Various Countries
40 min | Ages 4-12
Co-presented by Downtown Guelph Business Association
Thoughtful and funny short animated films from Canada and around the world, paired with a series of micro-docs made by local kid filmmakers.
TINY DOCS by TINY PEOPLE
Our Farm by Cadence Lopez-D'Alimonte (Age 5)
The Guelph Outdoor School by Ada O'Donovan (16 months)
Broomstick Basil, Double the Magic by Beatrice McMurtry (Age 9)
Into the Woods by Lucas Steininger (Age 11)
Felix’s Market Moments by Felix Messer (Age 6)
100% Real Facts About Nature by Guelph Outdoor School's Waxwings (Ages 10-11)
MORNING CARTOONS
I'm Not Afraid! ***Canadian Premier***
Marita Mayer | NORWAY
7 min
During a game of hide and seek Vanja leaves the bright living room and enters a dimly lit courtyard, which has far too many dark corners, weird shadows and strange noises. How to overcome this fear?!
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods
Phyllis Grant | CANADA
8 min
When an elder in the Mi'kmaq community offers Maq a small piece of pipestone, he carves a little person out of it. Proud of his work, the boy wants to impress his grandfather and journeys through the woods to find him.
Jaime Lo, Small and Shy
Lillian Chan | CANADA
7 min
Jaime Lo's father is sent to Hong Kong for a year-long work assignment. As a shy Chinese-Canadian girl, Jaime Lo must use her creativity to cope with his absence.
Time: 11:30am
Venue: 10C
Tickets: $5 Adults/ Kids Free
Event: Meet our local kid filmmakers.
DIRECTOR BIOS
Marita Mayer
Marita Mayer is a German director based in Norway. She has a background in Cultural Management and Education from the University of Hildesheim and specialized in drawn animation at the Animation School Hamburg. Marita has worked on several 2-D and stop-motion productions since and was a program manager for five editions of Fredrikstad Animation Festival. In 2020 she co-founded her own studio, Rainy Day Productions.
Phyllis Grant
A Mi’kmaq from the Pabineau First Nation, Phyllis Grant describes herself as a “mother, artist, rapper, filmmaker, dreamer and lover of all creation.” Joyously interdisciplinary, her artistic practice embraces poetry and music as well as visual art and film animation. She is a founding member of the Welneweg Arts Collective, a family art collective, in Pabineau First Nation, New Brunswick.