Sylvanian Families The Movie: A Gift From Freya

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Parental guidance to 5 (mild scary scenes). Best suited to a younger audience, may lack interest over 10.

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  • overall comments and recommendations
  • details of classification and consumer advice lines for Sylvanian Families The Movie: A Gift From Freya
  • a review of Sylvanian Families The Movie: A Gift From Freya completed by the Australian Council on Children and the Media (ACCM) on 13 May 2025.

Overall comments and recommendations

Children under 6 Parental guidance recommended due to mild scary scenes.
Children aged 6–10 Ok for this age group.
Children aged 11 and over Ok for this age group, though may lack interest.

About the movie

This section contains details about the movie, including its classification by the Australian Government Classification Board and the associated consumer advice lines. Other classification advice (OC) is provided where the Australian film classification is not available.

Name of movie: Sylvanian Families The Movie: A Gift From Freya
Classification: G
Consumer advice lines: Very mild themes
Length: 66 minutes

ACCM review

This review of the movie contains the following information:

A synopsis of the story

Freya (Yuina Kuroshima), a young chocolate bunny in the village of Sylvania, is excitedly awaiting the annual ‘Festival of the Stars’ when she remembers that her mother’s (Yû Aoi) birthday falls on the day of the festival! As Freya begins to worry about finding the perfect birthday gift for her mum, it is announced that she will be the one to choose the tree of the year for the festival. Will Freya be able to find both the perfect gift and the best tree of the year before the Festival of Stars?

Themesinfo

Children and adolescents may react adversely at different ages to themes of crime, suicide, drug and alcohol dependence, death, serious illness, family breakdown, death or separation from a parent, animal distress or cruelty to animals, children as victims, natural disasters and racism. Occasionally reviews may also signal themes that some parents may simply wish to know about.

Family; Community; Friendship; Self-discovery.

Use of violenceinfo

Research shows that children are at risk of learning that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution when violence is glamourised, performed by an attractive hero, successful, has few real life consequences, is set in a comic context and / or is mostly perpetrated by male characters with female victims, or by one race against another.

Repeated exposure to violent content can reinforce the message that violence is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. Repeated exposure also increases the risks that children will become desensitised to the use of violence in real life or develop an exaggerated view about the prevalence and likelihood of violence in their own world.

  • No violence was noted in this movie.

Material that may scare or disturb children

Under fiveinfo

Children under five are most likely to be frightened by scary visual images, such as monsters, physical transformations.

There are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children under the age of five, including the following:

  • There is a very sudden, jarring noise when fireworks are set off that shocks Freya.
  • In several scenes, characters trip over items and fall down with no injury.
  • Characters fall backward onto their behinds with no injury.
  • A baby character attempts to do handstands and keeps falling down, before beginning to cry.
  • Freya and a male character fall from a great height, screaming the whole way down, before getting saved by another character.

Aged five to eightinfo

Children aged five to eight will also be frightened by scary visual images and will also be disturbed by depictions of the death of a parent, a child abandoned or separated from parents, children or animals being hurt or threatened and / or natural disasters.

In addition to the above-mentioned scenes and scary visual images, there are some scenes in this movie that could scare or disturb children aged five to eight, including the following:

  • Freya and another character get carried away by the wind, using a picnic blanket as a parachute. Freya’s hands get sore and she slips and falls from the sky.
  • Freya faints after losing her breath playing the trumpet. She falls to the floor while her friends fuss around her.
  • Freya and another character attempt to build a trumpet, however, the deep noise smashes all the windows and mirrors in Sylvania village. There is a loud shattering noise, and the young characters are surrounded by glass. Afterward, Freya’s mother tells her that she was being silly and that this was very dangerous.

Aged eight to thirteeninfo

Children aged eight to thirteen are most likely to be frightened by realistic threats and dangers, violence or threat of violence and / or stories in which children are hurt or threatened.

  • Nothing further noted.

Product placement

The following products are displayed or used in this movie:

  • While there are no direct product placements, Sylvanian Families is a famous and extensive toy line, and all the characters are famous figurines.

Sexual references

There are some sexual references in this movie, including:

  • A male character proposes to a female character.

Nudity and sexual activity

  • None noted.

Use of substances

  • None noted.

Coarse language

  • None noted.

In a nutshell

Sylvanian Families The Movie: A Gift From Freya is a very sweet, charming movie about family. While simple and fairly low sensory, it is enjoyable enough for parents to watch with their young children. This film is best suited for younger children, as older children may lose interest. Due to some mild scary scenes, parental supervision is warranted for children aged 5 and under.

The main messages from this movie emphasise importance of love and family, as well as relying on your community to tackle problems together.

Values in this movie that parents may wish to reinforce with their children include:

  • Kindness
  • Teamwork
  • Community
  • Finding out what something means to you
  • Taking accountability.

This movie could also give parents the opportunity to discuss with their children attitudes and behaviours, and their real-life consequences, such as:

  • There are several scenes in the film where young children are shown using potentially dangerous tools without supervision, such as hammers and hacksaws, to make things as a surprise for parent characters. Parents may want to take this into consideration, and discuss with their children the importance of not using such items without supervision.
  • Freya finds herself in a dangerous situation, and her mum remarks that this is quite silly. Freya apologises by making the village an instrument that plays music when it rains. Why do you think it was important for Freya to apologise? What does taking accountability for your actions mean to you?