Junior Workshop
Craft your own puppet with the instructions from Aura of Puppets’ Puppeteer
Rakenna oma käsi- tai sorminukkesi Aura of Puppetsin nukettajan ohjauksessa.
Event category: Junior
Finding Yourself –
Junior 3
Junior 3 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers older than 12 years old.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 3 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu kaksitoistavuotiaille katsojille.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
Films in this screening:
Malgorzata Rybak:
Experiences and learning. And parenting.
Poland, 2025. 5 minutes.
A lively kid named „O” is very curious and busy discovering the world around. Despite all the obstacles O manages to gather some personal experiences and to gain new skills. Will they prove useful? A short story told from a child’s perspective. For parents. And little humans.
Aisha Boudjillouli:
Eyeliner
United Kingdom, 2026. 8 minutes.
Nina and her best friend Lily decide to steal an eyeliner, hoping that they’ve finally found their key to womanhood. However, when given wildly different receptions to wearing it, Nina discovers that her journey as a trans girl might not be so easy.
Ru Kuwahata, Max Porter:
Cartoon Physics
France, Netherlands, Switzerland, 2026. 11 minutes.
A mother confronts her child’s first encounter with death by retreating into the impossible logic of old cartoons.
Robert Löbel, Max Mörtl:
TIME
Germany, 2025. 6 minutes.
TIME is a dystopian and darkly whimsical animated short, unfolding in fragmented vignettes where characters collide—each caught in their own rhythm of time. From the seemingly endless drift of an hourglass to the frantic pulse of a multitasking worker, the film paints a surreal mosaic of how time is perceived, stretched, fractured, and consumed.
Eloi Henriod:
Duck&Sauerkraut
Switzerland, 2025. 9 minutes.
Choucroute (Sauerkraut) is lonely and bored. A hungry duck flies past. Choucroute sees the duck as a remedy for his loneliness. The duck sees Choucroute as a meal.
Anh Tu Nguyen:
The Sky Was Candy
Germany, 2025. 3 minutes.
A yellow and blue day in the life of a little child.
Life in Rhythm –
Junior 2
Junior 2 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers older than 6 years old.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 2 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu yli kuusivuotiaille katsojille.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
Films in this screening:
Zarja Menart:
The Wily Ones
Slovenia, 2026. 5 minutes.
Fragments of grandparents’ memories take us back to days when the world smelled of rivers, forests, and freshly manured fields. People were tough, cows and horses were trusted sidekicks, and children ran on curious freedom and clever tricks, always ready to turn chores into pranks.
David Bombardier:
Hymne anonyme
Canada, 2025. 3 minutes.
Anonymous Hymn gives voice to the forgotten objects of Montreal’s streets. Pareidolia and opera intertwine to reveal hidden, singing faces that transform the “ugly” into beauty. A brief tribute to the small, invisible presences quietly animating our everyday world.
Janka Feiner:
Fire in My Pocket
Hungary, 2026. 10 minutes.
A little boy, bored with building a bed, seeks something more exciting. A mischievous fire creature lures him away, and despite his father’s attempts to keep order, the boy follows his new friend into a magical mushroom world where anything is possible.
Milán Kopasz:
HUM
Hungary, 2026. 3 minutes.
A playful, sound-driven stop motion short about the creative process: from the first spark, through flow, to the perfect idea and what follows, accompanied by an unusual choir.
Andrea Szelesová:
Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe!
Slovakia, 2025. 13 minutes.
Yios, a lonely mythical boy from the clouds, has trouble finding friends because his head shines like the sun – until he falls down to Earth, where everything changes.
Tomek Ducki:
Birds of Paradise
(Rajskie Ptaki)
Poland, 2025. 8 minutes.
Bird droppings. To most, a nuisance. But for a remarkable flock of flightless birds, they are the foundation of life itself. There is a delicate harmony in their hidden world – until one day when a mysterious object washes up on shore. What begins as curiosity sparks a profound shift, leading the flock into a new era of cultural and technological change. Once happy with simplicity, the birds now face the price of progress.
Falling Upwards –
Junior 1
Junior 1 screening. This screening is suitable for viewers of all ages, and it doesn’t contain any dialogue.
Children under the age of 16 can get to the screening for free, but adults should buy tickets or a festival pass for themselves in our online store to avoid queuing. From our online store you can also buy 0€ tickets for kids to reserve their seats in the audience.
Junior 1 -näytös. Näytös soveltuu kaikenikäisille katsojille, eikä se sisällä dialogia.
Alle 16-vuotiaat pääsevät näytökseen ilmaiseksi, mutta aikuisten kannattaa ostaa liput itselleen verkkokaupastamme jonottamisen välttämiseksi. Suosittelemme varaamaan myös lapselle paikan ostamalla verkkokaupasta 0€ lipun näytökseen.
Films in this screening:
Jadwiga Ligęza:
Rock Song
United Kingdom, 2025. 6 minutes.
Rock Song is a story about a rolling rock – but really, it’s about getting hurt, picking up some cracks along the way, and slowly figuring out how to heal. It’s a stop-motion animation made entirely from hand-dyed fabrics.
Anna Dokuchaeva:
Worms
Switzerland, 2026. 2 minutes.
Legend has it that somewhere in the Swiss Alps, tiny worms live their hurried lives. They crawl, they eat, they dance across lush green meadows and stones – captured in one-of-a-kind footage of this rare phenomenon.
Marta Gennari:
Piccolo Piccolo
France, Switzerland, 2025. 9 minutes.
A tiny mouse, wanting to forget her little worries, decides one day to climb a very high mountain.
Dean Hamer:
The Race of Friendship
(Utrka prijateljstva)
Croatia, 2026. 7 minutes.
A race begins to finally prove who is faster, the Tortoise or the Hare. Both set off confident of victory, but halfway through they fall into a deep, dark pit. The Hare tries to climb the muddy walls, while the Tortoise digs for a way out, but to no avail. They realise that only by joining forces can they escape the pit. The initial hostility turns into friendship when, through joint efforts, they manage to find a way out.
Elena Walf:
Dancing Friend
(Tanzpartner)
Croatia, Germany, 2025. 5 minutes.
The caterpillar would love to dance with the bugs. But they make fun of the clumsy animal. Only the smallest bug is attracted to the caterpillar.
Noe Garcia:
Cloud Fish
(Poisson Nuage)
Belgium, France, 2025. 6 minutes.
A very tiny fish sails in a vast underwater city. Is he too small to see the world like the big ones do?