “Voice Break Choir” they wait until their changed voices can be relied on again.
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The Voice Break Choir

Målbrottskören
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
Sweden
2021
28 minutes
Swedish
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

Boys who from earliest childhood have sung in a choir have now entered puberty. They have to wait in the “Voice Break Choir” until their voices can be relied on again – in order to continue singing with the men. In interviews and impromptu songs, they describe personal changes and searches for identity. A film about the threshold between being a boy and becoming a man.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Cinematographer
Martina Carlstedt, Ina Holmqvist
Editor
Matti Kentrschynskyj, Ina Holmqvist, Martina Carlstedt
Producer
Martina Carlstedt, Ina Holmqvist
Score
Ted Krotkiewski, Per Egland
Kids DOK 2021
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Tò he
Tobbi Vu
To comfort his little sister, her brother gives her “tò he” every day, a traditional toy made of sticky rice powder. A colourful and imaginative story from Vietnam.
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Tò he

Tò he
Tobbi Vu
Kids DOK 2021
Animated Film
United Arab Emirates
2021
5 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

Two siblings, a boy and a girl, play together. They say goodbye to their father who has to go to war. To comfort his sister, the big brother gives her “tò he” every day, a traditional toy made of sticky rice powder. Until one day their father returns. A colourful and imaginative animated story from Vietnam.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Tobbi Vu
Script
Tobbi Vu
Producer
Tobbi Vu
Score
Robin Pham
Animation
Tobbi Vu
Kids DOK 2023
Filmstill Pond
Pond
Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
A small herring finds himself in a tidal pool and encounters many other, sometimes strange marine creatures. Only by joining forces can they defend themselves against the hungry seagulls.
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Pond

Tümpel
Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
Kids DOK 2023
Animated Film
Switzerland
2023
9 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

A shimmering shoal of herrings are swimming through the wide ocean when they are suddenly broken up by seagulls. Separated from the shoal, a small herring ends up all alone in a tidal pool. Looking for a way out, he encounters many other marine creatures. Some scare him. But there’s no time for this now: Only by joining forces can they defend themselves against the hungry seagulls.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
Cinematographer
Lena von Döhren, Eva Rust
Editor
Fee Liechti
Producer
Sarah Born
Sound Design
Tobias Diggelmann, Thomas Gassmann, Martin Waespe
Animation
Lena von Döhren, Simon Eltz, Ramon Schoch
World Sales
Georg Gruber
Kids DOK 2020
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What About Our Future?
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Cláudio Cruz
A film observation about the Vancouver “Sustainabiliteens” and their life between school, friends and climate activism. They are raising their voices for a system change.
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What About Our Future?

What About Our Future?
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Cláudio Cruz
Kids DOK 2020
Documentary Film
Canada
2020
24 minutes
English
Subtitles: 
None

In 2019, the “Sustainabiliteens” from Vancouver mobilized more than 150,000 people to march against climate destruction. The film gives insights into the teenagers’ everyday life which is determined not only by school, friends and families, but also by the climate crisis and activism. Taking things into their own hands gives them strength: “We are unstoppable, another world is possible.”

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Director
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Cláudio Cruz
Producer
Jaime Leigh Gianopoulos, Jen Muranetz
Kids DOK 2023
Filmstill What’s in That Crate?
What’s in That Crate?
Bram Algoed
The turbulent journey of a huge crate never seems to end. It keeps getting smaller and smaller, and everyone has their own idea of what may be hidden inside. An elephant, a lion, or perhaps a bear after all?
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What’s in That Crate?

Wat zit er in die kist?
Bram Algoed
Kids DOK 2023
Animated Film
Belgium
2023
9 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None

The multicoloured, turbulent journey of a huge crate never seems to end. Whatever could it contain? An elephant, a lion, a bear? First it’s loaded onto a plane, then a ship. Then it goes up the mountains in a train, and over hill and dale on a bus. The crate keeps getting smaller and smaller and everyone has their own idea of what may be hidden inside. But mum’s the word!

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Bram Algoed
Script
Bram Algoed, Pieter Gaudesaboos
Cinematographer
Bram Algoed
Editor
Bram Algoed
Producer
Brecht Van Elslande
Sound
David Kamp
Sound Design
David Kamp
Score
Boris Zeebroek
Animation
Eno Swinnen, Jeroen Ceulebrouck, William Lebrun
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Asadaghas Herz Jens Pedersen

Ever since American soldiers killed Asadagha’s parents, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters alone. Now they are kicked out of their uncle’s house and Asadagha wants only one thing: to become a fighter.

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Asadaghas Herz

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Ever since American soldiers killed Asadagha’s parents, he had to take care of his brothers and sisters alone. Now they are kicked out of their uncle’s house and Asadagha wants only one thing: to become a fighter and get his revenge. But there are people who show him another path, and a nice girl …
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Faridullas freier Tag Jens Pedersen

Faridullah and his sister have to rise at dawn to work hard at a brick factory. But one day they use the bricks to build their dream house, leave their jobs and imagine what it would be like to be a child like any other …

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Faridullas freier Tag

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Faridullah and his sister have to rise at dawn to work hard at a brick factory. But one day they use the bricks to build their dream house, leave their jobs and imagine what it would be like to be a child like any other …
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Laylas Melodie Jens Pedersen

Girls are married at eleven. Girls who make music are killed by the Taliban militia. This is why Layla was forced to leave her village to live in a children’s home in the capital.

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Laylas Melodie

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Girls are married at eleven. Girls who make music are killed by the Taliban militia. This is why Layla was forced to leave her village to live in a children’s home in the capital. Now she must choose: stay at music school or go back to her mother – and no more music.
Kids DOK 2014
Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.
Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Machgans Lösung Jens Pedersen

She wants to become a teacher, but for now Machgan must support her family by selling chewing gum in the streets. If only her father wasn’t a junkie and had a job!

Collage aus vier Fotos mit Porträts von Kindern.

Wir Kinder in Afghanistan: Machgans Lösung

Documentary Film
Denmark
2013
17 minutes
Subtitles: 
English

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Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Director
Jens Pedersen
Music
Paul Lawler
Cinematographer
Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
Editor
Jesper Osmund, Jens Pedersen
Script
Jens Pedersen, Taj Mohammad Bakhtari
She wants to become a teacher, but for now Machgan must support her family by selling chewing gum in the streets. If only her father wasn’t a junkie and had a job! Machgan takes a tough decision that is to change her own and her family’s life.
Kids DOK 2021
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Yaren and the Sun
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
This summer, Yaren will go to a special camp, where all the children mourn someone who was close to them. A film about loss, healing and friendship.
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Yaren and the Sun

Yaren en de zon
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Kids DOK 2021
Documentary Film
Belgium
2021
19 minutes
Dutch
Subtitles: 
German Subtitles for deaf and hard-of-hearing

Yaren’s mother died four years ago. This summer she is excited to go to a special camp: a bereavement camp. All the children here have lost someone close to them. In five beautiful and intense days, Yaren and the other kids deal with what unites them all: their pain. A film about loss, healing and friendship.

Lina Dinkla

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Director
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Cinematographer
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Editor
Renate Raman, Joren Slaets
Producer
Maarten Schmidt
Sound
Neal Willaert
Score
Johannes Genard