Sally the Witch movie operates in that rare space where child's delight and adult nostalgia occupy the exact same frame without either one apologizing. The magic system isn't elaborate or world-building heavy, it's an excuse to watch a girl solve problems with genuine kindness and a laugh that suggests she's having more fun than anyone else in the room. Seventy minutes of uncynical cheerfulness from a franchise old enough to be your parent's childhood memory. The animation carries real warmth instead of just technical competence. This is what happens when a creator trusts that joy doesn't need irony to land.

Sally is a teenage witch who came to Earth from the Magical Kingdom. In this short comedy film, spring has failed to arrive for reasons no one can explain. Sally and her friends set out to discover what is holding the season back and to set things right, so that the world can finally move on from winter.