Relaxed: Lola and the Sound Piano + shorts celebrating diversity

Enjoy one of the most beloved films of Discovery Film Festival 2025 together with other beautiful short films celebrating diversity and cooperation. This programme of films explores the many possibilities of communication and the value of interpersonal relations.Through music, drawing and with lots of imagination, the characters in these films overcome different challenges and find new ways to connect to each other.

The Little Pocket Man 

(Ana Chubinidze, France, Switzerland, 2016, 7 min, No dialogue)

A little man lives in an old suitcase. One day he finds a new friend - an old blind man. The little man jumps into the blind man's pocket. With music, the pocket man helps the blind man walk and see things in the street. Both are very happy together.

Nina’s Friend 

(Neyrouz Jemour, Belgium, 2023, 6 min, No dialogue)

Nina is a young girl that doesn’t really know how to communicate with other children her age. One day she forms a new friendship in the park with Ellie. But when Nina’s insecurities around her new friendship start growing, her fears of losing her friend quickly overwhelm her and things get out of hand.

To Be Sisters 

(Anne-Sophie Gousset, France, 2023, 7 min, No dialogue)

To Be Sisters is about sharing a special bond and laughing together. To be sisters is to be propelled by love. But these particular sisters share an extra something a bit different, and that’s absolutely fine.

Lola and the Sound Piano 

(Augusto Zanovello, France, 2025, 28 min, French with English subtitles) 

Lola is the older sister of Simon, aged 5, who lives in a world of his own. By observing him, she notices how sensitive he is to small, hidden sounds. With her friend Rolih, she decides to build a noise machine to communicate with him.