From the Children's Film Festival web site, "In this collection of new short films from Macedonia, stories that are distinctly Balkan in flavor come alive. A small girl discovers a way to set her dreams aloft on a sad day. Teen romance blossoms in the hothouse of a dysfunctional family’s front yard. A Romani mother and son find their way through discrimination and hardship to show their love for each other in simple ways. And a tragic tale from Hans Christian Anderson finds new pathos when it is set in modern-day Skopje. The program also includes a youth-made film from the Regional Creative Doc School, ACTive, and a rollicking selection of newly restored silent short made at the dawn of cinema by Macedonia’s famed Manaki Brothers. Top players in Seattle’s vibrant Balkan music community will supply live accompaniment to the silent shorts."