MONSTRA Festival

Retrospetiva Irish Animation Studios: Films for the Family

Sessions:

10 March | CINEMA SÃO JORGE | 19:00
All films will be screened in Original Version and subtitled in Portuguese

Hopscotch and the Christmas tree

Country: IRELAND Year: 2018 Duration: 24 mins.
Sinopsys:
It's almost Christmas, so Hopscotch and friends decide to put up their tree. But when their old one falls apart, no one can agree how the new one should look. Big, or small, fat or thin? Can the friends work together to find a new one? After all, it wouldn't be Christmas without a tree... would it?
Credits:
Direction: Katerina Vykhodtseva

Ollie - Remote Control

Country: IRELAND Year: 2020 Duration: 4 mins.
Sinopsys:
When Ollie finds a remote control in the trash heap, things in the park get a little out of control.
Credits:
Direction: Anton Setola

Papa's Boy

Country: IRELAND Year: 2010 Duration: 3 mins.
Sinopsys:
A little mouse who dared to dance, a family who disapproves and a fat cat who has no idea what's coming.
Credits:
Direction: Leevi Lemmetty

The Bird and the Whale

Country: IRELAND Year: 2018 Duration: 7 mins.
Sinopsys:
The Bird and the Whale is a story about a young whale struggling to find his voice. After straying too far from his family to explore a shipwreck, he discovers it’s sole survivor, a caged songbird. Together they struggle to survive lost at sea.
Credits:
Direction: Carol Freeman

The Red Herring

Country: IRELAND Year: 2015 Duration: 7 mins.
Sinopsys:
An animated comedy about a group of penguins who get too greedy for their own good.
Credits:
Direction: Leevi Lemmetty