Films With Class Shorts Program 2025 – Elementary School
DIRECTOR(S):
Giovanna Ferrari, Paul Trillo, Alex Batchelor, Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur, David Pagaille, Malin Neumann, Nicolas Piret, Charlotte Sun, Diek Grobler LANGUAGE:
English SYNOPSIS:
Teaching through film. RiverRun recognizes the unique and critical role arts education plays in reaching students both inside and outside the classroom. Through our free education program, Films With Class, we present free screenings of carefully curated films for area students at the Festival each spring.
Screening will be followed by a Q&A with attending filmmakers.
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Presented in Multiple Parts
Éiru
Éiru is the smallest child in an Iron-Age clan. All she wants is to be a mighty warrior who is taken seriousl...
13 min | Giovanna Ferrari | English
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Etherea
Cloud formations converge and transform into shapes of two transient dancers in the sky. The beautifully surre...
3 min | Paul Trillo | English
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Goodnight Lucy
A heartwarming story of a daughter trying to find the perfect book to read before going to bed. Her wild imagi...
5 min | Alex Batchelor | English
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Little Ancestor, The
On a windswept hill, in a place still young and devoid of life, an ancestral house builds itself. The house co...
11 min | Alexa Tremblay-Francoeur | N/A
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Mû
When an essential water spring has dried up, a child accompanied by an otter-like creature sets out to find a ...
6 min | Malin Neumann | N/A
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Moonlit Bamboo Forest
A young boy ventures into an ancient, mystical bamboo forest teeming with spirits and monsters from childhood ...
13 min | David Pagaille | English
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Silent Panorama
In this animated miniature, a drawing gradually comes to life before our eyes, telling a story not only of a w...
5 min | Nicolas Piret | Belgium | N/A
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So I
Using hand-drawn animation, this unique film explores the concept of animation through dance movements, giving...
3 min | Charlotte Sun | English
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Yellow Daisy Butterfly
Cheri-lee is inconsolable when her Granny Daisy dies. As Daisy ascends, she sees Cheri-lee’s grief and retur...
10 min | Diek Grobler | English
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