A Game Called Life

Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening

“A Game Called Life” is a short film programme for children, which takes you along to a wondrous and enlightening journey. How to solve the umbrage between a cloud gardener and the Sun? Or bring two best friends back down from the clouds? Can you change your own shadow? “A Game Called Life” gathers enchanting animations about forgiveness, finding yourself and the power of friendship. The programme consists of short films “Corvine”, “Starling”, “Rainboy”, “Don’t Blow It Up”, and “Desert Critter”.

The short animation “Desert Critter” is live dubbed into Estonian.

Age recommendation: 4-7

Screenings

4th Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening031401 / Mäng nimega elu
Screening duration
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening080701 / Mäng nimega elu
Q&A guestsLina Walde (Director)
Screening duration
Group bookingTickets
1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening151101 / Mäng nimega elu
Screening duration
Group bookingTickets

Presented by

Films

Estonian premiere

Corvine

Local title
Vareslane
Director
Sean McCarron
Country
Canada
Year
2022
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
friendship, animals

An eccentric boy has trouble fitting in at school due to his obsession with crows.

Director
Sean McCarron
Screenwriter
Sean McCarron
Composer
Suad Bushnaq
Sound
Gregorio Gomez
Animation
Sean McCarron, Tasha Chang
Production
McCarron Productions
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Trailer

Estonian premiere

Starling

Local title
Täheke
Director
Mitra Shahidi
Country
USA
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
familial relationships

Starling, a mischievous spirit, travels through the skies to Istanbul in the hopes of celebrating her birthday with her family one last time.

Director
Mitra Shahidi
Producer
Jessica Heidt
DoP
Andrew Jimenez
Production designer
Celine You
Editor
Ayse Dedeoglu Arkali
Writer
Mitra Shahidi
Composer
Andrew Jimenez
Animation
Holger Leihe
Production
Mona Productions
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Other festivals
Tribeca
Trailer

Estonian premiere

Rainboy

Local title
Vihmapoiss
Director
Barbara Brunner
Country
Switzerland
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

Rainboy isn’t a common gardener. He plants drops and harvests clouds. While working he injures the vain Sun. Revenge! The prognosis for the boy is bleak, but together with the rain clouds, he manages to brighten her spirits again. A short film about stormy conflicts.

Director
Barbara Brunner
Producer
Franziska Meyer
Editor
Barbara Brunner
Writer
Barbara Brunner
Music
Martin Waespe
Sound
Thomas Gassmann
Animation
Barbara Brunner, Justine Klaiber
Production
Brunner&Meyer
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Trailer

Estonian premiere

Don't Blow It Up

Local title
Ära lase seda õhku
Original title
Odpusť
Director
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
Country
Czechia
Year
2022
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
childhood

Two little girls are playing with a ball. But after a petty quarrel, they get angry with each other and take offence. Their umbrage makes them inflate like balloons; they fly all the way up to the clouds. Girls have no idea how to get down and save their kitten stuck in the tree.

Director
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
Screenwriter
Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková
Producer
Jiří Pecinovský
Editor
Lucie Hecht, Alexander Kashcheev
Music
Magdaléna Mišejková
Sound
Richard Vacula
Animation
Žofie Zajíčková, Jan Bohuslav, Jacek Kaczmarek, Nina Ovsová, Magdalena Hejzlarová, Alžbeta Mačáková Mišejková, Matouš Svěrák, Petr Charvát
Production
FAMU, MAUR Film
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Trailer

Estonian premiere

Desert Critter

Local title
Kõrbeloom
Original title
Wüstentier
Director
Lina Walde
Country
Germany
Year
2023
Festival
23rd Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
traditional animation, children's film
Subject
animals, soul-searching, self-realisation, loneliness

A desert critter casts the shadow of a palm tree. No other animal has such a shadow. Can the animal exchange it? A reflection on identity and a story about the friendship of two animals that stay together regardless of their species.

The film is live dubbed into Estonian.

Director
Lina Walde
Producer
Lina Walde, Ines Christine Geißer
Music
Lina Walde, Marcel Daemgen
Sound
Michał Krajczok, Lina Walde
Animation
Lina Walde, Alma Weber
Runtime
Language
German
Subtitles
Estonian
Trailer