- Competition Films
- 17th Special featured films
18th Competition Films, 2010
Wickie the Mighty Viking
Director : Michael Herbig / Germany / 85 min. / 2009
“Wickie the Mighty Viking” is a story written by Swedish writer Runer Jonsson in 1963. An animation based on it was made in Japan and became very popular. Last year, this Japanese Animation was remade as a live action film in Germany. It was a phenomenal success and will now be premiered in Japan at the Kinder Film Festival!
Super Brother
Director : Birger Larsen / Denmark / 89 min. / 2009
10-year-old Anton is desperate to have a 'real' big brother. Ever so often, he has set his own needs aside for the sake of his autistic big brother Buller, and Anton longs for him to be the brother he never had, strong and daring and one to defend him against the bullies at school. But the only thing Buller can think of is space. Though, when a Super Trip Remote from outer space lands nearby, Buller suddenly becomes the super brother Anton has always dreamt of, and powerful forces are unleashed.
Mai Mai Miracle
Director : Sunao Katabuchi / Japan/ 94 min. / 2009
This is an animated film based on a biographical novel by Nobuko Takagi, winner of the Akutagawa Award. Animated by MADHOUSE, who produced “Summer Wars.”
The King of the Island
Director : Raimondo Della Calce / Italy / 16 min. / 2009
“The King of the Island” teaches us that the true strength is not what you see from the outside but what you have within you.
Ms. LiLiCo’s reccommendation: “The King of the Island.“
Gioannin is a 6 years old kid who lives in Genoa, Italy. He always dreams of his strong and wonderful father he never knew, missed at sea and never returned. He is going to discover that a dream is not worth what real life, despite its difficulties and disappointments, can naturally give.
LOST AND FOUND
Director : Philip Hunt / U.K. / 24 min. / 2009
One day, a boy finds a penguin on his doorstep. Deciding it must be lost, the boy decides to take it home, even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole…
SIXTEN
Director : Liselotte Blomberg / Sweden / 4 min. / 2009
Animated story about a cat called Sixten and his family. Sixten wants to play at bedtime, but he gets disturbed by the other members in the family.
GOAT’S HOUSE
Director : Marina Karpova / Russia / 13 min. / 2009
An upbeat musical adaptation of a Russian folk tale about a peculiar little house deep in the woods where a bad boy called Vasilek gets to know the goats that live there. Anyone who decides to nibble another’s house should remember the hungry wolf.
TWO PRINCESSES
Director : Maria Stepanova / Russia / 9 min. / 2009
The film is based on an English fairy tale "Kat-Nutcracker". This is a story about how courage and resourcefulness help people get what they want in life, and to become winners in different situations. Love wins over evil magic and helps open true feelings.
Gorilla
Director : Hanna Bergholm / Finland / 10 min. / 2009
Gorilla is a ten-minute children's drama about a six-year-old girl ALLI who tries to get into her big sister's lovely princess room; she wants to play with her sister and her friend. Alli is an energetic girl; head full of ideas. The big girls won't play with Alli but instead call her a gorilla because she is so scruffy. But Alli won't give up and does everything to get into the big girls' game.