Shorts for 7+: Program 1 - Bay Area International Children's Film FestivalBay Area International Children's Film Festival


Shorts for 7+: Program 1
SCREENINGS Megadome Theater 1, Saturday, Feb. 22, 3:30pm – 4:30pm Planetarium Theater 2, Sunday, Feb. 23, 3pm – 4pm Total Runtime: 64 minutes

Schoolhouse Rock: No More Kings	4m, USA
	The story of the American independence movement in song!
Directors: George Newall, Tom Yohe

Playmobil Generation	7m28s, Belgium
	A young boy loses his new toy in the bushes by the playground. As he sets out to get it back, his friends warn him that nobody has ever returned from there!
Directors: Thomas Leclercq

Braceball	9m35s, Iran
	A disabled boy who loves soccer uses his imagination to make his dreams come true, and brings himself closer to his favorite player.
Director: Rayhaneh Mortezeenia

High Score	3m49s, France
	In an empty world, a lone game player seeks another person with which to play.
Directors: Adrien Vallade, Lou Maurice De Reparaz, Brian Lim, Elodie Ferrer, Pablo Cortes

Dani’s Full English Breakfast	5m11s, United Kingdom
	Dani recounts life growing up in an Oxford greasy spoon cafeteria run by his immigrant parents, and tells of the joys of the perfect English breakfast.
Directors: Kate Anderson, Sonia Kneepkens, Fan Sissoko

Temps de Glace (Ice Time)	2m36s, Canada
	A poetic, hand-drawn meditation about a little girl day-dreaming at the sidelines of a hockey rink.
Director: Rachel Samson

Like Playing	20m, Peru
	Brothers Bruno and Claudio and their neighbor Carlitos go on an adventure. The three children give free rein to their imagination while collecting metals, plastics, and cartons that they sell at the end of the day to earn a bowl of soup.
Director: Berenice Adrianzen Zegarra

400 MPH	4m50s, France
	On the Bonneville salt flats, engines roar in the distance. At the wheel is Icarus, a chimpanzee hell-bent on transcending the limits of speed. Riding increasingly powerful vehicles, he attempts to reach the ultimate speed of 400 mph. Will he prevail or be consumed by his self-destructive quest?
Directors: Paul-Eugène Dannaud, Julia Chaix, Lorraine Desserre, Alice Lefort, Natacha Pianeti, Quentin Tireloque

My Little Boy’s Couch	3m38s, Taiwan
	A little boy discovers that the aged couch in the family living room has a hole in it. He uses the hole as his personal storage space, stuffing it full of snacks and toys. He then plans to explore space with his dog Donnie, by transforming the couch into a spaceship!
Director: Jack Shih

Schoolhouse Rock: Three-Ring Government	3m, USA
	Using a circus as a metaphor makes it easy to remember the different branches of government.
Directors: George Newall, Tom Yohe