• The Kids Are Alright

Told through the eyes of children, these stories offer distinctly wise perspectives on the world and how we relate to one another.

Short Films

Real Cute

Jade, 9 years old, intends to spend her summer holidays as she does every year: at her grandparents, with her friend Victor whom she's known forever. But this year something has changed. Soon enough, the holidays turn into a complete nightmare.

If I Go, Will They Miss Me

Lil’ Ant has been obsessed with Pegasus, the Greek mythological creature, since first learning about him at school in Watts, California. He begins to notice imaginary airplane people around his home and yearns to fly with them.

Half-Day

Dom learns about his estranged father through a visit to his stepbrother’s home.

Eye for an Eye

On a stormy summer night, Mathieu walks in on his parents. Horrified, he shares his disturbing discovery with his friends. Faced with the loss of his innocence, Mathieu sets himself a mission. He’s going to make sure his parents don’t do the unforgivable: bring another child into a burning world.

The Spyglass

Feeling ignored and forgotten by her parents, 10-year-old Eden creates a secret escape in the garden where, using two empty toilet paper rolls, she constructs a spyglass, which she soon discovers is magical.

Inside the aquarium

The first time 10-year-old neighbours Billie and Amina meet they end up fighting. Soon they realize they have more in common than they first thought. In a colorful summer bubble they become each other’s universes, but the world outside keeps on moving and the summer can’t last forever.

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