After the death of his beloved older brother hector in World War I, sixteen-year-old Edward leaves the family farm in Canada to enlist in Hector’s battalion, where he attempts to come to terms with what has happened.
Americas
Materials from the Americas
Invisible Ink
Olivier, 12-year-old boy, is helping his very odd step-step-stepgramma with her yard sale. When some mysterious customers show up, along with a troublesome wind, Olivier flees the scene, ends up in the Dark Woods. Olivier meets strange creatures in the woods.
Almost Eden
Growing up in Mennonite community on the Canadian prairie in the late 1960s, Elsie, 12, blames herself when Mom is once again hospitalized for depression. Elsie has conversations with God, struggles to overcome guilt, and shares her honest desire to prove herself. Almost Eden is a beautiful portrait of a town, a family, and a young woman willing to challenge the things that don’t make sense to her, and to fix the things that don’t seem right.
Directed By Kaspar Snit
Fresh from their victory over the Kaspar Snit, who was last seen trying to steal the fountains of Rome in The Fortress of Kaspar Snit, the Blande family have earned a rest.
Mud Tortillas
Adriana makes tortillas replacing all the ingredients with fictitious alternatives.
Keeper
In an interview with a young journalist, World cub hero El Gato describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
Boy Kills Man
Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Colombian city.
Kanada
During World War II, life for Jutka, a Hungarian Jew and her family are transported to Auschwitz, where her mother and grandmother perish. Dreams of Canada, inspired by a book from a Canadian relative, sustain her. After the liberation, Jutka falls in love with Sandor, who dreams of relocating to Israel.
Let’s Play In The Forest
In this adaptation of the traditional French and Latin American song, animals play in the forest while a scary wolf slowly dresses and becomes hungrier and hungrier.
Chile
Informational book about Chile