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The Kite

Young & Short: Cinetots (from 4 years)

 

original title: Šarkan

directed by: Martin Smatana

year: 2019

duration: 13 minutes

country: Slovakia, Czechia, Poland

language: no dialogue

A little boy goes to visit his grandfather, with whom he spends his free time flying a kite. But then one day the wind takes his grandfather away forever. In spring, the boy returns to the abandoned house and tries to fly a kite by himself. Suddenly, the wind picks up and carries the kite and the boy above the clouds, where he meets his grandfather, at least for a while.

The film won the Young Audience Award at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival 2019 and was nominated for the Magnesia Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2019.