Searching for the Winter Spirit

Tonight, it’s the winter festival in the snowy valley. Everyone is busy with preparations. Pompon is learning to skate on the frozen lake and happily preparing a gift for Rita: beautiful skates! But the next day, the lake has completely melted… it’s a disaster, Pompon’s surprise has lost all its value. There’s only one solution: to find the Spirit of Winter, a magical legend that Sanglichon told him about. It’s the only one who can bring back the cold to the forest. But how do you find such a creature when you don’t even know what it looks like? Pompon takes Rita and Gabi on a winter adventure full of hot chestnuts, icy breaths, and snowballs to realise how friendship is the most beautiful gift of all.

The Dream of the Totem Tree

One morning, Pompon wakes up feeling all disoriented: he had a strange dream in which a star was guiding him to an extraordinary, sparkling little tree… His parents are touched: he is ready to undergo the totem tree rite. It’s a very important step in a little bear’s life. Pompon will have to venture into the forest all by himself and find the path that will lead him to his tree. Eager to grow up, Pompon gets ready for this exciting adventure. But he’s still a bit anxious… Will he succeed in his quest despite the help of his best friend Rita?

Cinemagic ‘On the Pulse’, is an exciting month-long programme of screenings, film education events, talks and workshops on the short film genre and short form storytelling. We have programmed a season of the very best international short films, classic heritage shorts and cartoons, as well as showcasing short films made by local young filmmakers.

Cinemagic 'On the Pulse' is funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen.