Film Archive

Kids DOK 2023

Swimming with Wings

Daphna Awadish Golan
Leaving home to live in a new country isn’t easy. Lyri talks about her experiences. It feels like learning to swim in street clothes.
Filmstill Swimming with Wings
Filmstill Swimming with Wings

Swimming with Wings

Swimming with Wings
Daphna Awadish Golan
Kids DOK 2023
Animated Film
Netherlands,
Israel
2023
10 minutes
Dutch,
Hebrew,
English
Subtitles: 
German (Overvoice)
Leaving home to live in a new country isn’t easy at all. Lyri moves to the Netherlands with her family and talks about her experiences. Given the choice, she would have preferred to stay in Israel. So many things are foreign and different now. What strikes her most, though, is that the children here learn to swim in their street clothes.
Lina Dinkla

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Daphna Awadish Golan
Script
Daphna Awadish Golan
Cinematographer
Daphna Awadish Golan
Editor
Daphna Awadish Golan
Producer
Richard Valk
Co-Producer
Amit Russell Gicelter
Sound
Erez Eyni Shavit
Sound Design
Erez Eyni Shavit
Score
Ady Cohen
Animation
Daphna Awadish Golan, Gal Kinan, Yali Herbet, Amit Cohen
World Sales
Sydney Neter
Kids DOK 2025

The Sky Was Candy

Anh Tú Nguyen
To a lively tune, blossoms unfold, eggs and chicks fly, the sun goes up and down, until everything starts all over again. Everything goes round and round in this mini film about the cycle of life.
Filmstill The Sky Was Candy
Filmstill The Sky Was Candy

The Sky Was Candy

The Sky Was Candy
Anh Tú Nguyen
Kids DOK 2025
Animated Film
Germany
2025
3 minutes
without dialogue
Subtitles: 
None
The figures in this experimental short film for cinema greenhorns seem to be spinning on a turntable. Houses, plants, birds, and a face pass before our eyes. To a lively tune, blossoms unfold, eggs and chicks fly, the sun goes up and down, until everything starts all over again. A small, tongue-in-cheek story that also tells of the early days of animation.
Lina Dinkla

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Anh Tú Nguyen
Cinematographer
Anh Tú Nguyen
Producer
Liubov Popova
Sound
Leon Maximilian Brueckner
Sound Design
Leon Maximilian Brueckner
Score
Leon Maximilian Brueckner
Animation
Anh Tú Nguyen
Kids DOK 2022

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.
Filmstill The Smortlybacks Come Back!
Filmstill The Smortlybacks Come Back!

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

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

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

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

Credits DOK Leipzig Logo

Director
Kristen van Schie
Cinematographer
Kristen van Schie
Editor
Kristen van Schie
Producer
DocNomads
Sound
Kristen van Schie, Eduardo Saraiva