”Kiki la plume”, 2020. Prototypes Productions
One makes you laugh with tears, another one combines humour with the realities of life teaching children through a funny, light touch that prepares them for the world. Another one is incredibly prescient in regards to the man of the modern age and the ever widening gap between nature and people, and yet another one is about finding the courage to face your biggest fears. Here are four court metrage films (short films) my family has recently watched at the cinema and loved. I might even say that I was happy to find in them the creativity and freedom of artistic expression that feature films today so rampantly lack. Leaving aside the laziness, propaganda, prejudices, intelligence fragility and the fears instilled in the collective mind by the Hollywood movies, these French short film have the courage and brilliance to touch our imagination, hearts and minds without one single word. People, the human behaviour (and children are the best example), react more to what they see than to what they hear. The fact is I have become allergic to so many American productions. Which is why we should be more selective with what we watch.
”Un Lynx dans la ville”, 2019. Formitage
Un lynx dans la ville (A Lynx in the Town), 2019
Nina Bisiarina
Leaving his home forest, a lynx goes into a town nearby and he starts to explore it. He finds it curious and amusing until the inhabitants find him under the snow in the morning.
”La chasse”, 2017. Am Stram Gram
La chasse (The Hunt), 2017
Alexey Alekseev
A nearsighted city hunter takes a rabbit with him instead of his dog when he goes hunting. In the vein of the great French comedies, this is a film that makes you laugh with tears.
”Parapluies”, 2020. Bígaro Films, Moukda Production
Parapluies (Umbrellas), 2020
José Prats, Álvaro Robles
In a remote village where the rain never stops, six-year-old Kyna spends her days playing happily protected under her father’s umbrella beard. One day her dog, Nana, disappears, and, to find her, Kyna has to face her biggest fear: the rain.
”Kiki la plume”, 2020. Prototypes Productions
Kiki la plume (Kiki the Feather), 2020
Julie Rembauville, Nicolas Bianco-Levrin
Kiki the canary lives in captivity in a cage, where he is fed by an old lady. He dreams of flying with the birds outside. One day, when the door of the cage remains ajar, he escapes. Outdoors, he must learn how to fly and he discovers the good and bad that comes with being a free bird. It teaches us all about freedom.
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