Families make the world go ‘round! In these animated and live-action shorts, we learn that very different kinds of families can share the same bond of love. Find the sun, learn a new song, dance with cats, drink from a tall, cool glass of color, and rediscover what your own family means to you.

The Totems —Family Song Mark Taylor, USA/England, 2016

The Gift Kohei Kajisa, Japan  

Hippo Hop Patxi Exequiel Aguirre, Germany,  2015

The Girl Who Spoke Cat Dotty Kultys, UK/Poland,  2014

Ami Gonzalo San Vicente, Germany,  2016

Spring in Autumn Tatiana Kublitskaya, Belarus, 2015

Cats & Dogs Jesús Pérez and Gerd Gockell, Switzerland/Germany, 2015

Song of the Lark Tatiana Kublitskaya, Belarus, 2014

Nitanish: To My Daughter Melissa Mollen Dupuis, Innu Nation/Canada, live action, 2015

Under the Persimmon Streetlight Jun-ming Guo, Taiwan, 2016

Ages 5 and up: 69 min.

Four films in Chinese/Hakka, French, and Belarusian with English subtitles.