This year's story follows Nicole, the granddaughter from last year's ad, who is now all grown up with a family to make Christmas traditions with. We follow her and her two adorable children, Max and Ella, as their new stepdad Mike moves into their family home. At the heart of the story is a very special storybook – a precious item belonging to Max from his birth father. The book celebrates the power of storytelling and how it can deepen family bonds; as the family are shown delighting in the magic of Disney storytelling, beautiful animation springs off the pages, igniting the true spirit of Christmas. Follow their emotional journey as we see them combine existing festive traditions with wonderful new ones. In partnership with Make-A-Wish. Featuring "Love Runs Deeper" by Gregory Porter.

Matt Lucas celebrates 50 years of The Mr Men and Little Misses, telling the amazing story of the colourful little characters who changed global publishing forever.

An open book is the window to enter this protest short film about the wait for a permit to plant a laurel tree in the River Plate. The Viceroy, king and queen must all sign the authorization. Too much time for such a vital wish. Stop-motion animated cutouts take us on the complex path of bureaucracy to accomplish a simple action. The landscapes change to the beat of the music for the story to move forward and grow just like that tree they wish to plant.

Fox's life takes place on the pages of a book. As the narrator reads, the Fox obediently does as he's told - until Pigeon comes along hoping for a taste of Fox's ice cream cone. Fox and Pigeon are forced into an argument, and end up fighting for their lives--until they are pushed to the limit and learn to take control of their own destiny, and write their own story.

La storia vera di una famiglia nella Berlino del 1933. Hitler è salito al potere. Anna ha solo nove anni. Per sfuggire ai nazisti, suo padre scappa a Zurigo e tutta la famiglia lo segue poco dopo. Comincia la loro fuga attraverso l'Europa alla ricerca di un luogo sicuro dove stabilirsi. Anna è costretta a lasciare tutto, compreso il suo amato coniglio rosa di peluche, e, insieme alla sua famiglia, dovrà affrontare una nuova vita piena di sfide e difficoltà, ma non senza speranza e perfino sorrisi.

Ted Hughes's 1993 novel The Iron Woman is the springboard for this multi-media project by Mikhail Karikis. The video section of the installation features seven-year-olds from Mayflower Primary School in East London discussing the novel's environmental themes.

Think your family is odd? Watch "Man Baby." You'll feel better.

Il capo della polizia della foresta, Gordon, sta per andare in pensione e deve trovare un nuovo assistente. Paddy, un topo intelligente con un grande senso dell'olfatto sembra essere il candidato giusto. Insieme devono risolvere l'ultimo caso di Gordon, il mistero dei dadi mancanti dello scoiattolo. Potrebbe essere la volpe che li ha presi? Gordon e Paddy lo scopriranno presto.

A fairy tale set in the bucolic countryside of Central Europe at the turn of the 20th century. Anka, an orphan girl, bravely sets off in the pursuit of a home, facing the hardships of life, and ultimately finds her place with the help of a magical world and its mysterious creatures.

In Bamse and the Witch’s daughter Croesus Vole finds gold in the beavers' dam. To demolish the dam and get the gold he tricks the witch's daughter Lova to enchant Bamse. With Bamse gone, it's up to the children to help each other to stop Croesus - but to do that they have to be friends.

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl’s birth, film and television personalities take turns championing their favourite of Dahl's 10 best-selling children’s books, culminating in a nationwide vote. Rik Mayall reads from George’s Marvellous Medicine.

Beneath a magical tree lives a boy with his friend the owl in this whimsical cautionary tale about innocence and greed, based on a children's book.

Nel misterioso Perù, una famiglia di orsi coltiva da decenni il mito dell'Inghilterra, paese ospitale e di ottimi gusti, come testimoniato dalla visita dell'esploratore Montgomery e dalla sua marmellata di arance. Così, quando giunge l'ora, il piccolo orso s'imbarca, con un cappello in testa e un cartellino che chiede gentilmente che ci si prenda cura di lui. Lo trovano alla piovosa stazione londinese di Paddington, tutto solo sotto l'insegna degli oggetti smarriti, i signori Brown e i loro figli Jonathan e Judy. Con loro, Paddington trova un nome, una casa e una famiglia, ma saranno soprattutto i Brown a scoprire di aver bisogno di Paddington almeno quanto lui ha bisogno di loro.

Con gli amici Helene, Jacob e Ludo, le sorelle Silvania e Dakaria pianificano le loro vacanze estive. Per Dakaria, però, essere per metà vampiro non è così semplice. Quando poi in città arriva la band dei Kryton Jrax con il suo leader Murdo, Dakaria deve fare i conti con l'amore ma anche con Xantor, il manager del gruppo acerrimo nemico di suo padre. Per salvare la sorella dalle forze del male, Silvania avrà bisogno dell'aiuto di tutti i suoi amici.

In this hilarious picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.

Under president Isimo, the Netherlands must be made clean and fresh. All ugly children are deported, but some escape and launch an uprising. Adapted from Koos Meinderts’ children’s book.

Α Bengalese architect builds library boats that can bring books to people even during the monsoon season. Α Mongolian author packs two boxes full of books each summer to provide reading material to children in remote areas. Α Kenyan librarian leads caravans of camels loaded with boxes of books to the nomadic tribes bordering Somalia. Despite the heat, wind, rain or snow, they still manage their long journeys. This film about the fascinating world of mobile libraries tells of unusual means of transportation and adventurous travel, of different cultures and lifestyles, of the worries, aspirations and dreams of people in these areas – of books that change lives – and of book lovers, who take on unbelievable challenges in order to provide people in the remotest areas of the world with reading material. A film about the love of literature and the respect for knowledge that accepts no boundaries.

An intimate portrait of Eric Carle, creator of more than 70 books for children including the best-selling "The Very Hungry Caterpillar". At 82, Eric is still at work in his studio making books and creating art. As he methodically layers a tissue paper collage of the caterpillar, he describes the feeling he achieves working in his studio, the sense of being at peace, all alone, when everything grows quiet and it is just himself and his work. The film taps into that deep creative need in each of us, a spirit that started in Eric as a very young child and is unceasing today.

A poignant biography of one of the most successful and wildly-read writers of the 20th century. Her stories enthralled children everywhere but her personal struggles often proved too much.

Max è un bambino come molti irrequieto, ha una sorella più grande che, come capita spesso, non gli dà molta attenzione e una madre sola che come tante cerca di rifarsi una vita con altri uomini. Un giorno, a seguito di una serie di delusioni prima dalla sorella e poi dalla madre, esplode dalla rabbia e viene per questo redarguito. Insofferente scappa di casa finendo, dopo un tragitto in barca a vela, in una terra desolata e arida dove trova dei giganteschi mostri dal cuore anche troppo umano che credono a tutto quello che dice e lo incoronano loro re, almeno fino a quando le sue promesse di spazzare via la tristezza dalla loro vita non si rivelano mendaci.