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Films for Kids This Winter (Ages 9-11)

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Long winter months spent indoors makes for the perfect time to introduce children to new stories that teach them about the world they live in. From old classics to newer releases, this playlist does just that. Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici. Films in This Playlist Include Hedgehog’s Home The Mountain of SGaana Wintercity The Bear and the Mouse Adventures That Mouse Gaston’s Recital Bus Story It’s Snow Sunday Meltdown The Cat Came Back Sleeping Betty

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Films for Kids This Winter (Ages 9-11)

Long winter months spent indoors makes for the perfect time to introduce children to new stories that teach them about the world they live in. From old classics to newer releases, this playlist does just that.

Pour visionner cette sélection en français, cliquez ici.

Films in This Playlist Include
Hedgehog’s Home
The Mountain of SGaana
Wintercity
The Bear and the Mouse
Adventures
That Mouse
Gaston’s Recital
Bus Story
It’s Snow
Sunday
Meltdown
The Cat Came Back
Sleeping Betty

Playlist

  • Hedgehog's Home
    Hedgehog's Home
    Eva Cvijanovic 2017 10 min

    Exquisitely directed by Eva Cvijanović and based on the classic story by Branko Ćopić, a writer from the former Yugoslavia, Hedgehog’s Home is a warm and universal tale for young and old that reminds us there truly is no place like home.

  • The Mountain of SGaana
    The Mountain of SGaana
    Christopher Auchter 2017 10 min

    In The Mountain of SGaana, Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter spins a magical tale of a young man who is stolen away to the spirit world, and the young woman who rescues him. The film brilliantly combines traditional animation with formal elements of Haida art, and is based on a story inspired by a old Haida fable.

  • The Bear and the Mouse
    The Bear and the Mouse
    F.W. Remmler  &  Ingmar Remmler 1966 7 min

    A variation on a fable by Aesop ("The Lion and the Mouse") in which a mouse aids a mighty lion who had once spared his life. This children's film casts real animals – with a big brown bear in the role of the lion, and proves that little friends can prove to be great friends indeed.

  • Adventures
    Adventures
    Michael Rubbo 1968 10 min

    This short live-action film tells the story of little raccoon who encounters many adventures when he strays from home to explore the world.

  • That Mouse
    That Mouse
    Michael Rubbo 1967 14 min

    In this children’s film, a white mouse cavorts about the forest, mostly on the back of a bumbling black bear, creating such a stir that other forest creatures (a deer, a tortoise, a hawk and a hound) have to put a stop to it. Animals speak with human voices and “act” out their parts.

  • Gaston's Recital
    Gaston's Recital
    André Melançon 1981 21 min

    This short fiction film about a young boy torn between conflicting loyalties is resolved with humour and wisdom. Sunday, 2 o'clock, is zero hour for Gaston. He must be in two places at once: performing at a music recital and playing hockey with his teammates. What is Gaston to do?

  • Bus Story
    Bus Story
    Tali 2014 10 min

    This funny short animation was written and created by Tali (At Home with Mrs. Hen) and is inspired by the filmmaker’s misadventures as a school bus driver in the Eastern Townships. Our protagonist dreams of becoming a bus driver in order to cruise down quiet country lanes and connect with nature, her young charges and their parents. But her idyllic view of her new job is sorely tested after she meets her surly boss, named Killer, and discovers that winding roads can prove treacherous in winter, especially with a faulty clutch. Through her cheeky humour and oblique look at the reality of people living in the Quebec countryside, Tali delivers a film that is unique, witty and touching.

  • It's Snow
    It's Snow
    Gayle Thomas 1974 5 min

    Colour cut-out animation inspired by the shape of snowflakes and touched with the airy magic of these fragile designs. While music tinkles invitingly, snowflakes roll and whirl, pulse and glitter, shining with the many hues of twinkling lights. Made without words, this is a joyous film to please the fancy and captivate eye and ear.

  • Sunday
    Sunday
    Patrick Doyon 2011 9 min

    A Sunday afternoon as seen through the eyes of a child

  • Meltdown
    Meltdown
    Carrie Mombourquette 2012 1 min

    In this short animation, a polar bear must try his luck finding a job in the big city when the last of his Arctic ice environment disappears. It’s hard fitting into the human world, however, so this bear finds a more creative solution to his predicament.

  • The Cat Came Back
    The Cat Came Back
    Cordell Barker 1988 7 min

    This hilarious animated short is based on the century-old folk song of the same name. Old Mr. Johnson makes increasingly manic attempts to rid himself of a little yellow cat that just won't stay away...

  • Sleeping Betty
    Sleeping Betty
    Claude Cloutier 2007 9 min

    In this animated short, Sleeping Betty is stuck in bed, victim to a strange bout of narcolepsy. The King calls on his subjects to rescue her and they all respond to the call: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an oddly emotional alien, a funky witch and a handsome prince. But will a kiss really be enough to wake the sleeping princess? The film, drawn in ink, is a classic example of the anachronistic and playful world of Claude Cloutier.