The tale of the clash between modern civilization and the natural world. The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by rapid urbanisation. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. Once they perfect the ancient art of transformation, they use their power, often in hilarious ways, to try to scare off the advancement of civilization. Will it be enough?

Somewhere in the forest, a stranded ladybug joins forces with a squad of black ants to retrieve a tin box of delicious sugar cubes to the hive. A battalion of fierce red ants has already set their sights on the loot. Who shall prevail? Accesibilised screening with descriptive subtitles, Romanian sign language and audio description

short films SANTORE - That Ball, France 2017 - Mathilde Bedouet - 4’ BOTANICA EXOTICA, Hungary 2022 - Sofia Laszlovszky - 13’ BIRD HOUSE, Croatia 2023, -  Petra Pavetic Kranjcec -  4’ THE SOLE, BETWEEN WATER AND SAND, France 2011 - Angèle Chiodo - 15’ ANTARCTICA, Belgium 2016 - Jereon Ceulebrouck -10’ THE DEWBERRY EMPIRE, United Kingdom 2013 - Christian Schlaeffer - 8’ WILDFLOWER, Spain 2023 - Carina Pierro Corso - 6’ WILD SUMMON, United Kingdom, 2023 - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed - 14’ THE MAN WITH BIRDS, France, 2017 - Quentin Marcault - 4’

Short Films GARDEN, UK 2019 - Flora Caulton - 4’ I WAS CRYING OUT AT LIFE, OR FOR IT, France 2009 -  Vergine Keaton - 9’ MINDSCAPE, Canada 1976 -  Jacques Drouin - 8’ YELLOW ROSE, Australia 2017 -  Xin Li - 4’ ANIMA NATURA, Estonia 2024 - Andrea Gudino - 6’ RED-END AND THE FACTORY PLANT, The Netherlands 2015 - Robin Noorda, Bethany De Forest -15’30 SMALL GARDEN, Japan 2014 - Shunsuke Saito - 12’30 LA BOTANIQUE DES AMOURS, Belgium 2014 - Laura Nicolas, Anne-Sophie Cayon - 4’30 PETAL TO THE METAL, Canada 2021 - Emily Pelstring - 3’ BY THE RIVER, UK 2016 - Will Rose - 2’ WINTER IN THE RAINFOREST, Estonia, Lithuania 2019 - Anu-Laura Tuttelberg - 8’35

Somewhere in the forest, a stranded ladybug joins forces with a squad of black ants to retrieve a tin box of delicious sugar cubes to the hive. A battalion of fierce red ants has already set their sights on the loot. Who shall prevail?

short films SANTORE - That Ball, France 2017 - Mathilde Bedouet - 4’ BOTANICA EXOTICA, Hungary 2022 - Sofia Laszlovszky - 13’ BIRD HOUSE, Croatia 2023, -  Petra Pavetic Kranjcec -  4’ THE SOLE, BETWEEN WATER AND SAND, France 2011 - Angèle Chiodo - 15’ ANTARCTICA, Belgium 2016 - Jereon Ceulebrouck -10’ THE DEWBERRY EMPIRE, United Kingdom 2013 - Christian Schlaeffer - 8’ WILDFLOWER, Spain 2023 - Carina Pierro Corso - 6’ WILD SUMMON, United Kingdom, 2023 - Karni Arieli, Saul Freed - 14’ THE MAN WITH BIRDS, France, 2017 - Quentin Marcault - 4’

Short Films GARDEN, UK 2019 - Flora Caulton - 4’ I WAS CRYING OUT AT LIFE, OR FOR IT, France 2009 -  Vergine Keaton - 9’ MINDSCAPE, Canada 1976 -  Jacques Drouin - 8’ YELLOW ROSE, Australia 2017 -  Xin Li - 4’ ANIMA NATURA, Estonia 2024 - Andrea Gudino - 6’ RED-END AND THE FACTORY PLANT, The Netherlands 2015 - Robin Noorda, Bethany De Forest -15’30 SMALL GARDEN, Japan 2014 - Shunsuke Saito - 12’30 LA BOTANIQUE DES AMOURS, Belgium 2014 - Laura Nicolas, Anne-Sophie Cayon - 4’30 PETAL TO THE METAL, Canada 2021 - Emily Pelstring - 3’ BY THE RIVER, UK 2016 - Will Rose - 2’ WINTER IN THE RAINFOREST, Estonia, Lithuania 2019 - Anu-Laura Tuttelberg - 8’35

Somewhere in the forest, a stranded ladybug joins forces with a squad of black ants to retrieve a tin box of delicious sugar cubes to the hive. A battalion of fierce red ants has already set their sights on the loot. Who shall prevail?

The tale of the clash between modern civilization and the natural world. The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their homes by rapid urbanisation. As it becomes harder to find food and shelter, they decide to band together and fight back. Once they perfect the ancient art of transformation, they use their power, often in hilarious ways, to try to scare off the advancement of civilization. Will it be enough?