Empathy is a common theme in this reel with stories that help us understand and share the feelings of others despite our differences. A small fish finally gets his day, a bear cub experiences an act of true friendship, and a dog completely misunderstands a hedgehog’s advances! 

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THE BUTTERFLY WOODS – With a lively guitar strumming along Eli and Pupface are on a quest to see where the butterflies go. Their discovery is far from disappointing. What might be next? Fireflies? (2025/ 2 mins / USA / dir. Woody Yocum / non-verbal)

CLOUD FISH (Poisson Nuage) – A beautiful, hand-painted animation, with a jazzy soundtrack and a “small fry” in the lead. Being a petite fish in a large ocean is not easy, especially when others are schooling. There comes a day however, when the often blocked viewer gets the best view of them all.  (2025 / 5.5 mins / France / dir. Noe Garcia / non-verbal)

FOREVERGREEN – An orphaned bear cub finds a loving home with a fatherly evergreen tree. Finding a stray potato chip bag introduces him to man made foods and an insatiable hunger develops leading him down a dangerous path and the possibility of losing one’s roots. (2025 / 13 mins / USA / dirs. Nathan Engelhardt, Jeremy Spears / non-verbal)

FULL NEST (Volles Nest) – A squirrel’s nest is warmly padded for the cold winter with all kinds of stolen goods. When a flood breaks out and forest animals flee, a kind hearted squirrel is there to help. Sharing is truly caring. (2025 / 5 mins / Germany-Croatia / dir. Elena Walf / non-verbal)

GOLDEN FRENCH FRIES (سیب زمینی برشته) – A Farsi poem expressing adoration for freshly made french fries captures one young boy’s anticipation to dive right in. (2025 / 2 mins / Iran / dir. Shima Markazi Omidvar / Farsi w/English subtitles)

LOOKING FOR YOU – Spaceman Shemp is tasked with saving the packing peanut inhabitants of Cardboardia from an incoming meteor. Science saves the day and Shemp makes a new friend! (2025 / 4 mins / Germany / dir. Christian Scharfenberg / in English)

THE NIGHT BOOTS (Les Bottes de la Nuit) – While his parents are welcoming friends, a child leaves home in the middle of the night to enter the forest, wearing rubber boots. There, a strange creature, nervous and solitary, leads him to meet other unique nocturnal creatures. (2024 / 12.5 mins / France / dir. Pierre-Luc Granjon / in English)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN DRAGONVILLE– Samson, a dragon bullied by the other inhabitants of Dragonville, is forced to enter Humanville. There he meets Simon, a little boy who helps him face his difficulties. Samson discovers a new world and, above all, a taste of friendship. (2024 / 9 mins / France, Switzerland / dir. Marika Herz / non-verbal)

A PAIN IN THE BUTT (Der Stachel im Po) – The hedgehog is just about to go into hibernation when he notices that one of his spines is missing. There’s a dog on the farm who knows exactly where it is!  (2025 / 5 mins / Germany, Croatia / dir. Elena Walf / non-verbal)