Recommended for ages 5 to 10
Let your imagination take the wheel with Kid Flicks One. Whether dreaming up the fantastical, like a cat the size of a house, or the practical, like finding a beloved teacher a summer romance, these shorts are sure to surprise and delight.
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Battery Daddy
South Korea
Animation, Jeon Seung-bae, 2021, 6 min.
In Korean with English subtitles
Everyone relies on attentive Battery Dad to keep things well-powered and smoothly-run, but when a field trip’s downpour hits, will he still have the power to keep his cool and save the day?
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The Cat in the Art Park
South Korea
Animation, Kim herian, 2020, 5 min.
In Korean with English subtitles
Even small cats are known for causing chaos, so imagine the hijinks that ensue when this art- park-dwelling cat suddenly grows to the size of a house.
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Cupids
United States
Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min.
In English
This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
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Mama Has A Mustache
United States
Documentary, Sally Rubin, 2021, 10 min.
In English
In this fully-animated, wildly collaged documentary, kids ages 5 to 10 share their thoughts about how they experience loving, inclusive worlds that aren’t bound by traditional gender binaries.
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META
Germany
Animation, Antje Heyn, 2022, 1 min.
In English
Interconnection, form, function, flow: all these big ideas about change and growth sprout in playful ways when creatures shape shift and dance to the rhythm of discovery.
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Poum Poum!
France
Animation, Damien Tran, 2021, 6 min.
No dialogue
Poum Poum! is a musical film that celebrates the simple joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper, splashing paint, or making cymbals screech.
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Star Bound
United States
Animation, Richard O’Connor, 2021, 3 min.
In English
When six-year-old Jerry gets together with his uncle Joey, a Mission Operations Engineer at NASA, they have so much—a galaxy’s amount—to talk about.
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Step By Step
France
Animation, Fanny Paoli, Anabelle David, Emma Gach, Claire Robert, Julie Valentin, Thēodore Janvier, 2021, 8 min.
No dialogue
A little rain boot wakes up on a river’s edge, lost from her owner with the big wild forest to trek through and overcome obstacles to make her way back home.