The Red Balloon  (Le Ballon Rouge)  34mins   1956        Minimum French with subtitles

This award-winning and critically acclaimed fantasy short film follows the relationship between a little boy and a red balloon with a mind of its own that he befriends on the Parisian streets. Widely recognised as one of the most important films in children’s cinema, this film has little dialogue but won the Oscar for the best screenplay.

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

La Queue de la Souris (4mins) 2007     Silhouette animation      French with English subtitles

In this beautifully animated fable, a mouse outwits a lion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Le Génie de la boîte de raviolis (8 mins) 2005    Drawn animation  French with English subtitles

One evening, when Armans opens a tin of ravioli for dinner, a genie pops out and grants him two wishes. What will Armand wish for?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regards Libres   (12 mins)  2005  Documentary        French with English subtitles

Young children describe and criticise an abstract painting, each seeing very different things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Un Bisou pour le monde (10 mins) 2007    Live-action drama  French with English subtitles

A young student takes the task from his teacher to re-design France’s most famous newspaper, Le Monde, rather too literally.

 

 

 

Le Baiser  (4 mins) 2008     Live Action drama made to look like an old silent film.   Silent but with intertitles

When a young couple share their first kiss, their world literally turns upside down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total programme run time 72 minutes