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Education > Teaching Tools > Learning the importance of friendship, bravery, independence, and empathy through SFFILM Festival program, Family Shorts

Learning the importance of friendship, bravery, independence, and empathy through SFFILM Festival program, Family Shorts

Sometimes the key to growing up is staying young at heart. These inventive and touching stories imagine unsuspecting friendships and clever innovations, while capturing the joy and sadness universal to all. Travel with the whole family to Brazil, the moon, and even your own backyard in this lively and heartwarming collection of stories. Works range from new student work to Academy Award– and Emmy-nominated shorts, represented by noted studios like Cartoon Saloon and Google Spotlight Stories.

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  • Belly Flop on Vimeo
  • Lost and Found on Vimeo
  • Right On Tracks – It’s All Family on Vimeo
  • Slurp on FilmFreeway
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