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My First Fantasia - Daydreams in Animation (English program / 4 years and over)

43 mins 11 films Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, USA, South Korea, Germany, Quebec, France

Slip with us into the universal realm of animation, and the collective imagination of America, Europe, and Asia, to discover fifteen short films from France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, USA and right here at home. You will see animals and humans in these cartoons – and you will see humans acting like animals, and animals acting like humans, because anything is possible in the imaginary world of animation. Laughter, magic, poetry, music and adventure await you. The films in this programme are either in English, or without dialogue.

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L' Olympe

Ariane Savoie

A child is trying to climb a gigantic playground.

Canada 1 mins

Katinngak

Glenn Gear

Set against a kaleidoscopic background of bead work in juicy colours and featuring a small cast of animal characters from Nunatsiavut (Northern Labrador), this animated short is a celebration of traditiona...

Canada 2 mins

Dust

Simon Badedji, Gianni Pampagnin

A dust bunny drops into a kitchen on a sunny day. There it will discover an amusement park and will have fun until it gets chased by a monster.

Canada 2 mins

Heure Bleue

Eloise Rompre

As the day reaches its end, a young hospitalized girl escapes to an imaginary world.

Quebec 1 mins

Sounds Between The Crowns

Filip Diviak

A homeless musician was kicked out of the city after the queen saw his face. Although the guards destroyed his instrument, he didn't lose the motivation to fix it.

Czech Republic 14 mins

Couverture, La

Marina Moshkova

In the far far North lives a very very grumpy Polar Bear. One day he receives an unexpected visitor...

Russia 6 mins

Itchy The Camel: Basketball

Anders Beer Ph Dallaire

ITCHY is a simple-minded but charismatic camel whose itchy hump is a constant distraction. As he absent-mindedly wanders through the desert, Itchy comes across a basketball... and discovers he has a partic...

Quebec 2 mins

Beyond The Line

Choi Jinuk

A wheelchair dreams of one day being fast like a racing car. One night, the wheelchair decides to do its own race in the hospital hallway. Will the wheelchair be able to fulfill his dream tonight?

USA, South Korea 3 mins

Tobi Et Le Turbobus

Verena Fels

You fly with no seat! That's the rule in the Turbobus. To get one is a hard day job for a young wolf on his turbo-journey to find real friendship.

Germany 7 mins

Itchy The Camel: Rateaux

Anders Beer Ph Dallaire

ITCHY is a simple-minded but charismatic camel whose itchy hump is a constant distraction. As he absent-mindedly wanders through the desert, Itchy discovers a pile of rakes...the perfect solution to his pe...

Quebec 2 mins

Mido Et Les Instrumeaux

Roman Guillanton

Mido lives alone and loves to sing, when one day a musical band of animals stops at his home. That day, Mido discovers two things : a strong desire to be part of this musical group and his disastrous singi...

France 6 mins