Magic Carpet Ride

77, Multi-national, Animation, 10+

Hop on for a supernatural trip into imaginative animated worlds. You never know what you'll find on a magic carpet ride. This year's ride brings us to lands where it takes only one butterfly stuck in a fountain to upset the natural order of things, another far-away world where lighthouses and mermaids abound and a summer camping trip in France where kids grapple with what kissing is all about!?
Ages 10+ (Curious kissing, scantily clad character)

#YACHT - A couple take their yacht far off shore thinking there's nothing they need to pay attention to. Distracted by their cell phones at their own peril, they soon learn the value of "being in the moment". (2024 / 5 min / France / dirs. Pablo Anasse, Loane Baumer, Marine Bouvier, Marie Malaval, Maxence Mouttou, Florence Susanna / non-verbal)

BUTTERFLY - A community of bizarre garden creatures all contribute to the flow of life, using water from a fountain. When a butterfly gets stuck in the fountain, they're faced with an unfamiliar situation. Is this the time for panic or adaptation? (2024 / 8 min / Croatia / dir. Suncana Brkulj / non-verbal)

FILANTE - A bat with a penchant for gold. A girl searching for her missing pet rat. Mermaids and lighthouses abound? This vibrant dreamscape of a film leads to an appreciation that life is ever changing and acceptance is a key to happiness. (2024 / 9 min / France / dir. Marion Jamault / non-verbal)

FOREVER - Being a ceramic garden gnome next to a golf course can be existentially challenging. Upon losing one of their own it's time for a massive gnome intervention. This country club is about to learn there's no place like gnome! (2024 / 6.5 min / France / dirs. Théo Djekou, Pierre Ferrari, CyrineJouini, PaulinePhilippart, AnissaTerrier / non-verbal)

MEMORY RENTAL STORE - What if you could revisit an old memory of yours by shoving a goldfish into your ear? Some memories are great swimming around in your mind while others are better left to sink away. (2024 / 7 min / France / dirs. Kyungin Kim, Jaeyeon Kim, Shruti Lal, Surya Kalyan, Jiaxin Li / in English)

YUCK! (Beurk!) - A bunch of kids summer camping with their families grapple with the notion of kissing - is it gross, or not? Sometimes the ones that think it's most disgusting are the ones who want to try…? (2023 / 13 min / France / dir. Loïc Espuche / in French w/Eng subs)

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