71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Nelson Shin
China 
86 min.
When the Frog King announces that the winner of the Froglympics will win the hand of his daughter Princess Froglegs in marriage, she runs away. Disguised as a commoner, she befriends a street vendor, Freddy, and starts training with him for the games, determined to win and thwart her father’s marriage plans. Meanwhile, the villainous snake Serpent has ideas of his own to ruin the Froglympics and take over the kingdom. Freddy and Princess Froglegs must save the Frog Kingdom from Serpent’s wicked clutches.
Mark Osborne
France 
108 min.
At the heart of it all is The Little Girl, who’s being prepared by her mother  for the very grown-up world in which they live – only to be interrupted by her eccentric, kind-hearted neighbor, The Aviator. The Aviator introduces his new friend to an extraordinary world where anything is possible. A world that he himself was initiated into long ago by The Little Prince.
Alicja Jaworski, Karin Nilsson, Lasse Persson, Per Åhlin
Sweden 
45 min. Medium-length film
Laban, a little ghost, lives with his family in Morningsun Castle. He wants to frighten people like his father, but fails, no matter how hard he tries. The Castle is occupied by a royal family, and the young Prince Mischief, with his little dog Rufus, are Laban’s best friends. What’s most important is that our little ghost is afraid of the dark.  
Alberto Rodríguez, Nacho La Casa
Spain - Canada 
90 min.
Ozzy, a friendly, peaceful beagle has his idyllic life turned upside down. Unable to bring their beloved pooch when they leave on a holiday taking them far from home, they settle on the next best thing, a top-of-the-line canine spa called Blue Creek. But Ozzy will soon discover that Blue Creek is in fact a facade for capturing dogs.
Gorka Sesma
Spain - Colombia 
91 min.
Centuries ago, the Christmas Genie’s Forum decided to banish the genie Monopolish for having tried to hog all of the children in the world and become the One and Only Christmas Genie. Monopolish holes up among humans as he devises his evil plan: to turn all of the genies into adverts. After a number of successful trial runs, he’s ready to make the final strike and self-proclaim himself the One and Only Genie. But the genies have a surprise for him too: Pixi Post, a young elf who will become the saviour of Christmas.
Alexey Tsitsilin
Russia 
80 min.
After defeating the Snow Queen, the trolls have developed a taste for freedom. Having played a major role in this triumph, glory is not enough for the troll Orm, who starts exaggerating his exploits and achievements, spinning a web of lies, claiming that he himself defeated the Snow Queen, and that he is destined to marry the princess and inherit great power and riches... But what will Orm’s stories lead him to?
Chris McKay
USA - Denmark 
106 min.
Big changes are brewing in Gotham, and if he wants to save the city from The Joker’s hostile takeover, Batman may have to drop the lone vigilant thing, try to work with others and maybe, just maybe, learn to lighten up.
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