Crossing Lands and Waters

Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening

“Crossing Lands and Waters” is a programme of six short films for children.

Three, two, one – let's go! The first stop will be at Boris’s Bakery, where the village’s freshest and warmest pastries are made. With our bellies full, we’ll explore a wide world of imagination and learn to better understand the world and the friends around us under the starry sky. And are you ready to fly across land and water in two completely different rain clouds? The first PÖFF experience for the little ones.

The screening includes “Baking with Boris”, “Amy and Frog”, “Filante”, “Night Market”, “Nube”, and “Reverse Journey”.

Screenings

1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening051101 / Üle maa ja vee
Subtitlesno dialogue
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening060701 / Üle maa ja vee
Subtitlesno dialogue
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening120701 / Üle maa ja vee
Subtitlesno dialogue
Screening duration
7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening130701 / Üle maa ja vee
Subtitlesno dialogue
Screening duration

Presented by

Films

Baking with Boris

Local title
Pagar Boris
Director
Maša Avramović
Country
France, Switzerland
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

Every morning, Boris the village baker makes a fresh batch of crusty bread and pastries for all his neighbours until… Achoo! He can’t stop sneezing. He has become allergic to flour. How will he manage to keep baking for everyone in the village?

Recommended age 3+

Director
Maša Avramović
Screenwriter
Maša Avramović
Producer
Reginald de Guillebon
Cinematographer
Maša Avramović
Composer
Pablo Pico
Music
Pablo Pico
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
no dialogue

Amy and Frog

Local title
Amy ja härra Konn
Director
Williams Paul
Country
China, United Kingdom
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

Amy, a young kindergarten girl struggling to connect with the other kids and animals… One day, she meets a mysterious giant frog in the park, who leads Amy through a tree hole and into a forest full of mythical creatures. Here, Amy discovers that these mythical creature actually have some kind of magical connection with her classmates. After a series of amazing adventures, Amy learns to accept her differences and face the real world bravely, thus unravelling the knot in her heart.

Recommended age 3+

Director
Williams Paul
Screenwriter
Williams Paul
Producer
Song Krios, Yin Jane
Composer
Laurent Perez Del Mar
Music
Laurent Perez Del Mar
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
no dialogue

Filante

Local title
Langev täht
Director
Marion Jamault
Country
France
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

A little bat keeps pieces of the moon inside a shell. At the same time, a girl is looking for her lost mouse, wishing the moon would come back. The two will cross paths in this magical story.

Recommended age 3+

Director
Marion Jamault
Screenwriter
Marion Jamault
Producer
Lisa Verhaverbeke, Marin Dalmier
Sound
Antoine Martin
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
no dialogue

Night Market

Local title
Ööturg
Director
Yingyu Zhu, Chenyi Zhu, Xinyu Sun
Country
USA
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening

Guided by butterflies, a sick little girl escapes from a hospital. She tries to embrace the freedom of city streets at night.

Director
Yingyu Zhu, Chenyi Zhu, Xinyu Sun
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
no dialogue

Nube

Local title
Pilveke
Director
Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian Arredondo Narvaez
Country
France, Hungary, Mexico
Year
2024
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud painfully rain and die in sorrow, Noma, a puffy white cloud realizes that Mixtli, her daughter, a dark stormy cloud, is in danger of raining prematurely.

Recommended age 3+

Director
Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Christian Arredondo Narvaez
Screenwriter
Christian Arredondo Narvaez, Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada
Producer
Aristote Douroudakis, Balint Gelly, Bella Szederkényi, Christian Arredondo Narvaez, Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada, Valentin Maupin
Runtime
Language
no dialogue
Subtitles
no dialogue

Reverse Journey

Local title
Tagurpidi reis
Director
Yunhe Wei
Country
United Kingdom
Year
2023
Festival
24th Youth and Children's Film Festival
Programme
Toddlers' Screening
Genre
children's film
Subject
adventures

A child plays with his toy pull-back car. He ponders on how far his car would advance if he pulled it back enough and sets out on his journey in reverse.

Recommended age 3+

Director
Yunhe Wei
Screenwriter
Yunhe Wei
Cast
Yunhe Wei, Yujie Li, Junyi Xie, Brionne Whiskey
Producer
Yunhe Wei
Composer
Wenshan Yu
Music
Wenshan Yu
Runtime
Language
English
Subtitles
no dialogue
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