FIRST FLIGHT

Award Winning Short Film about:
Three little birds, a symphony of frogs, and a first flight unlike any other.



now available on DISNEY+




DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT


“First Flight plays with different ways of learning, but in the end, it’s not about how fast you take off.  It’s about the journey and the people who’ve got your back.”
– Adrián Jaffé



DIRECTOR: Adrián Jaffé
SOUND: Max Gausepohl
SOUND MIX: Lasse Kröger
YEAR: 2025
FUNDING: FFA Kurzfilmförderung
ALL RIGHTS: adrianjaffe.de


 

Festivals and Awards




SPECIAL MENTION:
SCHLiNGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences (Chemnitz)

WINNER:
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (Italy)
Filmfest Dresden, Golden Pony

SELECTIONS:
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (Clermont-Ferrand)
Pictoplasma (Berlin)
Kaboom Animation Festival (Netherlands)
ANIMA – Brussels International Animation Film Festival (Brussels)
Cinekid Festival (Amsterdam)
Giffoni International Film Festival (Giffoni Valle Piana)
London International Animation Festival (London)
IndieLisboa – International Film Festival (Lisbon)
Curtas Vila do Conde – International Short Film Festival (Vila do Conde)
Filmfest Dresden (Dresden)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival (Australia)
Leuven International Short Film Festival (Leuven)
Nordische Filmtage Lübeck (Lübeck)
MONSTRA – Lisboa Animation Festival (Lisbon)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival (Uppsala)
Valdivia International Film Festival (Valdivia)
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival (Saguenay)
Animocje (Bydgoszcz)
Primanima World Festival of First Animations (Budaörs)
ANIMAC – International Animation Film Festival (Lleida)
Animafest Gdańsk (Gdańsk)
Weird Market & WFest – International Animation Short Film Market and Festival (Spain)
Festival of Animation Berlin (Berlin)
Cardiff Animation Festival (Cardiff)
Fredrikstad Animation Festival (Fredrikstad)
Viborg Animation Festival (Viborg)
Animateka International Animated Film Festival (Ljubljana)
Banja Luka International Animated Film Festival (Banja Luka)
World Festival of Animated Film – Varna (Varna)
Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione (Italy)
SCHLiNGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audiences (Chemnitz)
Ale Kino! – International Young Audience Film Festival (Poznań)
Cinemagic International Film and Television Festival (Belfast)
KUKI – Young Short Film Festival (Berlin)
Mo&Friese – Junges Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg (Hamburg)
PLAY – Lisbon International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Lisbon)
IndieJúnior Porto International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Porto)
SIFFCY – Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth (New Delhi)
Mi Primer Festival de Cine (Barcelona & Madrid)
Bucharest Kids Film Festival (Bucharest)
Cork International Film Festival (Cork)
FilmFest Osnabrück (Osnabrück)
FILMZ – Festival des deutschen Kinos (Mainz)
KINO Athens International Independent Film Festival (Athens)
Aguilar Film Festival (Aguilar de Campoo)
Courts en Champagne (France)
International Short Film Week Regensburg (Regensburg)
Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (Landshut)
Independent Days International Film Festival (Karlsruhe)
XXS Kurzfilmfestival (Dortmund)
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage (Bamberg)
Underdog Film Festival (Wolfsburg)
Festival Music & Cinema Marseille (Marseille)
Manipulate Arts Festival (Edinburgh)
Warwick Arts Centre Film Events (Coventry)
BAMkids – Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York)
Psaroloco International Children's & Young People’s Film Festival (Greece)
Youth Film Festival Antwerp (Antwerp)
AnimationsClub Hamburg (Hamburg)
Animation Nights New York (New York)
Cactus Film Festival (2026)
Fest Anča – International Animation Festival (Žilina)
ZACK! Europäische Animationsfilmtage (Germany)
Hsin-Yi Children’s Animation Awards (Taiwan)
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