Tales of Franz

Austrian family comedy Tales of Franz (Geschichten vom Franz, 2022) is available to watch online on iFILM, ages 6 and up. Director Johannes Schmid adapts the popular children's book series about the tiniest kid in class.

Franz has blond curls, a voice that cracks when he panics, and two steadfast friends: Gabi and Eberhard. Then he stumbles on Hank Haberer's video guide "10 Rules for a Real Man" and decides he needs a complete personality overhaul. The quest for toughness goes wrong in every possible direction — and the real damage is nearly losing the friends who actually matter. Jossi Jantschitsch plays Franz with precise, endearing awkwardness. A film that takes kids' social anxieties as seriously as the kids themselves do. Watch Tales of Franz (2022) on iFILM.