TRICKS FOR KIDS

One of this year’s Guth Gafa family specials is the animated shorts series Tricks for Kids presented by Kuki and Interfilm – International Short Film Festival Berlin. The animated shorts without dialogues by Heinz Hermanns and Alex Stein are telling adventurous stories using many different animations techniques. A chicken family lost their baby, an egg helps his friends, a paper dog has problems with his tail, a frog falls in love, a little flower fights with a monster, a stork is having a duel with a little bird and much more. 

A compilation of short animation films for kids from all over the world, using different styles and techniques:

Luora, Carlo Piaget, Switzerland 

A filament imprisoned in its own streetlamp bulb.

Free-Range Eggs, Daniel Faigle, Germany

Two eggs on a table... Romance seems inevitable.

My Happy End, Milen Vitanov, Germany

A dog stumbles across a loyal companion.

The Tooth, Nathan Stone, Australia

The long and painful quest of an alien for dental relief.

Slippery Tale, Susanne Seidel, Germany 

A he-frog falls hopelessly in love with a she-frog. 

Slim Pickings, Anthony Lucas, Australia

A man is hungry but his tomato plant does not grow.

A Sunny Day, Gil Alkabetz, Germany

Today the sun is not as welcome as it usually is. 

Hard Boiled Chicken, Arjan Wilschut, The Netherlands

Trying to keep an egg from becoming a farmer's meal. 

Animal, Ewgenia Golubewa, Russian Federation

Animal eats plant. Plant eats animal. A circle of aggression.

Good morning, Mr. Vampire, Aneta Kýrová, Czech Republic

Mr. Vampire is unable to find his crypt again.

 

Fetch, Nina Paley, USA

A man loses perspective while playing with his dog.

The Stork, Klaus Morschheuser, Germany

A meeting between a stork and a bold sparrow.

 

Thank you to:

5th Guth Gafa International Documentary Film Festival is proudly supported by Bord Scannán na hÉireann, IFTN, RTÉ, The Arts Council, TG4, The Radharc Trust, Screen Producers Ireland, Údarás na Gaeltachta, FÁS/STI, The Broadcast Authority of Ireland, Ealaín na Gaeltachta, Óstán Loch Altan, Amnesty International, Fáilte Irelend, Goethe-Institute Dublin, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and many other partners and friends.