The Lost Glove (UK)
(6 min; 2016; non-verbal)
Director: Lizzie Oxby

It’s that time of the year when gloves get lost, and found…

Planet Utopia – A Possibility (Brazil)
(25 min; 2013; non-verbal)
Directors: Silvana Marcondes, Amanda Viera, Evelyn Cristina, Kika Antunes, Natalia Peixoto, William Simplico

A show without words, with visual and sound dramaturgy, entirely designed for the virtual universe

The Migrants (Retirantes/Brazil)
(13 min; non-verbal)
Director: Maira Coelho

The short film tells the story of a woman traveling through an arid, depopulated region, unable to feed her baby. The film combines “live-motion” and “stop-motion” techniques, visual arts, puppetry and cinema.

The Package (Canada)
(14 min; French with English subtitles)
Director: Lucie Ernard

Intrigued by the delivery of numerous packages at her new neighbour’s house, Jeannette at 80 is getting out of her loneliness to live a last love story

FROM 14:00 TO 17:00
Scribouillis (Canada)
(11 min;  French with English subtitles)
Directors: Noemi Belanger, Maia Menard-Belanger

Scribouillis is a tribute to the imagination of children and a metaphor for our fear of the unknown

Life Cycles (Brazil)
(6 min; Portuguese with English subtitles)
Directors: Thiago Bresani, Maria Soledad Garcia

The story tells the relationship between a granddaughter and a grandmother and the moments of uncertainty in view of the impossibility of meeting

A Treasure (USA)
(6 min; English)
Director: Freddie Levin

With the help of a very large dragon, a poor tailor searches for a treasure and finds it where he least expects it

Valentin, the Puppeteer Puppet (Brazil)
(4 min; non-verbal)
Director: Naiara Parolin

To escape monotony and loneliness, Valentin uses creativity to create a new company

After the Endling (UK)
(15 min; English)
Director: Daniel A. Kelin

This is a story of a pupu kani oe (Hawaiian tree snail) named George and a tiny, yet vital, battle against extinction

The Adventures of Prince Achmed ( Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed/Germany)
(80 min; 1926; German with English subtitles) 
Directors: Lotte Reiniger, Carl Koch

A handsome prince rides a flying horse to faraway lands and embarks on magical adventures, which including befriending a witch, meeting Aladdin, battling demons and falling love with a princess

AT SIDDHARTHA HALL, GOETHE INSTITUT FROM 21:00 TO 06:00: PERFORMANCE
Sita Apaharan: Ram-Raavan Yuddha (Kannada, Hindi)
From Karnataka Shadow puppetry tradition
Presented by Shri Raja Rama Togalu Gombe Mela from Hassan, Karnataka