Ever wondered how a forest full of talking trees and fish would look? What if tiny musical bands filled our lives with marvelous melodies? Ever wondered how a forest full of talking trees and fish would look? What if tiny musical bands filled our lives with marvelous melodies? Put on your favorite imagination cap, and join in on this journey through magical worlds filled with love and adventure.

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The Orchestra
(Mikey Hill, Australia, animated, 2015, 15 min, no dialogue) Seattle premiere! In a world filled with beautiful harmonious music Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note. Watch the trailer>

Bobo’s Metamorphoses
(Daria Kopiec, Poland, animated, 2015, 16:35 min, in Polish with English subtitles) West coast premiere! Filmmaker in attendance on Jan. 28! Story of a boy turned into a fly as a punishment for his laziness.

Iron Egg
(Viktoria Traub, Hungary, animated, 2015, 12:31 min, in Hungarian with English subtitles) Seattle premiere! The adventures of Benedek and the iron hen finding their way home from the forest of the singing trees, through the swamp of the giant carp. Watch the trailer>

The Tree
(Lucie Sunkova, Czech Republic/France, animated, 2015, 14:45 min, no dialogue) West coast premiere! A metaphor on the parallels between the lives of trees and people, a poem on birth and death, an ode to the passage of time. Watch the trailer>

The Little Seed
(Chaïtane Conversat, France/Switzerland, animated, 2013, 9:56 min, no dialogue) West coast premiere! In a curious world full of insects and plants, a little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel… Watch the trailer>
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Notes to parents: The girl in “The Little Seed” briefly takes off clothes, but no explicit body parts are shown. “Iron Egg” contains some scary images of monsters that may be frightening to some children. The story of “The Orchestra” (an uplifting film) includes a man that dies, and some smoking.
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The Orchestra
(Mikey Hill, Australia, animated, 2015, 15 min, no dialogue) Seattle premiere! In a world filled with beautiful harmonious music Vernon always seems to strike the wrong note. Watch the trailer>

Bobo’s Metamorphoses
(Daria Kopiec, Poland, animated, 2015, 16:35 min, in Polish with English subtitles) West coast premiere! Filmmaker in attendance on Jan. 28! Story of a boy turned into a fly as a punishment for his laziness.

Iron Egg
(Viktoria Traub, Hungary, animated, 2015, 12:31 min, in Hungarian with English subtitles) Seattle premiere! The adventures of Benedek and the iron hen finding their way home from the forest of the singing trees, through the swamp of the giant carp. Watch the trailer>

The Tree
(Lucie Sunkova, Czech Republic/France, animated, 2015, 14:45 min, no dialogue) West coast premiere! A metaphor on the parallels between the lives of trees and people, a poem on birth and death, an ode to the passage of time. Watch the trailer>

The Little Seed
(Chaïtane Conversat, France/Switzerland, animated, 2013, 9:56 min, no dialogue) West coast premiere! In a curious world full of insects and plants, a little girl catches floral patterns with a magic cloth and uses them to make her own pretty dresses. One day, a seed drops into her mouth and a young shoot sprouts from her navel… Watch the trailer>
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Notes to parents: The girl in “The Little Seed” briefly takes off clothes, but no explicit body parts are shown. “Iron Egg” contains some scary images of monsters that may be frightening to some children. The story of “The Orchestra” (an uplifting film) includes a man that dies, and some smoking.