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- An animated feature film following the dramatic journey of two siblings, Kyona and her brother Adriel, who are running away, because they are being pursued by an unspecified Eastern European country.
- When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb. Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his friendly goat Zlateh live there with Aaron's uncle Shlemiel. When an evil sorcerer and his monster attack the village, Aaron and Zlateh have to defend it themselves.
- Alain works together with Lionel at a publishing company, and Lionel is called "sex machine" there for his endless affairs. Alain bets Lionel that he couldn't fall with a woman and spend a night with her without having sex. Lionel accepts the bet, and at random choses travel agent Claire.
- After a long time, a blue wolf, locked in the cage of a Paris zoo, winds up allowing Afrique, a young boy who visits him day after day, to come close to him. As the wolf is one-eyed, the boy has the idea to shut one eye himself and thus manages to communicate with the proud wild animal. Wolf and kid then start telling each other the story of their respective lives...
- The narrator Henri Dès reads and sings the beautiful stories of Pomme d'Api Magazine. The stories revolve around the imaginary world of children and feature talking animals, witches, castles and more.
- "Like a river" is the story of two sisters who got separated after the Vietnam war. Thao, the youngest, will flee Vietnam by boat to Malaisia. Sao Maï, the eldest, will stay in Vietnam with her parents. An epistolary relationship will feed their lives for over 15 years and narrates their journey until their reunion.
- Boris is a 3 years old little bear like all the others. He believes in his adventures with his toys giving them speech by the sole strength of his imagination.
- 632 AD, the Chinese monk Xuanzang discovers the prodigious statues representing Buddha in the valley of Bamiyan Afghanistan. In 2008 the children living in the valley tell us the myths and legends about the tragic destiny of these statues that were destroyed by Talibans in 2001.
- A crotchety streetsweeper keeps his street clear of dirt and dust, and of people and cars. He pushes them down a drain hole along with the trash. Then, a small child appeals to him when her ball rolls down her drain. He goes to work, fishing out all that he's shoved in, in search of the ball. But success with helping someone brings new problems.
- Seven characters, who are not connected with each other, live a restless day in the district in renovation of a busting city. Each one pursues a distinct aim and nobody pays attention to the others. A rag doll passes from the hands of one character to the other's. And their ways criss-cross until they finally meet and unite.
- Mississippi, 1930's: Theodore, a black teen raised by his single mother has but one desire - to become a respected blues singer with the help of his Uncle Eddie. He secretly takes a train to Chicago in order to make his dream come true.
- Eugenio is a man about fifty with a caring family, work he believes in, a personal routine, and a house in the country. This seems a simple and ordinary profile, but Eugenio is challenged by Down's syndrome, and every task of living is a struggle to achieve a sense of normalcy. Eugenio's special personality radiates contentment as he magically provides strength to others who are not burdened with the problems he faces because of his disabilities. He works in a rest home for recovering accident victims where his kindness and wisdom mysteriously influence a young woman who languishes listlessly in her wheelchair, giving up on life.
- Bao and his sister are taking the train like every day. It's always a fabulous adventure for them. But this time, everything will be different.
- Argentina 1983, the dictatorship comes to an end in the country, but not in this woman's life.
- Fifty years after May 68, Dany Cohn-Bendit and Romain Goupil criss-cross France, discovering some of the Republic's occasionally disturbing sides. A road movie to observe, listen and debate, but also to discover the state of the country, its crises, its hopes, its everyday heroes, its detractors and its innovators.
- At the top of a very high mountain lives Father Frismas, a delicious character endowed with bewitching powers. For times immemorial, Father Frismas has always made sure that every corner of the valley receives the perfect amount of snow in winter. But this year, it seems pretty hard to find the right balance. Indeed, since gentle Paul married Edwige - a city-dweller who can't stand the cold - then got lost in the forest and woke up awful Sylvain, his daughter Lucie hasn't had a moment of peace to knit socks.
- A clever tale about a lazy young boy whose mother can't stand to see him sleeping all day. Based on the Korean folk-tale picture book by Moon-Hee Kwoon.
- On the first Sunday in August, a village celebrates its yearly nighttime dance.
- A man, a monster costume, a scared community, a tragic end.
- An immigrant teenage girl with feathers on her body, is torn between the need to belong and her own identity.
- In Planet Sigma, giant creatures are trapped inside the ice. Submarine explosions provoke a global warming, and a new life begins for animals.
- Following some harmless children s game, Agnieszka experiences a family breakup which causes her to withdraw into herself. The events she goes through in her loneliness allow her to finally reconnect with her mother and to come out of seclusion.
- Diana, the Roman goddess of hunting, is bathing naked in the river with her female companions when she is surprised by Actaeon. To punish him, Diana turns him into a stag. He will then be devoured by his own dogs.
- Charles is different, a boy with grown-up problems. At home he has to care for his mother who appears to be ill, and at school he is bullied. Longing for a normal family life, he escapes into a parallel world filled with frogs.
- A young woman gives birth but the happy event turns into a nightmare when she realizes her child is covered with brambles.
- Some books have a profound influence on us. Usually they portray a hero whose destiny fascinates or deeply moves us. "Childhood Stories" is the screen adaptation of eight very beautiful and iconic children's novels.
- Unwittingly promoted to whistle-blower in case of toxic gas attacks, a country rat tells about his daily life in the trenches during the Great War. The point of view is original, critical and humorous, and at the same time compassionate with the WWI French soldier, portrayed as a rat trapped in a cage in the midst of this monstrously absurd conflict.
- Trying to ignore her budding powers, Green refuses to become a witch like her mom and goes on her quest to find her father who has disappeared.
- Black tea or how a simple cup of tea can provoke a horrible fit of anguish.
- Finding love can be tough when you're disabled. Nevertheless, all his life Hubert kept searching: candies given in the streets, stars marked down on his notebook, songs shouted on stage, were various attempts to find a partner.
- In a concentration camp, the drawings of an inmate are a last testimony of existence for his companions. One night he is caught drawing with a guard.
- In this evocative film about the eternal human search for home, Berta and Solomon arrive in a land that promises respite from their many journeys. But have they found utopia... or just another stop on their long journey?
- Features 13 animated shorts and music videos of Henri Dès' songs from his 1991 nursery rhymes and children's tunes album "Les Bêtises", as well as the karaoke versions with lyrics to sing along.
- Swiss French-language children's singer and songwriter Henri Dès sings thirteen of his nursery rhymes about the silly things that children often frivolously do.