Who is Where?
Vem är var?
Detailed parental analysis
Hello, here we are! is a children's animated film with a light and colourful atmosphere, designed for very young children. It revolves around several short stories featuring characters with varied physical appearances who learn to live together, to share and to overcome small everyday challenges. The intended audience is clearly young children, from nursery school onwards, and the short sketch format makes it particularly well suited to a first cinema experience.
Underlying Values
The film builds its moral message around emotional jealousy, sharing and rejection. It shows concretely that forming cliques to exclude another character causes sadness, and that physical differences change nothing about each person's fundamental needs. These messages are conveyed consistently throughout the stories, without heavy-handed moralising. It is fertile ground for a conversation with a young child about what they feel when they are excluded or when they exclude others themselves.
Violence
One scene shows two characters fighting and hitting each other, followed by tears. The violence is brief, without visual severity, and leads to an emotional resolution. Another craft scene includes a minor cut with a plaster being applied. These two moments are handled gently and serve the narrative without glorifying or trivialising violence. They may, however, surprise more sensitive children.
Social Themes
Death is addressed through the passing of a character's grandfather, with a scene showing the sadness of those close to him. The treatment is gentle and does not offer a definitive answer about what happens after death, which leaves the question open. For a child aged 3 to 5 who has not yet experienced bereavement, this moment can raise important questions and deserves to be anticipated by the parent.
Discrimination
The series from which this film is drawn has faced criticism regarding the stereotyped appearance of certain characters in earlier versions. It is useful for the parent to remain attentive to how characters with different physical appearances are represented and what the film says about this implicitly, even though the stated message values acceptance of differences.
Strengths
The short story format is well suited to the attention span of very young children and allows several distinct emotional situations to be addressed without overloading the narrative. The film deals with concrete aspects of group life, such as jealousy, exclusion and loss, with genuine accessibility for 3 to 5 year-olds. The grandfather's death, addressed without a ready-made answer, is a rare example of honest treatment of a difficult subject in a film intended for very young children.
Age recommendation and discussion points
The film is suitable from age 3 onwards, with an adult present to support the moments around bereavement and fighting. Two angles of discussion are worth opening after viewing: ask the child how they feel when someone does not want to play with them, and ask them what the sadness of the characters who have lost their grandfather means to them.
Synopsis
Sequel to Who?, with eight new stories. Sleeping over at a friend's house is exciting. You need to take your toothbrush. And a cuddly toy. But what if it’s too scary? And Teddy wants to play with her friends but where can they be?
About this title
- Format
- Short film
- Year
- 2011
- Runtime
- 32m
- Countries
- Sweden
- Original language
- SV
- Studios
- FilmTecknarna Fiction AB
Content barometer
- Violence1/5Mild
- Fear2/5A few scenes
- Sexuality0/5None
- Language0/5None
- Narrative complexity0/5Simple
- Adult themes0/5None
Values conveyed
- Friendship
- Acceptance of difference
- Compassion
- Autonomy
- reconciliation
- independence
- emotions