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Family Friendly Animation: Tender Bonds

  Various  |  Colombia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Slovakia, Taiwan, U.K., U.S.

In ¿Necesitas Ayuda?, Señora Concha faces the chaos of the Tijuana airport and debates if she wants the support of eager wheelchair attendant Jorge. A capybara lives his days with his close companion, a tangerine, as he’s continually questioned about his loneliness in Land of No Man. A world where gravity flows upward forms the setting for a young boy’s journey of memory and grief with his beloved grandfather in Saba. With handcrafted puppets and Mexican ceramics, Yugen explores a young girl’s commitment to saving her ailing sister. In an engrossing kinetic style, The Sky Was Candy colorfully depicts a day in the life of a child. A Little Death follows Death’s attempts to pass on their work to their sweet apprentice who may not be up to the task. A young boy whose head shines like the sun learns how the best friendships come from understanding in Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe! Tired of building a bed with his father, a young boy follows a fire-creature into a magical mushroom world in Fire in My Pocket.

 Various 

 65 minutes

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