PEQUEFREAK: My first festival 2025
From Saturday 20th to Sunday 21st September
C.C. PLAZA ELÍPTICA: Apo’strophe.arte and Cines Tamberlick
If you’re little and you’re freaky, come to Pequefreak!
On September 20th and 21st, “Pequefreak – My first festival” returns with TWO FULL DAYS dedicated to children and young audiences!
The C.C. Plaza Elíptica and its venues (Apo’strophe.arte and Cines Tamberlick) will host this unique event in our region, where the youngest ones can be introduced to the wonderful world of freak cinema and enjoy the experience of living their own film festival.
Pequefreak Jury
Are you between 9 and 11 years old? Do you like movies about monsters, robots and creatures from other worlds? This is your opportunity: you can be part of the Honorable Pequefreak Jury 2025 and be a key figure in our festival.
VIPF Pass and Tickets
VIPF PASS
Enjoy ALL SCREENINGS of Pequefreak and get your EXCLUSIVE BADGE that identifies you as a Very Important Pequefreak!
More benefits than ever!
- Complete Official Selection
- Guest Festival: Lobo Mau
- The Big Movie: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
- VIPF Badge Pequefreak 2025
Limited units. Does not include the Special Effects Workshop.
Programming
SATURDAY 20th
| 10:30 | Special Effects Workshop – Group 1 |
| 12:30 | Screening Official Selection: All Pequefreaks, vol. 1 |
| 16:30 | Screening Official Selection: Pequefreaks +7 |
SUNDAY 21st
| 10:30 | Special Effects Workshop – Group 2 |
| 12:30 | Special screening MOTELX: LOBO MAU +7 |
| 16:30 | Screening Official Selection: All Pequefreaks, vol. 2 |
| 18:00 | Award Ceremony + The Big Movie Screening: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids |
Special Effects Workshop
In this edition and by popular request, we will once again hold a FX workshop with TWO GROUPS so twice as many pequefreaks can enjoy it!
Minimum age: 7 years
Group 1: Saturday 20th at 10:30 AM
Group 2: Sunday 21st at 10:30 AM
Registration required
The workshop will be taught once again by FX master, Ricardo Spencer, who will teach them new tricks with latex and blood, whether for their next Halloween costume or for their future audiovisual productions.
Designed especially for the youngest members of the family, this workshop becomes one of the most anticipated activities for pequefreaks in each edition, who enjoy learning professional techniques while unleashing their imagination.
The enthusiasm and creativity that this workshop awakens prove that Pequefreak is not only a festival to enjoy, but also an authentic breeding ground for future artists in cinema and special effects. A unique experience that leaves its mark, both on the skin and in memory.
RICARDO SPENCER
Born in Brazil and based in Vigo, he holds a degree in journalism and works as a special effects technician. He is also a teacher at CIFP Audiovisual de Vigo and director-manager of the company SFX Special Effects.
On television, he directed reports and cultural programs at TVPE in Brazil. He worked on various Brazilian films (O Baile Perfumado, O Cangaceiro…) and in Galicia (Los Lunes al Sol, Fisterra, O Ilegal, Dhogs…) as well as on countless shorts, series and television programs. He also created effects and sets for theater works both in Galicia and Portugal.
He directed and produced documentaries and shorts in Brazil and Galicia, winning awards for some of them. He directed Quem tem medo de filmes de terror, awarded in Argentina, and Força Brasil, awarded in Recife; he produced Enjaulado by Kléber Mendonça Filho, awarded at the Rio Festival; He co-directed the I Fantastic Film Festival of Vigo in the year 2000, an event held at the Caixanova auditorium.
Official Selection Short Films
TODOS OS PEQUEFREAKS VOL. 1
Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Hoofs on skates
Ignas Meilūnas
In a shiny winter wonderland two friends Piglet and Cow are having a blast ice-skating on a lake when suddenly a strange and unfamiliar world cracks open underneath them.
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
- 60º Chicago International Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 21º IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
Lapo The Bunny – Easter Egg
Alessia Garofalo, Massimo Carrier Ragazzi, Giacomo Rinaldi
Galician Premiere
A super curious, cute rabbit, but also a compulsive collector, who loves to wander around to add new findings to his wheelbarrow.
- 27º Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Xapón, 2024)
- 55º Giffoni Film Festival (Italia, 2024)
- 28º Cartoons on the Bay (Italia, 2024)
- 15º Seoul Metro International Subway Film Festival (Corea do Sur, 2024)
Ahoj Leto (Ahoj leto)
Hello Summer
Martin Smatana, Veronika Zacharová
Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. But what if the hotel isn't as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels elsewhere?
- Young Audience Award, 63º Annecy Festival – Festival international du film d'animation (Francia, 2024)
- Mención Especial, 17º Fest Anča International Animation Festival (Eslovaquia, 2024)
- 34º World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (Croacia, 2024)
- 7º Cinema Miúdo, Festival Internacional de Cinema Infantil de Ames (España, 2024)
- Special Mention – Pequefreaks (GFFF #9 2025)
Digest The World: Another Organ
YOKOKU Research Institute, MUESUM, YOSHIKATSU, GRASP
Spanish Premiere
The inhabitants of this world have organs that humans do not have. They perceive through "eating" and create new relationships through "excreting." If, by chance or necessity, they eat something that glitters and is digested by "another organ".
- 40º INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin (Alemaña, 2024)
- 28º Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Xapón, 2025)
Keo et la poussière d'étoile
Keo And the Stardust
Victor Halfen
Keo, a cosmic pirate, risks his life every day to collect as much stardust as possible. His routine is turned upside down when he meets a strange alien who needs this precious resource to live.
- 34º Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia, 2025)
- 28º Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Xapón, 2025)
- 43º BIFFF – Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (Bélxica, 2025)
- 29º Fantasia Film Festival (Canadá, 2025)
PEQUEFREAKS +7
Jour de vent
Windy Day
Camille Truding, Hugo Taillez, Chloé Lab, Elise Golfouse, Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin
Galician Premiere
Wind appears in a park. People fly away.
- Mellor 3D/CGI, 13º Animation Dingle Festival (Irlanda, 2025)
- Mellor Animación, 30º Festival National du Film d’Animation (Francia, 2024)
- 26º SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival (Canadá, 2025)
- 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
Un día normal en Michitopia
Aiden Rodríguez Álvarez
World Premiere
Michi, lives in Michitopia, and a normal day is everything…. except normal! Join this feline in his daily life full of paranormal and funny events.
Skroll
Marten Visser
Galician Premiere
Humans and some kind of gnomes have posted videos on social media platforms in their animated dimension. This film is a short compilation of these clips.
- 8º Animakom FEST – Festival Internacional de Cine de Animación de Bilbao (España, 2024)
- 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
- 44º Anima, the Brussels Animation Film Festival (Bélxica, 2025)
- 6º Kaboom Animation Festival (Países Baixos, 2025)
Iron Man vs Ultron
Héctor Otero Pérez
World Premiere in theaters
Iron Man decides to join the ChatGPT trend.
Kompost
Ursina Rubin, Luzia De Caro, Vanessa In-Albon
Galician Premiere
While Lucy's head is stuck in the compost bin, she has an out-of-body experience that allows her to witness firsthand the ever-changing world of compost.
- Mención Especial, 18º Los Angeles Animation Festival (EUA, 2024)
- 29º ANIMAC Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animació de Catalunya (España, 2025)
- 28º Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Xapón, 2025)
Kadunud Sokid
The Mystery Of Missing Socks
Oskar Lehemaa
Little Pille goes to find her father’s missing socks under the bed, to a fantastical world of forgotten things. There she finds that dad’s socks have laid an egg! Now Pille must protect the socks from danger until the tiny egg can hatch.
- Gran Premio Curtinhas, 32º Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival (Portugal, 2024)
- Mellor Animación Infantil, 27º PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2023)
- Mención de Honra, 15º Hsin-Yi Children´s Animation Awards (Taiwán, 2023)
- Gran Premio, 11º Seoul International Children’s Film Festival (Corea do Sur, 2023)
- Grand Prize Pequefreak (GFFF #9 2025)
Nostril
Michael Dondero, Shengnan Dong
Galician Premiere
Lala is a sleep-deprived woman kept awake by her husband’s obnoxious snoring. When the sound becomes so powerful that it quite literally sucks her into his nose, Lala finds herself in a terrifying battle against the boogery germ creatures that dwell within.
- 64º Annecy Festival – Festival international du film d'animation (Francia, 2025)
- 19º Cryptshow Fest (España, 2025)
- 26º Chicago Horror Film Festival (EUA, 2025)
- 19º Spooky Empire's International Horror Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
The Monster (더 몬스터)
Ruby Yang, Bomin Kim
Galician Premiere
In a cabin at a camping site deep in the forest, three girl scout children sit together and talk about scary stories, and encounter a small strange monster that came into the cabin. Children who fall in love with cute monster have a good time with them without expecting what will happen in the future…
- 63º Annecy Festival – Festival international du film d'animation (Francia, 2024)
- 26º BIAF – Bucheon International Animation Festival (Corea do Sur, 2024)
- 28º PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2024)
- 26º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2024)
TODOS OS PEQUEFREAKS VOL. 2
Filante
Marion Jamault
Every night, Paulette observes the same shooting star in the sky. She makes her deepest wish : to find her mysteriously missing pet rat. The days go by, but the animal doesn't return. Paulette wants tounderstand what's wrong with her star.
- Premio do Público, 10º Festival Cinéma Jeune Public (Suíza, 2024)
- Premio de Escuelas, 39º Festival européen du film court de Brest (Francia, 2024)
- Premio do Público, 16º Paris International Animation Film Festival (Francia, 2024)
- 27º MECAL – Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Animación de Barcelona (España, 2025)
The creators
Madeleine Homan
In another dimension, The Creators are working on a project. Gradually they come closer to a result. But creating a world that mirrors their imagination is no easy task, even for the Creators.
- 37º Cinekid Festival (Paises Baixos, 2023)
- 20º London International Animation Festival (Reino Unido, 2023)
- 34º Tromsø International Film FestivaL (Noruega, 2024)
- 23º Tribeca Film Festival (EUA, 2024)
Mojappi -It’s mine!- (モジャッピ ～いただき！ホットケーキ～)
Nijitaro
Spanish Premiere
The mischievous trio "Mojappi," who live in the forest, just love playing pranks. One day, after spotting their friends making pancakes, they pull every trick in the book to snatch the pancakes away somehow.
- 19º Animest – Bucharest International Animation Film Festival (Romanía, 2024)
- 35º World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (Croacia, 2025)
- 18º Big Cartoon Festival (Rusia, 2024)
- 25º MONSTRA – Festival de Animação de Lisboa (Portugal, 2025)
A Small Garden by the Window (창가의 작은 텃밭)
LEE Jonghoon
Early morning, an architect picks ripe cherry tomatoes from a small garden by the window to pack his lunchbox for work. Eco-energy flows from the tomato vines. This eco-energy, born from small acts of environmental stewardship, accompanies the architect as he heads out to the frontlines of the climate crisis once again.
- 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
- 22º Reykjavík International Film Festival (Islandia, 2025)
- 18º Fest Anča International Animation Festival (Eslovaquia, 2025)
- 6º Kaboom Animation Festival (Países Baixos, 2025)
The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon
Francis Desharnais
Spanish Premiere
Humans have finally left the moon! LET'S PARTY! A cheerful film created on a pinscreen.
- Premio do Público Novo, 64º Annecy Festival – Festival international du film d'animation (Francia, 2025)
- 28º Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2025 (Xapón, 2025)
- 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
- 28º PÖFF – Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia, 2024)
The Night Tunnel (Maantunnel)
Annechien Strouven
After digging a tunnel on the beach, two kids from different sides of the world meet each other. Together, they dig their way to the North Pole, where they discover a magical way to go back home.
- 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
- 35º World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (Croacia, 2025)
- 64º Annecy Festival – Festival international du film d'animation (Francia, 2025)
- 54º IFFR – International Film Festival Rotterdam (Países Baixos, 205)
Box
Aline Schoch
Galician Premiere
In a regulated system built of boxes, characters live and work in isolation. They draw, cut, fold and stack paper boxes. As the stacks get too high and finally collapse, the characters find each other and discover life together.
- 25º CINANIMA – Festival Internacional de Cinema de Animação de Espinho (Portugal, 2025)
- 13º La Guarimba Film Festival (Italia, 2025)
- 69º SEMINCI – Semana Internacional de Cine de Valladolid (España, 2024)
- 53º Alcine – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares (España, 2024)
Eureka!
Kris Borghs
An extraterrestrial duo crosses the universe to share technological insights with less brilliant minds. On one peculiar planet, things don't quite go as planned.
- Canal+ Kids Award, 47º Le COURT – Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand (Francia, 2025)
- Mellor Comedia para todos os públicos, 20º ANIMAYO (España, 2025)
- 48º Kortfilmfestivalen (Noruega, 2025)
- 29º ANIMAC Mostra Internacional de Cinema d'Animació de Catalunya (España, 2025)
- Olympus of the Pequefreaks Award (GFFF #9 2025)
Guest Festival: LOBO MAU
MOTELX has been the International Horror Film Festival of Lisbon since 2007. A prestigious event showcasing the finest horror cinema produced in recent years worldwide. A cinema celebration that is complemented by varied programming and includes a children’s section, workshops, master classes, exhibitions, concerts, outdoor cinema sessions, zombie parades, games, contests, book presentations, among other activities.
The Lobo Mau children’s section invites little ones, their families, schools, and the entire community to explore the affinity between children’s tales and the horror universe on the big screen. The exhibition of films and the construction of activities aim to stimulate the imagination of the youngest and entertain the whole family with a great diversity of monsters and creatures and fantastic and imaginary worlds. And thus, subvert the maxim that “horror films are fairy tales for adults”.
By invitation of the Galician Freaky Film Festival, we have curated a session of Short Scares, featuring terrifying short films designed to engage the youngest audience in this universe, which gives wings to imagination and allows for addressing more complex themes to demystify them. This selection is a best-of compilation of animation made in Portugal that has already been featured in the Lobo Mau section over the years. From classics of Portuguese animation to tales inspired by national literature, and from diabolical adventures to small doses of terror for all tastes, we present a diverse range of offerings.
MOTELX: LOBO MAU +7
A Boneca de Kafka
Bruno Simões
When an ill Kafka meets a crying little girl in the park, he sets out to write her a letter a day in order to tell her all about her lost doll’s fictitious travels.
A Mulher do Médico
Bruno Simões
When a doctor sees her wife going through depression, he comes up with all sorts of ways to cheer her up, but no matter how hard he tries, things just get more complicated.
Mi Vida en tus Manos
Nuno Beato
A famous matador stages a bullfight that has fateful consequences for his son.
São Só Diabretes
Leonor Pacheco, Dimitri Mihajlovic
A little girl struggles to fall asleep, but every time she closes her eyes, small impish creatures appear from the darkness.
Estória do Gato e da Lua
Pedro Serrazina
A poem. A story made of silence and complicity. Light and shadow, the call of the night, the moon as passion… This is the story of someone who tried to make the dream come true, the story of the cat and the moon.
Biscoitos de Cão
António Alves
Borges is a mouse with a toothache that tries to get into a fridge, guarded by a guard dog.
A Curious Music Box
Nuno De Azevedo Duarte
A young flutist dares to enter an apparently deserted instrument shop to investigate a mysterious violin melody; however, he is not prepared for what he is about to find.
Death With Interruptions
Joana Vieira da Costa
One fateful night something seemed to have disturbed the wheel of time. Death seeks out to investigate this curious case…
The Big Movie
This year, freaks and pequefreaks will be able to enjoy their own mad doctor in one of the most fun and imaginative family comedies of the 80s: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Spanish dubbed version).
Joe Johnston was responsible for directing this proposal, which combined family comedy with revolutionary special effects for its time. Rick Moranis’s film is a complete adventure through the jungle of the backyard, where the smallest becomes the greatest of dangers. The pequefreaks will be able to relive that sensation of terror and wonder when seeing how a simple ant transforms into a gigantic monster, or how a drop of water can be a threatening ocean.
A unique opportunity to rediscover this classic of family science fiction on the big screen, where humor and adventure go hand in hand to remind us that sometimes you have to make yourself small to see the massive things in life.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
HONEY, I SHRUNK THE KIDS
United States / 1989 / 93′
Joe Johnston
Screening: Spanish Version.
Wayne Szalinski is a somewhat absent-minded inventor who is developing a machine capable of shrinking objects. When he accidentally shrinks his children and the neighbors to microscopic size, the kids find themselves lost in their own backyard, now transformed into a jungle full of gigantic dangers. Elephant-sized ants, water drops like tsunamis, and the lawnmower as a weapon of mass destruction will be just some of the obstacles they must overcome to return home…
CAST: Rick Moranis, Matt Frewer, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland.
SCREENPLAY: Ed Naha, Tom Schulman.
MUSIC: James Horner.
Official Selection Jury Pequefreak 2025
This year, we’re debuting a children’s jury in our Pequefreak selection.
With more than thirty boys and girls who applied to participate, these are the three selected pequefreaks who have taken on the difficult task of choosing the winning short film for the new Gran Premio Pequefreak for the freakiest children’s short film.
ALICIA
9 YEARS OLD
Her favorite films are Matilda, My Neighbor Totoro, and Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.
What she likes most about cinema is the fantasy genre because she can see things that don’t exist.
ROMÁN
10 YEARS OLD
His favorite film is Sonic, and what he likes most about cinema is the special effects.
JIMENA
11 YEARS OLD
Her favorite saga is Sharknado. Jimena is an actress and, as such, loves playing different characters with multiple personalities. She loves movies, the freakier the better.
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