Films with Study Guide Available
- #lockdocs, Netherlands, 2020
- 1 Meter/Hour, France, 2018
- 6:1, Russia, 2018
- 9.58, France, 2017
- 90%, Germany, 2020
- About the Birds and the Bees, Finland, 2016
- Aeronaut, Netherlands, 2021
- Alike, Spain, 2015
- Among the Thorns, Sweden, 2005
- Angel a Food, Germany, 2007
- Angel’s Trumpet, Estonia, 2019
- Anglerfish, Germany, 2018
- Applesauce, Austria, 2019
- Astrid, Sweden, 2012
- Athleticus: Luge, France, 2019
- Au large, Belgium, 2019
- Aua, Germany, 2020
- Aube, Belgium, 2019
- Autosaurus rex, Switzerland, 2022
- Babydyke, Denmark, 2019
- Backflip, France, Germany, 2022
- Baluba Runa, Norway, 2007
- BANGO VASSIL , Bulgaria, Germany, 2016
- Beauty Boys, France, 2020
- Behind the Curtain, Finland, 2013
- Being Someone Else, Norway, 2020
- Bémol, Switzerland, 2021
- Bertha and the Wolfram, Belgium, 2020
- Bicycle Thief, Great Britain, 2018
- Big Top, The, UK, 2020
- Bike Birds, Norway, 2018
- Bird and the Whale, The, Ireland, 2018
- Bird’s wedding, The, Germany, 2017
- bit lost, A, France, 2017
- Black & White, Switzerland, Germany, 2020
- Black and White, Norway, 2000
- Black Hen, The, France, 2022
- Black Hole , Switzerland , 2020
- Black Rider, Germany, 1992
- Black Slide, Israel, UK, 2021
- Blackbirds, France, 2020
- Blanket, Russia, 2020
- Blue Noise, Germany, Austria, 2022
- BLUSH – An Extraordinary Voyage, Finland, 2022
- Bob, Germany, 2009
- Bog Hole, Norway, 2018
- Boléro Paprika, France, 2017
- Boriya, France, South Korea, 2019
- Born in Damascus, UK, 2021
- Brazuca , Greece, 2017
- Bui, Iceland, 2016
- Bush, UK, 2018
- Butterfly, Italy, 2019
- Carlotta´s Face, Germany, 2018
- Cat and Bird, Germany, 2021
- Cat in Boots in German Sign Language , Germany, 2021
- Cat Lake City, Germany, 2019
- Cat's Regret , The, France, Belgium, 2018
- Centipede and the Toad, The, France, 2013
- Charlie Surfer, Norway, 2020
- Chika, the Dog in the Ghetto, Germany, 2016
- Chikara - The Sumo Wrestler's Son, Denmark, 2014
- Children´s World, The, Denmark, 2013
- Chitana, Tunesia, Qatar, Norway, 2021
- Christiano´s Shirt, Belgium, 2011
- Christy, Ireland, 2019
- Close, Germany, 2017
- Cloudy, Czech Repuplic, 2018
- Colorbirds, Switzerland, 2018
- Cornstalk, Russia, 2020
- Dario, Germany, 2018
- Dear Darkness, Germany, 2019
- Departure, The, France, Marocco, 2020
- Dinosaurs: The True Story, France, 2020
- Dji. Death Sails, Moldova, 2014
- Don't Blow It Up, Czech Republic, 2022
- Dragon Hunt, France, 2015
- Duck, Death and the Tulip, Germany, 2010
- Electric Sky, France, 2020
- Elephant and the Bicycle, The, France, 2014
- Elsa and the Night, Schweden, 2019
- Esperança, France, 2019
- extraordinary story of Bruna, The, Spain, 2021
- Fairytale With A Completely Imagined Ending, A, Germany, 2014
- Fantastic Flying Competition , Netherlands, 2021
- Fastline - All I knew, France, 2018
- Feeling the Flow, France, 2021
- Feet of Menuela Solis Velasquez, The (Just Kids), Netherlands, 2015
- Fest, Germany, 2018
- Film about a Pudding, A, UK, 2021
- First Step, The, Belgium, 2018
- Florigami, Croatia, Serbia, 2019
- Fly, Spain, 2020
- Fox for Edgar, Germany, 2021
- Fragments, Germany , 2019
- Franzy's Soup-kitchen, France, 2021
- Freeze Frame, Belgium, Finland, Italy, 2019
- From Here to Immortality, Switzerland, 2013
- Fundamentals of Art, Czech Republic, 2021
- 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
- Girl Thing, Finland, 2019
- Girlsboysmix, Netherlands, 2020
- Go to the Wood, France, 2021
- Goodbye Jerome, France, 2022
- Great Overflow, The, Sweden, 2021
- Gruffalo, The, Great Britain, 2009
- Gruffalo´s Child, The, Great Britain, 2012
- Gutter Pirates, Germany, 1993
- Hannah´s Dream, Netherlands, 2021
- Haulout, UK, Russia , 2022
- Hayat jumps, Germany, 2021
- Hedgehogs and the City, Latvia, 2012
- Hedgehog´s Home, Canada, Croatia, 2017
- Hello Africa, Turkey, 2020
- Hello Salaam , Netherlands, 2017
- Hello Stranger, Germany, 2021
- Here, France, 2017
- Here and Loud, Germany, 2020
- Highway Rat, The, UK , 2017
- Home away 3000, France, 2018
- Home sweet Home, France, 2013
- Homebound, Finland, South Africa, 2019
- How I Got my wrinkles, Freance, 2022
- How Shammies Travelled, Latvia, 2020
- Howling, Belgium, 2020
- Hunt, The, France, 2017
- Hybrids, France, 2017
- I am Leo, Germany, 2021
- I don’t feel like knowing You, Italy , 2021
- I see, Ukraine, Germany, 2022
- I think I have a crush on you, Sweden, 2017
- I Want to See Gellivare Burn, Sweden, 2019
- Ica Nose, Switzerland, 2018
- Idodo, Switzerland, Papua New Guinea, 2021
- In a Cage, Switzerland, France, 2016
- In a Nutshell, Switzerland, 2017
- In Nature, Switzerland, 2020
- Infantas, The, Spain, 2021
- Ink, Netherlands , 2020
- Into the Blue, Croatia, Slovenia, Sweden, 2017
- Island, Germany, 2017
- It's Nice in Here, Netherlands, 2022
- It´s my turn, Germany, Turkey, 2007
- I’m Not Afraid!, Germany, Norway, 2022
- I´m a girl, Netherlands, 2011
- Jamila, Sweden, 2019
- Jamila, If Only I Could Fly, Denmark, 2013
- Jonas and the Sea, Netherlands, 2015
- Julieta & the turtles in the plastic soup, Netherlands, 2020
- Just in Case, Germany, 2021
- Karla and Nordahl, Norway, 2019
- Keep going, Germany, 2022
- Kiki the Feather, France, 2020
- Kiko and the Animals, France, Switzerland, 2020
- Kite, The, Czech Republic / Slovak Republic / Poland , 2019
- Kôrô Kôrô, Germany, 2021
- 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
- Leaf, Czech Republic , 2020
- Leyla, Turkey, 2022
- Light off in the snail house, Germany, 2012
- Link, Germany, 2017
- Listen, Netherlands, 2017
- Little Bird and the Bees, The, Switzerland, 2020
- 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 grey Wolfy - Fall Travellers, Norway, 2020
- Little Miss Neukölln, Germany , 2011
- Little Twinkle Smile, Croatia, 2017
- Lolo, Germany, Brasil, 2019
- Louis I., King of the Sheep, Germany, 2022
- Luce and the Rock, Belgium, France, Netherlands, 2022
- Lucky Ticket, Russia, 2019
- Lupin , France, 2020
- Lynx in the Town, A, France, 2019
- Madison In Between, Denmark, 2020
- Maestro, France, 2019
- Magnetic Fields, France , 2020
- Magnifying Glass, The, Germany, 2017
- Manolo, Belgium, France, 2017
- Maradona's Legs, Germany/Palestine, 2019
- Marathon Diary, The, Norway, 2015
- Matches, Ungarn , 2019
- Matilda, France, Spain, Belgium, 2019
- Matilda and the Spare Head, Lithuania, 2020
- Maxim - The greatest, Germany, 2020
- Melting Heart Cake, France, 2019
- Meta, Germany, 2022
- Mido and the Instrumentals, France, 2020
- Migrants, France, 2020
- Mishou, Germany, Bulgaria, 2020
- Mitten, The, France, Belgium, 2014
- Mobile, Germany, 2010
- Mommy´s Calf, Russia, 2019
- Monster don't exist, Italy, 2017
- Moon Girl, France, 2016
- Mosquito Piecks, The, Germany, 2017
- Most Boring Granny in the Whole World, The, Germany, 2022
- Mouse with the Mouth, The, Belgium, France, Hungary, Norway, 2008
- Mr Hublot, Luxembourg, France, 2013
- Mum is Pouring Rain, France, 2021
- Mum´s hair, Norway, 2017
- My Faith - A Sikh is not afraid, Denmark, 2020
- My Friend Tiger, Russia, 2021
- My Hair, Luxemburg, 2021
- 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
- Northern Lights, France, Switzerland, 2019
- Nova, Netherlands, 2020
- November, France, 2016
- Number 10, France, 2020
- Observing the Tardigrades, Russia, 2020
- On The Roof, Spain, 2015
- Once Upon A Blue Moon , Great Britain, 2015
- One Two Tree, France / Switzerland, 2016
- Only a Child, Switzerland, 2020
- Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic, Denmark, 2020
- Outdoors, France, 2017
- Papas Boy, Finland, Great Britain, 2010
- Patouille and the Parachute Seeds, France, 2021
- Pavel - the painter and his heart for animals, Germany, 2022
- Penguin, The, France, 2016
- Pepita & Max, Switzerland, 2016
- Pianists, The, France, 2019
- Piccolo-Concerto, Germany, 2016
- Piece of Art, Netherlands , 2022
- Pig, Netherlands , 2022
- Pinguin, Germany, 2018
- Plankton, UK, 2018
- Popcorn Boy, Norway, 2020
- Post, Germany, 2008
- Princess, Germany, 2017
- Princess´ Painting, The, Germany, 2010
- Promise, The, UK, 2020
- Purity, Spain, 2018
- Pussy Boo, France, 2020
- PVBLO, France, 2017
- Queen of the Foxes, The, Switzerland, 2022
- Quiet Things No One Sees, Sweden, USA , 2017
- Rain, Rain, Run Away, France, 2019
- RE:AW:RE:FW, Germany, 2016
- Record, The, Switzerland, 2022
- Red Herring, The, Finland, Ireland, 2015
- Red-end and the Factory Plant, Netherlands, Belgium, 2015
- Reflection, Netherlands, 2021
- Rising Hope, Germany, 2012
- Rita and Crocodile, Denmark, 2018
- Romance, X and Y, France, 2020
- 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
- Sanctuary , Czech Republic, 2021
- Scrambled, Netherlands, 2017
- Seagulls, Great Britain, 2014
- Seahorse, Germany, 2020
- Session no. 78, France, UK, 2018
- Sheep, Wolf and a cup of Tea, France, 2019
- Shooom's Odyssey, France, 2019
- Shower Boys, Sweden, 2021
- Si-G, Belgium, 2017
- Silence! For Pete's sake! , Germany, 2016
- Sisters, Netherlands, 2018
- Sled, The, Russia, 2016
- Small Spark, France, 2019
- Snegurochka, Israel, 2019
- Snow Queen in German Sign Language, The, Germany, 2020
- Snowflake, Russia, 2012
- Something About Alex, Netherlands, 2017
- Sounds Between the Crowns, Czech Republic, 2020
- Space Is Quite a Lot of Things? , Sweden, Finland, 2021
- Specky four eyes, France, 2010
- Spotless, Netherlands, 2021
- Spotlight on Merna, Netherlands, 2016
- Stick Man, Great Britain, 2015
- Stick, The, Finland, 2019
- Stone in the Shoe, A, France, Switzerland, 2020
- Stormy Night, A, Germany, 2019
- Story for 2 Trumpets, A, France, 2021
- Streets of Fury, Ireland, 2019
- Strings, Spain, 2013
- summer and all the rest, The, Netherlands, 2018
- Summer Fasting, France, 2020
- Suzie in the Garden, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, 2022
- Swiff, France, 2016
- Tadpole, France, 2019
- Tales of the Salt Water, France, 2021
- Teeny-Weeny Fox, The, France, Switzerland, Belgium, 2016
- Teofrastus, Estonia, 2018
- Terrific Adventure, A, Spain, 2015
- Thaw, Netherlands, 2021
- Theory of Sunset, The, Russia, 2017
- Thicket , Polen, 2017
- Thoughts about Love , Finland, 2016
- Through the Körnerkiez with Franz, Germany , 2022
- Tie, The, Belgium, 2014
- Tina Times Two , Ireland, 2020
- Tiny Tale, A, France, 2020
- Tiribi, Belgium, 2016
- To Pop a Cherry, Sweden, 2018
- Tomte Tummetott and the Fox, Germany, 2007
- Tomten and the Fox, The, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, 2019
- Toni_with_an_i , UK, 2019
- Toyland, Germany, 2007
- Tracing Utopia, Portugal, USA, 2021
- Trails of the morning, France, 2021
- Train Robbers, Norway, 2019
- Trick or Treat, Norway , 2020
- Trolltag, Germany, 2013
- Trona Pinnacles, France, 2020
- Troublemaker Tommy, Estonia, 2021
- Trude's pet: Lucky yard, Germany, 2021
- Two Trams, Russia, 2016
- Ursa - The Song of the Northern Lights, Norway, 2021
- Vanille, France, Switzerland, 2020
- Vermine, Denmark, 2018
- View, Norway, 2021
- Visible, NOrway, 2019
- Voyagers, France, 2017
- Wake up!, Schweden, 2018
- Weekend Dad, Denmark, 2013
- Welcome to the Sixtinction, Italy, 2018
- West Country, Scotland, 2021
- When I Hear the Birds Sing, Norway, 2016
- When we leave, France, 2019
- Why didn’t you stay for me?, Netherlands, 2020
- Why Slugs Have No Legs, Switzerland, 2019
- Winter Lake, Finland, 2019
- Winter Sleep, Czech Republic, Ireland, 2020
- Witch & the Baby, The, Russia, 2020
- 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
Toyland
English title: Toyland
Original title: Spielzeugland
German title: Spielzeuglaand
Germany, 2007, 16 min.
Director: Jochen Alexander Freydank
Production company:
Mephisto Film GmbH
Lychener Str. 63
10437 Berlin
Fon: +49 30/75450267
info@mephistofilm.de
Age recommendation: 12 years and up
Film genre: Feature film
Synopsis:
Germany, the year 1942: In order to protect him from the devastating truth, Marianne Meißner tells her little son that their Jewish neighbours are going on a trip to "Toyland". One morning, the Jewish family is gone, as is Marianne?s son Heinrich. Knowing all too well that there is no Toyland – just like the whole nation knew what was really happening to their fellow Jewish citizens –, Marianne desperately tries to save her child.
Comments:
Academy Award 2009 for best Live-Action Short Film
Marketing strategies:
world sales:
Magnetfilm
Rheinsberger Str. 38
10435 Berlin
Germany
Phone:+49-(0)163-80 10 753
www.magnetfilm.de
Festivals:
Washington Jewish 2009 (awarded)
Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
Rehoboth Independent Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
Shorts at Moonlight Wiesbaden 2009 awarded)
Lenola International Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
Reno Film Festival 2009 (awarded),
New Jersey International Film Festival (honorable mention)
Kansa s Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
Phoenix Film Festival 2009
Cleveland International Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
Pittsburgh Jewish Film Festival 2009
Academy Award 2009 for best Live-Action Short Film.
Portland Film Festival 2009 (awarded)
San Diego Jewish Film Festival 2009
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage 2009 (awarded)
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de Almería 2008
Anchorage International Film Festival 2008
Victoria Independent Film Festival 2008 (awarded)
Asheville Film Festival 2008 (awarded)
Sedicicorto – International Film Festival Forli 2008 (awarded)
Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films (awarded)
Odense Film Festival 2008 (awarded)
Alpinale Vorarlberg (awarded)
Rhode Island International Film Festival 2008 (awarded)
Giffoni Filmfestival 2008 (awarded)
Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan 2008 (awarded)
LA Jewish Film Festival 2008 (awarded)
Bermuda International Film 2008 (awarded)
52. Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolidi 2007 (awarded)
Website: http://mephistofilm.de/sites/frame_filme.html
Study guide: German
Sold to:
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