Kids Program
Aller & Retour
Online
On the first day of winter, two little stoats must learn to adapt to their new surroundings, shedding their summer coats for their winter ones. But what happens when, in addition to the difficulty of learning to change, human intervention also complicates things?
- Director
- Lucia Bulgheroni & Michele Greco
- Time
- 0:09:18
- Country
- Italy
- Genre
- Animation
- Year
- 2025
Awards Nominations
Official Selections:
Sulmona Film Festival 2025 - Kids Shorts
Annecy Festival 2026 - Young Audiences
Zl?n Film Festival 2026 - International Competition of Short Animations for Children
Director
Lucia Bulgheroni & Michele Greco
Michele Greco (Naples, 1994) is a filmmaker and animator based in Rome. Trained at the Accademia Nazionale d’Arte Drammatica Silvio D’Amico, he directed several shorts, including Aller & Retour.
Lucia Bulgheroni is an award-winning Italian animation director, trained at the National Film and Television School, known for Inanimate and SeMe.
Screening
Screening Venue
| Venue | Schedule | Ticket Reservation |
|---|---|---|
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.30 [Sat] 10:00-11:00 | |
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.30 [Sat] 12:30-13:30 | |
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.30 [Sat] 15:00-16:00 | |
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.31 [Sun] 10:00-11:00 | |
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.31 [Sun] 12:30-13:30 | |
| MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives | 2026.05.31 [Sun] 15:00-16:00 |
Online Screening
| Online | schedule | Online Screening |
|---|---|---|
| Online Screening | 2026.05.25 [Mon] - 2026.06.10 [Wed] |
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BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.30 [Sat] 10:00-11:00
BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.30 [Sat] 12:30-13:30
BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.30 [Sat] 15:00-16:00
BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.31 [Sun] 10:00-11:00
BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.31 [Sun] 12:30-13:30
BOOKTicket Reservation
- Venue
- MoN Takanawa: The Museum of Narratives
- Dates
- 2026.05.31 [Sun] 15:00-16:00
OnlineScreenings
- Venue
- Online Grand Theater
- Dates
- 2026.05.25 [Mon] - 2026.06.10 [Wed]
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Recommended comments
The choice of stop-motion animation allows the story to connect directly with children—the primary audience—while also evoking nostalgia and reflection in adult viewers. The characters are kept close to their real animal nature, avoiding overt anthropomorphism, and the absence of dialogue makes the film universally accessible, relying instead on gesture, expression, music, and sound design. The score and audio landscape play a central role, evolving alongside the emotional arc of the story, from light and playful tones to tense, dramatic rhythms as danger looms.