Films with Study Guide Available
- 6:1, Russia, 2018
- 9.58, France, 2017
- About the Birds and the Bees, Finland, 2016
- Alike, Spain, 2015
- Among the Thorns, Sweden, 2005
- Angel a Food, Germany, 2007
- Anglerfish, Germany, 2018
- Applesauce, Austria, 2019
- Astrid, Sweden, 2012
- Aube, Belgium, 2019
- Baluba Runa, Norway, 2007
- BANGO VASSIL , Bulgaria, Germany, 2016
- Behind the Curtain, Finland, 2013
- Bicycle Thief, Great Britain, 2018
- Bike Birds, Norway, 2018
- Bird’s wedding, The, Germany, 2017
- bit lost, A, France, 2017
- Black and White, Norway, 2000
- Black Rider, Germany, 1992
- Bob, Germany, 2009
- Bog Hole, Norway, 2018
- Boléro Paprika, France, 2017
- Brazuca , Greece, 2017
- Bui, Iceland, 2016
- Bush, UK, 2018
- Butterfly, Italy, 2019
- Carlotta´s Face, Germany, 2018
- Cat Lake City, Germany, 2019
- Cat's Regret , The, France, Belgium, 2018
- Centipede and the Toad, The, France, 2013
- Chika, the Dog in the Ghetto, Germany, 2016
- Chikara - The Sumo Wrestler's Son, Denmark, 2014
- Children´s World, The, Denmark, 2013
- Christiano´s Shirt, Belgium, 2011
- Close, Germany, 2017
- Cloudy, Czech Repuplic, 2018
- Dario, Germany, 2018
- Dji. Death Sails, Moldova, 2014
- Dragon Hunt, France, 2015
- Duck, Death and the Tulip, Germany, 2010
- Elephant and the Bicycle, The, France, 2014
- Fairytale With A Completely Imagined Ending, A, Germany, 2014
- Fastline - All I knew, France, 2018
- Feet of Menuela Solis Velasquez, The (Just Kids), Netherlands, 2015
- Fest, Germany, 2018
- First Step, The, Belgium, 2018
- Florigami, Croatia, Serbia, 2019
- Fragments, Germany , 2019
- From Here to Immortality, Switzerland, 2013
- Gelato – Seven Summers of Ice Cream Love, Germany, 2017
- Geno, Georgia, Germany, 2017
- Giovanni and the Waterballet, Netherlands, 2014
- Giraffe under the Rain, The, France, Belgium, 2007
- Gruffalo, The, Great Britain, 2009
- Gruffalo´s Child, The, Great Britain, 2012
- Gutter Pirates, Germany, 1993
- Hedgehogs and the City, Latvia, 2012
- Hedgehog´s Home, Canada, Croatia, 2017
- Hello Salaam , Netherlands, 2017
- Here, France, 2017
- Highway Rat, The, UK , 2017
- Home away 3000, France, 2018
- Home sweet Home, France, 2013
- Hunt, The, France, 2017
- I think I have a crush on you, Sweden, 2017
- Ica Nose, Switzerland, 2018
- In a Cage, Switzerland, France, 2016
- In a Nutshell, Switzerland, 2017
- Into the Blue, Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, 2017
- Island, Germany, 2017
- It´s my turn, Germany, Turkey, 2007
- I´m a girl, Netherlands, 2011
- Jamila, If Only I Could Fly, Denmark, 2013
- Jonas and the Sea, Netherlands, 2015
- Kite, The, Czech Republic / Slovak Republic / Poland , 2019
- Koyaa - Naughty Toy Car, Slovenia, Croatia, 2017
- Lambs, Germany, 2013
- Last Norwegian Troll, The, Norway, 2010
- Last Day of Autumn, The, Switzerland / Belgium / France , 2019
- Light off in the snail house, Germany, 2012
- Link, Germany, 2017
- Listen, Netherlands, 2017
- Little Bird and the Caterpillar, The, Switzerland, 2017
- little Bird and the Leaf, The, Switzerland, 2012
- Little Bird and the Squirrel, The, Switzerland, 2014
- little Fish and the Crocodilel, The, Germany, Congo, 2018
- Little Girl And The Night, The, Switzerland / Belgium / France, 2015
- Little Miss Neukölln, Germany , 2011
- Little Twinkle Smile, Croatia, 2017
- Lolo, Germany, Brasil, 2019
- Lucky Ticket, Russia, 2019
- Magnifying Glass, The, Germany, 2017
- Manolo, Belgium, France, 2017
- Marathon Diary, The, Norway, 2015
- Matches, Ungarn , 2019
- Mitten, The, France, Belgium, 2014
- Mobile, Germany, 2010
- Monster don't exist, Italy, 2017
- Moon Girl, France, 2016
- Mosquito Piecks, The, Germany, 2017
- Mouse with the Mouth, The, Belgium, France, Hungary, Norway, 2008
- Mr Hublot, Luxembourg, France, 2013
- Mum´s hair, Norway, 2017
- My Strange Grandfather, Russia, 2011
- Nest, Germany, 2019
- Never Forget, Netherlands, 2018
- New, Netherlands, 2014
- Nineandahalf's Goodbye, Germany, 2010
- Ninnoc, Netherlands, 2015
- No Matter Who, France, 2015
- November, France, 2016
- On The Roof, Spain, 2015
- Once Upon A Blue Moon , Great Britain, 2015
- One Two Tree, France / Switzerland, 2016
- Papas Boy, Finland, Great Britain, 2010
- Penguin, The, France, 2016
- Pepita & Max, Switzerland, 2016
- Pianists, The, France, 2019
- Piccolo-Concerto, Germany, 2016
- Pinguin, Germany, 2018
- Plankton, UK, 2018
- Post, Germany, 2008
- Princess, Germany, 2017
- Princess´ Painting, The, Germany, 2010
- Purity, Spain, 2018
- PVBLO, France, 2017
- Quiet Things No One Sees, Sweden, USA , 2017
- Rain, Rain, Run Away, France, 2019
- RE:AW:RE:FW, Germany, 2016
- Red Herring, The, Finland, Ireland, 2015
- Red-end and the Factory Plant, Netherlands, Belgium, 2015
- Rising Hope, Germany, 2012
- Rita and Crocodile, Denmark, 2018
- Room on a broom, Great Britain, 2012
- Ruins, France, Belgum , 2017
- Sabaku, Netherlands, 2016
- Sad Heart , UK, Israel, 2019
- Safia´s Summer, Netherlands , 2017
- Samuel the Lions Boy, Germany, , 2017
- Sam’s Dream, France, 2018
- Seagulls, Great Britain, 2014
- Session no. 78, France, UK, 2018
- Si-G, Belgium, 2017
- Sisters, Netherlands, 2018
- Sled, The, Russia, 2016
- Small Spark, France, 2019
- Snowflake, Russia, 2012
- Something About Alex, Netherlands, 2017
- Specky four eyes, France, 2010
- Spotlight on Merna, Netherlands, 2016
- Stick Man, Great Britain, 2015
- Strings, Spain, 2013
- Swiff, France, 2016
- Teeny-Weeny Fox, The, France, Switzerland, Belgium, 2016
- Teofrastus, Estonia, 2018
- Terrific Adventure, A, Spain, 2015
- The summer and all the rest, Netherlands, 2018
- Theory of Sunset, The, Russia, 2017
- Thicket , Polen, 2017
- Thoughts about Love , Finland, 2016
- Tie, The, Belgium, 2014
- Tiribi, Belgium, 2016
- To Pop a Cherry, Sweden, 2018
- Tomte Tummetott and the Fox, Germany, 2007
- Toyland, Germany, 2007
- Train Robbers, Norway, 2019
- Trolltag, Germany, 2013
- Two Trams, Russia, 2016
- Vermine, Denmark, 2018
- Voyagers, France, 2017
- Wake up!, Schweden, 2018
- Weekend Dad, Denmark, 2013
- Welcome to the Sixtinction, Italy, 2018
- When I Hear the Birds Sing, Norway, 2016
- Wolta, Polen, 2017
- World's Middlest Fish, The, Norway, 2017
- Yasmina, France, 2018
- Young Hunters, Netherlands , 2018
- Yulia & Juliet, Netherland, 2018
- Zara and the others - Gorilla brains for dinner, Norway, 2017
- Zawadi, France, Tanzania , 2017
- Zebra, Germany, 2013
- Ziazan, Armenia, Turkey, 2014
- Zombriella, Germany, 2016
Penguin, The
English title: Penguin, The
Original title: Le Pingouin
France, 2016, 5 min.
Director: Pascale Hecquet
Production company:
Les Films du Nord
27 av. Jean-Lebas
F- 59100 Roubaix
France
lesfilmsdunord@wanadoo.fr
Age recommendation: 5 years and up
Film genre: Animation
Synopsis:
A penguin finds life in the North Pole too chilly for its liking and decides to go to the tropics. He dreams of basking in the sun! But it is very hot in the tropics and all the fruit is giving him a stomach ache. In the end, sliding down icebergs with his chums is not such a bad thing after all.
Comments:
Based on the song Le Pingouin by Marie Henchoz (Sautecroche - Editions LEP)
Marketing strategies:
world sales:
L'Agence du court métrage
c.bigot@agencecm.com
Phone: +33 1 44 69 26 66
Festivals:
2018
Schlingel
PequeFilmes International Children Film Festival, Gaia (Espagne)
Children’s Film Festival of Seattle, Seattle -
BamKIDS Film Festival, Brooklyn, New-york
Milwaukee Film Festival, Milwaukee
2017
Festival international du court métrage d’animation de Clermont Ferrand
Festival Travelling, Rennes
9e édition du Festival de Cinéma d'animation de Pontarlier
Plein la bobine, Festival de cinéma Jeune Publics du Massif du Sancy, La Bourboule – (awarded)
Faites des courts, Brie-Comte-Robert
Festival du film court “Partie(s) de Campagne”, Ouroux en Morvan
Festival du film d’animation pour la jeunesse, Bourg-en-Bresse -
2017
Zlin Film Festival (République Tchèque)
Giffoni Film Festival (Italie)
Dotdotdot short film festival, Vienne (Autriche
Nantucket Film Festival, Nantucket (USA) -
Chicago International Children Film Festival, Chicago (awarded)
ZINETXIKI ZINEMALDIA, Bilbao (Espagne)
KINEKO International Children’s Film Festival , Tokyo
KUKI International Short film Festival for Children and Youth, Berlin
Ajyal Youth Film Festival, Doha (Qatar)
2016
Festival international de films pour enfants Filem’on (Belgique) (awarded)
Website: http://www.lesfilmsdunord.com/le-pingouin
Study guide: German