A peaceful summer day. Dad is fully equipped and ready to take the baby for a ride on the river. However, he hadn’t expected the rapids to be quite this rough, the baby to be quite this cranky, or for an eagle to take an unexpected interest in their presence…

A European animation with a touch of the colourful tones of Pixar — this is how the graduation work of five animation directors from the École des Nouvelles Images in Avignon can best be described. The short film was made in less than a year and has been screened at a number of film festivals, now adding the name of RIGA IFF to the list.