Children’s Short Films Set To Light Up Cineciutat In Palma

Palma’s CineCiutat is group to invited its youngest cinema-goers for an enchanting day of storytelling without words. On Sunday October 26 2025, nan independent cinema will big a typical screening of short films without dialogue, curated particularly for children aged 4 to ten.

The event, titled No Dialogue (Sin Diálogo) presents a beautifully assembled programme of 8 world short films – tales of friendship, imagination and courageousness told wholly done image, sound and movement. There are nary spoken words, conscionable cosmopolitan stories designed to spark wonderment successful children (and, truthfully, successful grown-ups too).

Among nan highlights is Battery Mommy from South Korea, a charming animation successful which a hardworking family artillery comes to nan rescue erstwhile a Christmas character catches fire. Filante, from France, offers a whimsical, philharmonic brushwood betwixt a bat collecting slivers of golden and a woman searching for her mislaid mouse. Germany’s T-Rex finds humour successful short arms and agelong shots connected nan hoops court, while Portugal’s With Each Passing Day follows a mini rodent and his knitted scarf connected a dream-filled climb towards a distant upland peak.

The line-up besides includes Baking pinch Boris, a Franco-Swiss-Croatian co-production astir a colony baker who abruptly develops an allergy to flour, and Ficus, a tender Colombian communicative of leaves learning to clasp change. In Hello Summer, from Slovakia, nan Czech Republic and France, a much-anticipated vacation takes a fewer unexpected turns – nan hotel’s shabby, nan position uninspiring, and nan nutrient a small excessively adventurous. Rounding disconnected nan action is Capybaras, a beautifully drawn collaboration from France, Chile and Uruguay astir a family of capybaras who return refuge successful a chickenhearted coop, mildly exploring themes of curiosity and belonging.

The screening runs 17:45h successful Sala 4, and is simply a uncommon chance to bask cinema’s cosmopolitan connection successful its purest form. With nary dialogue, these stories transcend borders and promote children to prosecute visually and emotionally – decoding expression, sound and motion alternatively than words.

The postulation comes to Palma nether nan imaginative umbrella of BUFF Malmö Film Festival, nan renowned Swedish show dedicated to children’s and younker cinema. Since 1984, BUFF has been nan starring level successful nan Nordic region for films made for and astir young people, promoting stories that bespeak nan existent experiences, dreams and challenges of childhood. Each twelvemonth successful March, Malmö fills pinch screenings that situation stereotypes and observe young voices, pinch BUFF’s tone now travelling overseas done collaborations for illustration this one.

For families connected nan island, it’s a aureate opportunity to present children to nan beauty of storytelling done images – nary translator required. It’s inclusive, imaginative and utterly charming. Expect laughter, wide eyes and nan occasional gasp arsenic nan magic of movie does what it does best: uniting an assemblage done emotion, curiosity and shared joy.

So time off nan subtitles down and measurement into a world wherever stories speak successful colour and hit instead. No words needed – conscionable wonder.