Catalogue Cinekid Festival 2021 by Cinekid

CATALOGUE 2021

Content Introduction 6 JURY 7 Jury Best Children’s Film Competition 8 Jury Best Dutch Children’s Film Competition 10 Jury Best International Short Film Competition 12 Jury Best Dutch Short Competition 14 Jury Best Dutch Series Competition 16 Jury Eurimages Co-production Development Award 18 Jury Filmmore Post-production Award 20 FILM 22 Introduction 23 Best Children’s Film 24 Best Dutch Children’s Film 31 Out of Competition Feature Films 37 Best International Animated Short 43 Best International Live-Action Short 56 Best Dutch Animated Short 65 Best Dutch Live Action Short 69 Best Dutch Documentary Short 73 Out of Competition Short Films 76 Spotlight 86 Educational Programme 95

CONTENT

SERIES 100 Introduction 101 Best Dutch Fiction Series 102 Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series 106 National Audience Award 111 Series Premieres 112 Special Screenings 116 NEW MEDIA 120 Introduction 121 Installations 122 Workshops 130 Games 137 GAME AND APP AWARDS 144 First year for this new award 145 Game & app 146 CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS 150 Introduction 151 Market Activities 152 Networking events 155 Index 156 Credits 160

Welcome to Cinekid Festival 2021 No going to the cinema or granny’s birthday party, no day at the zoo, no final musical for the leaving class in primary school: it was tough. Every child has to a greater or lesser extent missed closeness; we humans are very sociable animals after all. The pandemic touched children. Their perspective has narrowed to a more limited view of the world which may also have been distorted by unlimited digital access. Telling stories, discovering them and creating them help humans recover and heal. Attending the Cinekid Festival together (finally!) is the best remedy.

Thanks to our audience’s confidence, our loyal partners, subsidisers and funds, Cinekid is the platform, the place, the guide and also the quality mark.

No blame lies with the countless makers. This year an ocean of fantastic film and media projects that stimulate and inspire children will be shown. We had a lot of fun compiling this multi-faceted programme thanks to the many entries from talented makers from every continent. Cinekid will present inclusive projects that want every child to be recognised so they can be proud of who they are and can explore the world around them with an open, curious gaze despite, yet perhaps also thanks to the digital opportunities available.

Dear people: please enjoy all the beautiful, moving, unique, exciting, funny and recognisable stories at Cinekid and be open minded and curious, like all the children!

We will open the festival on 13 October 2021 with the global premiere of Captain Nova, a thrilling science fiction film which sounds the alarm about climate change in an accessible manner: listen to children and take them seriously! I would like to take this opportunity to thank our team for the resilience and flexibility with which we reinvented the Cinekid Festival. Our online platform now makes it possible to contact makers from around the world. Yet Cinekid also provides the personal contact required for intensive meetings. Our festival continues to study the options for improving accessibility, also for audiences. In Amsterdam, but also at dozens of major festivals across the Netherlands.

Heleen Rouw Festival Director

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Jury Best Children’s Film Competition Out of the 300 feature film entries that Cinekid received from all over the world, 15 films were selected for the prestigious Best Children’s Film Competition. A jury of five international professionals with a background in film or children’s media will decide who get the Best Children’s Film Jury Award and reward the production company of the winning film with a Cinekid Lion statue. Furthermore, the children in the audience at the festival screenings also vote for their favourite film in the competition. The highest-rated film receives the Cinekid Lion for the Best Children’s Film Audience Award.

Pantelis Panteloglou (Greece) Pantelis studied Social Anthropology in Athens and has an MA in Social Exclusion and Minorities. He has worked in various creative and organisational positions in the audio-visual sector, cinema and theatre since 2003. Since 2011, he has worked for the Olympia International Film Festival in various roles (Children and Young People film selection, printed media, international relations and exchanges as well as translations). He is currently the deputy artistic director of OIFF.

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Nick Cunningham (United Kingdom) Nick is an editor, publisher and journalist working in the international film trade, specialising in documentaries and Dutch cinema. He has been publishing Business Doc Europe, the new voice of the international documentary trade, since 2019. Nick has attended and reported on Cinekid for the past decade as he is an avowed fan of cinema made for younger audiences. He is also, at heart, a big kid himself.

Cornelia Boysen (Norway) When Cornelia started working at Maipo Film in 2010, she had a background in production and had worked for the Nordic Film & TV Fund. Since starting to work as a producer, she has had a special focus on content for younger audiences and has produced the Doctor Proktor film series, based on Jo Nesbø’s books, as well as the films about Louis & Luca, with the first in the series being the highest grossing film in Norway in the last decade. She produces both live action and animation and is currently working on Clue, a youth crime film that will premiere autumn 2021.

Henri Magalon (France) Henri, former VP of New Media at Gaumont, founded Maybe Movies in 2003, with the goal to structure an independent and creative production company. Its objective: to develop and produce programmes with innovative content and international appeal. Maybe Movies has released 7 feature films so far. Titles include Ernest & Celestine (César for Best Animation in 2013 and a 2014 Oscar nomination), Long Way North (Audience Award at the 2015 Annecy Festival, Zombillénium (presented at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival), and Calamity (Grand Prize at the 2020 Annecy Festival), plus several animated series and documentaries.

Patty Colemont (Belgium) Patty studied Communication Sciences in the USA. She started her career making travel videos for an American company, until she was invited to develop a new, women-oriented media channel in Belgium. Vitaya was founded in 2000 and quickly garnered a Flemish audience. She subsequently started working for Telenet to redefine their streaming service Play. A few years later, Patty helped launch the Movies and Series Pass (now rebranded Pickx+) at the Belgian telecommunications company Proximus. She also co-produced series for Proximus, of which Undercover is the best known.

Jury Best Dutch Children’s Film Competition The Netherlands is internationally renowned as a major producer of family films. Over the years, the number, quality, and diversity of Dutch children’sfilms have steadily increased, in part owning to the children’s film initiatives of the Netherlands Film Fund. For the Best Dutch Children’s Film Competition, Cinekid selects the best Dutch feature films made since the last festival, which are aimed at Children under 14 or suitable for the entire family. The winner of the Best Dutch Family Film Jury Award will receive a Cinekid Lion statue. The children visiting the festival award their own Cinekid Lion Audience Award to the highest-rated film in the competition.

Esther Duysker After graduating from the University of the Arts Utrecht, Esther has focused on writing for theatre and film. Her graduation short Day (2011) was shortlisted for a Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival. In 2015, Esther’s theatre collective Sir Duke joined forces with musical theatre group Orkater and their show The Blackout of ‘77 was a hit at the cutting-edge Oerol Festival. Her adaption of Shakespeare’s Othello, commissioned by the National Theatre and directed by Daria Bukvic, was praised by critics. In 2020, her first feature Buladó won a Golden Calf for Best Film at the Netherlands Film Festival. Currently Esther is writing Ogri, the sequel to her children’s book Trobi, with illustrator Brian Elstak.

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Annemarie van de Mond After graduating from the Maastricht Academy of Dramatic Arts in Maastricht, Annemarie worked as a director’s assistant and script supervisor on many Dutch movies and series. In addition, she worked on various international productions with directors including Wes Anderson and Joel Schumacher. From 1999 onwards, she started directing herself and directed episodes of drama series such as Smeris, Meisje van Plezier and Flikken Rotterdam. The short film Beet and the films made for TV productions such as HannaHannaH, Taartman and Just Friends were awarded numerous international awards. Her first feature film Jackie and Oopjen was awarded the Cinekid Lion for Best Dutch Children’s Film 2020.

Hedda Bruessing Hedda has been working in the film and television industry since 1996. From 2007 to 2019, she worked for the public service broadcaster NTR as executive producer for the youth department, head of production and head of media business. In this role she was responsible for setting up all international co-productions and business development. Hedda worked on successful kids’ shows such as the Emmy nominated science series Full Proof, and Animal Detectives. In November 2019, she joined public service broadcaster BNNVARA as head of media business. Hedda has been a jury member for the International Emmy Kids, the Kidscreen Awards and the Rockie Awards Kids.

Danielle Raaphorst Danielle launched her own company Incredible Film in 2009 to expand her work as an independent producer. Since then, she has produced successful films such as Madly in Love, Escape and Angel. Prior to this, she worked as a producer and acquisitions manager at a Benelux film distribution company. She also spent over 12 years working as a global sales agent for both Dutch and Flemish production companies. Nowadays, Incredible Film is a familiar name in the business, selling content to distributors all over the world, from feel-good to family adventures to psychological thrillers and epic stories.

Leendert de Ridder Leendert graduated in 2012 from the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam. After graduating, Leendert appeared in plays for Kompagnie Kistemaker, Theatergroep Kwatta, Toneelgroep Oostpool and De Theateralliante. He also had parts in The Apple Core, Villa Achterwerk, The Mystery Of… and Ghost Rockers. Since 2016, Leendert has played the role of Mister Twister in two feature films and in both seasons of Mister Twister The Series. Leendert also presented the Mister Twister Quiz and Outdoors Bound. This year, he will return to theatres in Romeo & Juliet by Goedemorgen Theaterproducties and Metamorphoses by Theatergroep Kwatta.

Jury Best International Short Film Competition The Best International Short Competition is a unique programme for short films that are suitable for young children and do not exceed thirty minutes. The competition comprises two categories, one for animation and one for live action. With these short films, Cinekid seeks to introduce young children to themes and narrative styles from as many countries as possible. There is much talent and even in the smallest countries, beautiful works are produced on a regular basis. However, projects that focus on children are still limited and therefore deserve support. This year, Cinekid made a selection of 42 short films, 25 animations and 17 live-action shorts. In both categories, a jury consisting of three members will select a winner to receive the sum of €1,000 and a Cinekid Lion statuette.

Chipo Zhou (South Africa) Chipo has worked in the arts industry for over 14 years and has been Head of programming and curator for the Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) for the past five editions. Chipo deliberately cultivated the development of indigenous talent and facilitated access to both audiences and aspiring filmmakers from previously marginalised communities. As an avid proponent of the inclusion of women in film, she signed the 50/50 by 2020 pledge on behalf of DIFF. Chipo sits on the Short Film Conference board and previously sat on the board of Women Filmmakers of Zimbabwe. She has also served on local and international film festival juries, as well as on project selection panels for several residency programs.

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Ignas Meilūnas (Lithuania) After receiving bachelor’s degree in computer science from Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Ignas followed his passion for computer graphics and animation. After five years of working in the field as an animator, he started to direct animated shorts. His films, including Mr. Night Has a Day Off (2016) and Matilda and the Spare Head (2020), have been awarded at international animation festivals and distributed world-wide. Ignas continues to work mainly in his refined stile of stop-motion animation and in 2019 became a co-founder of the Vilnius-based animation studio Kadrų Skyrius.

Martina Matzkin (Argentina) Martina has directed three short films: Chats in Taj Mahal premiered at BAFICI, The Other Body at CINEFEM, and The Name of the Son at the Berlinale, where it was awarded the Crystal Bear and the special prize for the Best Short Film (in the Generation Kplus section). It was also awarded at Cinekid, NYICFF, and Stockholm. She is currently working on two documentaries: The Caretaker (winner of the development contest of the Argentinian Film Institute and selected at Doc Corner at Cannes) and Tristan (Special Mention winner at DocLisboa’s Arché), both co-directed with Gabriela Uassouf.

Jury Best Dutch Short Competition For the fourth year, Cinekid hosts a special competition for Dutch short films. The Best Dutch Short Competition aims to highlight the quality and diversity of Dutch shorts for the domestic children audience and to promote the films internationally. A total of 23 short films were selected and divided into three categories: live action, documentary and animation. A jury of five experts from the short film field will choose one film for each category and award them with the Best Dutch Live Action Short, the Best Dutch Documentary Short and the Best Dutch Animated Short Jury Awards, respectively. In each case, the winning film’s production company will receive a sum of €1,000 and a Cinekid Lion statuette.

Annelot Tijs Experienced, passionate film educator with a history of working in the field of arts education and film: from arts policy consultant to education programmer, from film festival producer and fundraiser to head of the film and education department at the LUX arthouse cinema in Nijmegen (NL). She has been part of the team at Netwerk Filmeducatie (an EYE Film Institute initiative) as coordinator of industry since 2020. All this time her mission has been to celebrate cinema and bring film into the young people’s lives through education.

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Charlotte Hoogakker Charlotte makes documentaries about children, whom she works together closely with, and tries to tell their stories in an honest, entertaining manner. Since 2002, she has developed and directed several television series for children as well as being awarded national and international prizes. The third season of her latest series Baking with Bunnies (which won Best Dutch Series last year at Cinekid) is set to air in January 2022. Alongside working as a documentary filmmaker, she also works as a director for well-known Dutch programmes such as The Apple Core and as a coach for young directors.

Melliena Beckmann Melliena is currently working as a documentary and television producer at the Dutch public broadcaster EO. She has won several awards for both her journalistic and audio-visual productions. In 2018, the documentary My Father’s Protocol was aired on Dutch national television. In this film, Melliena filmed her own parents after her father suffered a major stroke. Her last (short) documentary Timo Must Wait premiered at Cinekid in 2019. She won the Cinekid Lion for Best Dutch Short last year.

Patou ten Cate After studying production at the Theater School for a few years, Patou became enamoured with film production. In recent years, in addition to studying at the Netherlands Film Academy, she has worked as an (assistant) production manager for various commercials, films and series as well as producing several music videos. She works with enthusiasm and is not easily put off. Her favourite Dutch movies are Kauwboy and Het Paard van Sinterklaas.

Sverre Fredriksen Sverre grew up in the woods of Norway and studied film in Australia, where he shot his short film Power Up, which won the Changemaker Award in NYC in 2007. Since then, Sverre has been exploring the new territories of analogue animation and has served a wide range of international clients with commissioned work. His woodcut music video for Tim Knol’s When I Am King was awarded Best Dutch Video in 2010. Sverre’s latest short Human Nature premiered in Toronto, was nominated for the Golden Calf at the Netherlands Film Festival and won Best Dutch Short Animation at Cinekid 2020.

Jury Best Dutch Series Competition The Best Dutch Series Jury Award rewards the best Dutch episodic productions that have aired since the last festival. A record number of 18 series were selected in two separate categories: Best Dutch Fiction Series and Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series. For each production, three episodes had to be submitted. For the Fiction Series competition, these had to be three chronologically linked episodes. For Non-Fiction, the participant could choose freely which three episodes to submit. A jury of five experts from the world of children’s television watches all the submitted episodes and chooses one winning series for each category. The production companies of the recipients of the Best Dutch Fiction Series and the Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series Jury Awards are rewarded with a Cinekid Lion statuette.

Harry van Rijthoven After attending the ArtEZ School of Acting in Arnhem, Harry worked as an actor in theatre, cinema and on television for over 40 years. He played parts in the popular daily youth programme The Apple Core for 20 years. Other television productions include Dr. Krankenstein and Tita Tovenaar. He also acted in films such as Monkey Business and Winky’s Horse, and has a small part in Captain Nova, the opening film at Cinekid this year.

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David Cocheret As a child, David spent most of his time watching movies on television. His family really worried what would become of him but, by the age of 12, David already knew he wanted to make movies and all this time he had merely been preparing. Fast forward to 2021. David is an all-round film director with wide-ranging experience in film, television and online. Recent work includes productions such as War Stories, The Ludwigs and De Slet van 6VWO. Currently, he is showrunner for Spangas: The Campus, the longest running youth drama series on Dutch television.

Janneke Niessen Founding partner at CapitalT, serial entrepreneur, angel investor, board member and diversity advocate. She has started and left two international technology companies, is a board member at several organizations and regularly speaks at international events. As the co-initiator of InspiringFifty – an initiative to increase diversity in technology by raising the visibility of female role models – Janneke published ‘The New Girl Code’ to inspire young girls to pursue careers in technology. She was named one of Harper’s Bazaar’s Women of the Year, Most Innovative Leader and EY Entrepreneur of the Year.

Malou de Roy van Zuydewijn Malou graduate from the HKU Writing for Performance programme and loves writing with and for children. She sets up her writing room at schools and immortalises the wealth of stories she hears there in plays, prose, podcasts and immersive experiences for kids. With a background as a primary school teacher and a master in community arts, Malou adds her artistic skills to places where her work can bring extra value. Malou has written drama for youth theatre companies such as Het Laagland, Toneelmakerij, STIP theatre Productions and Bontehond.

Marloes den Hoed Marloes coordinates all the educational programmes at LantarenVenster, a six-screen arthouse cinema and jazz venue in Rotterdam. Volunteering at a small cinema sparked her love of cinema when she was only 16. Marloes studied film at the University of Amsterdam, followed by a MA programme on the preservation and presentation of moving images. Marloes has worked for film festivals such as Movies that Matter, IDFA and Pluk de Nacht. In her role at LantarenVenster, she aspires to create the cinema audience of the future by acquainting younger audiences with arthouse cinema.

Jury Eurimages Co-production Development Award The Eurimages Co-production Development Award will be awarded to the best eligible feature film project in the Junior Co-production Market. Eligible projects must target theatrical release, and must be designed as a European co-production between at least two Eurimages Fund member states for reasons other than purely financial. The award is provided by the European cinema support fund Eurimages both to promote European youth film and to stimulate European coproductions. The winner will receive €20,000 in cash.

Charlotte Henskens (DFW International) After completing her Master’s Degree in Media and Culture, Charlotte started her career in international sales at Amsterdam based Fortissimo Films in 2010. In 2019, she joined independent distributor Dutch FilmWorks, to help set up the global sales division DFW International. At DFW International Charlotte is handling worldwide sales of their Benelux productions, including features, series, documentaires and kids content. Recent titles include preschool series The Daily Fable, Fay & Tom and family films Pirates Down the Street and The Claus Family.

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Karin Schockweiler (Film Fund Luxemburg) After her studies in marketing and communication in Germany, and production studies at UCLA, Karin Schockweiler started her professional career in 1989 at KirchGroup, Munich, in corporate communications. In 1991, she changed to ProSieben TV where she was first handling Program Press, and after being appointed to Kabelkanal (Kabel 1) first and DSF (Deutsches SportFernsehen) to launch the communication department, she returned to the programming department of ProSieben in 1994. She was named Head of acquisition - series and international co-production in 1996 and left the channel in 2000. From 2000 to 2004 she was working as an independent media consultant for development and financing of international co-productions, distribution and evaluating program catalogues in Munich and Paris. In April 2004 she was appointed Director of MEDIA Desk Luxembourg, which is part of Film Fund Luxembourg. She is the Luxemburg representative on the Board of Management of Eurimages (Council of Europe film fund) since 2010, member of the Creative Europe MEDIA committee (audiovisual program from the European Commission) and Deputy CEO of Film Fund Luxembourg since November 2013.

Stian Tveiten (Qvisten) Stian Tveiten is a Norwegian producer from Qvisten Animation, the leading production company for animated- and children’s content in Scandinavia. He graduated as a producer from the Norwegian Film School in 2014 and joined Qvisten in 2019 after 4 years at FRILAND PRODUKSJON. Currently he is in production with Qvistens first original animation-feature Just Super, scheduled to hit cinemas in fall 2022. He is also producing the next Captain Sabertooth-feature and developing several other animated projects.

Jury Filmmore Post-production Award The Filmmore Post-Production Award is designed to stimulate collaboration with the Dutch Visual Effects & Post Production lab Filmmore. Live-action projects selected within the Junior Co-production Award are eligible to compete. The award bestows €5,000 in services and forms an invitation to start a long and fruitful collaboration with Filmmore.

Jolande Junte (Phantabasta) Jolande is a highly experienced animation producer for more than 15 years now. She worked for various Dutch animation studio’s before joining BosBros in 2014. She produced a wide variety of (inter-)national animation productions: from 2D cut out series to 2D feature film, and from stop motion series to motion capture film. Since 2018 she has produced animation films and series for Phanta Animation.

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Freja Nørgaard Sørensen (DR Sales) With a master’s degree in media studies, minor in dramaturgy from the University of Aarhus, Freja joined international sales and distribution company LevelK in 2011. During a 4-year period, Freja worked with both delivery, festivals, contracts, media applications and sales. Freja has also worked with development and drama productions at Cosmo Film before she was hired at DR Sales, the leading Nordic tv distributor. Currently working as the Sales Executive handling strategy and sales, as well as responsible for incoming drama productions.

Yamal Stitou (Filmmore) Yamal Stitou is a NCE Film editor who creatively supports and leads editors, directors/ filmmakers and show-runners in the post-production process of fictional drama. Since 2002 he has edited feature films (such as Spangas op Survival and Bennie Stout), drama and comedy series (Mocro Maffia, Divorce and more recently Follow de SOA). He is also the editor of the Cinekid award-winner De Regels van Floor. Yamal enjoys films with a catching storyline and a good laugh now and then.

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FILMS

INTRODUCTION

Film Programme For its 35th edition, Cinekid will once again present a ground-breaking film programme featuring new, exciting films from all over the world. The line-up consists of a diverse selection of live-action, animation and documentary feature films, short works and even 360° productions originating from 43 different countries. Old and new The pandemic has had an immense impact on the international media industry and children’s film was no exception. Many productions were postponed, cinemas closed and film festivals – such as Cinekid – had to adapt by presenting hybrid editions. While we are not entirely out of the woods yet, we are very happy that it seems as if we can present a fully fledged physical festival in 2021. We still expect to need to adhere to certain restrictions, but at least we will be able to present our film programme with all the usual connected activities and side events as well as allowing a few guests to participate. Furthermore, we will continue with and expand on the successful innovations from last year’s edition, to reach as many children in the Netherlands as possible. We will again be presenting the film programme at 8 additional cinemas around the country and will provide a selection from our line-up on our online platform Cinekid Play.

Bountiful harvest Our festival’s goal has always been to give Dutch children the chance to see to best productions from across the globe. We want to encourage our audience to explore genres, types of films and productions from countries that they normally wouldn’t be able to access. However, we are always dependent on which children’s films are available that year. We were concerned that the number of completed productions might be lower than normal due to the pandemic. Fortunately, we have been blessed by a bumper harvest of eclectic films this year, with original stories or originating from countries with less prolific film industries. As a result, our line-up contains a wide-ranging selection of the planet’s best new children’s films. Alongside the highly anticipated local (co-)productions My Dad

is a Sausage and Best Birthday Ever, it also includes titles from countries not usually showcased in Dutch cinemas, such as the gritty Hungarian family drama Wild Roots, the futuristic Cambodian mystery Karmalink and the sweet Iranian story Cocoon & Butterfly.

The world and your place in it Many titles from this year’s programme address the effects of climate change and the role children can play to ameliorate these. In our opening film Captain Nova, children go back in time to actively stop irresponsible, money grubbing grownups from making mistakes, while in Japanese animation Poupelle of Chimney Town pollution has turned the sky permanently dark grey and residents need to be convinced that there might be a world beyond their city. Another important topic this year is what it means to be viewed as ‘different’ by society. In the Swedish animation The Ape Star, an orphan is adopted by a gorilla and, although she is a loving mother, their relationship is frowned upon by society, whilst in the documentary Hello World four gay teenagers explain how they experienced their first years after they came out. Cinekid’s 2021 edition provides another ambitious programme featuring many different themes and stories, and quite a few surprises.

Erik Tijman Head of Film & Series

The Ape Star

Best Birthday Ever

Apstjärnan Jonna is happy at the orphanage, so when a gorilla in pink pants adopts her, it comes as quite a shock. The single-minded eight-year-old discovers that Gorilla, who lives in a house next to a junkyard, loves books, has a sense of humour and makes an unusual, yet good mother. They take no notice of what others think. Jonna helps Gorilla with her bric-a-brac stall and they become very happy together. The only threat comes from the town councillor who wants to get rich by building an amusement park where Gorilla’s house now stands.

Just when a young rabbit wants to celebrate its birthday, its parents have to take its baby sister to the doctor. The headstrong little creature decides to go to grandma, because she is always nice. The journey through the woods together with his friends becomes an adventure full of funny, exciting and unexpected events. Once the mean fox has been chased off and everyone has arrived at grandma’s after a lot of complications, the bunny knows it has never had such an amazing birthday.

Simple, yet playful 2D animation featuring atmospheric backdrops from the makers of Gordon & Paddy. Alongside all the excitement, at least equal attention is paid to the moving, unexpected bond between Jonna and Gorilla. Serious themes such as racism, injustice and diversity are dealt with playfully. After the book by Frida Nilsson.

Michael Ekblad (Molly Monster the Movie) based this 2D animation on Rotraut Susanne Berner’s series of books. The everyday issues, full of humorous detail, that beset this very human rabbit family will be recognisable even for the youngest viewers. That also applies for all the other experiences in this simple story. If things briefly get exciting, they are immediately followed by relief and fun.

LINDA HAMBÄCK SWEDEN, NORWAY, DENMARK | 2021 | 72’ | 5+

MICHAEL EKBLAD SWEDEN, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY | 2021 | 70’ | 4+

FACTS Dutch title Mijn moeder is een gorilla Producer Petter Lindblad,

FACTS Dutch title De beste verjaardag ooit Producer Alexandra Schatz

Linda Hambäck Screenwriter Janne Vierth Editor Ulf Tønder

Screenwriter Aje Andrea Brucken Editor Marcus Horn Composer

Flittig, Linda Hambäck Composer Tania Naranjo, Minna

Annette Focks, Udo Schobel Leading actors Max Lester,

Weurlander, Production company LEE Film Stockholm AB, Sweden,

Beatrice Davies, Rufus Bateman, Harry Wright, Johnathan Bailey

linda@leefilm.se Sales company Attraction Distribution, Canada,

Production company Alexandra Schatz Filmproduktion UG,

info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca

Germany, office@schatzfilmproduktion.com Sales company SC

Distributor In The Air

Films International, United Kingdom, info@scfilmsinternational.com, www.scfilmsinternational.com Distributor Periscoop Film

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BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

Buster’s World

Captain Nova

Buster - Oregon Mortensen Buster is a jaunty little optimist full of good intentions. He loves magic tricks and isn’t discouraged if his tricks or other plans fail. He likes to help his sister, parents and his older friend Mr Larsen, who is ill. However, his biggest challenges are to capture Joanna’s heart and his battle with Simon-Olaf, his competitor on stage and for love. Alongside familiar themes such as rivalry, bullying and the encouragement to always keep dreaming, it is primarily the disarming open attitude of Buster (played with vim by Manfred Weber Cortzen) that sets the tone. Fantastic developments exude a positive vision in this heart-warming comedy that also takes life seriously, particularly when it comes to Mister Larsen’s imminent demise. Based on Bjarne Reuter’s book, just like the 1984 Bille August version that became a Danish youth classic.

MARTIN MIEHE-RENARD DENMARK | 2021 | 92’ | 8+ FACTS

Rebellious fighter pilot Nova is sent back to our era from the year 2050 to help prevent an environmental disaster. With her knowledge from the future different, wiser decisions can be made. Unfortunately, Nova becomes as young as she was in our day and no one listens to a 12-year-old girl. Together with a neglected teen and her parrot-like flying robot ADD, she does her utmost to get her important point across. This exciting family film with humorous asides creatively addresses serious themes facing today’s children. Think of climate change, environmental pollution and backroom politics. Sometimes adults must be told how to make decisions that favour everyone in the long term by sensible children. At the same time, Captain Nova is a captivating, original story about friendship and restoring family ties. This year’s opening film at the festival.

MAURICE TROUWBORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 90’ | 7+ FACTS

Dutch title Busters wereld Producer Barbara Crone, Hans Bülow

Producer Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink Screenwriter Maurice

Ungfelt Screenwriter Jesper Nicolaj Christiansen Editor Søren B.

Trouwborst, Lotte Tabbers Editor Pelle Asselbergs Composer

Ebbe Composer Frans Bak, Keld Haaning Ibsen Leading actors

Alexander Reumers Leading actors Kika van de Vijver, Marouane

Alma Sofie Almela Allarp, Genie Argiris, Charly Comkean Baasch,

Meftah, Anniek Pheifer, Hannah van Lunteren, Joep Vermolen

Manfred Weber Cortzen, Louise Davidsen Production company

Production company Keplerfilm, The Netherlands,

Crone Ungfelt Aps, Denmark, ungfelt@gmail.com Sales company

hello@keplerfilm.com, www.keplerfilm.com Sales company Beta

Sola Media, Germany, post@sola-media.com, www.sola-media.com

Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com Distributor Gusto Entertainment

Cocoon & Butterfly

Dreams are like Wild Tigers

Pile va parvaneh

Träume sind wie wilde Tiger

Parvaneh, a handicapped girl who lives in a poor mountain village in Iran, can’t go to school because she can’t walk properly and her father doesn’t have time to take her. Yavar, the boy next door, decides to help her, but must do so in secret as Parvaneh’s embittered father keeps chasing him off and Yavar’s mother keeps telling him to do his homework. Yavar perseveres and comes up with all sorts of ideas for reaching the girl, such as a tin-can telephone that uses a garden hose. At school, the teacher doesn’t understand why Yavar is suddenly skipping so many classes.

Ranji has moved to Germany from India against his wishes. His father has a good job there, but Ranji has a dream: he wants to be in a Bollywood film. When he sees that his hero, super star Amir Roshan, is organising auditions he only wants one thing: to leave Berlin and return to Mumbai. That will immediately solve his bullying problem too. With neighbour Toni’s help, he risks it all.

Directorial debut that looks like an Iranian classic, if only because the boy runs along the forest path whether it be summer or winter. Children seek their own solutions because adults have other things on their minds, such as Parvaneh’s father’s redundancy. Calm and collected with enough playful, exciting elements for young audience.

This musical comedy not only deals with racism, but also makes serious fun of the concept of integration. This cultural adventure is full of surprising elements, appealing and exciting developments, and inventive videos by Ranji and Toni. Colourful characters including a fabulous grandad and an eccentric neighbour are the opposites of Ranji’s super-rational father. Interlarded with Bollywood song and dance, which provides both exuberant and sensitive moments.

MOHAMMAD SALEHINEZHAD IRAN | 2021 | 87’ | 9+

LARS MONTAG GERMANY | 2021 | 96’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Cocon & vlinder Producer Mohammad Salehinezhad,

Dutch title Dromen zijn als wilde tijgers Producer Clemens Schaeffer,

Mehdi Akbari Screenwriter Mohammad Salehinezhad Editor

Alexander Thies Screenwriter Lars Montag, Sathyan Ramesh,

Movahhed Shadrou Composer Nima Aziminezhad Leading actors

Ellen Schmidt, Murmel Clausen Editor David J. Achilles Composer

Saleh Malek Tabar, Fatemeh Malek Tabar, Radmehr Ali Nasab,

Johannes Repka Leading actors Shan Robitzky, Annlis Krischke,

Mehri Al Agha, Asgari Reisi Production company Rasekh Film, Iran

Sushia Sara Mai, Murali Perumal, Irshad Panjatan Production

Sales company 7TH ART Independent Films Dist., Iran,

company NFP neue film produktion GmbH, Germany, info@nfp.de

7thart.ifd@gmail.com

Sales company NFP neue film produktion GmbH, Germany, info@nfp.de

FILMS

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

Even Mice Belong in Heaven

Hello World

Mysi patri do nebe

Hei verden

Mouse Whizzy’s father was eaten by a fox and is considered a hero. Whizzy wants to be just as brave, but the more she works to achieve this, the fewer friends she has. Chased by Fox, she is run over by a car and ends up in animal heaven: a sometimes mysterious, sometimes carnivalesque wonder world full of strange meetings, in which Whizzy and the stuttering Fox slowly forget their enmity and try to find a way out together.

Viktor, Runa, Dina and Joachim are four Norwegian teens who were all the first to come out at their school. Not difficult as such, but that doesn’t mean life afterwards is always easy. Besides the crap jokes, they get a lot of support. There are positive and negative experiences, loneliness and first love. And why shouldn’t a boy use make-up? The film follows the boys and girls’ every activity for three years whilst they speak candidly, at school, playing sports or making music, at home or with friends. Their self-confidence grows.

Rich, humorous combination of stop-motion and computer animation make this magical world very appealing. Elements vary from a wash at the pearly gates to a whale with a ‘life cinema’ inside. Lively animal characters prove that it isn’t easy showing who you really are, but because everything is different in animal heaven, it succeeds this time. Adapted from Iva Procházková’s book. Winner of Best Animation at the Shanghai International Film Festival.

DENISA GRIMMOVA, JAN BUBENÍCEK CZECH REPUBLIC, FRANCE, SLOVAKIA, POLAND | 2021 | 80’ | 8+ FACTS

This spontaneous mix of personal revelations and footage of everyday activities offers countless topics for discussion. Those who still want to come out will feel supported, others will discover that besides being gay these young people are just like everyone else their age. Discovering who you are and a desire for connection are universal.

KENNETH ELVEBAKK NORWAY | 2021 | 90’ | 10+ FACTS

Screenwriter Alice Nellis Editor Vladimír Barák Composer Krzysz-

Producer Kari Anne Moe, Gudmundur Gunnarsson Screenwriter

tof A. Janczak Production company Fresh Films, Czech

Kenneth Elvebakk Editor Simon Carlgren, Alba Lange Composer

Republic, info@freshfilmfest.net, http://freshfilms.cz/ Sales

Henrik Skram Leading actors Dina Wikström Production company

company Charades, France, sales@charades.eu, www.charades.eu

Fuglene AS, Norway, kenneth@fuglene.no, www.fuglene.no Sales

Distributor Cinéart Nederland

company Fuglene AS, Norway, kenneth@fuglene.no, www.fuglene.no

Martin and the Magical Forest

My Dad is a Sausage

Mazel a tajemství lesa

Mijn vader is een saucisse

A summer camp full of nature lovers is the last place city kid Martin wants to spend his holidays, but his parents think it would be good for him. The worst thing is he has to hand in his beloved mobile phone, just as he is going to run away however, he discovers something on one else sees. Just like in dreamer Foxie’s book of fairy tales, the woods are crawling with small, plant creatures with huge eyes. They are impatient and need help because humans with huge machines prospecting for valuable resources threaten to destroy nature.

When Zoë’s father suddenly quits his job at the bank and wants to become an actor, his family is shocked. Is he suffering from burnout? Is it a mid-life crisis? Only the youngest daughter Zoë, who is a bit of an outsider with artistic talents and scientific interests, helps him. Even if it’s only playing a vegetarian sausage in an ad. It benefits Zoë a lot too.

The film’s realistic and comparatively traditional theme of an outsider trying to find his place in the world is effectively combined with the fantastical elements. This stimulates the imagination, leading to a bigger spectacle. The children learn that cooperation is important and the contemporary environmental motif will definitely appeal to young viewers.

PETR OUKROPEC GERMANY, SLOVAKIA, CZECH REPUBLIC | 2021 | 80’ | 6+ FACTS

Comedy about chasing your dreams, told from the perspective of 12-year-old Zoë. The dysfunctional family is in for a rude awakening in this fast-paced story with its dry humour, absurdist situations and yet also space for serious emotions. Lively animation accentuates Zoë’s perspective; she draws parallels between the big bang and the family crisis. Anouk Fortunier’s directorial debut after a screenplay the renowned Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem and based on the book by Agnès de Lestrade.

ANOUK FORTUNIER BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY | 2021 | 84’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Martin en het magische bos Producer Peter Badač

Dutch title Mijn vader is een saucisse Producer Dries Phlypo,

Screenwriter Katerina Kacerovska Editor Dana Klempířová

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem Screenwriter Jean-Claude van

Composer André Feldhaus, Carsten Rocker Leading actors

Rijckeghem Editor Get van Berckelaer, Joppe Van Den Brande

Sebastian Pöthe, Josefína Krycnerová, Tobiáš Rímský, Václav

Composer Harry de Wit Leading actors Johan Heldenbergh,

Hubka, Johana Horváthová, Production company BFILM, Czech

Savannah Vandendriessche, Hilde De Baerdemaeker, Production

Republic, info@bfilm.sk, http://www.bfilm.sk/en/o-spolocnosti

company A Private View, Belgium, info@aprivateview.be,

Sales company Attraction Distribution, Canada,

www.aprivateview.be, The Film Kitchen, The Netherlands,

info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca

info@thefilmkitchen.nl, www.thefilmkitchen.nl Sales company Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH, Germany, info@studiohamburg-enterprises.de, www.studio-hamburg-enterprises.de

Distributor Paradiso Filmed Entertainment

FILMS

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

My Very Own Circus

Nelly Rapp Monster Agent

Mon cirque à moi

Nelly Rapp - Monsteragent

When Laura’s father is on the road with his clown act, Laura always announces him. Will this free life be her future too or does she desire something else? Laura’s teacher Patricia spots her intelligence and helps her get into a good private school. Laura really wants to go, but her father – a non-conformist to the bone – thinks it’s rubbish.

Nelly has no friends. Her father recommends she become like her classmates, but they think Nelly is weird. If something’s creepy or gory, Nelly gets more curious. When she goes to stay with uncle Hannibal, she soon discovers a vampire in the cellar. Her uncle proves to be a monster agent, just like her deceased mother was. Monster agents ensure that zombies, ghosts, vampires and other monsters don’t trouble humans. Nelly’s adventure really takes off when she becomes friends with Roberta, a ‘Frankensteiner’ girl.

Joyful clown acts, playful details and unexpected spectacle provide the lively basis for more serious matters. One such being that people may not always be the way they first appear. For instance, the ostensibly cynical Patricia proves to be a nice lady who quickly passes Laura a pad when she has her first period. However, it is the father-daughter relationship that also makes this comedy a touching coming-of-age story. And don’t forget the always taciturn sidekick Mandeep. Very freely based on true events.

MYRIAM BOUCHARD CANADA | 2020 | 100’ | 9+ FACTS

This cool, fantasy-rich genre comedy touches on inclusivity and conformism in an original, light-hearted manner, concluding that everyone being the same would be a bad idea as long as people and monsters don’t aggravate each other. Ironic jokes and a touch of parody – the Total Care Center for monster care – appeal to adult audiences. Based on the series of books by Martin Widmark.

AMANDA ADOLFSSON SWEDEN | 2020 | 93’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Mijn leven is een circus Producer Antonello Cozzolino

Dutch title Nelly Rapp - Monsteragent Producer Jon Nohrstedt,

Screenwriter Martin Forget, Myriam Bouchard Editor Valérie

Niklas Larsson Screenwriter Sofie Forsman Editor Britta Norell

Héroux Composer Mathieu Vanasse Leading actors Patrick

Composer Uno Helmersson Leading actors Matilda Gross, Lily

Huard, Sophie Laurin, Jasmine Lemée, Robin Aubert, Mathilde

Wahlsteen, Marianne Mörck, Johan Rheborg, Björn Gustafsson,

Boucher Production company Attraction Images, Canada,

Jens Ohlin Production company SF Studios, Sweden,

info@attractionimages.ca Sales company Attraction Distribution,

info@sfstudios.se, www.sfstudios.se Sales company

Canada, info@attractiondistribution.ca,

REinvent Studios, Denmark, info@reinvent.dk

www.attractiondistribution.ca Distributor In The Air

Night Forest Nachtwald

Eiga entotsu machi no Poupelle

“Take no notice of what people say,” Paul’s father always used to say. But that is far from easy. Paul’s father disappeared a year ago. According to the bullies at school he was a freak: he had discovered a legendary cave in the mountains, but no one believed him. Then Paul finds his father mysterious notebook. He secretly sets out with his friend Max, determined to find the cave. The journey through the mountains is both more difficult and more dangerous than expected but is a trip they will never forget.

Chimneysweep Lubicchi lives in a town where the sun is always hidden by leaden, smoky skies. No one can remember seeing blue skies. When someone says there is an outside world, these free thinkers are targeted by the inquisition, which is what happened to Lubicchi’s father, who disappeared. During Halloween a glowing heart falls from the sky. Poupelle, a man made of garbage, comes to life and becomes Lubicchi’s friend. Together they go in search of the starry skies.

This, the first feature film by documentary maker André Hörmann and scriptwriter Katrin Milhahn, combines the framework of an adventure film with a realistic, nuanced impression of friendship and processing loss. Paul’s mother wants to get on with her life, but the boy really misses his father, as is apparent from the moving flashbacks. Non-conformism is another theme.

This graphic-designed, 3D animation is loaded with action and interlarded with ultra-calm moments. Freedom, reaching for new horizons and the strength of friendship colour this cross between an eco fable and a political fairy tale. The smoke isn’t merely pollution, but a conscious intervention to keep the inhabitants ignorant. This production for young and old was based on Akihiro Nishino’s successful picture book.

ANDRÉ HÖRMANN, KATRIN MILHAHN GERMANY | 2021 | 96’ | 10+

YUUSUKE HIROTA JAPAN | 2020 | 100’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Nachtwoud Producer Daniel Reich, Christoph Holthof

Dutch title Poupelle uit Schoorsteenstad Producer Eiko Tanaka,

Screenwriter André Hörmann, Katrin Milhahn Editor Vincent

Ryoichi Fukuyama Screenwriter Akihiro Nishino Composer Yûta

Assmann Composer Marian Lux Leading actors Levi Eisenblätter,

Bandoh Leading actors Masataka Kubota, Mana Ashida,

Jonas Oeßel, Marc Limpach, Meike Droste Production company

Shinosuke Tatekawa Production company STUDIO4ºC, Japan,

Kurhaus Production, Germany, office@kurhausproduction.de,

info.g@studio4c.co.jp Sales company Kiyuki Inc., Japan, jeff@kiyuki.jp

https://kurhausproduction.de/ Sales company Farbfilm Verleih, Germany, info@farbfilm-verleih.de, www.farbfilm-verleih.de

Poupelle of Chimney Town

FILMS

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM BEST DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM

SpaceBoy ‘Live as though everything is a miracle.’ This Einstein quote appears as a motto towards the end of this comingof-age story. Young teen Jim is proud of his father who is soon to go to space as an astronaut. At least that’s what Jim thinks. To prove he has tenacity, Jim and other outsider Emma want to balloon into orbit for a science project at his new school. Emma isn’t that convinced and there are many more obstacles in store before the spectacular, moving finale.

Captain Nova Rebellious fighter pilot Nova is sent back to our era from the year 2050 to help prevent an environmental disaster. With her knowledge from the future different, wiser decisions can be made. Unfortunately, Nova becomes as young as she was in our day and no one listens to a 12-year-old girl. Together with a neglected teen and her parrot-like flying robot ADD, she does her utmost to get her important point across.

This compelling narrative is exciting, yet also atmospheric as well as realistic and full of recognisable issues concerning themes like friendship, self-confidence and honesty. It is almost as hard to build a balloon as it is to talk about your feelings. Jim’s father also struggles with this and even Emma has a secret.

This exciting family film with humorous asides creatively addresses serious themes facing today’s children. Think of climate change, environmental pollution and backroom politics. Sometimes adults must be told how to make decisions that favour everyone in the long term by sensible children. At the same time, Captain Nova is a captivating, original story about friendship and restoring family ties. This year’s opening film at the festival.

OLIVIER PAIROUX BELGIUM | 2021 | 90’ | 9+

MAURICE TROUWBORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 90’ | 7+

FACTS

Producer Annabella Nezri Screenwriter Olivier Pairoux,

Producer Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink Screenwriter Maurice

Eusebio Larrea Editor Maarten Janssens Composer The Penelopes

Trouwborst, Lotte Tabbers Editor Pelle Asselbergs Composer

Leading actors Basile Grunberger, Albane Masson, Yannick Renier,

Alexander Reumers Leading actors Kika van de Vijver, Marouane

Bérénice Baôo, Jean-Benoît Ugeux Production company Kwassa

Meftah, Anniek Pheifer, Hannah van Lunteren, Joep Vermolen

films, Belgium, kwassa@kwassa.be, www.kwassa.be Sales

Production company Keplerfilm, The Netherlands,

company LevelK, Denmark, tine.klint@levelk.dk, www.levelk.dk

hello@keplerfilm.com, www.keplerfilm.com Sales company Beta Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com Distributor Gusto Entertainment

Catfun 2

Charlie Cooper The Egg Mystery

Poeslief 2

Berend Botje

If you don’t love cats, you probably still like cat videos. Everyone surfs the net now and again, looking for the funniest cat videos, don’t they? Therefore, the Netherlands’ most famous cat Abatutu is back for his second feature film adventure. The latter shows the experienced star enjoy his fame. His voice-over proudly talks of his extensive career in film, advertising and theatre. In the meantime, his two red cousins Maiziwa and Siagi are diligently working away. The ambitious brothers also want to be famous, and they are not the only ones, which is why Abatutu has recently started his own casting agency to help every Dutch cat who wants to be famous achieve their goal.

Berend was named after her father, grandad and all her ancestors. They all had the same name and were all captains, except her father that is. Berend is certain she will be a captain. One day, Berend’s teacher brings a mysterious egg to school. The children think the egg contains a baby parrot, but when grandpa Botje tells them that parrots can only hatch from their eggs on Parrot Island, they come up with an exciting plan. The kids kidnap the egg and secretly build a ship in the old age pensioners home’s storage room together with grandpa. In the meantime, lots of people are looking for them and their journey proves to be full of surprises.

Some 1,000 cats can now watch themselves on the silver screen. Their funniest, most endearing, craziest and naughtiest video entries have been edited together with Abatutu and his reckless cousins’ adventures into this true cat film.

IGNAS VAN SCHAICK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 60’ | 4+ FACTS Dutch title Poeslief 2 Producer Jeffrey de Graaff Screenwriter

Fun adventure film based on the Dutch children’s song Berend Botje Went Out Sailing, with the modern twist that the youngest member of the family with the rugged man’s name is a girl.

MANS VAN DEN BERG THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 80’ | 5+ FACTS Dutch title Berend Botje Producer Derk van den Berg Screenwriter

Ignas van Schaick Editor Sam Reitsma Composer Jelle Dittmar

Derk van den Berg Editor Ruben Verweij Composer Odysseas

Leading actors Abatutu, Siagi, Maiziwa, Lonneke van Krimpen,

Papathanasiou Terzis Leading actors Doris Zuijderland,

Anique Dream on, Nicolette Kluijver Production company M&N

Thomas Acda, Klaas van Kruistum, Justin dos Santos, Pjotr

Media Group, The Netherlands, jeffrey.degraaff@mn-mediagroup.com,

Golsteyn Production company NOBS Entertainment BV, The

www.mn-mediagroup.com Distributor M&N Media Group

Netherlands, productie@nobs-entertainment.nl, www.nobs.nl Sales company Incredible Film, The Netherlands, danielle@incrediblefilm.nl, www.incrediblefilm.com Distributor Just Entertainment

FILMS

BEST DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM

The Claus Family

De Kameleon aan de ketting

De familie Claus Because his father died at Christmas, Jules Claus is dreading the festive season this year. While he tries to escape the wintery festivities at his Flemish grandfather’s toy shop, Jules discovers that his grandad is actually the real Father Christmas. Now the elderly man is suddenly ill, it is up to grandson Jules to save Christmas. Though he reticently starts the job, Jules’ perspective on the world and his own sad situation quickly changes. In this magical family film, a boy has to learn to deal with a major loss. He undergoes the various phases of grieving, helped by the clever girl next door, his loving mother and his wise grandad. Thanks to his task, the boy views life from various perspectives which makes him realise that he is not the only one who has lost something or someone.

MATTHIAS TEMMERMANS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 97’ | 6+ FACTS

Twin brothers Sietse and Hielke are unpleasantly surprised when their boat is chained up for being a diesel-powered environmental polluter. How can they head out on their adventures without their fast boat? In the meantime, dead animals are being found at a care farm nearby. A gentle, intellectually disabled boy is soon seen as the culprit. However, the twins don’t believe that one bit. Together with a tough Goth girl they come up with their own plan. Steven de Jong, maker of De schippers van de Kameleon (2003), Kameleon 2 (2005) and Kameleon de serie (2018) returns with a new adventure for perhaps the Netherlands’ most famous twins. Starting in 1949, in the eponymous series of books by Hotze de Roos, the Frisian twins Sietse and Hielke Klinkhamer had dozens of adventures with their boat. The blond teenagers and their cheeky pranks always battle injustices in the village.

STEVEN DE JONG THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 95’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title De familie Claus Producer Anthony Van Biervliet,

Producer Steven de Jong, Bennie de Jong Screenwriter Steven de

Ruben Vandenborre Screenwriter Matthias Temmermans, Ruben

Jong, Dick van den Heuvel Editor Tim Straver Leading actors Sens

Vandenborre, Elke de Gezelle Editor Dries Meinema Composer

Gerritsen, Imme Gerritsen, Lieke van den Akker, Nando Liebregts,

Anne-Kathrin Dern Leading actors Jan Decleir, Mo Bakker, Bracha

Casper Jansen Production company Steven de Jong Producties,

van Doesburgh, Stefaan Degand, Eva van der Gucht Production

The Netherlands, steven@stevendejongfilms.nl Sales company

company Dingie, Belgium, info@dingie.be Distributor Netflix NL

Incredible Film, The Netherlands, danielle@incrediblefilm.nl, www.incrediblefilm.com Distributor Just Entertainment

Doopie Dropje

De nog grotere slijmfilm

Doopie is not a boy, not a girl, not a cuddly toy - Doopie is just itself. Doopie lives at the Everything Store, where you can buy anything you need or didn’t know you needed. He has the most amazing adventures with the children that visit the shop. Although adults scarcely notice them, even the smallest things can be of great importance to young children. Thanks to Doopie’s curiosity, he always makes it through the bizarre situations that occur in his own unique, funny and perhaps somewhat unconventional manner.

Besties Indy and Olivia are looking forward to the Great Slime Ball, where Indy will receive a slime prize, the friends will perform together and the young slime creator will present a spectacular new octopus slime. Everything is going smoothly until a disappointed fan of Indy’s aims his jealous rage at her. He wants to steal Indy’s special recipe and ruin her reputation among fans.

Doopie, which is very inclusive and features the unique cross-over of stop-motion and live action, was previously broadcast on TV as a series of roughly six-minute episodes but can now also be seen on the big screen.

In this second adventure involving slime inventor Indy (played by YouTube vlogger Bibi), the slime fanatic has become a popular slime vlogger herself. Being famous is super cool, but sometimes also tricky. It’s easy to forget the people who are important in your life. This fun, exciting family film neatly ties in with the current craze for slime toys and young vloggers. Simultaneously, it playfully deals with themes like maintaining friendships, bullying, how everyone grieves differently and learning to be open towards new people in your group of friends.

MEIKEMINNE CLINCKSPOOR THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM | 2021 | 51’ | 3+

MARTIJN SMITS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 81’ | 5+

FACTS

Dutch title Dropje Producer Sabine Veenendaal, Bruno Felix,

Dutch title De nog grotere slijmfilm Producer Jeroen Koopman,

Jeroen Beker, Femke Wolting Screenwriter Meikeminne

Maurits Spijkerman Screenwriter Martijn Smits, Maarten van den

Clinckspoor, Maart van Voornveld Editor Patrick Schonewille

Broek, Eveline Hagenbeek Editor Tim Wijbenga Leading actors

Composer Helge Slikker Leading actors Daniel Boissevain,

Bibi, Matheu Hinzen, Rómeycia Valentijn, Vincent Visser Production

Warre Borgmans, Imanuelle Grives Production company

company NewBeTV, The Netherlands, info@newbetv.com,

Submarine, The Netherlands, info@submarine.nl, www.submarine.nl

www.newbe.nl Distributor Splendid Film BV

Distributor Periscoop Film

The Even Bigger Slime Movie

FILMS

BEST DUTCH CHILDREN’S FILM

The Expedition of the Family Fox

Misfit 3: The Finale

De expeditie van de familie Vos

Misfit 3: de finale

Now grandad has died, the Fox family has to make do without the amazing treasure hunts he used to lay out during their family weekend at the De Efteling theme park. 11-year-old Teun finds it particularly difficult. Then he suddenly finds a mysterious key at their chalet. Did grandad leave something behind for them? Teun investigates, accompanied by Ada, grandad’s exceptional sister. While all the other family members primarily focus on themselves, each other or work, the curious duo go in search of the precious book of fairy tales grandad must have hidden somewhere at the fairy tale theme park. However, there is another, unknown adversary looking for it too...

In this third film about the friends Julia, Nick, Sterre and the rest of their squad, the Misfits as they call themselves do their utmost to make music and make their biggest dream come true: to storm the music industry together. However, betrayal, jealousy and secrets get in the way after they are confronted by their eternal rival: the sly Babette. Taking part in a popular international music contest offers them the ultimate chance for rehabilitation as a supergroup.

In this exciting, comical treasure hunt a family of rebellious types come together despite everything. Sometimes – generally the adults – forget what life is really about and need a fantasy-rich opportunity to briefly be children again.

BOB WILBERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 72’ | 6+ FACTS

Appealing, positive adventure full of contemporary songs. The script continues where all the themes in the previous films left off, including issues like creating and maintaining close friendships as well as focusing on what truly makes you happy. These secondary school students who, by now, feel like old acquaintances, also learn that everyone benefits from a little forgiveness. Who wouldn’t want to be part of this idiosyncratic, warm bunch of teens who love music?

ERWIN VAN DEN ESHOF THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 82’ | 6+ FACTS

Dutch title De expeditie van de familie Vos Producer Lucio

Dutch title Misfit 3: de finale Producer Jeroen Koopman, Lisa

Messercola Screenwriter Job Römer, Nienke Römer Editor Michelle

May Visser, Andreas R. Klein, Dirk Schweitzer, Thomas Wolff,

Hofman Composer Guido Heeneman Leading actors Levi Otto,

Erik Engelen Screenwriter Karen van den Ende, Brian de Vore,

Anna Drijver, Raymonde de Kuyper, Fockeline Ouwerkerk,

Erwin van den Eshof Editor Jeffrey de Vore Composer Future

Randy Fokke, Frederik Brom Production company Messercola,

Presidents Leading actors Djamila, Niek Roozen, Bente Fokkens,

The Netherlands, info@messercola.nl Sales company Incredible

Jolijn Henneman, Fenna Ramos Production company NewBeTV,

Film, The Netherlands, danielle@incrediblefilm.nl,

The Netherlands, info@newbetv.com, www.newbe.nl Distributor

www.incrediblefilm.com Distributor Just Entertainment

Splendid Film BV

My Dad is a Sausage

Birta

Mijn vader is een saucisse When Zoë’s father suddenly quits his job at the bank and wants to become an actor, his family is shocked. Is he suffering from burnout? Is it a mid-life crisis? Only the youngest daughter Zoë, who is a bit of an outsider with artistic talents and scientific interests, helps him. Even if it’s only playing a vegetarian sausage in an ad. It benefits Zoë a lot too. Comedy about chasing your dreams, told from the perspective of 12-year-old Zoë. The dysfunctional family is in for a rude awakening in this fast-paced story with its dry humour, absurdist situations and yet also space for serious emotions. Lively animation accentuates Zoë’s perspective; she draws parallels between the big bang and the family crisis. Anouk Fortunier’s directorial debut after a screenplay the renowned Jean-Claude Van Rijckeghem and based on the book by Agnès de Lestrade.

Financial difficulties can place an enormous burden on families even if, as is the case for Birta, they do not live in poverty. It elicits feelings of shame particularly in today’s world, which seems like a beauty and happiness contest. The challenges of single parenting are another theme which is dealt with without becoming heavy or depressing in this heart-warming film for the festive season.

ANOUK FORTUNIER BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY | 2021 | 84’ | 8+

BRAGI THOR HINRIKSSON ICELAND | 2021 | 85’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Mijn vader is een saucisse Producer Dries Phlypo,

Dutch title Birta Producer Bragi Thor Hinriksson, Helga Arnardóttir

Jean-Claude van Rijckeghem Screenwriter Jean-Claude van

Screenwriter Helga Arnardóttir Editor Stefanía Thors Composer

Rijckeghem Editor Get van Berckelaer, Joppe Van Den Brande

Kristján Sturla Bjarnason Leading actors Kristín Erla Pétursdóttir,

Composer Harry de Wit Leading actors Johan Heldenbergh,

Margrét Júlía Reynisdóttir, Salka Sól Eyfeld, Margrét Ákadóttir

Savannah Vandendriessche, Hilde De Baerdemaeker Production

Production company H.M.S. Productions ehf., Iceland,

company A Private View, Belgium, info@aprivateview.be,

contact@hms.productions, https://hms.productions/ Sales

www.aprivateview.be, The Film Kitchen, The Netherlands,

company Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH, Germany,

info@thefilmkitchen.nl, www.thefilmkitchen.nl Sales company

info@studio-hamburg-enterprises.de, www.studio-hamburg-en-

Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH, Germany, info@studio-

terprises.de

hamburg-enterprises.de, www.studio-hamburg-enterprises.de

One day, Birta hears her mother talking on the phone. The conversation is about how worried her mother is about their financial situation and that she can’t really afford Christmas this year. The girl, who loves team handball and playing her guitar and also has a huge sense of responsibility, subsequently comes up with all sorts of adventurous money-making schemes, but things aren’t easy if you are only 11.

Distributor Paradiso Filmed Entertainment

FILMS

O U T O F C O M P E T I T I O N F E AT U R E F I L M S

A Butterfly’s Heart

A Colourful Dream

Drugelio širdis

Barevný sen

Eight-year-old Juozapas was born with a rare defect: his heart is on the outside of his chest, protected by a bell jar and a corset. He doesn’t attend school and has no friends. He spends his days in a deserted mansion where he has built an insect hotel and hides away from the village bullies. His life is transformed when he befriends the girl Rugilé.

A group of circus artists really want to perform on an island, but a human cannonball act goes wrong and they are locked up, accused of attacking those in power. Only Drin, the human cannonball, manages to escape. Together with Tuvi and talking seagull Nathan he ultimately manages to not only free his colleagues, but also the island’s inhabitants from the oppressive regime.

Inesa Kurklietyte utilises meandering, calm storytelling to illustrate the lives of Juozapas, Rugilé and their worst bully. This dreamy film, that deals with themes such as raising children, self worth and bullying, focuses on life as an outsider and family relations, yet is full of wonderful shots of nature and close-ups of the writhing insects lovingly cared for by the boy.

Claymation about the desire for freedom by the maker of Little from the Fish Shop (2015). The greyscale island suffers under totalitarian rule manifested by a police state, but there is plenty of room for humour and magic. The details are fun (the corrupt leader is embarrassed by how short he is) and the unruly seagull steals the show. Awarded Best Animated Film at the Czech Lion Awards.

INESA KURKLIETYTE LITHUANIA | 2021 | 108’ | 9+

JAN BALEJ CZECH REPUBLIC | 2020 | 74’ | 9+

FACTS

Dutch title Vlinderhart Producer Zivile Gallego Screenwriter

Dutch title Een kleurrijke droom Producer Jan Balej Screenwriter

Modesta Jurgaityte, Inesa Kurklietyte Editor Ricardas Matacius

Jan Balej, Michal Bureš Editor Tomás Doruska Composer Daniel

Composer Jonas Jurkunas Leading actors Gabija Jaraminaite,

Wunsch Leading actors Vladimír Javorský, Matouš Ruml, Antonie

Marius Repsys, Toma Vaskeviciute Production company Fralita

Formanová, Karin Vápeníčková Production company Hafan Film,

Films, Lithuania, info@fralita.com, www.fralitafilms.com

Czech Republic, hafan.film@gmail.com, Hafan Film Sales company Czech Film Center / Czech Film Fund, Czech Republic, info@filmcenter.cz, www.filmcenter.cz

Dragon Girl Dragevokteren

Pertsa ja Kilu

Sara wanders a Norse town readying itself for Christmas like a shadow. She hopes to safely spend the holiday season in an empty home. Further down the street, the lonely Mortimer is trying to be seen as a vlogger. The two children’s paths cross when a wounded dragon lands in their neighbourhood. They want to take the magical creature back to its family but will have to do so unnoticed because the adults have other plans with the fiery flyer.

In their new boat, Pertsa & Kilu, two adventurous boys, encounter a shipwrecked couple. When they find out a bag of money was left behind in the wreck they go in search of it, but their search is beset by obstacles and nothing is what it seems in this exciting Finnish adventure film in which time seems to have stood still.

Not every child can fall back on the love and support of adults in this fantasy film for all the family that consists of a great mix of live action and CGI. Themes such as bullying, illegality and friendship are dealt with. Yet there are plenty of light, touching scenes too. The life-like dragon is pettable as a puppy and equally naughty.

Multiple generations of Finns have grown up with the tales of the self-confident, inventive Pertsa and his smaller sidekick Kilu, and over the years many books and TV series have been launched featuring the boys. This film is based on Väinö Riikkilä’s first book from 1951. In the film, the class difference between the boys creates temporary distancing, yet their independence, imagination and comradeship are the central themes.

KATARINA LAUNING NORWAY, THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 90’ | 6+

TAAVI VARTIA FINLAND | 2021 | 86’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Dragon Girl Producer Petter J. Borgli, Frederick

Dutch title Pelle en Kas op zoek naar het gezonken schip Producer

Howard, Lars Andreas Hellebust Screenwriter Lars Gudmestad,

Johanna Kunttu, Wille Lehtovaara, Taavi Vartia Screenwriter

Harald Rosenløw-Eeg Editor Silje Nordseth, Anders Bergland

Taavi Vartia Editor Benjamin Mercer, Ada Pajari Composer Panu

Composer Arvid Falch, Jan P. Muchow, Michal Novinski

Aaltio Leading actors Olavi Kiiski, Oskari Mustikkaniemi, Mimosa

Leading actors Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Kyrre Haugen Syd-

Willamo, Elias Westerberg Production company Taavi Vartia

ness, Isha Zainab Khan, Solveig Kloppen, Vanessa Borgli

Tuotannot, Finland, taavi@taavivartia.fi Sales company Media

Production company Storm Films, Norway, post@stormfilms.no,

Move, Germany, justyna.koronkiewicz@mediamove.pl,

www.stormfilms.no Sales company Sola Media GmbH, Germany,

https://mediamove.pl/ Distributor Première TV Distribution

post@sola-media.com, www.sola-media.com Distributor In The Air

Finders of the Lost Yacht

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Karmalink In the near future, a Cambodian boy has lucid dreams about his former lives every night. The one recurring item: a golden statuette. He becomes convinced he can find the statuette in this lifetime, which would solve his financially stricken family’s problems in one fell swoop. A super young, streetwise detective joins his search. Together they discover there is a complex world behind his dreams, in which digital enlightenment proves to be the greatest good. In this, the very first Cambodian science-fiction film, we join the two children’s complicated, exciting hunt against the background of a world full of VR technology, urban and medical progress, but also of slums where these children grew up. Both children struggle with serious issues in their lives that force them to make adult choices at an early age. Simultaneously, the children’s adventure, the wonderment and friendship shine through all the problems.

JAKE WACHTEL CAMBODIA, UNITED STATES | 2021 | 101’ | 11+ FACTS

Mironins Every night, after a museum closes, a yellow, a red and a blue paint drop come to life from a Joan Miró painting. The Mironins travel from painting to painting and from one surprise to the next whilst meeting unforgettable characters. They have surrealist adventures in the world of art and imagination. This is a series of fun, dialogue-free short animations for the very youngest. Created by Mikel Mas Bilbao and Celia Rico Clavellino with the aim of raising interest in the art of the Spanish surrealist painter, sculptor, graphic artist and ceramicist, who often used primary colours in his paintings.

MIKEL MAS BILBAO, CELIA RICO CLAVELLINO SPAIN, BELGIUM | 2021 | 56’ | 3+ FACTS

Producer Valerie Steinberg Screenwriter Jake Wachtel,

Producer Mikel Mas Bilbao Screenwriter Celia Rico Clavellino,

Christopher Larsen Editor Harrison Atkins, Stephanie Kaznocha

Cristina Broquetas Composer Banjo Music Production company

Composer Ariel Marx Leading actors Srey Leak Chhith, Leng Heng

Cornelius Films, Spain, corneliusfilms@corneliusfilms.com,

Prak, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Cindy Sirinya Bishop Production

https://www.corneliusfilms.com/ Sales company Cornelius

company Valerie Steinberg Productions, United States, valerie.

Films, Spain, corneliusfilms@corneliusfilms.com,

steinberg@gmail.com Sales company LevelK, Denmark,

https://www.corneliusfilms.com/

tine.klint@levelk.dk, www.levelk.dk

Mission Ulja Funk

Moonbound Peterchens Mondfahrt

German Ulja is super smart. She wants to share her astronomical knowledge with everyone, but few people want to listen in her religious village, and definitely not her pious grandma. Even when Ulja swears a meteorite will crash into Eastern Europe, no one really cares. Because Ulja doesn’t want to miss this exceptional moment she convinces a lonely schoolmate to bring her there, but as soon as the congregation notice their disappearance, they all board the bus to bring them back.

Pete has moved with his sister and mother, has to go to a new school and the neighbourhood kids are mean. Worst of all, he has to share his bedroom with his annoying kid sister. Her fantastic stories drive him nuts. Pete would send her to the moon if he could, but be careful what you wish for … Brother and sister end up in a crazy space adventure that includes talking maybugs and other folkloristic folk with special powers. However, not everyone has their best interests at heart.

What follows is a farcical game of cat and mouse across Germany, Poland and Belarus. On their way, the children learn to appreciate each other’s idiosyncrasies and qualities. Anti-scientific members of the family realise there is a lot of good to be found in the children’s sense of discovery. Underlying family conflicts, difficulties between lovers and even countries are put right in this bonkers adventure.

This animation for the whole family is largely set in a fairy tale space universe and was inspired by a famous German fairy tale. The children have a fast-paced, exciting, educational adventure that helps them become more confident about themselves and their talents. They also discover the value of family ties: far from home big brother realises he has responsibilities.

BARBARA KRONENBERG GERMANY, LUXEMBOURG, POLAND | 2021 | 92’ | 9+

ALI SAMADI AHADI GERMANY, AUSTRIA | 2020 | 81’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title Moonbound Producer Mohammad Farokhmanesh,

Linda Kirmse Screenwriter Barbara Kronenberg Editor Rune

Frank Geiger, Ali Samadi Ahadi, Armin Hofmann Screenwriter Ali

Schweitzer, Paul Maas Composer André Dziezuk Leading actors

Samadi Ahadi, Arne Nolting Composer Ali N. Askin Production

Romy Lou Janinhoff, Hildegard Schroedter, Anja Schneider, Ivan

company Brave New Work Film Productions, Germany,

Shvedoff Production company In Good Company, Germany,

info@bravenewwork.de, http://www.bravenewwork.de/

info@ingoodcompany.de, https://ingoodcompany.de

Sales company Sola Media GmbH, Germany, post@sola-media.com,

Sales company Picture Tree International GmbH, Germany,

www.sola-media.com Distributor Paradiso Filmed Entertainment

pti@picturetree-international.com, www.picturetree-international.com

FACTS

Dutch title Missie: Ulja Funk Producer Roshanak Behesht Nedjad,

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Raspberries with Mustard

The School of Magical Animals

Himbeeren mit Senf

Die Schule der Magischen Tiere

Death is nothing out of the ordinary for Meeri, a funeral home director’s daughter. She talks to the bodies like they are old friends and secretly adds notes to her deceased mother to their coffins. When her father starts dating someone new, who is also heavily pregnant, Meeri just can’t get used to the idea and she is also in love with Rocco – so much so that she is literally swept off her feet and flies into the air. In the meantime, her kid brother Luk gets into trouble, but does Meeri notice?

Finding your groove after moving can be pretty stressful. Ida is finding it tricky to make friends at her new school, just like her lonely neighbour Benni, who has no friends at all. A new teacher with mysterious plans for the whole class conjures up magical animal buddies for the two children, who immediately become their best friends. The animals also prove their worth seeing as a shadowy figure keeps sabotaging all sorts of things in and around school. The two children and their magical animals investigate. It doesn’t take long for the whole class to enthusiastically start hunting the culprit.

Warm, musical film with fun characters. For example, Meeri’s best friend wants to become a female priest and her kid brother keeps spouting romantic platitudes. Ultimately, Meeri discovers she can’t keep her father to herself and that it is good to share your worries with the living around you, not just your dead mother.

RUTH OLSHAN THE NETHERLANDS, SWITZERLAND, LUXEMBOURG, GERMANY | 2021 | 90’ | 10+ FACTS

Adventurous live-action adaptation featuring CGI reminiscent of the Harry Potter films. The locations are just as atmospheric and fairy tale-like, and even the themes parallel one another. Moreover, this musical production features songs about loneliness, bullying’s effects and friendship’s value.

GREGOR SCHNITZLER GERMANY, AUSTRIA | 2021 | 93’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Frambozen met mosterd Producer Susanne Mann,

Dutch title De school van magische dieren Producer Meike

Paul Zischler, Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivaneanu

Kordes, Alexandra Kordes Screenwriter John Chambers Editor

Screenwriter Ruth Olshan, Heike Fink Editor Isabel Meier

Zaz Montana Composer Dominik Giesriegl Leading actors Nadja

Composer Helge Slikker Leading actors Leni Deschner, Luc Schiltz,

Uhl, Justus von Dohanyi, Leonard Conrads, Loris Sichrovsky, Emilia

Benedikt Jehnke, Ben Bernar, Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Zeniti

Maier Production company Kordes & Kordes Film Süd GmbH,

Production company zischlermann filmproduktion GmbH,

Germany, info@kordesfilm.de Sales company Global Screen - a

Germany, kontakt@zischlermann.com, www.zischlermann.com

brand of Telepool GmbH, Germany, info@globalscreen.de,

Sales company zischlermann filmproduktion GmbH, Germany,

www.globalscreen.de

kontakt@zischlermann.com, www.zischlermann.com

Stinky Dog, Happy Life in Paris!

Sune - Mission Midsummer

Chien Pourri, la vie à Paris!

Sune - Uppdrag: Midsommar

In this fun 2D animation, a stray dog who smells has all sorts of adventures in the streets of Paris. Together with a sometimes-wise street cat, the naive pooch inhabits a garbage can which turns up treasures every day. Leftover pizza for example. These upbeat misfits, famous from Colas Gutman’s Stinky Dog books, find a solution for everything. Stinky Dog could care less that pets with owners and a roof over their heads reject them; he already has a best friend. That a beach holiday proves a sand pit along the Seine doesn’t bother this super optimist one bit. And, in his opinion, fleas aren’t annoying itches, but voices that tell him what to do. Pretty handy right?

The Anderssons will be holidaying in the Swedish countryside with Sophie’s family. However, the day before departure, Sophie breaks up with Sune, who becomes desperate. Luckily his kid brother knows what to do about heartache. In the meantime, father Rudolf and mother Karin are having their own romantic issues. The Swedish midsummer festival is supposed to bring everyone together again, but then the village they are in proves to have abolished the festival.

This compilation of several short animations provides a wide-ranging mix of compact, joyful adventures full of small life lessons, happiness and wonder. Where others see setbacks, Stinky Dog only finds beauty.

This new Sune adventure again has oodles of humour and all manner of inconvenient confusions. The children are a year older and the problems are slightly more adult, but the tone remains light and the familiar slapstick style is predominant. Despite the old fashioned, rural atmosphere, modern themes such as a neighbour with diabetes and a lesbian couple with a daughter are touched on subtly.

DAVY DURAND, VINCENT PATAR, STÉPHANE AUBIER BELGIUM, FRANCE, FINLAND, ICELAND | 2020 | 61’ | 5+

ERLAND BESKOW SWEDEN | 2021 | 86’ | 9+

FACTS

Dutch title Een hondenleven in Parijs Producer Didier Brunner,

Dutch title Sune 3: Missie midzomer Producer Linus Stöhr Torell,

Damien Brunner Screenwriter Jean Regnaud Editor Daniel

Malin Söderlund Screenwriter Sören Olsson, Tobias Hoffmén,

Bertrand Composer Yan Volsy, Pablo Pico Production company

Christoffer Sandler Editor Emanuel Nömm Composer Joel Danell,

Folivari, France, contact@folivari.com, www.folivari.com

Andreas Tengblad Leading actors Sissela Benn, Fredrik Hallgren,

Sales company All Rights Entertainment, Hong Kong,

Elis Gerdt, Baxter Renman, Tea Stjärne Production company

sales@allrightsentertainment.com, www.allrightsentertainment.com

Unlimited Stories, Sweden, info@unlimitedstories.se, www.unlimitedstories.se Sales company Global Screen, Germany, info@globalscreen.de, www.globalscreen.de

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Wild Roots

The Big Crunch Croc’Marmottes

Niki, who lives with her granny in a grey apartment, has not seen her father for seven long years. Her granny doesn’t want her to be in touch with him, but Niki can’t contain her curiosity and goes in search of him. Initially, father Tibor is reticent, but ultimately he embraces his daughter, even though he is homeless and can hardly make ends meet. In the meantime, Niki discovers that her explosive father has a dark history. What happened to Niki’s deceased mother for example? This raw, working class drama centres on 12-year-old Niki and her father. His coarse language and intimidating appearance make Tibor seem an unsuitable father, but Niki reveals his tender side. In turn, idiosyncratic Niki makes up a nicer past for herself than depressing reality can offer her to tell others.

HAJNI KIS HUNGARY | 2021 | 98’ | 11+ FACTS

In late summer, four yodelling marmots are looking for a warm spot for the winter, preferably with a large food stockpile. They didn’t have time over the summer because they were busy singing. They hope to find a spot at Dennis the bear’s, but the massive grouch wants to enjoy his giant mound of carrots in peace. The four slackers won’t be fobbed off like that though. Moreover, the cave seems perfect and big enough for five. The marmots do everything to convince him, and he does his utmost to get rid of them. Funny, cartoon-like, French animation with lots of dialogue and yodelling which shows it is good to share even if you worked very hard to get what you have.

BENJAMIN BOTELLA FRANCE | 2020 | 7’ | 6+ FACTS

Producer Júlia Berkes, Balázs Zachar Screenwriter Hajni Kis,

Dutch title De marmotten Producer Mathieu Courtois Screenwriter

Fanni Szántó ditor Vanda Gorácz Composer Oleg Borsos

Benjamin Botella, Mathieu Courtois Editor Jean-Marie Le Rest

Leading actors Gusztáv Dietz, Zorka Horváth, Éva Füsti Molnár,

Composer Jeffrey Livingston Leading actors Benjamin Botella,

Balázs Galkó, Mikolt Szelid, Gábor Boráros Production company

Jeffrey Livingston, Mathieu Courtois Production company

Proton Cinema Llc, Hungary, office@protoncinema.hu,

Vivement Lundi !, France, distribution@vivement-lundi.com Sales

http://protoncinema.hu/contact Sales company M-appeal World

company Vivement Lundi!, France, distribution@vivement-lundi.com

Sales, Germany, films@m-appeal.com, www.m-appeal.com

Black Slide

Candy Can

‫הרוחש השלגמ‬ The black slide is the scariest, tallest slide ever. It reaches into the clouds. Together with his slightly braver friend, timid Eviah decides to speed down the slide with the big teenage boys. Eviah has a lot to overcome: the difficult climb over the fence into the area that is forbidden to little children, standing in the queue for the stairs and the moment before entering the irreversible black hole. It is almost as ominous as home, where it is dark and quiet, where a shadow seems to hang over his life and where a message awaits him that will definitively end his childhood. This short computer animation is reminiscent of stop-motion doll animation in style. In mere minutes the film intelligently and empathetically tackles a grieving child’s transition, through intense emotions, to his teens.

URI LOTAN ISRAEL | 2021 | 11’ | 10+ FACTS Dutch title De zwarte glijbaan Producer Amit Russell Gicelter

In this unusual animation the boy exists between his dreamworld in which he is a star football player and his pitch-black reality. The two merge seamlessly, however unfortunately he can’t prevent his fantasy proving insufficient to block out the misery of his existence.

ANTON OCTAVIAN ROMANIA | 2020 | 9’ | 10+ FACTS Dutch title Snoepblik Producer Mihai Mitrica Screenwriter

Screenwriter Uri Lotan Editor Naama Shohet Composer Bryan

Cristian Pascariu Editor Andreea Gurban Composer Troup

Hollon Leading actors Ivri Shai, Rom Shemesh, Varda Shpin Gross

Production company Safe Frame, Romania, mitrix@safe-frame.com

Production company The Hive Studio, Israel, info@thehivepro.com Sales company Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr, www.miyu.fr

What do you do if you live in a harsh reality but are too young to escape it? You flee into fantasy, where you can be whoever you want to. That is what this boy does who earns money for his family carrying out all sorts of tough, dirty jobs. He carries flour for the baker and earns bread and, at the gigantic waste tip, he collects useful garbage. Their home is a mess, his father does nothing except drink beer and the fridge is always empty.

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Emsahar

The Great Overflow

‫رحسملا‬

Det stora överflödet / Iso ylimäärä

The wheelchair is empty downstairs and grandma’s bedroom door is locked. Grandma is in a deep sleep. When Fatima’s father invites her to say goodbye to grandma, she isn’t ready. Frightened she runs to her room and seeks solace with her loyal cat. Then something special happens: a magical Ramadan herald suddenly gives light and colour to the black & white world Fatima is in.

One day, when Pää has to stay home alone and wants something exciting to happen, it does, immediately: an enormous flood happens. The house starts floating, which marks the beginning of a crazed, adventurous journey across the water. Pää saves two birds in a nest, another child called Nif, and a polar bear who speaks ‘Whale’ and knows how to pilot a balloon.

The girl immediately comes up with a plan to use his special powers to keep grandma alive until she discovers there are some things you just can’t avoid. Finally, she joins her grieving father to definitively say goodbye to grandma. But if you watch carefully, even in their greatest sorrow there are points of light. Children’s souls prove to be resilient enough to handle an irreversible farewell in this heart-warming animation about mortality.

HASSAN AL-JAHNI QATAR | 2021 | 7’ | 8+ FACTS Dutch title Betoverd Producer Ben Robinson Screenwriter Hassan

Their experiences and meetings teach them about the consequences of major air and water pollution, as well as that it is always a good idea to be nice to people you meet. Ultimately, they run aground on an island built of rubbish where Captain Nemo helps them get them homeward bound. A witty, colourful and sometimes slightly absurd animation with a message that is however presented in an amusing way.

MAGNUS FREDRIKSSON SWEDEN | 2021 | 15’ | 5+ FACTS Dutch title De grote overstroming Producer Magnus Fredriksson

Al-Jahn Leading actors Fetma AINahdi, Jassim Fakhroo,

Screenwriter Magnus Fredriksson Composer Martin Eriksson

Nedal Hamdan Production company Doha Film Insitute, Qatar,

Leading actors Anton Hennix Raukola Production company

info@dohafilminstitute.com, www.dohafilminstitute.com, Doha

Bortbyting AB, Sweden, info@bortbyting.com

Film Institute

Kiko and the Animals Kiko et les animaux

리틀 뱅

Sometimes there are those kids like Kiko, who like to tease and hurt animals. All the animals in his neighbourhood flee when he comes along. He puts dogs in boxes, steals the chicken’s eggs and flies the beetles on a string. One day, the animals have had enough: they try to convince him that animals and people aren’t that different. Mice have families too; birds make music and nature as a whole is full of beautiful colours. In short, animals deserve love and respect too.

Once upon a time, there was a lonely star in an infinite universe in which everything seemed fixed in place. The yellowy-orange ball had to sadly watch how all the neighbouring stars had small planetoids nearby to play with. The only stars this sad globe saw flying by were shooting stars. At some point, this socially inclined star’s luck changes when, in the distance, some light years away, a light-blue, new star appears. This proves to be another lonely soul. From then on, the two do everything they can to get closer together.

Kiko isn’t convinced until something happens that he needs the animals’ help with. When they help him, his perspective on the world changes for good. A facedpaced, funny animation with an important message.

YAWEN ZHENG FRANCE, SWITZERLAND | 2020 | 8’ | 6+ FACTS

In this simple, yet effective space fairy-tale, two individuals in search of company won’t let circumstance separate or stop them. Thanks to their efforts, together they ensure the situation they can no longer live with changes. After a massive explosion that reverberates around the universe there is a happy denouement.

BAE JIHYEON SOUTH KOREA | 2020 | 6’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title Kiko en de dieren Producer Reginald de Guillebon

Dutch title De kleine knal Producer Bae Jihyeon Screenwriter

Screenwriter Yawen Zheng Editor Antoine Rodet Composer

Bae Jihyeon Composer Eunhee Kim Sales company KIAFA - Korea

Nathanaël Bergese Production company Folimage, France,

Independent Animation Filmmakers Association, South Korea,

contact@folimage.fr, www.folimage.fr Sales company Folimage,

kaniseed@kiafa.org

France, contact@folimage.fr, www.folimage.fr

The Little Bang

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Mila Many children around the world have experienced or are experiencing war. Just like Mila in this musical animation. The war surprises her just as she is enjoying herself with her mum on the carrousel on the square by the town hall. During a couple of minutes of bombing, she loses everything: her home and her family. All she has left of her mother is a strip of tickets for the carousel. During the ensuing panic and chaos, Mila is saved and taken along by a young woman who lives outside town. The woman has her own loss and sadness. Though Mila may have lost most things, she hasn’t lost her hope, her imagination and love of life. She manages to cheer the woman up using minimal means and starts her on her way to begin again.

CINZIA ANGELINI UNITED STATES, ITALY, CANADA, UNITED KINGDOM | 2021 | 20’ | 7+ FACTS

Miro Wine Animation starring two birds from New Zealand: the grumpy kereru and the small piwakawaka. The smaller bird forces the kereru to be friends, even though the latter tries to get rid of the little noisemaker. When that fails, he stoically puts up with the racket. The seasons pass and the two sit on the same branch and have become used to one another. The kereru protects the little piwakawaka from the rain and keeps him warm. One day, the piwakawaka is enticed to come along by another of the species and the call of nature, and disappears. At first the kereru enjoys the peace and quiet, but soon he realises that he misses his friend. Who is going to hide under his wing now? Will he ever see him again? This sweet, small film spends four seasons on one and the same branch.

BREE GREALLY, LILY MARTIN-BABIN NEW ZEALAND | 2020 | 4’ | 6+ FACTS

Producer Andrea Emmes Screenwriter Cinzia Angelini Editor Tim

Dutch title Chaggo Producer Bree Greally, Lily Martin-Babin

Denin, Ellery VanDooyeweert, Valerio Oss Composer Flavio

Screenwriter Lily Martin-Babin, Bree Greally Editor Lily

Gargano Production company Cinesite Studios, United States,

Martin-Babin, Bree Greally

featureanimation@cinesite.com

Mishou

Mist Niebla

It is wonderfully quiet and expansive at the North Pole, until a helicopter full of tourists lands. The group doesn’t stay long, but it is just long enough for a lot of selfies, garbage and noise. However, one of the visitors accidentally leaves behind her dog. Four friendly arctic hares take care of Mishou and clean up all the mess too. First the little dog is very scared and unhappy without her owner, but soon she starts having a great time with her happy new friends who do anything they can to cheer her up. Moreover, Mishou turns out to come in handy when a hungry arctic wolf turns up. In the meantime, Mishou’s owner is on her way back to pick her up. This sweet film creatively combines 3D and 2D animation.

MILEN VITANOV GERMANY, BULGARIA | 2020 | 8’ | 6+ FACTS

There he has magical meetings with animals. He feels very close to them and wants to stop them getting run over on the road. In the meantime, he has forgotten that his parents don’t know where he is and that he doesn’t know the way home. In the dark of the woods, everything looks the same. Will he make it home so he can help the foxes?

LEONARDO ROMERO ZARZA COLOMBIA | 2020 | 10’ | 11+ FACTS

Producer Milen Vitanov, Vera Trajanova Screenwriter Milen

Producer Catalina Vásquez Salazar Screenwriter Juan David Ortíz

Vitanov, Vera Trajanova Editor Jens Prausnitz Composer

Martínez Editor David Castaño Luján Composer Miguel Isaza

Leonard Petersen Production company Talking Animals

Morales Leading actors Óscar Rojo Gaviria, Daniela Sierra Mejía

Animation Studio, Germany, info@talking-animals.com,

Production company Lumina Estudio, Colombia,

www.talking-animals.com Sales company AG Kurzfilm/German

contacto@luminaestudio.com

Shorts, Germany, info@ag-kurzfilm.de, https://ag-kurzfilm.de/

Nico and his parents move from the city to a house in the woods. It is all strange to him, he doesn’t even know which animals live there and he meets a few he doesn’t know. One day, he finds a dead fox by the side of the road. He is sad because the fox also seems to have cubs. He decides to find out more about the local animals, not just online, but by going into the woods at night.

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Mora Mora

Mum is Pouring Rain Maman pleut des cordes

Mora almost drowns in the huge sea. When she comes up again, she sees a piano floating. Atop this strange lifeboat she discovers the music the piano contains, but the harmony is ruined by heavy weather. Ultimately, the sea washes the piano and her up on an island together with a strange creature that came along with the water. They first have to get used to each other, but then they go out and explore the cold, quiet place where there isn’t a sign of life. One morning, the creature who protects and supports Mora doesn’t wake up again. Mora doesn’t know what to do anymore, but then something happens which gives her the courage to continue, making this short animation a beautifully designed metaphor for the inner world of a child as it grows up.

JURGA ŠEDUIKYTĖ, ROBERTAS NEVECKA LITHUANIA | 2021 | 10’ | 10+ FACTS

A scintillating feelgood animation about Janey, an eightyear-old girl at the start of the Christmas holidays. She is looking forward to celebrating Christmas with her family, but her father is on tour and her mother, a chef, is depressed. Janey is sent to stay with granny, who always smells of onions. That’s because she is always making the best onion soup and onion pie in the world. Janey grudgingly goes but is soon cheered up by granny’s sunny disposition and tasty food, as well as by meeting the friendly giant Cloco and two kids from the neighbourhood. Janey learns about the beauty of the forest and the magic of music. Perhaps her new friends can even make a miracle happen.

HUGO DE FAUCOMPRET FRANCE | 2021 | 26’ | 8+ FACTS

Producer Giedré Burokaité Screenwriter Jurga Šeduikytė Editor

Dutch title Mama laat het regenen Producer Ivan Zuber,

Robertas Nevecka Composer JJurga Šeduikytė Production

Antoine Liétout Screenwriter Hugo de Faucompret, Lison d’Andréa

company Meno Avilys, Lithuania, info@menoavilys.org Sales

Editor Benjamin Massoubre Composer Pablo Pico Leading actors

company Feelsales, Spain, info@feelsales.com

Yolande Moreau, Céline Sallette Production company Laïdak Films, France, contact@laidakfilms.com Sales company DANDELOOO, France, contact@dandelooo.com, www.dandelooo.com

My Friend Tiger Мой Друг Тигр

Hrůza v tónu gramofónu

Together they ride around town on a bike: this girl and her little tiger. They play with the ducks in the park, eat freshly made buns, drink a mug of milk at home and have fabulous dreams at night. However, little girls and little tigers grow up: he runs alongside the bike now and doesn’t drink a mug of milk, but a bowl. By the time autumn comes, tiger is so big he keeps bumping into things and is bothered by the busy traffic. He feels trapped. Nevertheless, the friends still find time to share.

Musical animation – in the style of old Disney cartoons – about two burglars assigned to steal a stylish hat from a haunted house. The two are music buffs and find a place to listen during their scary exploration of the house. Suddenly, the sombre, grey old home is no longer creepy, but a happy, colourful place where the ghosts dance and sing together in a sort of fantastic video.

But then, during winter, tiger decides his time in the city is over. They have to let go of one another to keep growing. This short animation about a special friendship is fast-paced and uses bright, happy colours and ditto music.

TATIANA KISELEVA RUSSIA | 2021 | 7’ | 8+ FACTS

Old Gramophone’s Ghostly Tones

Unfortunately, there is still the angry boss who doesn’t like fun and games. He only wants the hat. He lies in wait, ready to spoil the party, and the happy burglars are unaware. Will they be able to keep dancing? And will the mean gangster boss get his just deserts?

KRYŠTOF ULBERT, MARTINA TOMKOVÁ, ZUZANA ČUPOVÁ CZECH REPUBLIC | 2021 | 9’ | 10+ FACTS

Dutch title Mijn tijgervriend Producer Boris Mashkovtsev

Dutch title Griezelige deuntjes Producer Lukáš Gregor

Screenwriter Tatiana Kiseleva, Tatiana Pankratova Composer

Screenwriter Kryštof Ulbert, Martina Tomková, Zuzana Čupová

Artem Vassiliev Production company Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio,

Editor Josef Erla Composer Jaroslav Jezek, Jan Werich,

Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru Sales

Jiri Voskovec, Bedrich Nikodem Production company University

company Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio, Russia, info@souzmult.ru,

of Tomas Bata in Zlin, Faculty of Multimedia Communications,

www.soyuzmultfilm.ru

Czech Republic, animace@fmk.utb.cz, www.utb.cz

FILMS

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Pearl Diver A balloon and a hedgehog: not a great combination. However, the hedgehog does its best to win the balloon over: he even shaves off his spines. The following scene is of a polar bear and a penguin on an ice flow. When it breaks, the two drift apart. A third scene is underwater and features two oysters with their shiny pearls communicating wordlessly using music. Relationships are not a given in this surprising, wordless, funny stop-motion animation. Sometimes it is just not possible, sometimes not both parties are into it and sometimes they are cruelly separated from each other. Can the hedgehog keep the balloon even if his spines to grow back? Will the polar bear and penguin find each other again? And will the oysters ever get closer together?

MARGRETHE DANIELSEN NORWAY | 2020 | 9’ | 8+ FACTS

Red Rover Do Martians exist? They do according to this stop-motion animation. On the red planet, the equally red Martians spot a probe from earth, that looks a little like Wall-E, land. Shortly afterwards, various Martian creatures are sucked up and deposited into glass containers by the machine for examination. The others, who communicate using the third eye on their heads, come up with a plan to save their compatriots. This is no easy feat, particularly on your own. Only through cooperation can they fight their shiny enemy. This film consists almost entirely of shades of red, with the exception of the metal probe and the green monitors on earth, as watched by men in blue shirts. Stop-motion animation inventively combined with live action.

ASTRID GOLDSMITH UNITED KINGDOM | 2020 | 13’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Parelduiker Producer Endre Eidsaa Larsen Screenwriter

Dutch title De rode rover Producer Hank Starrs Screenwriter

Margrethe Danielsen Editor Margrethe Danielsen Composer Heikki

Astrid Goldsmith Editor Anna Dick Composer Craig Gell

Kossi Production company Høgskulen i Volda, Norway,

Production company Mock Duck Studios, United Kingdom,

postmottak@hivolda.no

info@mockduck.co.uk

Reflection

Sounds Between the Crowns

Spiegeling

Zvuky spoza lúky

Fiep lives in a winter landscape, in a house full of mirrors. So the moment she opens her eyes in the morning, she can see herself reflected hundreds of times. But she doesn’t like what she sees. In each mirror, she focuses on the things that are not ‘right’: her hair is too fuzzy, her cheeks are too red, her nose is too big. She concentrates on all these imperfections so much that she no longer sees herself as she really is. She runs out of the house in a panic, into the snow, to escape her image of herself.

When a musician on a Medieval town square plays his amazing compositions, people are deeply impressed. The red-headed queen hears his stringed instrument and immediately imagines a handsome, musical knight. However, when she uncovers the musician’s hidden face, she gets the fright of her life: she banishes him from the city and has her guards smash his instrument. Alone and soaking wet, the musician seeks shelter in the woods with his meagre possessions. He licks his wounds until the woodland animals inspire him to repair his instrument. It doesn’t take long for the bewitching sounds to drift out of the forest and into the city. The queen is compelled to follow the music and learns a valuable life lesson.

An original animation that shows how strange it is that we allow our feelings about ourselves to be determined by a piece of reflective glass. How would we live our lives if we could never see ourselves?

Short, animated fairy tale with soul and humour about a talented outsider whose perseverance, lust for life and love of music manage to turn the tide.

SANNA DE VRIES, THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 4’ | 8+ FACTS

FILIP DIVIAK CZECH REPUBLIC | 2020 | 14’ | 6+ FACTS

Dutch title Spiegeling Producer Tünde Vollenbroek Screenwriter

Dutch title Koninklijke klanken Producer Lukáš Gregor

Sanna de Vries Editor Diede de Vree Composer Nik Phelps

Screenwriter Filip Diviak Editor Peter Mikušinec Composer

Leading actors Susanne Edam Production company Studio Pupil,

Noemi Valentíny, Jan Nevyjel, Barbora Kadlíčková, Vít Přibyla

The Netherlands, contact@studiopupil.com, www.studiopupil.com

Production company University of Tomas Bata in Zlin,

Sales company SND Films, The Netherlands, info@sndfilms.com,

Faculty of Multimedia Communications, Czech Republic,

www.sndfilms.com Distributor Kaboom Distribution

animace@fmk.utb.cz, www.utb.cz Sales company Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr, www.miyu.fr

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A Splash in a Mud

Step Into the River

Temps de cochon Horn Quartet Marguerite, Aglaé, Clarisse and Rosine are whining because they have nothing to do. The four cows are bored and waiting under an overhang for it to stop raining. Until a little pig comes by that is. Charlie loves the rain; it’s his favourite time to dance. His enthusiasm is catching and soon everyone is dancing and sliding down the hill. Except Rosine, who doesn’t want to get her dress dirty, but Charlie comes up with just the thing for her.

A mythical, beautifully drawn animation about the one-child policy in China. Lulu lives along the river with her father, but the villagers say she was found in the river. She is bullied because of that, and because of her spotty skin. She becomes friends with a girl who is staying with her granny for a while. Just like Lulu she thinks its dumb that boys get to do more than girls. Together they decide to go to the city in the rowboat they are not allowed in, because they are girls.

In the end, no one minds getting dirty anymore in this jolly stop-motion animation. The four cows learn to see the world from a different perspective because when it rains you get wet, but it also creates plenty of good things. And mud allows you to draw something beautiful on your dress.

Wondrous things happen on their journey. Are these to do with the city girl’s older brother who supposedly died as a baby and whose spirit was carried away by the river? And why do they see baby girls everywhere that aren’t really there? The answers are in the river.

EMMANUELLE GORGIARD FRANCE | 2020 | 9’ | 6+

WEIJIA MA CHINA, FRANCE | 2020 | 14’ | 10+

FACTS

Dutch title Een lekker modderbad Producer Jean-Marie Le Rest

Dutch title Een stap in de rivier Producer Damien Megherbi,

Screenwriter Emmanuelle Gorgiard Editor Jean-Marie Le Rest

Justin Pechberty Screenwriter Weijia Ma Editor Jérôme Bréau

Composer Vincent Burlot Leading actors Annaëlle Manquest,

Composer Pablo Pico Production company Les Valseurs, France,

Maia Baran, Raphaële Bruneau, Charlotte Campana, Vincent

damien@lesvalseurs.com, http://lesvalseurs.com

Burlot Production company Vivement Lundi!, France, distribution@vivement-lundi.com Sales company Vivement Lundi!, France, distribution@vivement-lundi.com

A Stone in the Shoe

Umbrellas

Un caillou dans la chaussure Heart warming, colourful stop-motion animation about a frog attending school for the first time in a foreign country. The young frog initially feels unhappy and misunderstood in a class full of rabbits. The language is new and weird and he doesn’t understand what a fork is for. When he plays an instrument from his homeland he is laughed at. However, when he explains what happened to him in a different kind of animation, he is treated with empathy and friendships develop. This film is full of funny, inventive details such as a cat that falls past the classroom window and an insect that ejects edible balls if you shake it. An original story about what it is like to be a refugee and why some of the latter fear bright lights or loud church bells.

ERIC MONTCHAUD SWITZERLAND, FRANCE | 2020 | 11’ | 8+ FACTS

In a land, far, far away all the baby humans and animals fall from the sky in a basket under an umbrella. They need the umbrella because it’s always raining. When Kyna is brought to her father, she proves to have gotten wet because there was a hole in the umbrella. From then on, the girl is always afraid of the rain and her father grows his beard so she can hide from it, even if this means he always has to be with her. However, one day she has to venture out alone to find her lost dog Nana. Will Kyna overcome her fear of the rain to find her dog? And why did Nana run away in the middle of the night?

JOSÉ PRATS, ÁLVARO ROBLES SPAIN, FRANCE | 2020 | 12’ | 6+ FACTS

Dutch title Een steentje in de schoen Producer Luc Camilli

Dutch title Paraplu’s Producer Ramón Alós, Kèota Dengmanara,

Screenwriter Eric Montchaud, Cecile Polard Editor Santi Minasi

Diana Hentulescu Screenwriter Álvaro Robles, José Prats,

Composer Pierre Bastien Production company Xbo films, France,

Alicia Cánovas, Jesús López Editor José Prats, Álvaro Robles

contact@xbofilms.com Sales company Autour de Minuit, France,

Composer Pablo Mirete Production company Moukda Production,

festivals@autourdeminuit.com, www.autourdeminuit.com

France, contact@moukdaproduction.com Sales company Magnetfilm GmbH, Germany, info@magnetfilm.de, www.magnetfilm.de

FILMS

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Vanille Vanille lives in Paris with her father. Her mother – who died – came from Guadeloupe. Instead of going on a winter sports holiday, it has been decided she should go and stay with her aunty who lives in the archipelago. Naturally, Vanille doesn’t feel like going one bit. Determined to not like anything, she is nevertheless bewitched by the nature and the people. Her aunt proves to be super cool: beautiful and a great singer.

Zog and the Flying Doctors Pearl is predestined to be queen but is determined to become a doctor. She does so too, against the will of her uncle, the king. Together with Sir Gadabout she flies around on the dragon Zog to help animals and mermaids, like the Flying Doctors. One day, she decides to visit her uncle to see how he is doing. He is still angry and immediately locks her up to get her ready for the throne. Gadabout and Zog undertake fruitless attempts to save her.

When all the women in the village suddenly start losing their hair, Vanille hears about Soukounian, an evil spirit. It seems as if Vanille is the only one who can do something about this. But can a city girl overcome rugged nature and evil spirits? An exceptional animation about embracing your heritage that uses real-life images of Guadeloupe’s nature as backgrounds.

Finally, there is a chance for her to escape, but then she finds out her uncle is sick. No one other than Pearl can save him. Will she choose freedom or her obligation to help others? An action-packed animation with a rhyming story, lots of music and funny situations.

GUILLAUME LORIN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND | 2020 | 30’ | 8+

SEAN MULLEN UNITED KINGDOM | 2020 | 25’ | 7+

FACTS

Producer Reginald de Guillebon Screenwriter Aurore Auguste,

Dutch title Draak Dries en de vliegende dokters Producer Martin

Antoine Lanciaux, Guillaume Lorin Editor Catherine Aladenise

Pope, Michael Rose Screenwriter Max Lang, Suzanne Lang Editor

Composer Chassol, Tricia Evy Leading actors Marie-Éva Phaan,

Robin Sales Composer René Aubry Leading actors Lenny Henry,

Macéo Carole, Hippomène Léauva, Tricia Evy Production

Rob Brydon, Hugh Skinner, Patsy Ferran Production company

company Folimage, France, contact@folimage.fr, www.folimage.fr

Magic Light Pictures, United Kingdom, office@magiclightpictures.com,

Sales company Folimage, France, contact@folimage.fr,

www.magiclightpictures.com Sales company Magic Light Pictures,

www.folimage.fr

United Kingdom, office@magiclightpictures.com, www.magiclightpictures.com

The Best Orchestra in the World

Eggshell

Das beste Orchester der Welt Like anybody, Ingbert wants to do audition as a double bass player with the Vienna State Orchestra. The auditions are anonymous, so the candidates have to play behind a curtain. When Ingbert accomplishes the best audition of the day, everyone is curious to see who is behind the curtain. The revelation leaves everybody baffled, because Ingbert turns out to be a sock. This absurdist Austrian short film gives short shrift to prejudices and ideas about diversity.

Life is not easy for Joey: He is bullied by older boys and his mother’s boyfriend also gives him trouble. Fortunately, he has his self-made robot head, with which he can imagine himself to be a superhero on the battlefield and escape his horrible truth. This short film provides a raw and grueling glimpse into the working class of Ireland, as seen through the eyes of an imaginative child.

HENNING BACKHAUS AUSTRIA | 2020 | 14’ | 10+

RYAN WILLIAM HARRIS ITALY, IRELAND | 2020 | 14’ | 10+

Producer Lukas Rosatti Screenwriter Henning Backhaus, Ra-

Dutch title Breekbaar Producer Tara O’Callaghan Screenwriter

FACTS

fael Haider, Albert Meisl Editor Jana Libnik Composer Henning

Ryan William Harris, Dario Andreani Editor Corrado Marengo

Backhaus Leading actors Thomas Mraz, Jörn Hentschel, Dominic

Composer Alessio Festuccia Leading actors Charlie Carbery,

Oley, Peter Huemer, Helen Hagmüller Production company Fil-

Shauna Higgins, James Costello, Karl Gilsenan, Lee

makademie Wien, Austria, filmakademie@mdw.ac.at, http://www.

O’Donoghue Production company Giant Moa, Italy,

filmakademie.wien/de/

elenfantdistribution@gmail.com Sales company Sayonara Film, Italy, sayonarafilm16@gmail.com, https://www.sayonarafilm.com/

FILMS

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The Flyman

Get Up Ela luta

Vihaan is bullied by the much bigger Akshat. To evade Akshat, he tries to become a superhero. First, he tries it as Invisible Man, but Bull Boy (Akshat) always finds him. Next, he becomes Runaway Man, but Bull Boy continually catches up with him. Eventually, he decides to become Flyman, so he tries to fly, but whatever he does, he fails. This is because Gravity (whom he sees as his little sister Aalia) stops him.

Your first menstrual period is never pleasant, but Flavinha has it in the middle of her judo class, where she is the only girl. Fortunately, her teachers and classmates are helpful and in no time she is back on the judo mat. Can she once more be the best and defeat her opponents? This Brazilian film gives short shrift to taboos about menstruation and presents a strong protagonist, while the adults play a refreshingly caring and empathic role.

ROOPAL KEWALYA INDIA | 2021 | 10’ | 7+

LUIZA GIULIANI BRAZIL | 2021 | 15’ | 10+

FACTS Producer Roopal Kewalya Screenwriter Roopal Kewalya Editor

FACTS Dutch title Kom op! Producer Giovanna Corossari, Daniela Taouil

Viraj Selot Composer Shamik Mukherjee Leading actors Zachary

Screenwriter Luiza Giuliani Editor Carolina Serrano Composer

Braz, Leysha Mange, Pallas Prajapat Production company

João Gabriel Leading actors Alice Sayuri Lima, William, Isabela

Cornucopia Pictures, India, roopal.cornucopia@gmail.com,

Ordoñez Production company FAAP, Brazil, elaluta.filme@gmail.com

www.cornucopiapictures.com

Heading South 雁南飞

Der Hauptgewinn

Chasuna is an eight-year-old girl from the Mongolian grasslands who is visiting her dad in the big city for his birthday. Once there, she finds out he has married a Chinese woman. Over the course of the night, she learns to deal with a new member of her family.

Thanks to his best friend Eugenie the chicken, the reclusive Albert finds himself involved in a fateful game of chance that leads him to his true love. But is it really all just a coincidence? A satirical modern fairy tale, which sees a good old homemade lemonade fight against a sticky Purple Pop monopoly, with human-chicken relationships thrown into the spotlight, while unpredictable coincidences clash with careful planning to create great twists and turns.

YUAN YUAN UNITED STATES, CHINA | 2020 | 13’ | 10+

ALICE VON GWINNER GERMANY | 2020 | 23’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Op weg naar het zuiden Producer Yuan Yuan, Meng

Dutch title De hoofdprijs Producer Hana Geißendörfer

Fei Screenwriter Yuan Yuan Editor Yuan Yuan Composer Lu Wang

Screenwriter Alice von Gwinner Editor Maximilian Raible

Leading actors Fala Chen, Tongalag, Chasuna Production

Composer Gary Hirche Leading actors Daniel Krauss, Britta Horn

company Tisch School of the Arts, United States, https://tisch.

Production company Geißendörfer Film- und Fernsehproduktion

nyu.edu/ Sales company Shortcuts, France,

KG (gff), Germany, info@gff.film

festival@shortcuts.pro, http://shortcuts.pro/

The Jackpot

FILMS

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Leo

Little Bear Ourse

A boy is giving a report about a football match, like a real commentator. But why is he reporting? Who is he reporting to? What is he actually watching? At first, we stay close to the boy’s expressive face, but after a while the camera zooms out to reveal his companion: a blind friend. In the end, it turns out they are in a refugee camp and are watching soldiers play.

Little Bear is a sleepwalker who tends to run away at night. Her mom is trying to convince her to accept the doctor’s treatment, but she’s not willing to. She is desperate however to understand where her sleep takes her during the night. Maybe it means more than a dream? To figure out the answer, this time Little Bear and her best friend go out into the unknown themselves.

MOEIN ROOHOLAMINI IRAN | 2020 | 5’ | 9+

NICOLAS BIRKENSTOCK FRANCE | 2020 | 27’ | 11+

FACTS

Producer Moein Rooholamini Screenwriter Moein Rooholamini

Dutch title Kleine beer Producer Anthony Doncque Screenwriter

Composer Moein Rooholamini Leading actors Mostafa

Nicolas Birkenstock, Jonathan Colinet Editor Floriane Allier

Moosavi, Mohammad Matin Ziafat, Hasan Khoshhalatw

Composer David Trescos Leading actors Armande Boulanger,

Production company Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS), Iran,

Eliès Bachta, Aude Ruyter, Theo Soumphonphakdy, Swann

mirabbaskhosravi@gmail.com

Birkenstock Production company Ts Productions, France, tsproductions@tsproductions.net, http://tsproductions.fr/contactez-nous

The Penguin’s Flight

The Science of Wishes

Το πέταγμα του πιγκουίνου In this Greek short, in which both the summer and loneliness jump off the screen, Elli tries to find her cat. Her parents are about to get a divorce and she spends the summer with her dad, who seems to pay little or no attention to her. When at one point her cat runs off, she starts looking for the only source of affection she still had.

A young girl is certain her big sister has magic powers, as her wishes always seem to come true. Even her existence, being born in the world, results from her sister’s wish. For her school science project, she is ready to convince the class, who do not seem to buy the idea, she is right. From a kid’s perspective and with seemingly childish argumentation, this film examines the close bond between siblings within a family.

STELLA SEREFOGLOU GREECE | 2021 | 17’ | 10+

MICHELLE BADO LEBANON | 2021 | 13’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title De reis van de pinguïn Producer Stella Serefoglou,

Dutch title De wetenschap van wensen Producer Nicholas Toubia

Iraklis Mavroidis Screenwriter Stella Serefoglou Editor Christos

Screenwriter Michelle Bado Editor Nicholas Toubia Composer

Giannakopoulos Composer Dimitris Apostolakidis Leading

Dany Bou Maroun Leading actors Emma Abi Habib, Emma Nasr,

actors Giasemi Lamprid Lampridi Production company IKIRU,

Anna Deeb Production company Notre Dame University Louaize,

Greece, stellaserefoglou@gmail.com

Lebanon, admission@ndu.edu.lb

FILMS

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Sea Dragon

Shower Boys

In 1812, a young fossil hunter finds something truly remarkable in the Jurassic cliffs of Dorset. The girl’s revolutionary findings could challenge the entire worldview in the 19th century, but can a young girl fight against the natural order of the world? Inspired by the childhood of fossil hunter and palaeontologist Mary Anning, this short film credits the contribution of this talented woman, who discovered her first ichthyosaur skeleton at the age of twelve.

After a heated training match with the sports team, twelve-year-old best friends Viggo and Noel go home together to have fun. In the games they play, they challenge each other’s limits and masculinity. However, an unexpected intervention is performed by the adults. This short film poses questions as to what society allows a male friendship to be.

JAMES MORGAN UNITED KINGDOM | 2020 | 17’ | 8+

CHRISTIAN ZETTERBERG SWEDEN | 2021 | 9’ | 11+

FACTS

Dutch title De zeedraak Producer Terhi Kylliäinen Screenwriter

Producer Liselotte Persson Screenwriter Christian Zetterberg,

James Morgan, Lawrie Doran Editor Gaia Borretti Composer Jack

Albin Abrahamsson Editor Jakob Eliasson, Albin Abrahamsson

Wyllie Leading actors Kiara Holley-Paliano, Nathaniel Parker,

Composer Fredrik Jonasson Leading actors Lucas Andreasson,

Harvey Dean, Michael Howe Production company Becklow Films,

David Ramirez Knezevic, Robin Stegmar Production company

United Kingdom, terhi12@gmail.com Sales company Atelier de

Graklippan, Sweden, christian@graklippan.se

Film, Romania, contact@atelier-de-film.ro, https://www.atelier-de-film.ro/

Spotless

Stephanie

Stephanie, a talented gymnast, prepares for the Belgian Championships, but is told she needs to rest due to a foot injury. She goes on nonetheless and lies to her coaches about the pain she suffers. Only when it is almost too late, coach Patricia starts realising it is not wise to keep pushing Stephanie. This short film, selected by Cannes, presents a critical view of the pressure exerted on gymnasts.

This realistic drama shows how essential sanitary towels and tampons are if you want to be part of society. Ruby wrestles with this problem every month and doesn’t want to bother her mother with it, as she has enough to worry about already. And she doesn’t want to keep troubling her best friend either. Eventually, she takes a drastic step.

EMMA BRANDERHORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 12+ FACTS

LEONARDO VAN DIJL BELGIUM | 2020 | 15’ | 10+ FACTS

Dutch title Vlekkeloos Producer Marc Bary Screenwriter Milou

Producer Gilles De Schryver Screenwriter Leonardo Van Dijl Editor

Rohde Editor Tessel Flora de Vries Composer Hans Nieuwenhuijsen

Ludo Troch Leading actors Sofie Decleir, Charlotte Verwimp,

Leading actors Astrid van Eck, Wendy Ruijfrok, Ilva Los, Alicia

Stefan Gota, Bien de Moor, Benjamin Ramon, Production

Prinsen Production company IJswater Films, The Netherlands,

company De Wereldvrede, Belgium, post@dewereldvrede.be Sales

films@ijswater.nl, www.ijswater.nl Sales company Kapitein Kort,

company Square Eyes, The Netherlands, info@squareeyesfilm.com,

The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www.kapiteinmedia.nl

https://squareeyesfilm.com/

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The Technique

Ten Years

La Tecnica

Dix ans

Cesare, a tourist who has just arrived in the village, meets Leonardo, a shepherd’s son. Over the course of the summer, Cesare decides to take Leonardo under his wing and show him the ropes, specifically when it comes to seducing girls. Leonardo seems hesitant and unsuccessful at first, but eventually gets the hang of it. This, the director duo’s first foray into non-commercial short-form narrative, provides a striking and realistic look at teenage love.

Léo throws a birthday party for his tenth anniversary. All of his friends are jealous of the drone he received, but when the group walks off for a few minutes and returns, the drone has vanished. What follows is a fierce discussion within the group about who misplaced the drone, why, and how the culprit will have to account for himself. This French short film addresses themes like group pressure and friendship in a probing way, and how the two can sometimes go hand in hand.

CLEMENTE DE MURO, CLEMENTE DE MURO, DAVIDE MARDEGAN ITALY | 2020 | 10’ | 10+

CLÉLIA SCHAEFFER FRANCE | 2020 | 15’ | 10+

FACTS

Dutch title De techniek Producer Antinea Radomska, Niccolò Dal

Dutch title Tien jaar Producer Ethan Selcer Screenwriter Clélia

Corso, Antonio D’Angelo Screenwriter Clemente De Muro,

Schaeffer Editor Anaïs Manuelli Composer Clément Defosse, Odile

Clemente De Muro Editor Anna Laura Carolla, Davide Mardegan

Bruckert Leading actors Jules Lachaux, Gaëtan Amiel, Maïlys

Composer Jimmy Fontana, Garry Bonner, Alan Gordon Leading

Bouis, Albane Latgé, Oscar Abraham Production company

actors Leonardo Giannelli, Cesare Costagli, Nilde Pantani Produc-

Quartett Production, France, info@quartettproduction.com,

tion company Dinamo srl, Italy, tinydistribution.shorts@gmail.com

http://www.quartettproduction.com/fr/presentation/

Dinamo srl, Italy, tinydistribution.shorts@gmail.com Sales company Zen Movie, Italy, distribuzione.zenmovie@gmail.com, www.zenmovie.it

A Wish Upon a Satellite

Aeronaut

Kingitus orbiidilt Otto finds a little spacecraft and a dog with the name ‘Laika’ engraved on its collar in the forest. While Otto is lucky enough to be found by a searching team, Laika has fled. Otto is certain that the dog is the gift his deceased parents had promised him, sent from the heavens, but no one seems to believe him, since the famous space dog Laika died long ago in space.

Ultra-short, lovingly made stop-motion animation about ten-year old Kevin, who is growing up in a family with a tyrannical father. He wants to escape from this situation and dreams of becoming a pilot, finally leaving it all behind him – literally – with his little sister Jaimy.

LEENI LINNA ESTONIA, FINLAND | 2021 | 17’ | 8+

LEON GOLTERMAN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 2’ | 6+

FACTS Dutch title Een satelliet verschiet Producer Merja Ritola, Karin

His dreams are symbolised by his beautiful new model aircraft, which he takes incredibly good care of. It is a symbol of the freedom he so longs for. But one day his sister gets hold of this favourite toy, really putting his brotherly love to the test. Will he be able to recapture his dream without it falling apart? And what is really more important: the love between brother and sister, or his love of this inanimate object?

FACTS Producer Paul Mathot, Thijme Grol Screenwriter Leon Golterman

Reinberg-Shestakov Screenwriter Leeni Linna, Leana Jalukse

Editor Leon Golterman Composer Arend Bruijn Leading actors

Editor Jussi Rautaniemi Composer Janek Murd Leading actors

Belinda van der Stoep, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Raymond Thiry

Otto Samuel Kahar, Otto-Samuel Kahar, Andres Raag, Ursula

Production company Pedri Animation BV, The Netherlands,

Ratasepp, Külli Teetamm, Anne Reemann Production company

paul@pedri-animation.com, www.pedri-animation.com

Revolver Film, Estonia, revolver@revolver.ee

Distributor Kaboom Distribution

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Bristles Do brushes have feelings? They do in this funny, colourful animation. Three brushes have a nice life together in a glass jar, longing for the day that they will be used to paint. When one of the three is chosen, it feels like it hit the jackpot until it accidentally ends up on the floor. And what happens to a brush that has been dipped in paint, but then forgotten? The unlucky victim tries any means of trying to get its once beautiful, soft hair back to its original state, but only succeeds in making things worse. Ultimately, there seems to be no salvation, but then his friends come to his aid.

Howling Ultra-short, captivating animation about a wounded wolf dragging itself along through the forest and over the tundra at night. Limping and breathing hard, he intuitively follows the path up towards the full moon. On his way he spies a herd of buffalo and his memory takes him back to earlier that day, when he was still the uncontested leader of the pack and hunted the buffalos. However, he was fatally wounded trying to protect his female from an angry male buffalo.

A film about weird brushes, but also about vanity, envy, compassion, and empathy.

He has to make this journey to his end alone, that is the law of nature. He has resigned himself to his fate and his howling at the moon speaks of the cycle of life and the sacrifices he made for the pack.

QUINTIN HABERHAM THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 3’ | 6+

LEWIS VAN DER WERF THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 2’ | 8+

FACTS Producer Chris Stenger, Noortje Wilschut, Floor Onrust Screenwriter

FACTS Producer Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders Screenwriter Lewis van

Quintin Haberham Composer Bram Meindersma Production company

der Werf Editor Lewis van der Werf Composer Bas Bouma

Family Affair Films, The Netherlands, info@familyaffairfilms.nl,

Production company il Luster, The Netherlands, info@illuster.nl,

www.familyaffairfilms.nl Distributor Kaboom Distribution

www.illuster.nl

Jingwei - The Little Oathkeeper This animation, that is like a watercolour and with Chinese music, tells the story of a young girl who is determined to catch the sun in her dip net. She bravely chases the glowing orb: nothing and no one can stop her. She ignores physical pain and the unthinking derision of other children. When she reaches the sea, she doesn’t hesitate and boards a raft, yet her courage and perseverance prove insufficient to conquer the power of the elements.

A girl walks through sombre, autumnal woods. The trunks are dark, the sky is grey and the wind is icy. Just like above the trees, dark, contorted clouds darken her thoughts. She becomes lost and entangled in her worries. Only when a beam of sunlight pierces the autumnal leaves, does she realise where she is. She sees the beauty around her of the falling leaves and the shining sun. In no time she is able to let go of the things that obsessed her just a moment ago.

Jingwei is the name of a mythological Chinese bird. The latter is said to contain the soul of a little girl who drowned in the East China Sea whilst playing. The myth is about people’s will to overcome tragedy and their incapability of ever freeing themselves from it.

A simple, dialogue-free animation that shows how – with a little outside help – you can change your perspective on the world in the blink of an eye. The girl allows herself to waft away on her fantasy, borne by the beautiful tones and warm colours, high above the reality of existence.

WANQING WANG THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6’ | 10+

JANNEKE AS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 3’ | 6+

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Leap

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Producer WanQing Wang Screenwriter WanQing Wang Editor

Producer Janneke As Screenwriter Janneke As Editor Janneke

WanQing Wang Composer Auris Media Production company HKU

As Composer Stijn van Wakeren Production company HKU -

- Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands, sz@hku.nl,

Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht, The Netherlands, sz@hku.nl,

www.hku.nl

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A Piece of Art

Sincerely

KunstSTUK Ultra-short, humorous animation about an art-loving, critical burglar who doesn’t want to steal any old piece of art from the museum. This puts him in a lot of difficult situations, and almost means he ends up empty-handed. The works of art he wants are now all in pieces. The whole situation is seen from the viewpoint of the last remaining artwork on the wall – the one that, right at the beginning, he rejected. So the burglar decides to take that piece of art after all – but this is easier said than done. We then watch his tense, thrilling attempt to escape, from the perspective of the same painting. At the end of the film, the viewpoint switches again and we see what all the persistent thief ’s efforts have brought him. Was it all worthwhile?

ERIK VERKERK, JOOST VD BOSCH THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 2’ | 6+ FACTS

Sweet, short film about a postal worker who wrote a letter herself once, that she will have to deliver herself too. The letter is special because it is a love letter to a young woman she really, really likes. The pink-hued animation with anime elements reveals how the postal worker has to overcome shame and fear. Emotions sweep back and forth between extremes: one moment she is on cloud nine, the next she just wants to rip the letter up. Ultimately, she works up the courage to hand the letter to the woman of her dreams. How will they respond to her proposal to hold hands? Will she be laughed at, and will she have to slink off, or will the letter be answered with a kiss?

GABRIELLA LICHTNEKER THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 3’ | 6+ FACTS

Dutch title KunstSTUK Producer Joost vd Bosch Screenwriter

Producer Gabriella Lichtneker Screenwriter Gabriella Lichtneker

Erik Verkerk, Joost vd Bosch, Wilbert Plijnaar Composer Rene

Composer Stijn van Wakeren Production company AKV St. Joost,

Merkelbach Leading actors Huub Dikstaal Production company

The Netherlands, info.akvstjoost@avans.nl,

Ka-Ching Cartoons, The Netherlands, info@ka-chingcartoons.com,

https://www.akvstjoost.nl/

www.ka-chingcartoons.com

Thaw

Reflection

Dooi

Spiegeling

Every year, winter makes way for spring. But how does this really work? In this short animation, the cold is portrayed by an old, frosty man who lovingly maintains the snowflakes and icicles. Spring is an innocent, happy toddler, who changes everything s/he touches into vibrant green.

The child’s exciting trip through the landscape brings about an oasis of plants, flowers and young animals. However, the winter finds it hard to leave, and tries to reverse the changes, but in vain. In one final effort, he causes an avalanche, hiding the spring green – and the cheerful toddler – under a thick carpet of cold. Will the spring be able to break through again? Or will it all be nipped in the bud?

ARTHUR VAN MERWIJK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 2’ | 6+ FACTS

SANNA DE VRIES THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 4’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Dooi Producer Arthur van Merwijk, Coen Balkestein

Dutch title Spiegeling Producer Tünde Vollenbroek Screenwriter

Screenwriter Arthur van Merwijk Composer Bruce Lim Leading

Sanna de Vries Editor Diede de Vree Composer Nik Phelps

actors Tim Simmons Production company Kalio,

Leading actors Susanne Edam Production company Studio

The Netherlands, info@kaliostories.com

Pupil, The Netherlands, contact@studiopupil.com, www.studiopupil.com Sales company SND Films, The Netherlands, info@sndfilms.com, www.sndfilms.com Distributor Kaboom Distribution

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Foster Elias and Wesley are part of a nice family in the Dutch city of Haarlem. They are lovingly cared for by their two fathers. However, one Sunday the atmosphere is decidedly disharmonious. Elias, a teenager, doesn’t want to get up and argues at breakfast. The two fathers are also clearly tense. During breakfast it becomes apparent why: eightyear-old Wesley is due to be picked up by his biological father to go and live with him again. Together, the four people constitute a foster family. Each member deals with the impending farewell differently, but everyone finds it hard, even though they knew this would happen from the start. Elias decides to have one last ice cream with the boy he views as his brother, even though he looks nothing like him.

JORDI WIJNALDA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 13’ | 9+ FACTS

Hannah’s Dream Hannah lives with her father in a happy street in a sunny climate. Due to the lockdown, they are stuck at home. Her father is out of work: he is a composer and there are no more assignments. Hannah sees him try to compose something, but he is getting more and more depressed and easily annoyed. When she tries to cheer him up, he just gets angry and, in the end, he just lies in bed. When she discovers that many musicians live in their street and are all stuck at home, she gets an idea. She goes to work, now it is all about whether people support her plan. Almost dialogue-free and employing simple images and subtle animation, the film shows the consequences of the lockdown as well as how small things can have a major impact.

EUGENE ARTS, EMILY REEKERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 14’ | 6+ FACTS

Producer Rogier Kramer Screenwriter Jordi Wijnalda Editor Tessel

Producer Koji Nelissen, Derk-Jan Warrink Screenwriter Eugene

Flora de Vries Leading actors Rick Paul van Mulligen, Thomas

Arts, Emily Reekers Editor Augustine Huijsser Composer Nico

Ryckewaert, Freek den Hartogh, Souhail Attahiri, Jayden Brienesse

Huijbregts Leading actors Linne Pasveer, Ronald Armbrust

Production company Dutch Mountain Film,

Production company Keplerfilm, The Netherlands,

The Netherlands, info@dutchmountainfilm.nl,

hello@keplerfilm.com, www.keplerfilm.com Sales company

www.dutchmountainfilm.nl

Kapitein Kort, The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www.kapiteinmedia.nl

Nova Nova is 15 and more or less looks after her little sister Ivy, because her mother is always working or tired and her father is out of the picture. The family moved from Belgium to the Netherlands not so long ago and are still getting used to their new environment. One day, Nova accompanies Ivy to football training, where she meets Nadia who trains the girls’ team. Nova is confused by this woman who is much older than she is and differs from her mother in that she is beautiful, soft spoken and smiles a lot. For a brief time, we closely follow how Nova’s feelings develop and how she takes an entirely new path. The film shows how special, unpredictable and vulnerable new love can be, as well as how consuming.

LUCA MEISTERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 10’ | 10+ FACTS

Two best friends from the Dutch town of Urk are about to start their first day at high school. Before each of them cycles to their own, new school, they head into the woods one last time to play soldiers. One, who is only just still a child, becomes immersed in the fantasy, while the other is led by reality. He worries about being late and doesn’t want to get dirty. The film shows how the two boys experience their day differently and how insecure they are about this new phase through music and exciting, sometimes surreal footage of the woods. Will they be able to find each other again when their game is over? And does it matter that they won’t be together all the time from now on?

MEANDER VAN HARREWIJEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 13’ | 8+ FACTS

Producer Marc Bary Screenwriter Luca Meisters Editor Tessel

Producer Merel van Beek Screenwriter Meander van Harrewijen

Flora de Vries Composer Minco Eggersman Leading actors Pauline

Editor Max Helmantel Composer Joep Boode Leading actors

Bas, Nadia Amin, Naomi Velissariou, Lona van Steekelenburg,

Jesse van Wilbrenninck, Marijn van Wijk Stalman Production

Kendrick Etmon Production company IJswater Films, The

company Nederlandse Academie voor Beeldcreatie,

Netherlands, films@ijswater.nl, www.ijswater.nl Sales company

The Netherlands, info@navb.nl

Kapitein Kort, The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www. kapiteinmedia.nl

Rotje

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Shielded

Sleepless Nights: Faceswap

Pantser

Slapeloze nachten

Dark thriller about two sisters who live together in the same house during a global pandemic, which is fatal to anyone going outside unprotected. Slowly but surely it becomes clear that the two of them are alone and that their parents have gone to look for help. The girls survive on tinned food and rainwater, and keep themselves entertained with games – but their food is running out.

Veronica is in high school and always on her smartphone, just like all her friends. Their lives consist of TikTokking, Instagramming and hashtags. Her neighbour Anna is very different and therefore creepy. One night, Anna suddenly has to stay over because her mother is working late at the morgue. Veronica doesn’t really like the girl but is intrigued by her simple ‘green phone’ and primarily by the app Faceswap.

One day a man in a protective suit turns up at their door. He says he wants to help them. He has only one more suit, so can take the girls one by one to a shelter, where there is enough food and drink and space for a few hundred people. The sisters face a huge dilemma: should they trust him and let him in? Or should they stick with what they know? Their decision has massive consequences.

She decides she wants to try the app, but that proves to be a bad decision. Because it might be fun to swap faces online for a laugh, but what if it happens for real? And what do you do when you can no longer use the app because the phone’s battery has died and there is no charger around? Can Veronica undo events before morning comes?

JAN VERDIJK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 21’ | 12+

NIELS BOURGONJE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 11’ | 9+

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Dutch title Pantser Producer Daniel Dow Screenwriter Jan Verdijk

Dutch title Slapeloze nachten Producer Frank de Horde, Tim

Editor Joshua Menco Composer Koen van de Wardt

Vloothuis Screenwriter Paul Bontenbal Editor Wietse de Zwart

Leading actors Nola Kemper, Femke de Booys, Ward Weemhoff

Composer Tom Sikkers Leading actors Frida Heijmen, Carmen van

Production company DPPLR, The Netherlands, info@dpplr.nl,

Zantwijk, AnneFleur Klinkhamer, Hanneke Scholten, Ernst Dekkers,

http://www.dpplr.nl/

Production company Every Media, The Netherlands, info@everymedia.nl, www.everymedia.nl Distributor Every Media

Spotless

Sunshine Motel

Vlekkeloos Getting your period is never fun, but for some women and girls it’s a real drama. For fifteen-year-old Ruby, for example, who lives with her mother and sister in a depressing suburb. They don’t have much money; her mother has a lot of debts and works day and night to make ends meet. Ruby gets food from the food bank every week, but they don’t have tampons there. And buying them is expensive. This realistic drama shows how essential sanitary towels and tampons are if you want to be part of society. Ruby wrestles with this problem every month and doesn’t want to bother her mother with it, as she has enough to worry about already. And she doesn’t want to keep troubling her best friend either. Eventually, she takes a drastic step.

After getting over the initial shock, the girl decides not to let this get her down, but to do what she likes, now that she can and to make it a proper holiday day complete with bouncing on the bed and eating as many crisps as she wants. However, how long can she pretend she is having a wonderful time? When night finally falls, Roos takes a drastic decision.

EMMA BRANDERHORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 12+

ROSITA WOLKERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 7’ | 10+

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Dutch title Vlekkeloos Producer Marc Bary Screenwriter Milou

Producer Denise van den Hoek Screenwriter Rosita Wolkers

Rohde Editor Tessel Flora de Vries Composer Hans Nieuwenhuijsen

Editor Fatih Tura Composer Hans Nieuwenhuijsen, Arend Bruijn

Leading actors Astrid van Eck, Wendy Ruijfrok, Ilva Los, Alicia

Leading actors Lola van Zoggel Production company BIND,

Prinsen Production company IJswater Films, The Netherlands,

The Netherlands, info@bindfilm.nl, www.bindfilm.com

films@ijswater.nl, www.ijswater.nl Sales company Kapitein Kort, The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www.kapiteinmedia.nl

Seven-year-old Roos is on holiday in a sunny country with her mother. She really looked forward to this: swimming in the sea, eating ice creams and dancing at the children’s disco. However, when Roos wakes up at the Sunshine Motel, she discovers her mother has gone and has left her behind. She has no idea where her mother has gone or how long she will stay away.

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#lockdocs What is it like under lockdown in the Netherlands, Spain, Italy or France? 14 Dutch children living in different places around the world filmed their own situation. They show and talk about what they do, think, miss or like, how they are taught, celebrate their birthday and how they are bored stiff. Many things are the same, yet Maiza from Almere is afraid for her brother who has cancer, and Mika in Italy can’t see his mother, a nurse, for a long time. Tessa’s mother in Amsterdam caught Covid-19 and became severely ill, and Julliette from Alkmaar cannot cuddle her father because he is a member of a high-risk group. However, there are also positives: for instance, Lucia has had to move with his family to the Spanish countryside and is having loads of fun with his brothers and sisters.

SANNE ROVERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 22’ | 8+ FACTS Producer Ilja Roomans Screenwriter Sanne Rovers Editor Sonja

Free as a Bird Ariana is nuts about dancing. She trains four times a week, takes part in contests and is basically always dancing, even in the back garden or her room. She also has a super sweet dog called Mikey. Nothing suggest that Ariana is actually really ill. Her kidneys don’t work properly, and she needs a new one. Together with her older brother she tries to shoot a video about herself in which she appeals for a donor. This is very hard for her: ‘I’d prefer to forget about it all. I don’t want people’s pity,’ she explains. Shooting the video made her illness much too real. We not only witness how Ariana shoots a video, but also how she lives. How she dances, sleeps on the couch, and goes to hospital with her mother to talk about her kidneys. Ariana might be ill; she is far from piteous.

ANNELIES KRUK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 12’ | 8+ FACTS Producer Willem Baptist, Nienke Korthof, Screenwriter Annelies

ten Boom, Daan Wierda Composer Tobias Borkert Production

Kruk Editor Saskia Kievits Production company Tangerine Tree,

company docmakers, The Netherlands, info@docmakers.nl,

The Netherlands, info@tangerinetree.nl, www.tangerinetree.nl

www.docmakers.nl

Hammoudi’s Dream Hammoudi’s droom

Julieta & de schildpadden in de plastic soep

Mohammed, nicknamed Hammoudi, went through a lot to reach the Netherlands. He walked almost all the way to Europe from Syria with his older brother when he was 14. The two of them avoided dangers like wild animals, mine fields and border guards. His dream of going to school in the Netherlands and becoming a doctor kept him alive.

14-year-old Julieta lives on the Caribbean island of Curaçao and prefers being under water to being above it. The wondrous, exciting world of the ocean feels like home to Julieta. There things have come to a standstill. Alongside meeting turtles and countless species of fish, she is increasingly confronted by the large quantities of plastic waste on the seabed, and this makes Julieta super angry. The fishing nets, the plastic and the consequences of climate change threaten life in the ocean.

Now 17, he looks back at three years in the promised land. The time passed a lot less well than he had hoped: there were problems learning the language and the procedures for being allowed to stay are interminably long. However, the worst thing is that he misses his mother and sisters who he left behind in Syria terribly. He does everything he can to get them to the Netherlands.

ELS VAN DRIEL, EEFJE BLANKEVOORT THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 27’ | 9+ FACTS

Julieta & the Turtles in the Plastic Soup

Together with other volunteers on Curaçao, Julieta tries to do what she can: she saves sea turtles in need and attempts to improve their habitat. However, the harder she works, the more she realises that her work is just a drop in the ocean. Sometimes staying positive and believing a better future is possible, is very hard.

MIRJAM MARKS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Hammoudi’s droom Producer Laura Verduijn

Dutch title Julieta & de schildpadden in de plastic soep

Screenwriter Els van Driel Editor Francesco Indaco Composer

Producer Willem Baptist, Nienke Korthof Editor Milika de Jonge

Rui Reis Maia Production company Prospektor, The Netherlands,

Composer Ralph Durgaram Production company Tangerine Tree,

info@prospektor.nl, www.elsvandriel.nl / www.prospektor.nl

The Netherlands, info@tangerinetree.nl, www.tangerinetree.nl

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The Shell You Own

Why Didn’t You Stay for Me?

Ieders schild

Waarom bleef je niet voor mij?

Having a chronically ill or severely handicapped brother or sister is hard. Filmmaker Floor van der Meulen knows all about that, but also wanted to investigate how other people experience this situation. To this end, she dreamt up the animated tortoise Wisse Weetalles. She then used the character to collect stories from three children who have a brother or sister who needs a lot of attention due to an illness or handicap.

Filmmaker Milou Gevers was ten when her mother jumped in front of a train. Ten years later, she talks to four children aged between ten and 13, whose fathers all committed suicide. Milou asks questions no one else would dare ask and Rebekka, Stef, Hessel and Annabel often explain (for the first time) how things went, whether they are angry or scared that their mother will do the same.

The children film their daily lives and interview their friends and family. They, for instance, talk about what they think of the situation and whether they think it is very different to that in other families. The stories reveal that many children struggle with the same issues, yet that they also accept that they just have to live with the situation. And, sometimes, having a brother or sister like this has its advantages.

The conversations, which focus solely on the children, alternate with snippets of stop-motion doll animation depicting what Milou and the interviewees went through: from the angry woods to the mountain of major worry to the nest of memories. The film shows that no one is ever truly alone with their massive grief and that, step by step, life carries on.

FLOOR VAN DER MEULEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 26’ | 8+

MILOU GEVERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 25’ | 11+

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Dutch title Ieders schild Producer Floor van der Meulen

Dutch title Waarom bleef je niet voor mij? Producer Annerose van

Screenwriter Floor van der Meulen Editor Floor van der Meulen

Strijen, Quita Ruijgrok Screenwriter Milou Gevers Editor Richelle

Composer Jesse Enzler

van Loon Composer Nikolaï Clavier Production company Netherlands Film Academy, The Netherlands, info@filmacademie. nl, www.filmacademie.nl Sales company Kapitein Kort, The Netherlands, info@kapiteinmedia.nl, www.kapiteinmedia.nl

Al Tabbab

Alien Farmer

‫با ّبتلا‬

에일리언 파머

At full moon, a boy and his father sail out onto the ocean where they encounter a terrifying monster.

A round alien lands in a farmer’s yard and tries to befriend him, but the farmer only likes square shaped things.

KHALIFA AL-MANA QATAR | 2021 | 7’ | 6+

YONG-WOOK LEE SOUTH KOREA | 2021 | 9’ | 6+

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Dutch title Het offer Producer Basel Owies Production company

Dutch title De alien en de boer Producer Yong-wook Lee

Qatar, info@dohafilminstitute.com, www.dohafilminstitute.com,

Production company South Korea, webmaster@ck.ac.kr

Doha Film Institute

Sales company KIAFA - Korea Independent Animation Filmmakers Association, South Korea, kaniseed@kiafa.org

Angry

L’ artisan

Boos Intriguing, partly animated documentary about children with psychiatric issues. What goes on inside their heads? Why do they get so angry?

When a nervous, young magician proudly creates an incredible good luck potion, a curious, sly girl is determined to steal it for herself.

FREDERIKE MIGOM BELGIUM | 2021 | 15’ | 10+

KEVIN HEMELAAR, LAETITIA APOLLONIA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 2’ | 6+

FACTS Dutch title Boos Producer Maarten Schmidt Production company

Producer Kevin Hemelaar, Laetitia Apollonia Production company

Belgium, maarten@storyhousefilm.com, www.storyhousefilm.com

The Netherlands, sz@hku.nl, www.hku.nl

Sales company JEF, Belgium, info@jeugdfilm.be, www.jeugdfilm.be

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Avant Card

Battery Daddy 건전지 아빠

Ernst, a postcard character, is on a colourful journey in the multifarious world of postcards to find himself and his happiness.

Battery Daddy is in charge of every part of the family’s life. One day, dad and son are left stranded by a flood.

STELLA RAITH GERMANY | 2020 | 5’ | 6+

SEUNG-BAE JEON SOUTH KOREA | 2021 | 6’ | 6+

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Dutch title Avant-kaart Producer Josephine Roß Production

Dutch title Papa de batterij Producer Seung-bae Jeon

company Germany, sales@filmakademie.de, www.filmakademie.de

Production company South Korea, toyville@hanmail.net,

Sales company Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany,

http://www.toyville.co.kr/index.php?page=work Sales company

sales@filmakademie.de, www.filmakademie.de

KIAFA - Korea Independent Animation Filmmakers Association, South Korea, kaniseed@kiafa.org,

Bémol

Big and Small Большой и маленький

A nightingale sings in the forest. The songs entertain and soothe other animal neighbors, but one day a storm hits and the nightingale catches a cold.

Cut out stop-motion animation about Big and Small, who meet in a kid’s pocket and are ready for some unexpected action.

OANA LACROIX SWITZERLAND | 2020 | 5’ | 5+

NATALIA GROFPEL RUSSIA | 2020 | 6’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title Plat Producer Nicolas Burlet Production company

Dutch title Groot & klein Producer Boris Mashkovtsev,

Switzerland, info@nadasdyfilm.ch, www.nadasdyfilm.ch

Julia Gruvman Production company Russia, info@souzmult.ru,

Sales company Nadasdy film, Switzerland, info@nadasdyfilm.ch,

www.soyuzmultfilm.ru Sales company Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio,

www.nadasdyfilm.ch

Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru

Big Boned

Colza

Life in the city is tough for giant woman Andie. Everywhere she goes, her friends help her try to fit in.

A young lizard named Clarence steals a precious plane while the whole village is distracted by the greatest concert it has ever seen.

SARA LITZENBERGER AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES | 2020 | 3’ | 7+

VICTOR CHAGNIOT, CAMILLE BROUTIN, MATTHIEU DAURES, VICTORIA DE MILLO GREGORY, MAXIME JOUNIOT, JADE KHOO FRANCE | 2020 | 5’ | 8+

FACTS Dutch title Zware botten Producer Sara Litzenberger Production company Australia, info@metronome.com

FACTS Producer Moïra Marguin Production company France, entreprise@ gobelins.fr, https://www.gobelins-school.com Sales company Miyu Distribution, France, festival@miyu.fr, www.miyu.fr

Don’t Drop the Goose Joleen wakes up falling from the sky, but her mother seems unphased and hands her a goose. Slowly she starts to realise what’s going on.

One night Bruna is blown far away from home by a strong wind. Will he be able to find his way back?

JURRIE VISAGIE SOUTH AFRICA | 2021 | 4’ | 8+

ANNA SOLANAS, MARC RIBA SPAIN | 2021 | 7’ | 4+

FACTS

Dutch title Laat de gans niet vallen Producer Jarrod Hasenjager

Dutch title Het bijzondere avontuur van Bruna Producer Anna

Production company South Africa, chris@uca.co.za,

Solanas Production company Spain, info@stopmotion.cat,

www.theanimationschool.co.za Sales company The Animation

http://www.stopmotion.cat/

School, South Africa, chris@uca.co.za, www.theanimationschool.co.za

The Extraordinary Story of Bruna

FILMS

OUT OF COMPETITION SHORT FILMS

The Fantastic Flying Competition

A film by m + m

De fantastische vliegwedstrijd One by one, all ten teams participating in an exciting flying contest for birds encounter problems. Who will win?

Two friends drive around an astounding landscape in a watermelon car. Hang on, it’s going to be a wild ride!

JOHN CROEZEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6’ | 3+

MEGAN MCSHANE, MATTHEW YANG UNITED STATES | 2020 | 2’ | 6+

FACTS Dutch title De fantastische vliegwedstrijd Producer Bereslim Bv Production company The Netherlands, johncroezen@gmail.com

Fly

From that Moment on Everything Changed

Vuela

Vanaf dat moment was alles anders

A bird who can’t fly due to its deformed wing is abandoned by his flock. Then one day, a cute friend comes into his life.

What do you do when your life is suddenly turned upside down? Eight children go back to the moment their parents told them they were getting divorced.

CARLOS GÓMEZ-MIRA SAGRADO SPAIN | 2020 | 15’ | 8+

EEF HILGERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+

FACTS

Dutch title Vliegen Producer Rossana Giacomelli Production

Dutch title Vanaf dat moment was alles anders Producer

company Spain, info@thinkwildstudios.com Sales company

Willemijn Cerutti Production company The Netherlands,

Selected Films Distribution, Spain, info@ismaelmartin.com,

willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl, www.ceruttifilm.nl

https://selectedfilms.com/

The Girl Who Stood Still

In Nature

A menina parada

Dans la nature

A girl who has lost her mother causes massive chaos in town by standing still in the middle of the road.

Homosexuality is nothing new in nature; an animal couple can be a male and a female, two females or two males.

JOANA TOSTE PORTUGAL | 2021 | 9’ | 8+

MARCEL BARELLI SWITZERLAND | 2021 | 5’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Het meisje dat stilstond Producer Nuno Beato

Dutch title In de natuur Producer Nicolas Burlet Production

Beato, Diogo Carvalho Production company Portugal,

company Switzerland, info@nadasdyfilm.ch, www.nadasdyfilm.ch

info@sardinhaemlata.com Sales company Agencia -

Sales company Nadasdy film, Switzerland, info@nadasdyfilm.ch,

Portuguese Short Film Agency, Portugal,

www.nadasdyfilm.ch

agencia@curtas.pt, https://agencia.curtas.pt/home/

J.S. Bach. The Albatross

Juan Viento

Бах. Альбатрос Inspired by Bach’s music, this short animation tells the story of the friendship between a boy and an albatross.

Juan tries to clean the park in a windstorm and finds a lost kite. The kite unlocks a long lost memory that he eagerly embraces.

ELENA PETKEVICH RUSSIA, BELARUS | 2020 | 4’ | 8+

CARLOS FARINA, CARLOS FARINA ARGENTINA | 2020 | 5’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title De albatros Producer Irina Margolina

Producer Ibis Sosa, Carlos Farina, Carlos Farina Sales company

Production company Russia, mail@studio-mir.ru

ShortsFit Distribucion, Spain, sales@shortsfit.com, www.shortsfit.com

FILMS

OUT OF COMPETITION SHORT FILMS

Kenya’s Symphony

Kiki the Feather Kiki la plume

Kenya does everything not to be bored during a classical music recital, but discover that it actually isn’t that boring at all.

Kiki the canary escapes from his cage and tries to discover the outside world. But first, he must learn how to fly...

CARLOS DOUGLAS JR UNITED STATES | 2020 | 5’ | 6+

JULIE REMBAUVILLE, NICOLAS BIANCO-LEVRIN FRANCE | 2020 | 6’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title Kenya’s symfonie Producer Carlos Douglas Jr

Dutch title Kiki de veer Producer Nicolas Bianco-Levrin

Production company United States, carlosdouglas78@gmail.com

Production company France, organisation@festival-prototype.com, http://festival-prototype.com/index.html Sales company Prototypes Productions, France, organisation@festival-prototype.com, http://festival-prototype.com/index.html

Konigiri-Kun Concert

Mitch-Match series #06

Never before did you see a spaceship shaped like a baguette or a drumkit made of cucumber!

This series deals with every diverse aspect of the match. In this episode he plays football.

MARI MIYAZAWA JAPAN | 2020 | 5’ | 4+

GÉZA M. TÓTH HUNGARY | 2020 | 2’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title Sushi concert Producer Izumi Nakazawa

Dutch title Mitch-Match: voetbal Producer Géza M. Tóth

Production company Japan, nakazawa-iz@nhk-ep.co.jp,

Production company Hungary, kedd@kedd.net, keddstudio.com

https://www.nhk-ep.co.jp/

Sales company KEDD Animation Studio, Hungary, kedd@kedd.net, keddstudio.com

Mitch-Match series #22

My Hair Meng hoer

This series deals with every diverse aspect of the match. In this episode he makes pancakes.

13-year-old Olivia talks about her natural hair and what it’s like growing up mixed race in Luxemburg.

GÉZA M. TÓTH HUNGARY | 2020 | 2’ | 6+

MAX JACOBY , MAX JACOBY LUXEMBOURG | 2021 | 3’ | 8+

FACTS Dutch title Mitch-Match: koken Producer Géza M. Tóth

FACTS Dutch title Mijn haar Producer Ayshea Halliwell

Production company Hungary, kedd@kedd.net, keddstudio.com Sales company KEDD Animation Studio, Hungary, kedd@kedd.net, keddstudio.com

On The Hill

Patchwork Butterfly Meine Schmusedecke

A lonely robot lives on a hill. One night a meteorite falls nearby and he is determined to bring the fallen star home

Butterfly has a small nose and doesn’t know what to do with it. Luckily her friends Elephant and Fox are there to help.

LUKÁŠ ĎURICA, JURAJ MÄSIAR SLOVENIA | 2020 | 9’ | 6+

ANGELA STEFFEN GERMANY | 2020 | 4’ | 4+

FACTS

Dutch title Op de heuvel Producer Lukáš Ďurica, Juraj Mäsiar

Dutch title De lapjesvlinder Producer Thomas Meyer-Herman

Production company Slovakia, hessova@vsmu.sk

Production company Germany, studio@filmbilder.de, www.filmbilder.de Sales company Studio FILM BILDER GmbH, Germany, studio@filmbilder.de, www.filmbilder.de

FILMS

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A Piñata’s Life

The Plastic Turtle

La vida de una piñata

La tortuga de plástico

A piñata wants to be bought, yet as soon as that happens, he finds out things aren’t what he had hoped for...

When a group of fishermen pull up a turtle, it causes an argument on board. Not everyone has the turtle’s best interests at heart.

KAI MÜRI, ELENA HELLER, MARINA KUNZ, RAPHAEL PFYFFER SWITZERLAND | 2020 | 4’ | 8+

CLAUDIA OSEJO, MIGUEL LEÓN COLOMBIA | 2020 | 10’ | 9+

FACTS

FACTS Dutch title De plastic schildpad Producer Claudia Osejo

Dutch title Het leven van een piñata Producer Jürgen Haas Pro-

Production company Colombia, bfa@bogoshorts.com,

duction company Switzerland, design-kunst@hslu.ch,

http://festival.bogoshorts.com/

https://www.hslu.ch/en/

The Princess and the Bandit

Rawr

Принцесса и бандит A princess falls in love with a bandit, but does the bandit truly love her, or does he care mostly about her wealth?

A girl desperately wants to see the new dinosaur film, but can’t because of lockdown. However, her mother has a few tricks up her sleeve...

MIKHAIL ALDASHIN, MARIYA SOSNINA RUSSIA | 2020 | 3’ | 6+

SORCHA MCGLINCHEY IRELAND | 2020 | 3’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title De prinses en de bandiet Producer Boris Mashkovtsev

Dutch title Rawr Producer Joel Simon Production company

Production company Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru

Ireland, joel@holalola.uk, https://www.holalola.studio/

Sales company Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio, Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru

Ref! Replacement!

Safiya the Movie

Scheids! Wissel! Din has never talked about his parents’ divorce. Kicking the ball around, he tries for the first time ever.

Safiya’s parents have split up, yet despite the sorrow she feels, her new family does enable her to follow her passion.

TIM VAN GILS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+

HUIBERT VAN WIJK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+

FACTS

Dutch title Safiya the Movie Producer Willemijn Cerutti

Production company The Netherlands, willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl,

www.ceruttifilm.nl

Seahorse

Semi Divorced

Seepferdchen

Half gescheiden

Yezidi couldn’t swim when she was washed overboard after fleeing a war. She thinks back to that trauma during her little brother’s swimming lesson.

Levin’s parents are divorced, but still see each other a lot. Levin tries to understand this using a drawn wolf.

NELE DEHNENKAMP GERMANY | 2020 | 16’ | 12+

NINA DE VRIENDT THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+

FACTS

Dutch title Zeepaardje Producer Christine Duttlinger, Nele Dehnenkamp

Dutch title Half gescheiden Producer Willemijn Cerutti

Production company Germany, sales@filmakademie.de,

Production company The Netherlands, willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl,

www.filmakademie.de Sales company Filmakademie

www.ceruttifilm.nl

Baden-Württemberg, Germany, sales@filmakademie.de, www.filmakademie.de

FACTS

Dutch title Scheids! Wissel! Producer Willemijn Cerutti

FILMS

OUT OF COMPETITION SHORT FILMS

Spyflugan Astrid

Under the Clouds Pod oblakami

Astrid the fly has to babysit her kid sister Zaza, but then loses her. Let’s hope this ends well...

Walter the lamb wants to be a free and beautiful cloud, but the path to his dream isn’t as easy as expected.

CHARLOTTE RODENSTEDT SWEDEN | 2021 | 7’ | 7+

VASILISA TIKUNOVA RUSSIA | 2021 | 3’ | 5+

FACTS

Dutch title Astrid de spionvlieg Producer Emma Lidström

Dutch title Tussen de wolken Producer Boris Mashkovtsev

Production company Sweden, hello@bloodyhoney.se

Production company Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru Sales company Soyuzmultfilm Film Studio, Russia, info@souzmult.ru, www.soyuzmultfilm.ru

Xana´s Dream of the Sea

Yummy South Africa

Mit Casanova ans Meer

Smullen - Zuid-Afrika

Xana spends every minute of her spare time at the horse shelter. Her dream is to ride her favourite Casanova on the beach where he once lived.

In the series Yummy, children with diverse backgrounds prepare their favourite dish for someone who is really special to them. Will he or she like it or not? In one episode Enoch, who has South African roots, prepares two typically South African dishes for Heritage Day: ‘gem squash’ and chicken ‘piri piri’ from the barbecue.

ALEXANDRA KAUFMANN GERMANY, SWITZERLAND | 2021 | 17’ | 6+ FACTS Dutch title Xana’s droom over de zee Producer Sonja Kilbertu Production company Germany, mail@evolution-film.com Sales company New Docs, Germany, sales@newdocs.de,

ANNELIES DE WIT THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 5’ | 4+ FACTS Dutch title Smullen - Zuid-Afrika Producer Miriam Bos Producion Company KRO-NCRV, info@kro-ncrv.nl www.kro-ncrv.nl

#bullyingstory

Ainbo - Spirit of the Amazon

#pestverhaal

Ainbo: Heldin van de Amazone

Bullying is nothing new, but bullying in cyberspace is. In the youth documentary #bullyingstory, we get to go online with Rosalie (13) to meet fellow kids who are victims of cyberbullying. Rosalie was bullied and even in her own bedroom she wasn’t safe anymore. There she got messages saying ‘You’re worth nothing’ and ‘Drop dead whore’. The bullying has had its effect on her as she finds it hard to trust classmates and doesn’t have any friends. Talking about it online is the first step in turning the digital world from a monster into a friend.

Ainbo grows up in Candamo, a tiny village in the middle of the Amazon rainforest. She wants to be the best hunter in the Amazon. Her best friend Zumi is a chief ’s daughter. When her father steps down because he is ill, Zumi has to take over. One day, Ainbo discovers their land is being threatened by an ancient demon, Yucurunu. Together with Zumi she wants to combat the curse that threatens their rainforest. They are helped by a giant tortoise who protects their village and two ‘Amazon guides’: an upbeat tapir and a crazy armadillo.

Part of the special documentary revisiting programme ZappDoc: How Are They Now? St. Joost graduate Eef Hilgers has also directed four Bikkels episodes, that have previously won the Cinekid Non Fiction Award. The internet and new technologies have also been the subject of previous projects like Lieve k#ttelefoon and SHAME/ FAME.

The 3D film Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon is based on a myth from Amazonia. This Peruvian-Dutch coproduction is a magical, heart-warming, relevant tale for young and old. Themes it deals with include courage, friendship, strength and self-belief.

EEF HILGERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2018 | 15’ | 8+

JOSE ZELADA, RICHARD CLAUS PERU, THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 84’ | 7+

FACTS

Dutch title #pestverhaal Producer Willem Baptist, Nienke Korthof

Dutch title Ainbo: Heldin van de Amazone Producer Richard Claus,

Screenwriter Eef Hilgers Editor Daan Wijdeveld Composer Stan

Cesar Zelada, Sergio Zelada Screenwriter Jose Zelada Editor

Koch, Maarten Buning Production company Tangerine Tree,

Job ter Burg Composer Vidjay Beerepoot Production company

The Netherlands, info@tangerinetree.nl, www.tangerinetree.nl

Cinema Management Group, United States, info@cinemamanagementgroup.com, www.cinemamanagementgroup.com Sales company Cinema Management Group, United States, info@cinemamanagementgroup.com, www.cinemamanagementgroup.com Distributor WW Entertainment

FILMS

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The Amazing Wiplala

Artis de Partis op zoek naar planeet Sok

Wiplala Wiplala is an only 10 cm tall man. He isn’t a gnome, but a Wiplala, who ends up with the Blom family in Amsterdam purely by accident. Wiplala can do magic, even if he calls it tinkling, but doesn’t have the skill to tinkle things back again. One of his most disastrous tinkling acts is to turn father Blom, daughter Nella Della and son Johannes into tiny humans and he just can’t seem to reverse the effect. What follows is a spectacular journey through Amsterdam. Wiplala is based on the children’s book by Annie M.G. Schmidt from 1957. In 2015, the film won the Audience Gold Award at the Mill Valley Film Festival in California. Part of the Zootropia installation, a wonderful journey through the history of film magic.

TIM OLIEHOEK THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, LUXEMBOURG | 2014 | 100’ | 7+

Artis de Partis wants to go to Planet Sock because he is crazy about socks. He travels the Milky Way in a teapot. On the way he meets Artis de Marsis and they continue the journey together. Because Artis de Partis cannot speak, he is aided by a talking finger and a narrator. On their way they encounter a meteorite that looks more like a sock. Past the moon, sun, Mars, Saturn and the stars, they travel until they are outside the Mily Way. Artis de Partis is the Amsterdam zoo Artis’ mascot. This 360&#730; dome film provides a 25-minute journey to beyond the stars and back again. The underlying message: there is only one earth for us humans, so we better look after it. The voice actors for the film include Wim T. Schippers (Dutch Sesame Street), Raymonde de Kuyper (Villa Achterwerk) and Michiel Romeyn (Jiskefet).

CHRISTIAN BORSTLAP THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 25’ | 6+ FACTS

FACTS

Screenwriter Christian Borstlap Leading actors Wim T. Schippers,

Dutch title Wiplala Producer Burny Bos Screenwriter Tamara

Raymonde de Kuyper, Michiel Romeyn Production

Bos, Editor Bert Jacobs Composer André Dziezuk Leading actors

company Part of a Bigger Plan, The Netherlands,

Geza Weisz, Sasha Mylanus, Kee Ketelaar, Peter Paul Muller

office@partofabiggerplan.com, www.partofabiggerplan.com

Production company BosBros, The Netherlands, info@bosbros.com, www.bosbros.com Sales company Attraction Distribution, Canada, info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca Distributor In The Air

Champ

The Children’s Mayor De kinderburgemeester

Esma, who lives in the deprived neighbourhood of Molenwijk in The Hague, is a kickboxing talent who dreams of becoming one of the world’s best. However, while preparing for an exciting match, her mother has serious pains and is forced to go to hospital. Esma tries to remain big and strong, but underneath her hard shell she worries about her mother. Will she be able to deal with her anxieties and remain focused for the upcoming match? Champ is a youth documentary about the dedication and focus that top sport takes, but also the pressure it can put on a child when life gets in the way. Director Cassandra Offenberg developed this documentary with a music video feel during the Kids & Docs programme at Cinekid. Part of the special documentary revisiting programme ZappDoc: How Are They Now?

CASSANDRA OFFENBERG THE NETHERLANDS | 2019 | 16’ | 10+ FACTS

This documentary follows Yassine, a Dutch Moroccan boy who is the children’s mayor of Gouda. Yassine wants to get rid of stereotypes by getting kids from different backgrounds to hang out together. As the children’s mayor he tries to draw as much attention as possible to this plan. He makes speeches, calls on children to spend a day together and provides the right example himself. However, his term as children’s mayor is ending. Who will listen to him once he goes back to being an ordinary kid? He emails his hero, the first Dutch Moroccan mayor, Mr Aboutaleb, and is invited to meet him. They talk about how unfair it is to be confronted with stereotypes and having to try twice as hard as everyone else. Yassine is certain his plan can get rid of this problem. Part of the special documentary revisiting programme ZappDoc: How Are They Now?

SUSAN KOENEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2017 | 15’ | 8+ FACTS

Producer Maarten Kuit, Sam Godfried Screenwriter Cassandra

Dutch title De kinderburgemeester Producer Albert Klein

Offenberg Editor Eline Bakker Composer Wouter van den

Haneveld Screenwriter Susan Koenen Editor Sonja ten Boon

Boogaard Leading actors Esma Aras Production company

Composer Bart Hoevenaars Leading actors Yassine Mella

Hazazah Pictures, The Netherlands, info@hazazahpictures.nl,

Production company Hollandse Helden, The Netherlands,

www.hazazahpictures.nl

mail@hollandsehelden.nl, www.hollandsehelden.nl Sales company NPO Sales, The Netherlands, info@nposales.com, www.nposales.com

FILMS

SPOTLIGHT

Coppelia

The Curse of Lughus De vloek van Lughus

Swan lives with her mother in a friendly town. She secretly falls in love with the popular Franz. As their love blossoms, one Doctor Coppelius opens an impressive plastic surgery clinic in the town. He promises everyone physical perfection and his stunning muse Coppelia is the living proof of his skills. The town’s inhabitants fall for it and return from the clinic more beautiful. However, Swan discovers that the doctor steals their best characteristics, that Coppelia is a robot and that the doctor wants to steal Franz’s heart to bring his Coppelia creation to life. This unique, international production puts live-action ballet dancers in an animated, soft watercolour environment. Choreographed by Ted Brandsen, director of the Dutch National Ballet. The latter’s star dancers Michaela DePrince and Daniel Camargo play the leads. Based on the classic French ballet Coppélia from 1870. This film is being shown as a special preview screening.

BEN TESSEUR, JEFF TUDOR, STEVEN DE BEUL THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, BELGIUM, UNITED KINGDOM | 2021 | 80’ | 6+

In The Curse of Lughus a centuries-old poltergeist escapes and nestles in the statue of Flipje in Tiel, a historic Dutch jam promotion character. Every wish expressed on the square then starts coming true. When the main characters, Romy and her brother Ryan, get into an argument, Ryan suddenly disappears. Does the statue have anything to do with that and can Romy find her brother again? This adventure-horror film was directed by Sjoerd de Bont, who also directed the low-budget filmPestkop (2017). The Curse of Lughus was supposed to première last year, around Halloween, but the launch was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Although the première was linked to Halloween, The Curse of Lughus is not a scary film, but primarily a funny story for six to ten-year-olds. The cast mainly consists of young actors from the Betuwe region of the Netherlands.

SJOERD DE BONT THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 73’ | 6+ FACTS

FACTS

Dutch title De vloek van Lughus Producer Sjoerd de Bont

Producer Bruno Felix, Adrienne Liron, Janneke van de Kerkhof,

Screenwriter Jeroen van der Leading actors Tommy van Lent,

Femke Wolting Screenwriter Ben Tesseur, Jeff Tudor, Steven

Rein van Duivenboden, Tjebbo Gerritsma, Anne-Marie Jung,

De Beul Editor Michiel Reichwein Composer Maurizio Malagnini

Bartho Braat, Rayan Belrhazi Alaoui Production company

Leading actors Darcey Bussell, Daniel Camargo, Igone de

Tram 17 Producties, The Netherlands, info@ita-rights.com

Jongh, Michaela DePrince, Vito Mazzeo, Production company

Distributor In The Air

Submarine, The Netherlands, info@submarine.nl, www.submarine.nl, 3 Minutes West, The Netherlands, production@3minuteswest.com, www.3minuteswest.com Sales company Urban Distribution International, UDI, France, sales@urbangroup.biz, www.urbandistrib.com Distributor Periscoop Film

Fractal Time Fractal Time is an abstract, immersive fulldome film that plays with the origin and future of our universe. Horsthuis considers his work “a journey of discovery” and the audience is invited to step inside these new, fractal realities. The results, accompanied by an original score, are both cinematic in their visual scope, and operatic in their approach: cities emerge from space ships, bottoms of the ocean turn into jungles, at any point in time anything can happen and feel as if they reach what our imagination is capable of. Fractal Time is specifically designed for the fulldome format, with omnidirectional viewing in mind, but works equally well in forward-facing tilted domes. The best way to experience Fractal Time is to lay back in beanbags and let the fractal worlds wash over you. In addition to being an enjoyable journey, the film can be used to accompany an educational program about mathematics or fractals. Some concepts are better understood when experienced firsthand and fractals are no exception. JULIUS HORSTHUIS THE NETHERLANDS | 2019 | 11’ | 12+

Heatwave Crowds gather on a Greek beach to enjoy the sunshine and hot weather. However, the hotter it gets, the more frustrated they get. A man can’t swat a fly, a boy can’t get his sandcastle to set and a woman’s make-up keeps melting off before she can take the perfect selfie. The beachgoers become increasingly antsy and irritated, but all they really need is to cool down. Luckily, a girl manages to break away from her mother, and with the help of her new friend, creates a wave that can combat even the hottest of days. Heatwave is director Xenos’s graduating work. In just seven minutes, he manages to encapsulate the universal frustration of a too hot day on the beach, and his quirky animation style and sense of humour are a pleasure to watch. Part of the Zootropia installation, a wonderful journey through the history of film magic.

FOKION XENOS UNITED KINGDOM, GREECE | 2019 | 7’ | 8+ FACTS Dutch title Hittegolf Producer Fokion Xenos, Priya Dosanj Screenwriter Fokion Xenos, Stella Heath Keir Editor Stella Heath Keir Composer Andreas Gutuen Aaser Production company National Film and Television School, United Kingdom, info@nfts.co.uk, https://nfts.co.uk/ Sales company National Film and Television School, United Kingdom, info@nfts.co.uk, https://nfts.co.uk/

FILMS

SPOTLIGHT

How It Was Told to Me: Māori Legends from New Zealand How It Was Told to Me: Māori Legends From New Zealand are three captivating animations consisting of Māori stories from the Iwi people about the southern constellations. The Creation Story tells the story of the heavenly father Ranginui, the earth mother Papatūanuku and the origin of the world. In Rona And The Moon, the audience finds out how the moon was created the way we know it today. Finally, The Great Waka tells the story of a fisherman who created the Milky Way and all its constellations. These three, short, award-winning 360° animations that completely immerse you in the culture of the indigenous inhabitants of Aotearoa (as New Zealand is called in Māori), contain recordings of traditional Māori instruments and oral traditions. They can be watched individually or together and were produced by an artists’ collective.

MATT PITT, FRANK RUETER NEW ZEALAND | 2019 | 17’ | 8+ FACTS Dutch title Hoe het mij werd verteld: Māori-legendes uit

Hugo Orphan Hugo Cabret lives hidden at a busy railway station in 1930’ Paris. After the death of his father and the disappearance of his uncle, Hugo has secretly taken over looking after the station’s clocks. His prize possession is a mechanical doll his father left to him. The object’s importance only becomes apparent after he meets the embittered owner of a toy shop. He discovers the link between his father, the owner and the mechanical doll. This fantasy adventure film was directed and produced by Martin Scorsese. It was adapted from the book The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick who, in turn, was inspired by French film pioneer George Méliès. The film received 11 Oscar nominations, including that for Best Film, then won five. It also received two BAFTAs and three Golden Globe nominations. Part of the VPRO Cinekid Top 100, a list of must-see films for children.

MARTIN SCORSESE UNITED KINGDOM, UNITED STATES, FRANCE | 2011 | 126’ | 9+ FACTS Producer Johnny Depp, Tim Headington, Graham King, Martin

Nieuw-Zeeland Producer Kara Vandeleur, Yael Gezentsvey

Scorsese Screenwriter John Logan Editor Thelma Schoonmaker

Composer Rhian Sheehan Leading actors Rangimoana Taylor

Composer Howard Shore Leading actors Asa Butterfield, Chloë

Production company OHU Domes, New Zealand, domes@ohufx.com

Grace Moretz, Ben Kingsley Production company GK Films, United

Sales company OHU Domes, New Zealand, domes@ohufx.com

States, contact@gk-films.com Sales company Park Circus Limited, United Kingdom, info@parkcircus.com, www.parkcircus.com

The Kid In this film classic, Charlie Chaplin plays his famous character The Tramp. He finds a baby in a limousine, orphaned by its mother. However, the car is stolen by thieves, who leave the baby in the trash. The Tramp also wants to leave the child behind but takes it anyway when a cop walks past. When he finds a note written by the child’s mother, he decides to look after the baby. Years later the mother, who has become a famous opera singer, has regrets and goes in search of her son. The Kid was Chaplin’s directorial debut. The silent film was the second highest grossing film that year. In 2011, The Kid was added to the National Film Registry of the American Library of Congress due to its historical and cultural value. This film, part of the VPRO Cinekid Top 100, is being shown in honor of its 100-year-anniversary.

CHARLES CHAPLIN UNITED STATES, UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE | 1921 | 60’ | 8+ FACTS

Daan is a DJ and producer with global ambitions making a name for himself as TOMMY. To him, the Netherlands are only the beginning, but where does Daan end and TOMMY start? His life changes as his career takes off. He slinks into the spotlights from his familiar DJ booth and works towards the pinnacle of his career thus far: popular wildlife biologist Freek Vonk’s shows in Amsterdam, which he produces the anthem for. It sounds like a dream, but is it? How do you combine fame and school? Is there any room left for friends or girls? And how do you deal with the typical teenage insecurities? The VPRO Youth documentary series Koplopers follows young rising stars. What do they encounter en route to success? Koplopers provides an unfiltered, intimate glimpse behind the scenes. Part of the special documentary revisiting programme ZappDoc: How Are They Now?

EVA VAN WEEGHEL THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 8+ FACTS

Producer Charles Chaplin Screenwriter Charles Chaplin Editor

TOMMY Producer Marjolein Klooster, Martijn Bakker Editor Eva

Charles Chaplin Composer Charles Chaplin Leading actors

van Weeghel Composer Wouter van den Boogaard Production

Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Carl Miller

company VPRO, The Netherlands, info@vpro.nl, www.vpro.nl

Production company Charles Chaplin Productions, United States Distributor Piece of Magic Entertainment

Koplopers x TOMMY

FILMS

SPOTLIGHT

Labyrinthus 14-year-old Frikke accidentally discovers a mysterious black box someone dropped from their bag. The box transforms his care-free teenage life into a frightening nightmare. It contains a computer game that uses real children as characters. A few of his friends have ended up in it. They are in danger and only Frikke can free them. However, this entails finding a secret code as well as the brains behind this evil computer game. A race against the clock to save his friends from the horrific game ensues. Labyrinthus is an exciting Flemish film from 2014 which blurs the boundaries between the real world and the online one. Shooting was followed by a lengthy postproduction process which augmented half the live action scenes using CGI. Part of the Zootropia installation, a wonderful journey through the history of film magic.

DOUGLAS BOSWELL BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS | 2014 | 95’ | 9+ FACTS Producer Bart Van Langendonck, Screenwriter Pierre De Clercq

Mon oncle Monsieur Hulot visits his nephew who lives in a supermodern home with his parents. The tiles in the garden are perfectly symmetrical, the kitchen cabinets close automatically and the stylish chairs are very uncomfortable. Monsieur Hulot doesn’t like it one bit and nor does his nephew. The boy isn’t allowed to bring friends home for fear the modern art might get damaged and his parents are always working. Hulot (Tati’s alter ego) takes his nephew to a cosy housing estate where he can play to his heart’s content. French film classic by actor, comedian and director Jacques Tati from 1958, which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film. It was Tati’s third feature film and his first in colour. The comedy centres on decadence, modernity, greed and the innocence of children. There is almost no dialogue and it provides an acute observation of a rich, unhappy family.

JACQUES TATI FRANCE, ITALY | 1958 | 116’ | 6+ FACTS Screenwriter Jacques Tati Editor Suzanne Baron Composer

Editor Jan Hameeuw Composer Pieter Van Dessel Leading actors

Franck Barcellini, Alain Romans Leading actors Jean-Pierre Zola,

Spencer Bogaert, Emma Verlinden, Felix Maesschalck, Pepijn

Adrienne Servantie, Jacques Tat Production company Specta

Caudron, Herwig Ilegems Production company Savage Film,

Films, France Distributor EYE Filmmuseum

Belgium, info@savagefilm.be, www.savagefilm.be Sales company Attraction Distribution, Canada, info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca Distributor Paradiso Filmed Entertainment

Pat & Mat: Baking and Grilling!

The Penknife

Buurman & Buurman: Bakken en grillen

Het zakmes

In this new Pat & Mat adventure, the two neighbours cause more chaos. This time, they come up with original solutions for preparing food. They decide to organise a BBQ, but how do you do that if the grill doesn’t work properly? Pat & Mat know what to do: they will build their own. They also make ice cubes and bread in their own characteristic, idiosyncratic way. When Pat & Mat decide to fix the garage door after watching their homemade 4D film, they lock themselves in. No doubt, they will find their way out of this situation too.

Mees has a problem: he accidentally took Tim’s penknife home and can’t give it back because his best friend has just moved. The only thing Mees knows is that Tim has moved to Flevoland. Mees’ mother is almost never home and his father is preoccupied with running the household and all the mail for his famous wife. They don’t have much time for Mees, and so Mees sets off to find his friend on his own.

Pat & Mat is a farce, featuring stop-motion animation, about two clumsy DIY enthusiasts by Czech Lubomír Bene_. 10 seasons and five feature length films have appeared thus far, of which Baking and Grilling is the most recent.

In collaboration with Lemniscaat publishing house, Cinekid has organised a special event for The Penknife to mark the 25th anniversary of the film’s release and a new hardcover edition of Sjoerd Kuyper’s book. The film, directed by Ben Sombogaart, won both a Golden Calf for Best Direction and the Cinekid Film Award in 1992. In 1993, The Penknife won an Emmy for Best Kids’ Program.

MAREK BENEŠ CZECH REPUBLIC | 2020 | 60’ | 4+

BEN SOMBOGAART THE NETHERLANDS | 1992 | 90’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title Buurman & Buurman: Bakken en grillen Leading actors

Dutch title Het zakmes Producer Burny Bos Screenwriter Sjoerd

Kees Prins, Siem van Leeuwen Distributor Just Entertainment

Kuyper Leading actors Olivier Tuinier, Maxim Hartman, Genio de Groot, Verno Romney, Adelheid Roosen Production company BosBros, The Netherlands, info@bosbros.com, www.bosbros.com Distributor In The Air

FILMS

SPOTLIGHT E D U C AT I O N A L P R O G R A M M E

Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

My Very Own Circus

Sihja - kapinaa ilmassa

Mon cirque à moi

Sihja is a charming forest nymph who leaves her home in the woods to move to the city. There she quickly befriends Alfred, who loves nature. Together they enjoy the city until dead birds start falling from the sky. Is the culprit the smelly fertiliser factory where Alfred’s father works? Alfred and Sihja investigate what is threatening nature and how they can prevent all life in the woods from being destroyed. They fight using Sihja’s uncontrolled nymph powers, but then Sihja is suddenly accused of creating all the misery.

This fun and exciting story deals with themes such as climate change and the destruction of nature by mankind, but also with friendship, loneliness, being different and discovering your identity. The makers have created their own world in beautiful, colourful images.

MARJA PYYKKÖ FINLAND, THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 89’ | 7+ FACTS

MYRIAM BOUCHARD CANADA | 2020 | 100’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title Sia, de rebelse bosfee Producer Venla Hellstedt, Elli

Dutch title Mijn leven is een circus Producer Antonello Cozzolino

Toivoniemi Screenwriter Kirsikka Saari, Jenni Toivoniemi Editor

Screenwriter Martin Forget, Myriam Bouchard Editor Valérie

Jon Endre Mørk Composer Ginge Anvik Leading actors Elina

Héroux Composer Mathieu Vanasse Leading actors Patrick Huard,

Patrakka, Justus Hentula, Elmer Bäck, Paola Bärlund Production

Sophie Laurin, Jasmine Lemée, Robin Aubert, Mathilde Boucher

company Tuffi Films, Finland, tuffi@tuffifilms.com, www.tuffifilms.com

Production company Attraction Images, Canada,

Sales company Dutch Features Global Entertainment, The

info@attractionimages.ca Sales company Attraction

Netherlands, sales@dutchfeatures.com, www.dutchfeatures.com

Distribution, Canada, info@attractiondistribution.ca,

Distributor In The Air

www.attractiondistribution.ca Distributor In The Air

Anansi the Spider De avonturen van Anansi de spin

Mijn ouders zijn gescheiden

The folk tales of Anansi the spider are centuries old. They tell of a spider who always outwits his opponents. The message being: you must be smart if you are not big and strong. These West African fairy tales were spread to countries including Surinam, the Dutch Antilles as well as to the Caribbean in general by the slave trade. There, they were passed on by word of mouth as well as constantly refined. Everyone knows them, while in the Netherlands and Europe few people have heard of Anansi.

In the Netherlands approximately one in three marriages fails and every year 86,000 children are told that their parents are getting divorced. A third of these children will experience a custody battle. Children tend not to talk much amongst themselves about tough situations at home and are loyal to both parents. This means they often face major dilemmas, are very sad and process that in silence. These four youth documentaries reveal how children deal with a divorced family situation.

Author Iven Cudogham thought Dutch children should also get to know Anansi. Last year, he brought the spider to the Netherlands through his children’s books and an exhibition at the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Now, there is this brand new, inclusive animation series for toddlers. Anansi the Spider’s global premiere will be at Cinekid.

PATRICK RAATS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 24’ | 4+ FACTS

This series’ objective is to give these children a voice and to open up their stories for discussion. For instance, Levin (9) is trying to find our why her parents are divorced by drawing, modelling in clay and making up stories. Din (12) prefers to express himself through football instead of talking. Children also look back at the moment their parents told them: we are getting divorced.

EEF HILGERS, TIM VAN GILS, NINA DE VRIENDT, HUIBERT VAN WIJK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 60’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title De avonturen van Anansi de spin Producer Michiel Snijders,

Dutch title Mijn ouders zijn gescheiden Producer Willemijn Cerutti

Arnoud Rijken, Iven Cudogham Screenwriter Iven Cudogham,

Screenwriter Eef Hilgers, Tim van Gils, Nina de Vriendt, Huibert

Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders Editor Arnoud Rijken Composer

van Wijk Editor Joël Hielckert, Augustine Huijsser Composer Jillis

Kim Arzbach Leading actors Rogier Comproe, Shirma Rouwse,

Schriel, Daan Ares, Jaap Sijben, Leleane Lindenaar Production

Roué Verveer, Arjen Ederveen, Janouk Kelderman, Production

company Cerutti Film, The Netherlands, willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl,

company il Luster, The Netherlands, info@illuster.nl, www.illuster.nl

www.ceruttifilm.nl

Sales company ODMedia, The Netherlands, info@odmedia.com, www.odmedia.com

Divorced Parents

FILMS

E D U C AT I O N A L P R O G R A M M E

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary Calamity, une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary In 1863, a caravan treks westward though the United States, in search of more land. Twelve-year-old Martha Jane learns to drive the covered wagon after her father is injured in an accident. To make horse-riding easier, the energetic girl swaps her skirts for trousers. But such unorthodoxy is too much for the leader of the caravan. Following an explosive confrontation, Martha Jane sets off alone. She lives a life of adventure, discovers the sensation of freedom and learns her own value. The dramatic youth of legendary Wild West character Martha Jane Cannary forms the backbone of this adventurous, exciting coming-of-age story inspired by the Western genre, but with a strong female protagonist. Jane continues to be a role model for today’s kids in this film that opened the Cinekid festival in 2020, which uses a stylised realistic animation style and makes appealing use of colour and true-to-life character sketches.

RÉMI CHAYÉ FRANCE, DENMARK | 2020 | 85’ | 6+ FACTS Dutch title Calamity Producer Henri Magalon, Claire La Combe,

Wonderful Worlds Wonderlijke Werelden Join us in a journey through wondrous worlds of imagination! In this lovely selection of short animations you will experience the wonders of yodelling marmots in The Big Crunch, a beard-umbrella in Umbrellas, a bird learning to fly in Kiki the Feather, cows learning to play dirty in A Splash in the Mud and two kids navigating a massive flood in The Great Overflow. The characters of these films are explorers enamoured with their own universe and eager to find out more about them, while having to overcome all kinds of emotions, like fear, selfishness and disgust. So sit back and let us guide you along in these Wonderful Worlds!

SWEDEN, FRANCE | 2021 | 50’ | 6+ FACTS Dutch title Wonderlijke Werelden Distributor Cinekid

Cleland Jericca, Claus Toksvig Kjaer Screenwriter Rémi Chayé, Sandra Tosello, Fabrice de Costil Editor Benjamin Massoubre Composer Florencia Di Concilio Leading actors Santiago Barban, Jérémy Bardeau, Gaspar Bellegarde, Salomé Boulven, Max Brunner, Claus Toksvig Kjaer Production company Maybe Movies, France, contact@maybemovies.com, www.maybemovies.com Sales company Indie Sales, France, info@indiesales.eu, www.indiesales.eu Distributor Cinéart Nederland

Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

Creative Europe invests in quality children’s content!

CREATIVE EUROPE MEDIA

YEARS OF MEDIA

MEDIA funded titles at Cinekid 2021 include The Ape Star, A Butterfly’s Heart, Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary, Coppelia, The Dragon Girl, Even Mice Belong in Heaven, Martin and the Magical Forest, Mironins, My Dad Is a Sausage, Sihja, the Rebel Fairy and SpaceBoy. More information on the funding opportunities on ec.europa.eu/media or contact your local MEDIA Desk for advice and support: bit.ly/contactMEDIAdesks My Dad Is a Sausage

Supporting European Stories for 30 years

Coppelia

@MEDIAprogEU @CreativeEuropeEU @creative.eu

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary

Cinekid for Professionals 2021

SERIES

SERIES I N T R O D U C T I O N

Series Programme From the start, Cinekid has embraced episodic productions as part of its programming, showcasing the latest productions by Dutch broadcasters. With the contemporary media landscape quickly evolving and new platforms and producers constantly popping up, Cinekid keeps track of all the new developments to curate the best new serial productions from the Netherlands and abroad. We are very proud to collaborate with a wide array of platforms, producers and networks to once again provide a Series programme jam-packed with exciting premieres of new episodic content. Pre-school animations galore Every year, Cinekid collaborates with Dutch television

with Netflix and will be presenting the world premiere of

networks, providing international premieres for their new

their new Dutch original Misfit – The Series, which will

series. Dutch TV productions are very highly regarded

continue the story of the three teen feature films that

worldwide and many will afterwards be selected for inter-

previously screened at the festival. We are also excited to

national festivals or even acquired by foreign broadcasters.

start working with ZappDoc, the Dutch public broadcaster

These premieres provide the public and attending industry

of short documentaries, to present a special one-off event

professionals with a unique opportunity to experience

at which we revisit youth documentaries from previous

the best new episodic productions for the first time, often

Cinekid editions with their subjects in attendance. We

together with the attending cast and crew. This year, our

are also very happy to be able to showcase the immensely

youngest audience members are especially lucky, because

successful Dutch comedy series Floor Rules just before

many new pre-school animation series will take a bow at

the start of its final season, as well as having its talented

the festival. Old favourites Rusty and Pim & Pom are back

cast present their favourite episodes in person. Finally, we

with new adventures, while Mister Paper returns with all

look forward to taking a small step out of our comfort zone

its ‘carton’ shenanigans as a series, after the pilot was part

by organising an extraordinary live event inspired by the

of the short film competition in 2018. The highly antici-

popular youth detective podcast Sara’s Mysteries.

pated, inclusive series Anansi the Spider – loosely based on traditional Caribbean fairy tales about the cunning

As you can see, the series programming this year is

spider who outsmarts its enemies – will also premiere in

brim-full with high profile premieres, special events and

Amsterdam. Cinekid will go on to promote the series in the

one-time-only opportunities. I encourage everyone to

Netherlands in cooperation with its producer and Dutch

take a chance and explore the broad, diverse landscape of

broadcaster. A compilation of episodes will travel to the

contemporary episodic media.

circa 30 cinemas across the Netherlands participating in our nationwide festival.

Special events

Erik Tijman

We are very grateful for the continued trust of platforms

Head of Film & Series

and filmmakers, and their willingness to keep collaborating with us to create unique events for the festival. This year, we are proud to continue our collaboration

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Anansi the Spider De avonturen van Anansi de spin

Kamp Koekieloekie

Together, seven totally different children make up ‘the Acorns’. They will have to make it through two weeks together at a nature camp. Deep down they are all insecure about something, but they all do their utmost to appear as normal as possible. Every episode revolves around a child with a different problem. Supervised by the camp leaders, the children get closer to themselves and others. Ultimately, they discover that everyone sometimes feels vulnerable – even in this era of perfection – and learn to accept themselves.

This eight-part family series deals with sensitive issues such as death, your first period, not daring to express your emotions and being born in the wrong body in a funny yet moving manner. This musical series is full of catchy songs by Djurre de Haan, Eefje de Visser, Roos Rebergen and Fresku.

PATRICK RAATS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 8’ | 4+

JOOST VAN HEZIK, JAMILLE VAN WIJNGAARDEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 25’ | 6+

FACTS

Dutch title De avonturen van Anansi de spin Producer Michiel Snijders,

Dutch title Kamp Koekieloekie Producer Sabine Brian, Ronald

Arnoud Rijken, Iven Cudogham Screenwriter Iven Cudogham, Ar-

Versteeg, Kaja Wolffers Screenwriter Anne Barnhoorn Editor Tim

noud Rijken, Michiel Snijders Editor Arnoud Rijken Composer Kim

Wijbenga, Sandor Soeteman Composer Djurre de Haan Leading

Arzbach Leading actors Rogier Comproe, Shirma Rouwse, Roué

actors Darryl Amankwah, Heleen Post, Polleke van der Sman,

Verveer, Arjen Ederveen, Janouk Kelderman Production company

Bennie el Khattab, Jasmijn Grevink, Raphael de Jong, Matti

il Luster, The Netherlands, info@illuster.nl, www.illuster.nl

Stooker Production company NL Film & TV, The Netherlands,

Sales company ODMedia, The Netherlands, info@odmedia.com,

info@nlfilm.tv, www.nlfilm.tv Broadcaster NTR

www.odmedia.com Broadcaster KRO-NCRV

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Camp Kookiness

SERIES B E S T D U T C H F I C T I O N S E R I E S

Floor’s Rules 4

Kabam!

De regels van Floor 4 Stubborn Floor tries to answer the most pressing questions in an 11-year-old’s life. Whereas it is generally adults that draw up the rules, Floor is of the opinion that kids are perfectly capable of doing so themselves. What if you are sent to an anti-bullying course with your bully? Or if your best friend starts dating a dweeb? How do you rid yourself of the annoying babysitter? How do you come up with a treat that will blow everyone away? In this, the fourth season, Floor once again always comes up with original solutions. In 2020, the first season of Floor received an International Emmy Kids Award in the Best Series category. In 2018, the series won a Cinekid Lion Jury Award for Best Fiction Series and, in 2019, the Cinekid National Audience Prize Senior Secondary School Pupils. Floor Rules is also broadcast in Denmark, Germany, Austria, Norway and France, among other countries.

ALBERT JAN VAN REES, JAMILLE VAN WIJNGAARDEN, MAURICE TROUWBORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 10’ | 8+ FACTS

Are you afraid sometimes? So bad that your heart races and your knees are knocking? This is the implicit question the series Kabam! asks its viewers. The children in Mr Mo’s primary school class are very diverse but have one thing in common: they are all afraid sometimes. Of dogs for instance or being made fun of in class. Luckily, they all have active imaginations that help them deal with their fears. The live-action toddler series Kabam! consists of ten short stories which introduce us to different children in the class. They are stubborn, funny, energetic characters who use humour and their imaginations to come up with solutions to their problems. The series centres on recognisable childhood fears and shows that everyone has fears sometimes, but that there is often a solution out there. A little imagination goes a long way.

ELISABETH HESEMANS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 8’ | 4+ FACTS

Dutch title De regels van Floor 4 Producer Sabine Brian, Ronald

Producer Marc Bary Screenwriter Floor Paul, Lilian Sijbesma

Versteeg, Kaja Wolffers Screenwriter Lotte Tabbers, Luuk van

Editor Boelie Vis Composer Eric Vloeimans Leading actors Idriss

Bemmelen, Tim Kamps, Renske de Greef, Martijn Hillenius, Anne

Nabil, Enhui Zhang, Boris Vis, Sanjay Leijen Production company

Barnhoorn Editor Yamal Stitou Composer Alexander Reumers

IJswater Films, The Netherlands, films@ijswater.nl, www.ijswater.nl

Leading actors Bobbie Mulder, Elisa Beuger, Ferdi Stofmeel, Ole

Broadcaster KRO-NCRV

Kroes Production company NL Film & TV, The Netherlands, info@nlfilm.tv, www.nlfilm.tv Sales company Dutch Features Global Entertainment, The Netherlands, sales@dutchfeatures.com, www.dutchfeatures.com Broadcaster VPRO

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Misfit: The Series

Ninja Nanny 2

Misfit: de serie The Misfits have a good year ahead of them, one in which the friends are going to work hard on their own musical. While they are busy writing the music and devising choreographies, they are told that the musical has unexpectedly been banned. The new head teacher Agnes (Georgina Verbaan) wants the focus to be on discipline, high grades and lots of studying, but Julia won’t be stopped. Together the Misfits keep working on the musical in secret to sabotage the new school system. This new series consists of eight episodes and is the continuation of the popular high school films Misfit, Misfit 2 and Misfit 3. Just like the films, the energetic series will be shown on Netflix and is in competition for the Cinekid Lion Jury Prize for the Best Dutch Fiction Series.

ERWIN VAN DEN ESHOF THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 22’ | 6+ FACTS Dutch title Misfit: de serie Producer Jeroen Koopman, Maurits

In the first season of Ninja Nanny teen Hunter had just moved to the posh Gooidorp and moved in with her mother’s new family. She felt like an outsider and was even bullied, but when she discovered her au pair Farah was a ninja, an unexpected friendship blossomed. Farah taught her the mystic art of self-defence, magic, and meditation. In this second season, Hunter faces off against Farah because Hunter and Christa exploit the ninjas’ fame. The girls even ride around the village dressed in purple Super Ninjas suits. They are madly in love, but Hunter ultimately realises that she has lost sight of what it truly means to be a ninja. She stops being part of the Super Ninjas and breaks up with Christa. She goes in search of her biological father as well.

SIA HERMANIDES, ALIEKE VAN SAARLOOS, JANICE PIERRE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 25’ | 9+ FACTS Producer Errol Nayci Screenwriter Sia Hermanides, Alieke van

Spijkerman, Thomas Wolff Screenwriter Erwin van den Eshof,

Saarloos, Karen Van Holst Pellekaan Editor Annelies van Woerden

Karen van den Ende, Brian de Vore, Paul de Vrijer, Michel Bonset

Composer Laurens Goedhart, Fons Merkies Leading actors

Editor Jeffrey de Vore Composer Future Presidents Leading

Gina Spadaro, Denise Aznam, Dana Goldberg, Eva van de Wijdeven,

actors Djamila, Niek Roozen, Bente Fokkens, Jolijn Henneman,

Bas Keijzer Production company Storytellers Film & TV, The

Nienke van Dijk Production company NewBeTV, The Netherlands,

Netherlands, info@storytellersfilmtv.nl, www.storytellersfilmtv.nl

info@newbetv.com, www.newbe.nl Broadcaster Netflix NL

Sales company Beta Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com Broadcaster AVROTROS

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SERIES B E S T D U T C H F I C T I O N S E R I E S

Pim & Pom at the Museum

Rudy’s Crazy Christmas Show

De avonturen van Pim & Pom in het museum

Rudy’s grote kerstshow

In this colourful series, the cats Pim and Pom introduce children to fine art. Famous Dutch works of art provide the backdrop for their adventures and a different artwork is used every episode. For example, they go skating in Winter Landscape with Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp, where they meet a toddler who can’t skate. The cats also look around Pieter de Hooch’s A Mother’s Duty. There they meet a girl and a dog who aren’t allowed to get dirty. That seems doomed to fail, particularly if Pim and Pom play along. The cats also play hide and seek and lose one another in Vincent van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows.

Pop star Rudy’s sold-out Christmas show is about to happen. Sara who, just like Rudy, is 11, is stuck at home this Yuletide. She has an auto-immune disease which means the flu could be life threatening. Experimental treatment in France could help, but it is very expensive and not covered by insurance. When Rudy accidentally shows up in Sara’s father’s car, her parents decide to take him hostage and ask his parents for a ransom so they can pay for their daughter’s treatment.

This series provides a great initial introduction to fine art for toddlers. Pim and Pom were first drawn mid-twentieth century by famous Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp for stories written by Mies Bouhuys.

This funny, yet exhilarating Christmas series that touches on contemporary themes including child stars and social media, consists of 20 short episodes and premiered at Cinekid last year. The series was written by Luuk van Bemmelen (De regels van Floor, Soof) and Martijn Hillenius (Apple Core, Floor Rules, Gips). Director Anna van der Heide won a Golden Calf for Best Short Film for Missiepoo16.

GIOIA SMID THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+

ANNA VAN HEIDE, NICOLE VAN KILSDONK THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 10’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title De avonturen van Pim & Pom in het museum Producer

Dutch title Rudy’s grote kerstshow Producer Iris Otten, Sander

Petra Goedings, Jolande Junte Screenwriter Tingue Dongelmans,

van Meurs, Pieter Kuijpers Screenwriter Martijn Hillenius, Luuk van

Fiona van Heemstra Composer Alex Debicki Leading actors

Bemmelen Editor Michiel Reichwein Composer Fons Merkies Lead-

Georgina Verbaan Production company Phanta Animation,

ing actors Kylian de Pagter, Noelle Simson, Ruben van der Meer,

The Netherlands, animation@phantavision.com,

Ferdi Stofmeel, Jasmine Sendar Production company Pupkin, The

www.phantavision.com Sales company Attraction Distribution,

Netherlands, info@pupkin.com, www.pupkin.com Sales company

Canada, info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca

Dutch Features Global Entertainment, The Netherlands, sales@

Broadcaster AVROTROS

dutchfeatures.com, www.dutchfeatures.com Broadcaster VPRO

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Rusty 2 Rintje 2

Het Klokhuis over dood en afscheid

This animation series brings Rusty the dog from Sieb Posthuma’s popular children’s books to life. The fearless, sweet fox terrier discovers the world with his ears up and his nose in the air. What is the first day of school like? And celebrating your birthday? Or having to see the doctor? Rusty experiences all sorts of things during this second season. For instance, a sawing someone in half act ends in an unexpected manner, he becomes homesick whilst staying over at grandma’s and camps in the garden with his friends Tobias and Henriette.

When someone dies it isn’t just really sad, but an awful lot of things then need to be arranged in a short period of time. Children have a lot of questions about this. In this four-part series by the long-running, informative children’s programme, presenter Eva goes in search of answers. She talks to both experts and children with experience.

Rusty centres on friendship and the ties between the title character and his mother and grandmother. The second season of this stop-motion animation series also consists of 26 short episodes. The principal voices are provided by Dutch actors Georgina Verbaan, Nasrdin Dchar and Guy Clemens.

BEN TESSEUR, STEVEN DE BEUL BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+ FACTS

During the first episode, Eva visits a mortuary and children talk about their experiences with dead bodies. Attention is also paid to what death means in, for instance, Surinamese and Islamic culture. The second and third episodes are about saying goodbye. For example, an expert explains how important saying goodbye is to the grieving process as well as how a body is presented for viewing, is buried, and cremated. The last episode is about grieving. How does that feel and how do you deal with it?

JAN PIETER SCHAAP THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 16’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Rintje 2 Producer Leontine Petit, Tom van

Dutch title Het Klokhuis over dood en afscheid Producer

Blommestein, Dries Phlypo, Karlijn Van de Cruys, Bruno Wyndaele

Stephanie de Beer Screenwriter Jan Pieter Schaap, Jurrian van

Screenwriter Fabie Hulsebos, Fiona van Heemstra Composer

Dongen, Isabelle van der Ende, Niek Barendsen, Martijn Hillenius,

Chrisnanne Wiegel, Jelle Verstraten Leading actors Georgina

Ilse Warringa Editor Rob Ruis Composer Jurrian van Dongen Leading

Verbaan, Guy Clemens, Sarah Bannier, Nasrdin Dchar, Jacqueline

actors Eva Cleven Production company NTR, The Netherlands,

Blom, Clairy Polak Production company Lemming Film, The

info@ntr.nl, www.ntr.nl Broadcaster NTR

Netherlands, info@lemmingfilm.com, www.lemmingfilm.com, Mockingbird Productions, Belgium, info@mockingbird.tv, www.mockingbird.tv Sales company Beta Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com Broadcaster AVROTROS

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The Apple Core on Loss & Grief

SERIES B E S T D U T C H N O N - F I C T I O N S E R I E S

Beestenbrigade

The Big Data Show De dikke data show

Animals aren’t just fun to cuddle and play with, you must also look after them properly. It is this idea Beestenbrigade wants to transfer to young children. In this fun series, forest ranger Tim shows his children’s brigade how to feel and experience nature. He introduces toddlers to animal welfare and nature preservation, and whilst doing so he grabs every opportunity to get the kids as dirty as possible before they go home. During the first episode, Tim moves some outdoor pigs with his children’s brigade, in the second they build nesting boxes for sand martins and in the third they look after a herd of wild konik horses. Beestenbrigade won the Televizier Ster for the best Dutch youth television programme in 2020. The first 30 episodes of the series were broadcast in the same year. The second season has been screened on NPO Zappelin since early October.

LYDA VAN WESTEN, RICHARD VAN BOSSTRATEN, NIEK BOUMAN, PETRA ZWAAN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 4+ FACTS

Most children spend lots of time on apps, social media, watching videos, streams and playing games. Every day they spend hours staring at screens. Such online tools often seem free but aren’t really. You do not only pay with money, but also with data. So how does that work? What happens to that data? What ensures you go viral? What is real and what is fake? And how much advertising is there in games? Jard Struik immerses himself in these issues for the VPRO Youth programme The Big Data Show. Jard Struik is a maker, actor, presenter and creative. He acted in Dutch series including SpangaS and Kappen Nou!, and wrote scripts for the NPO 3 series Vakkenvullers. He is a hit on social media himself: in 2020 he won the Best Instagrammer prize at The Best Social Media Awards.

EMIEL STRZESZEWSKI THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 20’ | 8+ FACTS

Dutch title Beestenbrigade Producer Trudeke van Hierden Editor

Dutch title De dikke data show Producer Martijn Bakker Screen-

Femke de Wolf, Jade Heisters Leading actors Tim Hogenbosch

writer Emiel Strzeszewski, Jard Struik Editor Emiel Strzeszewski

Production company KRO-NCRV, The Netherlands, info@kro-ncrv.nl,

Leading actors Jard Struik Production company VPRO, The

www.kro-ncrv.nl Broadcaster KRO-NCRV

Netherlands, info@vpro.nl, www.vpro.nl Broadcaster VPRO

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Cooking with Rabbits

Fake It Till You Make It

Koken met konijnen In this VPRO Youth programme, theatre makers and performers Diederik Kreike and Ayrton Fraenck not only serve treats to pets, but also their owners. They give boss and beast the most amazing meals, that viewers can recreate at home. In between scenes there is time for music, make-overs and other pampering. For instance, the presenters present a musical ode to all the comfort guinea pigs around the world as well as handicapped animals. They also sing a song for children whose pets have died. The second season of Cooking with Rabbits was shot at DOA, Amsterdam’s animal shelter. Once again, the episodes feature quite a few exceptional pets. Ayrton and Diederik cook for a blind dog and ponies moving house. Dishes they make include a ‘Care guinea pig carrot cake’ and a delicious ‘Pour tous les amies’ clafoutis. The recipes can be found on the VPRO website.

CHARLOTTE HOOGAKKER THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 6+ FACTS

In this Apple Core series, children are given drama tips for their own jokes, videos or plays. How do you make fake puke, tears, or a life-like wound? And how do you re-enact a spectacular fight scene, an intimate kiss, or a revolting puking scene? Presenter Sosha Duysker finds out. She receives drama lessons and top tips from The Apple Core actors such as cowboy Maarten Heijmans and vlogger Sarah Janneh, as well as make-up tips from professionals. In line with the Apple Core format, things are explained and professionals provide tips on how to act like a star. In the episode entitled Sick, Sosha teaches you how to act like you are sick. A great acting exercise, but also really good for those days when you don’t want to go to school. Some of the acting tools can also be employed by the children in daily life.

CHARLOTTE HOOGAKKER THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 11’ | 7+ FACTS

Dutch title Koken met konijnen Producer Martijn Bakker Screen-

Producer Jacqueline Brinkman, Pamela Nijhuis Screenwriter

writer Charlotte Hoogakker Editor Frithjof Kalf Leading actors

Charlotte Hoogakker Editor Lennart Reijnders Leading actors

Ayrton Fraenk, Diederik Kreike Production company VPRO,

Eva van der Gucht, Maarten Heijmans, Sosha Duysker Production

The Netherlands, info@vpro.nl, www.vpro.nl Broadcaster VPRO

company NTR, The Netherlands, info@ntr.nl, www.ntr.nl Broadcaster NTR

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SERIES B E S T D U T C H N O N - F I C T I O N S E R I E S

Moonriders

Stripped Down Gewoon. Bloot.

While the unsuspecting populace sleeps, artist Aukje Dekker, children and her friends from the artworld head out. They have a mission to make guerrilla art together, put up secretively at night in neighbourhoods around the Netherlands. For example, 11-year-old Chadi wants an ‘earth wizard’ in his neighbourhood to remind people to be good to trees, nine-year-old Soraya wants more to bring love to her area with huge pink bunny ears and 12-year-old Timo is fascinated by chicken’s eyes and builds a conceptual chicken run.

Is my body normal? Children often ask themselves this question. No wonder, because everyone on Instagram, Snapchat and TikTok looks perfect. People use filters, make-up or undergo surgery to look better. This makes it hard to tell what is real. Luckily, there is Stripped Down. This TV programme sees five ordinary Dutch people of all shapes and sizes take their clothes off. A group of children, led by presenter Edson da Graça, then gets to ask them all sorts of questions to get to the naked truth behind the human body.

Moonriders came about in the framework of the NPO’s Actieplan Cultuur. This programme about art expands NPO’s cultural programming to provide an extra platform for the arts sector during the pandemic. Artists including Folkert de Jong, Koen Vanmechelen and Narges Mohammadi collaborated in the programme.

Every episode revolves around a different body part like the bottom, breasts, penis or vulva, body parts that can start to change during puberty and which children can be insecure about or ashamed of. Stripped Down shows them that everyone looks different and that that is just fine.

NOEL LOOZEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 20’ | 8+

SASKIA RENSEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+

FACTS

Producer Marjolein Klooster, Martijn Bakker Screenwriter

Dutch title Gewoon. Bloot. Producer Michiel van der Hoeven,

Noel Loozen Editor Mieneke Kramer, Eline Bakker Leading actors

Jasper Geel Screenwriter Saskia Rensen Editor Bart Witkamp

Aukje Dekker Production company VPRO, The Netherlands,

Leading actors Edson da Graça Production company Warner

info@vpro.nl, www.vpro.nl Broadcaster VPRO

Bros. International TV Production Netherlands, The Netherlands, info.nl@warnerbros.com, www.wbitvpnetherlands.com Broadcaster NTR

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Talking Heads

Test Kitchen

Hoofdzaken - Seizoen 3 In Talking Heads children take a seat in Marko the hairdresser’s chair. In the mirror we can see their new haircuts take shape, while we listen to what they think: their view on the world, their worries and the things that truly make them happy. In the third season, Elena explains what she feels when everyone is asleep, Hailey talks about her special underwater hobby and Rens dreams about a career in musicals. And while Levi talks about his great love, Raya explains why there are all sorts of devices stuck to her body. Whether the children talk about hope, love, fear or growing up; the conversations in Talking Heads are always heart-to-heart and unfiltered. This leads to amusing, moving stories full of anecdotes that both children and their parents will recognise. After sharing their stories, the kids leave with a fresh new haircut.

In the seventh season, they investigate how a warm winter coat is made and how to start your own brand. Will their energy bar conquer the world? They also dissect a radio and a bicycle, then build an underground bunker for when the apocalypse comes. If the world doesn’t crash and burn, they will still have their lolly-grabbing machine which lets you win cherry-fizz lollies.

MENNO OTTEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 8+

WILLEM REVIS, PIETER HULST THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 25’ | 8+

FACTS

Dutch title Hoofdzaken - Seizoen 3 Producer Derk-Jan Warrink,

Dutch title De Proefkeuken Producer Lisa van Dorp, Paulien Kat-

Koji Nelissen Screenwriter Menno Otten Editor Saskia Kievits,

erstede, Stephanie Kolb, Jeroen Weeda Screenwriter Willem Revis,

Wouter Jansen Composer Benny Sings Leading actors Marko

Pieter Hulst Editor Willem Revis Leading actors Willem Voogd,

Suds Production company Keplerfilm, The Netherlands,

Pieter Hulst Production company BlazHoffski Productions/Dahl

hello@keplerfilm.com, www.keplerfilm.com Sales company Beta

TV, The Netherlands, info@blazhoffski.nl, www.blazhoffski.nl

Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com

Broadcaster VPRO

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At The Test Kitchen, Pieter Hulst and Willem Voogd study all sorts of products and see how they are made. Pieter seeks out the right ingredients across the country and then tries to recreate the product with Willem from raw material to finished object – without complex machines and huge factories, but just in an old shed with tools all over the place. To make that happen, they come up with the craziest experiments and the most unusual techniques.

SERIES N AT I O N A L A U D I E N C E A WA R D NATIONAL AUDIENCE AWARD GROUP 1 – 4

Kabam!

NATIONAL AUDIENCE AWARD GROUP 5 – 8

Cooking with Rabbits

Mr Mo’s primary school class learns to deal with scary stuff.

Diederik and Ayrton cook special dishes for animals and owners.

ELISABETH HESEMANS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 8’ | 4+

CHARLOTTE HOOGAKKER, THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 6+

Pim & Pom at the Museum

Hannah’s Dream

Pim and Pom literally dive into famous Dutch works of art.

Hannah wants to help her unemployed father during lockdown.

GIOIA SMID THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+

EUGENE ARTS, EMILY REEKERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 14’ | 6+

Rusty 2

Julieta & the Turtles in the Plastic Soup

Come on an adventure with Rusty, the fearless, fun dog.

On Curaçao, Julieta saves sea turtles from the plastic soup.

BEN TESSEUR, STEVEN DE BEUL BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+

MIRJAM MARKS THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 15’ | 8+

Yummy South Africa

Reflection

Enoch makes his favourite South African dish for his two friends. In a house full of mirrors, Fiep tries to escape her self-image. ANNELIES DE WIT THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 5’ | 4+

SANNA DE VRIES THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 4’ | 8+

Rudy’s Crazy Christmas Show Just before Christmas, child star Rudy is kidnapped by accident. ANNA VAN HEIDE, NICOLE VAN KILSDONK THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 10’ | 8+

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Anansi the Spider De avonturen van Anansi de spin

Mijn ouders zijn gescheiden

PATRICK RAATS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 8’ | 4+ FACTS

EEF HILGERS, TIM VAN GILS, NINA DE VRIENDT, HUIBERT VAN WIJK THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 15’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title De avonturen van Anansi de spin Producer Michiel Snijders,

Dutch title Mijn ouders zijn gescheiden Producer Willemijn Cerutti

Arnoud Rijken, Iven Cudogham Screenwriter Iven Cudogham,

Screenwriter Eef Hilgers, Tim van Gils, Nina de Vriendt, Huibert

Arnoud Rijken, Michiel Snijders Editor Arnoud Rijken Composer

van Wijk Editor Joël Hielckert, Augustine Huijsser Composer Jillis

Kim Arzbach Leading actors Rogier Comproe, Shirma Rouwse,

Schriel, Daan Ares, Jaap Sijben, Leleane Lindenaar Production

Roué Verveer, Arjen Ederveen, Janouk Kelderman Production

company Cerutti Film, The Netherlands, willemijn@ceruttifilm.nl,

company il Luster, The Netherlands, info@illuster.nl, www.illuster.nl

www.ceruttifilm.nl Broadcaster Evangelische Omroep

Sales company ODMedia, The Netherlands, info@odmedia.com, www.odmedia.com Broadcaster KRO-NCRV

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Divorced Parents

SERIES S E R I E S P R E M I E R E S

In This I Believe

Misfit: The Series

Dit geloof ik

Misfit: de serie

In This I Believe is a trans-media project whereby 12 children ranging from 10 to 12 years old in religious families show us their reality. The children show the viewer the practices, traditions, written and unwritten rules of their religions using documentary portraits, photographs, audio excerpts and conversations they have amongst themselves.

The Misfits have a good year ahead of them, one in which the friends are going to work hard on their own musical. While they are busy writing the music and devising choreographies, they are told that the musical has unexpectedly been banned. The new head teacher Agnes (Georgina Verbaan) wants the focus to be on discipline, high grades and lots of studying, but Julia won’t be stopped. Together the Misfits keep working on the musical in secret to sabotage the new school system.

By allowing religious children to talk about their experiences, other children can be introduced to the diversity of religions in the Netherlands in an unbiased manner.

DEBBIE KLEIJN, JANNEKE GEERTSMA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 10+ FACTS

This new series consists of eight episodes and is the continuation of the popular high school films Misfit, Misfit 2 and Misfit 3. Just like the films, the energetic series will be shown on Netflix and is in competition for the Cinekid Lion Jury Prize for the Best Dutch Fiction Series.

ERWIN VAN DEN ESHOF THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 22’ | 6+ FACTS

Dutch title Dit geloof ik Producer Nienke Korthof Screenwriter

Dutch title Misfit: de serie Producer Jeroen Koopman, Maurits

Editor Debbie Kleijn, Janneke Geertsma Composer Tobias Borkert

Spijkerman, Thomas Wolff Screenwriter Erwin van den Eshof,

Sales company Tangerine Tree, The Netherlands, info@tangerinetree.nl,

Karen van den Ende, Brian de Vore, Paul de Vrijer, Michel Bonset

www.tangerinetree.nl

Editor Jeffrey de Vore Composer Future Presidents Leading actors Djamila, Niek Roozen, Bente Fokkens, Jolijn Henneman, Nienke van Dijk Production company NewBeTV, The Netherlands, info@newbetv.com, www.newbe.nl Broadcaster Netflix NL

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Mister Paper

Ninja Nanny 2

Meneer papier Mister Paper cuts and glues the world together just the way he likes it. He lives in a paper house surrounded by paper nature. His only companion is a cat, yet thanks to his scissors and his child-like imagination, he is never alone. For every situation he creates a solution by cutting something new out or gluing something somewhere. When he is thirsty he cuts out a bottle, when he is hungry: an apple. Or he cuts out a cow, so he has milk for his cat. And if the cat doesn’t want to play, he cuts out a dog or a girl to go for walks with. Using plenty of imagination, his adventures bring the world to life: a world of unlimited options. This cut-out series for toddlers was based on the books by Elvis Peeters that were illustrated by Gerda Dendooven.

STEVEN DE BEUL, BEN TESSEUR BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+ FACTS

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SIA HERMANIDES, ALIEKE VAN SAARLOOS, JANICE PIERRE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 25’ | 9+ FACTS

Dutch title Meneer papier Producer Karlijn Van de Cruys, Dries

Producer Errol Nayci Screenwriter Sia Hermanides, Alieke van

Phlypo, Bruno Wyndaele Screenwriter Mieke de Jong Editor

Saarloos, Karen Van Holst Pellekaan Editor Annelies van Woerden

Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur Composer Stan Lee Cole Leading

Composer Laurens Goedhart, Fons Merkies Leading actors Gina

actors Thomas Cordie, Frederik Brom Production company

Spadaro, Denise Aznam, Dana Goldberg, Eva van de Wijdeven,

Mockingbird Productions, Belgium, info@mockingbird.tv,

Bas Keijzer Production company Storytellers Film & TV, The

www.mockingbird.tv Sales company Global Screen, Germany,

Netherlands, info@storytellersfilmtv.nl, www.storytellersfilmtv.nl

info@globalscreen.de, www.globalscreen.de Broadcaster

Sales company Beta Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com,

AVROTROS

www.betafilm.com Broadcaster AVROTROS

SERIES S E R I E S P R E M I E R E S

Pim & Pom at the Museum

Rusty 2

De avonturen van Pim & Pom in het museum Rintje 2 In this colourful series, the cats Pim and Pom introduce children to fine art. Famous Dutch works of art provide the backdrop for their adventures and a different artwork is used every episode. For example, they go skating in Winter Landscape with Skaters by Hendrick Avercamp, where they meet a toddler who can’t skate. The cats also look around Pieter de Hooch’s A Mother’s Duty. There they meet a girl and a dog who aren’t allowed to get dirty. That seems doomed to fail, particularly if Pim and Pom play along. The cats also play hide and seek and lose one another in Vincent van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Crows.

This series provides a great initial introduction to fine art for toddlers. Pim and Pom were first drawn midtwentieth century by famous Dutch illustrator Fiep Westendorp for stories written by Mies Bouhuys.

GIOIA SMID THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+

BEN TESSEUR, STEVEN DE BEUL BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 5’ | 3+

FACTS

Dutch title De avonturen van Pim & Pom in het museum Producer

Dutch title Rintje 2 Producer Leontine Petit, Tom van

Petra Goedings, Jolande Junte Screenwriter Tingue Dongelmans,

Blommestein, Dries Phlypo, Karlijn Van de Cruys, Bruno Wyndaele

Fiona van Heemstra Composer Alex Debicki Leading actors

Screenwriter Fabie Hulsebos, Fiona van Heemstra Composer

Georgina Verbaan Production company Phanta Animation, The

Chrisnanne Wiegel, Jelle Verstraten Leading actors Georgina

Netherlands, animation@phantavision.com, www.phantavision.com

Verbaan, Guy Clemens, Sarah Bannier, Nasrdin Dchar, Jacqueline

Sales company Attraction Distribution, Canada,

Blom, Clairy Polak Production company Lemming Film, The

info@attractiondistribution.ca, www.attractiondistribution.ca

Netherlands, info@lemmingfilm.com, www.lemmingfilm.com,

Broadcaster AVROTROS

Mockingbird Productions, Belgium, info@mockingbird.tv, www.mockingbird.tv Sales company Beta Film GmbH, Germany, beta@betafilm.com, www.betafilm.com Broadcaster AVROTROS

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Best of Floor Rules Best of De regels van Floor

Kleuterworkshop Anansi

In Floor Rules, headstrong Floor tries to answer the major questions in life. What if you are sent to an anti-bullying course with your bully? Or if your best friend starts dating a dweeb? How do you get rid of an annoying babysitter? How do you provide a treat that will blow everyone away? And how do you track down the sender of a mysterious Valentine’s Day gift? Floor faces a number of tough choices, but always manages to come up with an original solution. Because the rules are generally thought up by adults, but in Floor’s opinion, kids are perfectly capable of making up their own.

During this workshop children will engage with the centuries-old folk tales about the spider Anansi, who always outsmarts his enemies. If you aren’t strong, you must be smart. The fairy tales originated in Western Africa and are famous in Surinam, on the Netherlands Antilles and in the Caribbean in general. They are passed down from generation to generation, undergoing minor modifications all the time.

In Best of Floor Rules we look back at four seasons of the VPRO series. The actors and directors will answer questions, provide a look behind the scenes and look ahead to season five of this popular series.

ALBERT JAN VAN REES, JAMILLE VAN WIJNGAARDEN, MAURICE TROUWBORST THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 60’ | 8+ FACTS Dutch title Best of De regels van Floor Producer Sabine Brian, Ronald Versteeg, Kaja Wolffers Screenwriter Lotte Tabbers, Luuk van Bemmelen, Tim Kamps, Renske de Greef, Martijn Hillenius, Anne Barnhoorn Editor Yamal Stitou Composer Alexander Reumers Leading actors Elisa Beuger, Bobbie Mulder, Ferdi Stofmeel, Ole Kroes Production company NL Film & TV, The Netherlands, info@nlfilm.tv, www.nlfilm.tv Sales company Dutch Features Global Entertainment, The Netherlands, sales@dutchfeatures.com, www.dutchfeatures.com Broadcaster VPRO

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Pre-schoolers Workshop Anansi

Toddlers will play with that concept during this workshop that centres on the story of Anansi the Spider and the Greedy Tiger. The latter has appeared in book form which the children will reconstruct using point-and-tell sheets and they will act out a few brief scenes. A green screen will be used to transport the children to Anansi’s world. The scenes will be videoed and then edited together, creating a proper film.

RIANNE VAN DUIN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 75’ | 3+

SERIES S P E C I A L S C R E E N I N G S

Sara’s Mysteries In this podcast, Sara de Monchy solves mysteries in cooperation with children and they get really obsessed about them. Every episode a child calls in Sara’s help to solve a mystery. For example, there’s the mysterious wallet that was found in the ground. Who does it belong to? And where does that strange hatch in the school’s floor lead? Whether she must break in, spy, dig or investigate: Sara will do anything it takes to find out. Podcaster Sara de Monchy aims to bring children closer to the mysterious adult world. Children sometimes catch a glimpse of this mysterious adult world, she told the VPRO TV and Radio listings guide, e.g. when parents suddenly stop talking when a child enters the room. That mystery became the starting point for this podcast intended for both children and parents.

SARA DE MONCHY THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 60’ | 6+

Shorts By Kids Many of the productions showing at Cinekid are made for children by adults. But we’ve known for a long time now that children can make their own films – often with surprisingly good, creative results. Cinekid offers a professional platform for these young filmmakers. A selection of the most striking submissions will première at the festival. A jury made up of media professionals will then select a winner from these, and the maker of the best film will take home a Cinekid Lion award. While the jury are deliberating, a selection of short films from the Cinekid Competition will screen.

VARIOUS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 90’ | 8+

FACTS Editor Ruben Dekker Composer Darius Timmer Broadcaster NTR

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ZappDoc: How Are They Now? ZappDoc: Hoe is het nu met? The episodes of How Are They Now? each focus on the former central characters from various documentary classics. How are they now? Four older documentaries and a new one will be screened at Cinekid. Koplopers x TOMMY follows Daan, who conquers the world as a DJ and producer. Champ is about kickboxer Esma who wants to be the best fighter in the world. #bullyingstory centres on Rosalie for whom bullying has serious consequences. And, in Free As a Bird, we meet Ariane who dances through life with two bad kidneys. Because she is running out of time, she goes in search of a donor herself. At Cinekid, we find out how they are doing now: the central characters will be present for a Q&A.

SUSAN KOENEN, EEF HILGERS, ANNELIES KRUK , EVA VAN WEEGHEL, CASSANDRA OFFENBERG THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 75’ | 8+

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Hands Up In Hands Up strijden zes duo’s om de Hands Up trofee. Van elk duo kan de een alles horen, de ander niet. Ze voeren verschillende opdrachten uit waarbij alleen gecommuniceerd mag worden in gebarentaal. Wie zitten op dezelfde golflengte? Welke BN’er heeft een gebarenknobbel?

Flexe meiden Cindy gaat graag winnend door het leven. Ze haalt de hoogste cijfers, leidt de schoolkrant en richt een hiphop dansgroepje op. Dan gebeurt er iets wat haar winnaarsvibe flink onder druk zet. Er verschijnt een filmpje op social media waar Cindy nogal onflatteus op staat. Het filmpje wordt vaak gedeeld en Cindy krijgt te maken met pesterijen.

Mijn ouders zijn gescheiden Als je ouders vertellen dat ze uit elkaar gaan, wordt alles opeens anders: niet meer als 1 gezin bij elkaar, maar verdeeld over 2 huizen, de wisselingen in de weekenden, de nieuwe vriend van je moeder en eventueel nog nieuwe zusjes of broertjes erbij. Het zijn situaties waar kinderen van gescheiden ouders vaak mee te maken krijgen.

Ninja Nanny 2 Na een lange zomervakantie is Hunter weer terug in Gooidorp waar zij samen met Christa de ninja’s tot een superheldenstatus brengt. Hunter komt hierdoor lijnrecht tegenover haar nanny Farah en beste vriend Joaquim te staan. Zij vinden dat alle aandacht en adoratie voor de ninja’s niet past bij filosofie van Pencak Silat.

Voor meer kinderfilms & - series kijk je NPO Zapp Check tijdens het festival de Cinekid Toppers op zapp.nl en npostart.nl

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NEW MEDIA

INTRODUCTION

NEW MEDIA

Bubbles? Bubbles! Even before the pandemic, a trend had become apparent among children: a decrease in linear content and increase in user-generated content consumption. Home schooling and lockdowns caused children’s media use to sky-rocket and to become even more individualised. Gaming also took off massively over the past period and has become an important social factor, as demonstrated by concerts and weddings in popular games such as Animal Crossing and Fortnite.

Is the digital world reliable, however? Can we safely set

There is a thematic focus on 3 Trails:

our children loose in it? Does media savviness arise from

1. Take a look at ourselves, or how media technology can

high levels of screen time? The answer is: ‘No’.

help us to reflect on our state of being both physically

and mentally. How important is ‘play’ for our brain, our

If you only experience the world through tiny screens,

development and our perspective on ourselves and the

it becomes very easy to believe everything fed to you online. This means developing different perspectives becomes increasingly important. The Cinekid MediaLab takes children as well as their parents/guardians by the hand to unravel and uncover facts about the quirks of

world? 2. Internet of Everything, or how our lives are riddled with artificial intelligence and computer code. Can we get a grip on this? Does poetic code exist? 3. The world around us, or how can stories told in new

media technologies. The latter are so integrated into

ways, using a variety of technologies, whilst expanding

all facets of our daily lives that we often are no longer

our horizons and opening up the world around us?

conscious of them. MediaLab visitors will be pulled from

What can we offer children in the way of tools and

their individual bubbles to see, hear and experience other

insights to make their lives more diverse and inclusive,

creative perspectives at an exhibition which makes bubbles

to find their own stories and shape these?

and realities – as well as the accompanying ethical implications – tangible.

This year, for the first time, MediaLab will not just take place in Amsterdam, but will also be staged in six other

Cinekid will present a broad range of interactive installations,

cities as well as online. With this, Cinekid hopes to impart

games, apps and workshops from the Netherlands and

these other perspectives to a wide-ranging, diverse group

abroad, including a number of wonderful commissions

of children and their parents/guardians.

and premières. These works underwrite the innovation in media technologies yet offer the freedom and space to reflect and pose questions actively, creatively, to seek out adventure, try things out, to learn as well as make things yourself. Cinekid thus intends to provide an alternative to what Big Tech feeds us, namely a programme that stimulates

Siuli Ko

and questions, as well as the presentation of projects in

Head of New Media

which technology serves no other purpose than to amaze, challenge, encourage contemplation and stimulate.

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Bionic Chair Technology takes over ever more functions from our body, and we are heading for a future where we hardly need to activate our bodies anymore. We compensate this growing lack of exercise by going to the gym. Moving our bodies has become a choice, a lifestyle. Inspired by dancers of the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, Govert Flint concluded that full-body movement is positively related to feelings of joy. The dancers showed him movements that actually can and should be used every day. He took the most static and dominant activity of people nowadays, being seated, and for this activity Govert designed an exoskeleton chair allowing the body to move completely freely, and in doing so controlling a mouse cursor. For example, kicking a leg results in a mouse click. With the Bionic Chair we use our bodies again for what they are meant to do. Only a full-body exercise enables technology to do something. In this work, the man-machine relationship is reversed – or is it equalised?

GOVERT FLINT, DESIGN STUDIO ENRICHERS THE NETHERLANDS | 2014 | 6+ FACTS Programmer Tonn van Bussel Research in collaboration with Scapino Ballet Rotterdam

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Blind Self Portrait Can we trust technology? The rapid advance of Artificial Intelligence raises more and more questions about our relationship with computers and machines. In 2020, the computer model GPT-3 became available for general use. GPT-3 can have conversations, write poetry, fiction and essays, it can program and compose. And it can reflect on the future and the meaning of life. We are impressed by everything computers are capable of, but the time-honoured fear that humanity will be taken over by machines is feeling more and more real. In their work Blind Self Portrait, Kyle McDonald and Matt Mets challenge us to trust technology. The visitor is invited to take place next to a machine that will draw their portrait. Visitors hold the pen, and the machine controls their hand while drawing the portrait. It is a collaboration between man and machine... or is it? If you do not completely surrender to the machine, the portrait is doomed to fail and giving away complete control evokes a real feeling of anxiety. The result is a selfportrait created with the viewer’s hand and the machine’s ‘mind’. But who is the owner of the portrait? Who can sign it?

KYLE MCDONALD, MATT METS UNITED STATES | 2012 | 6+ FACTS Producer Keira Heu-Jwyn Chan

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Carbon Roller Coaster

Ever since you died… Sinds jij dood bent…

Carbon Roller Coaster is an online interactive, multimedia experience accessible on Cinekid Play from a smartphone, tablet or computer. It tells the life story of a carbon atom, in the form of a chat conversation. The story unravels via various forms of interaction. The carbon atom sometimes sends videos to the user, sometimes audio messages, sometimes pictures, and sometimes questions. This is the poetic life story of Carla the carbon atom, who lived inside a fart of a mammoth in the Antarctic ice floor for millennia, and is now a homeless atom roaming the oceans with her fellow carbon atoms, like tears, as a result of climate change. Designer and researcher Janna Ullrich wants to make complex, political issues accessible and open for discussion by telling stories in social, interactive forms. In playful ways, she manages to present dystopic and utopian scenarios in her work. Cinekid, the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision, and Playgrounds jointly selected her to create an online work about the current state of the relationship between man and nature. For this project, she uses archive footage from the Open Archive of the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. JANNA ULLRICH THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+ FACTS

The passing of a close or beloved person can have a huge impact. Still, in our society we lack the proper ways to deal with this occasion; it is still awkward and tough to openly discuss our feelings. When children experience a loss, we want to guard them from pain and sorrow, whereas it may be really healthy for them to keep expressing their emotions, in their own, open way. It is normal to mourn. It is part of life. In simple and beautiful ways, media technology can offer ways to channel these emotions. Studio Moniker conceived the poetic web project Sinds jij dood bent... Ever since you died as a digital contribution to the four-part TV series The Apple Core on Loss & Grief, also screened at Cinekid 2021. Ever since you died..., a cloud of paper notes swirl in the wind over a horizon. It is an almost hypnotic swarm. Each note contains a message from a child to a deceased loved one. Children are invited to finish the sentence. ‘Ever since you died… I sometimes call your voicemail. Everyone is welcome to contribute a note and let it fly away into the wind.

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What is a real interactive experience? The answer is given time and again in the work of Design I/O. This award-winning creative studio from the United States was founded in 2010 by Theo Watson and Emily Gobeille. They are true pioneers in the field of large-scale, immersive interactive installations, and their projects are a frequent source of inspiration for many younger studios and makers.

Happy is a VR experience in which visitors’ emotions have an influence on the journey they make through a magical world. They are invited to use all their feelings to shape this trip – after all, every emotion is equally important. The VR experience was conceived as an experiment to examine in which ways emotions can be read and translated real-time into an immersive experience.

They specialise in creating magical worlds in a flowing and skillful combination of technological experiment with artistic imagination and design. In their work, they repeatedly manage to give their audiences a truly magical, intuitive and exciting experience.

Happy was developed by the XR Lab, where students, teachers and companies collaborate on state-of-the-art experiments to explore new media technologies. XR Lab previously made the AR project Fonies (2019) and the VR project Der Wanderer (2018) for Cinekid.

Their work Field is a life-size, interactive plant world on a 15-meter-wide screen. In this beautiful installation, multiple visitors can enter a grass field-ecosystem. Everything causes a reaction, so does the visitor. Visitors run, jump, roll, walk or wave across all seasons in this wondrous world of grass stalks, plants, butterflies and flowers. Field shows us how natural ecosystems form complex systems in which everything is interdependent and harmony based on intrinsic rules is possible. And that people are part of those complex systems, too. DESIGN I/O UNITED STATES, THE NETHERLANDS | 2019 | 6+ FACTS

XR LAB THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 8+ FACTS

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Game artist Joost Jordens, Noa van de Laak, Aidan Boelhouwer,

M-OST, Anna Cataldo Commissioned by Franklin Park Conservatory,

Mette Nijenhuis, Aitana Bakker, Kay Ruwiel, Julian van het Loo

Botanical Gardens

Game developer: Milena Spaan, Richard Ram, Enzo Marguerink, Kelvin de Jong, Max Jansen, Jordan Pignato, Aldebert Rooijer, Christian Donker Concept Rufus Baas, Martijn Vorstenbosch

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In our society, where technology is intrinsically linked to our daily lives, it is increasingly common to teach children computer programming at a young age. At Cinekid, we consider learning to program a vital part of media literacy. To understand how things work, to learn to think and solve problems, to experiment, and to gain confidence to be creative. There are many great apps and games that can playfully teach children the basic principles of computer code. What is an algorithm, a sequence, a for-loop?

Creative, technologists and artists Carolien Teunisse and Sabrina Verhage sporadically co-create works in which they express their (critical) fascination with the influence of technology on our society. In the subdued lockdowns during the recent pandemic, they, like so many, took strolls and were (re-)introduced to nature in our urban environment. The duo became fascinated with lichens, which still are quite common, even though half of the 700 Dutch species are being threatened due to air and soil pollution.

Max Frimout and Gabey Tjon A Tham take it one step further. With their work Hexasynth, they want to introduce the players to the concept of ‘complex systems’, which is what a computer program: a set of basic rules that are interconnected and always react to and influence each other. Max’ starting point is sound synthesis, Gabey’s starting point is visual feedback using different hardware and materials. The result is the Hexasynth, an instrument allowing three players at a time to control algorithms. They jointly affect a soundscape through their (inter) actions, and learn how small changes in (their) algorithm can have consequences for the system as a whole.

Lichens are basically a harmonic form of cohabitation between an alga and a fungus: a symbiosis. This fact underlies the work Magical Lichens, in which the twosome invites the public to bring together nature and technology, and to create new lichens with the help of Augmented Reality.

MAX FRIMOUT, GABEY TJON A THAM THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+

CAROLIEN TEUNISSE, SABRINA VERHAGE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+

The work consists of a physical installation displaying virtual lichens, and an app with which lichens can be identified outdoors and with which users can make their own augmentations. They represent a kind of new unnatural symbiotic relationship: virtual and physical, online and offline.

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The Miracle Basket Through storytelling, people have imparted others with a better understanding of the world around them. The best storytellers are those who do not just present facts, but turn stories into a personal and emotional experience for their audience. In ancient Arab times, when all stories were still told orally, Hakawatis presented tales that were spun out like complex fabric. They were experts in a motif-rich narrative style, leaping from one story to the next, incorporating multiple layers simultaneously. They used allegory, folklore, satire, music and visual spectacle: everything to offer their public an unforgettable experience. The brilliant storyteller Abner Preis is like a modern Hakawati. His VR stories form a collage full of visual techniques. His latest work The Miracle Basket premieres at Cinekid and explores the recent history of humanity: from colonialism to imperialism, from the harmonic relationship of indigenous people with nature to the recent climate crisis and the loss of biodiversity, wrapped in a vulnerable story about a grandfather and his grandson.

The majority of learning games for children focus on competition and artificial rewards and leave players little room for expression, self-reflection or creativity. Interactive design offers a huge reservoir of new possibilities, based on Homo Ludens, playing man, to incorporate free play in learning games. Osmo assumes that children learn best through play. Games stimulate children to step out of their screen and become active. Osmo offers tactile, embodied learning: using physical game pieces in the real world they challenge even the youngest children hands-on to think creatively and solve abstract problems in interactions with the digital world on their tablets.

Works like these make us pause and help us reflect on the state of the world around us.

Tangible Play Inc. — the business behind the Osmo brand — was founded in 2013 by Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler. By 2014, the first three Osmo games Newton, Tangram and Worlds had been launched to universal praise from parents, educators, industry experts, and children. Since its début, Osmo has expanded its family of games to include Numbers, Masterpiece, Coding Awbie, Monster and Pizza Co.

ABNER PREIS THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+

TANGIBLE PLAY INC. UNITED STATES | 2014 | 4+

FACTS Producer Valk Producties Co-Producer Institute of Time Executive Producer Kecia Benvenuto The Miracle Basket is co-presented by Cinekid, IDFA DocLab

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Proxemic Technology has become the forefront of communication and social interaction, especially in recent days where we have been forced to be physically distant from each other. Have we lost a sense of communication with our social surroundings and body language? Proxemic is an interactive installation by students of Interactive/Media/Design Mariela Popova and Samriddhi Ghattak. They found their inspiration in the branch of knowledge that deals with the amount of space that people feel necessary to set between themselves and others. In their work, they created a space where new interactions of our bodies can be explored through absurd positions. Wearing playful shoe pieces, two participants are confronted with each other and are given the space to connect and explore intimacies which we are not used to (anymore) in our daily lives, leaving room to investigate what feels comfortable or confronting and adjusting to it accordingly. Using body language and non-verbal communication, participants are invited to cooperate, collaborate and re-connect with one another after the long disconnect we have had.

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Robotic Voice Activated Word Kicking Machine AI voice assistants are spreading rapidly. Alexas, Google Assistants and Siris seem to be the next step in the history of voice technology, after the radio, telephone and sound recordings. Not only do they replace hands and eyes with mouths and ears in our human-computer interaction, but in the process human and machine seem to truly grow closer to one another. Voice assistants are software, but their voices make us believe they have a soul and consciousness. We do not just use them as an intermediary to access the web or shop online; we communicate with them. With their ‘character’ and ‘personality’, they influence the rules defining meaningful interaction. Alexa, for example, confirms the gender stereotype of a female voice, ever obedient and attentive. But they have also proven to alleviate loneliness. Neil Mendoza acutely mocks our fascination with these smart assistants. His work Robotic Voice-Activated Word Kicking Machine is Alexa’s opposite. This AI with a male robotic voice does listen, but – consciously – does not understand you. Your sentences are merely iterated, before being torn apart and sometimes literally given back to you, in a not very friendly, let alone meaningful way.

NEIL MENDOZA UNITED STATES | 2016 | 4+

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Shadow Forms Can computer code be poetic? A growing group of computer scientists and/or artists and/or designers, so-called creative coders, demonstrate it can be. Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo are at the forefront of this field. Zach is a true educator of the poetic computation approach as one of the co-founders of the School for Poetic Computation. Both consider themselves artist, educator and researcher all at once. Together, they create interactive installations that invite participants to become performers. Zach contributes his self-written code, focussing on experimental drawing and animation tools. Molmol takes her background in film and dance into their work, creating performative scenes where visitors’ bodies, movement, and dances are transformed. The duo uses human gestures as an input and magnify them in ever changing ways: the bundling of muscles turns into smoke or a flash of light, drawings come alive, voices are visualised, silhouettes change to music.

Sorting Song In the discipline Machine Learning which uses AI and algorithms to imitate the way humans learn, Computer Vision still forms a big challenge. It turns out to be harder than expected to teach computers to recognise all sorts of objects. Cameras detect contours, colours and movement. But what exactly do they see? In Sorting Song, designer and researcher Simone Niquille exposes the problem around ‘categorization’. To do so, she made a video in six parts explaining the issue. What makes a vase a vase, and not a cup? And when is something with spots a cow, and when is it a couch with a cowhide cover? The open gaze with which computers approach an object is closely akin to the unbiased, open view of the world that children have. In her work, Simone asks participating children to actually deconstruct the recognition of objects and to express in their own visual way what makes an object a specific object.

Shadow Forms is their latest work commissioned by Cinekid. As a visitor of Shadow Forms, you put strange figures in the spotlight by means of poses, dance steps and movements. Standing eye to eye with these alienating shapes you discover how your body language becomes a choreography. ZACH LIEBERMAN, MOLMOL KUO UNITED STATES | 2021 | 6+ FACTS Commissioned by Cinekid

SIMONE NIQUILLE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+ FACTS Commissioned by Cinekid and Noorderlicht Festival This work can be experienced on www.cinekidplay.nl

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SoulPaint At a time when we have been leading isolated and secluded lives for the past 18 months, it is more important than ever to offer playful and active experiences that enable us to reflect on our mental and physical condition. The work of Sarah Ticho (Hatsumi VR) and Monobanda provides people with the necessary tools to do so. Their work SoulPaint premieres at Cinekid and combines two well-tried methods for self-reflection: body mapping and dance. With the help of body mapping, people can tell their personal stories by visualising their feelings and sorrows in an outline of the human body on paper. Hatsumi VR previously made a VR prototype to do this in VR. Monobanda creates interactive experiences based on the playing man: Homo Ludens. Their expertise in playful interaction and the connection with the body and social space produces work that transforms not only art, but also science, education and healthcare.

StoryScope StoryScope is a movie theatre and a story tool in one. This interactive installation stimulates the fantasy and creativity of toddlers. The installation challenges them to tell a story, alone or together. Players are invited to move different film elements in the shape of blocks over a light box. With this they affect the world on the screen, and projected figures come alive. By jointly playing, devising and telling, children create their own stories. Players can also add their own elements to this story world. To this end, a special template was developed, which consists of multiple separate boxes. In each of these boxes, the user can draw a body part of an invented animal. As soon as the drawing is placed on the glass plate, the StoryScope transforms it into an animated character.

In SoulPaint’s VR environment, visitors can paint their emotions and experiences on a 3D avatar. Next, they are they eventually will be incited to dance with their avatar, so they eventually will be dancing with their own emotions.

HATSUMI VR, MONOBANDA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+

SEBASTIAAN HENSEN, STICHTING INTERACTIVE CULTURE THE NETHERLANDS | 2017 | 4+ FACTS Producer Mira van Kuijeren

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Worlds Within

Animation Zone: SuperYou Animatieplaats: SuperYou

The ‘overview effect’ is defined as the cognitive shift in awareness reported by some astronauts as soon as they see earth from space: they promptly realise our fragile blue globe must be protected by all of us, and that we bear a collective environmental responsibility. Nina van Hartskamp was inspired by this overview effect. With Worlds Within, she created a similar kind of effect, but one that is very intimate and inclusive: an ‘in-view effect’ – a perspective that includes the notion of coexistence as a crucial part of life on earth. With this work, she makes invisible worlds visible and draws attention to our essential companionship with microbes. To do so, she collected and cultivated the microbial life in the bedrooms of various people by exposing petri dishes to the air while they sleep. After incubating the cultures, they are photographed and presented as planets, worlds within the world. These strange planets are totally different for each individual. Confronted with ‘their’ little planet, the participants are invited to think about the living worlds within and around them.

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Stop-motion animation is almost as old as film itself. It was one of the primary special effects before the arrival of digital animation. Over the years, many variations have evolved, but the basic idea remained the same: a series of stills with tiny changes in each frame, resulting in a fluid motion as full animation. At the Animation Zone, professional animators teach children about the basic techniques of stop-motion animation. In these sessions, the children create and animate specially designed characters and objects. The hand-crafted scenes are recorded with a camera above the big green workspace and shown live on a screen. Afterwards, they can be viewed again at home. This year’s Animation Zone is designed by Sioejeng Tsao, also known as SEEYOUSIOE. Her work consists of paintings and digital illustrations, forming a colourful exploration of different social aspects and her own queer and bi-cultural identity. She graduated in fashion styling at the Academy Artemis and now combines her illustrations with her activism around racism and feminism. Cinekid’s Animation Zone, developed over a decade ago by Michael van Eeden and others, has many different forms and is popular both in the Netherlands and abroad.

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Another Cookie

Bird’s Nest

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Het Vogelnest

Documentary maker Mirjam Marks and designer Rianne van Duin visited eighteen families at five asylum-seekers’ centres to cook a dish with the children in these centres that reminds them of home and their lives before their arrival in The Netherlands. The resulting stories and animated films were collected in Another Cookie, a cookbook with tastes and stories from all corners of the world: from Nigeria to Azerbaijan, from Eritrea to Pakistan and from Syria to Sri Lanka.

The bird population is declining throughout the country and we humans are part of the problem. During this workshop, the children are invited to put themselves in the shoes of urban birds. Using masks, wings and real bird movements, the participants transform into birds, and make an animated film with their own bird story. In this way, the children can think in a playful way about how humans and other beings influence one another. Bird’s Nest works with pixilation. This animation technique works like stop-motion, but with movements by live action actors as the major animator. The result is a surreal view of our real world.

Mirjam Marks & Rianne Duin developed a workshop on the basis of this exceptional project, getting children to bake cookies together and talk to one another about the meaning of food and eating. Once their cookies are in the oven, the children get to work on their own stories about food: they make their own book page with a recipe, a dish with a personal story and an illustration. The children also create a story together in the form of a stop-motion animated film.

MIRJAM MARKS, RIANNE VAN DUIN THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 6+

Olivia d’Cruz is a multidisciplinary artist from India. Her work combines her fascination for ecology with human and animal rights. Her stories are a combination of fiction and documentary, and she works with video, animation, drawings and sculpture.

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Body.scratch The founder of the Body.scratch Academy, Alvin Arthur, is a computer programmer and choreographer. Choreographers actually work in a similar way to programmers, by ordering blocks of information to create something. As a dancer, Alvin knows you can create something using movement; as a programmer he was frustrated by having to constantly sit. In Body.scratch, he brings these two worlds together: participants are challenged to learn to create while moving with their bodies, and to decipher the abstract aspect of code.

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BYOR Build Your Own Robot The ways in which we make and use technology have a huge impact on the environment and on our everyday surroundings. We cannot escape our responsibilities when producing all this technology, and one way of recognizing them is by using sustainable resources and recycled materials. In our current climate crisis, teaching sustainability at a young age seems more important than ever.

In this workshop, the participants match dance movements to pieces of code, and in so doing create a game. Body. scratch attempts to reinstate the cohesion between body and spirit by contributing to a society where people are more in contact with their own body while learning new skills. Body.scratch also helps them to explore their creative, motor, collaborative, social and cultural skills through programming and dance.

This BYOR workshop is immersed in 21st-century skills. Its participants will learn the value of re-using materials and making use of sustainable energy in an active, playful way. They will build themselves a robot from waste materials and, while tinkering, learn about robotics, upcycling, and sustainable energy. They will build these self-designed robots from plastic and cardboard, and then program them by adding a programmable chip. The BYOR electronics – made up of a range of sensors, motors, lamps and buzzers, has been specially designed for children.

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The Hunt for a Miracle

mBot Robot Football mBot Robot Voetbal

The VR story The Miracle Basket by Abner Preis, which premières this year at Cinekid, is all about biodiversity, sustainability and the future, but also about a people rediscovering their traditions. Inspired by this story, participants in this workshop make use of the augmented reality app Weird Cuts, developed by Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo. Using this app, they create their own 3D collages with images depicting their own Miracle Basket. This allows the children to reflect through images on how they think our planet can be saved from natural disasters.

How do all the technologies we use every day make the connection between the physical and the digital worlds? One of the tools made for this – to quickly make connections between the physical and the digital world through tinkering – is Arduino. These microcontrollers are actually mini-computers, and were invented specially to quickly prototype devices and all kinds of inventions you think up yourself.

Their vision of the future of the planet is shared in an AR video. The Hunt for a Miracle was developed for Cinekid by visual and audio artist Zoe Reddy. In her work, she combines various tools and technologies to create interactive, educational experiences. She also likes to experiment with mixed media to create cheerful chaos.

In this workshop, the children learn to program and code using the mBot robot, based on an Arduino microcontroller. The participants put a robot together themselves using a screwdriver, a set of instructions, the microcontroller and various cables. They also program the robot themselves using specially developed software, which teaches them the basic rules of code. Once their control module is finished, they can upload this to their mBot. At the end of the workshop, the children play a game of robot football.

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TECH4KIDS THE NETHERLANDS | 2016 | 8+

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Nova’s SoundLab

Plant Orchestra Het Plantenorkest

Participants in Nova’s Soundscape discover the power of sound in films. They design their own soundtrack for the opening film of Cinekid, Captain Nova, supervised by a music producer. They will be asked to create the sound of the year 2050 – the year in which Captain Nova has to save the Earth. How do they think the world will sound then? Participants work with foley – the means of recreating everyday sounds for use in films. Various sound-producing devices are available to the participants to use in their own recordings. They can also make use of all kinds of (musical and other) instruments, and are encouraged to use their own voices to give their soundtracks a personal touch.

By offering ‘tinkering workshops’ Cinekid aims to give visitors the opportunity to get creative with many different materials and technologies. Tinkering opens up the possibilities of experimentation and generates ideas in an open, intuitive and creative way. In The Plant Orchestra participants work together on an interactive audio installation in the form of a garden full of growing plants. The plants are made from a combination of craft materials and conductors (metals), taken in part from old media devices. The participants can then think up sounds for the plants and create an electrical closed circuit that allows the plants to produce these sounds when touched.

Watch That Sound, established in Rotterdam, makes the process of composition and sound design accessible to wider audiences in an innovative way. Since 2011, they have been developing their own software which allows users to create soundtracks for films intuitively.

The workshop uses the tools Makey Makey and Scratch. The tinkerers can also take a 3D photo of their plant using a 360 turntable tinkered by HotMamaHot.

WATCH THAT SOUND THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 7+

ZOE REDDY, CINEKID THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 7+

Zoe Reddy is a visual and audio artist. She developed this workshop specially for Cinekid, as well as the workshop The Hunt for a Miracle.

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The Process Machine

Save the world in Roblox

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Red de wereld in Roblox

Robin van Es graduated last year as Interactive Performance Designer at the HKU Utrecht. In her work, she examines creativity als part of our learning proces, specifically at schools. Everyone is born as a creative being, but this is ‘unlearnt’ at school, through constricted education and pre-designed assignments. However, creativity can help us solve problems, improve the world, become motivated and learn to think out of the box.

With more than 45 million daily users, mostly children, Roblox is one of the fastest growing games worldwide. Roblox is not strictly speaking 1 game, but is made up of more dan 50 million mini-games. Users can also chat and make friends. What YouTube is for user-generated video content, Roblox is for user-generated game content. It has an online game-creator system, and the vast majority of the content is made by amateur game-makers.

During this workshop, the participants are being challenged to use their creativity to the fullest again, without boundaries. At a seven meters long table, up to 10 participants can paint assignments thought up by Robin. It is a communal making proces, with the focus on the process and not on the end result.

For this workshop, Cinekid entered into a cooperation with software developer Twan van Gelder, an early Roblox adaptor. He has been working with the platform since 2009 and can be seen as a real Dutch Roblox expert. Like many Roblox developers, this is where he learned to program. For Cinekid, he developed a workshop where children can get to work as Roblox developers and make their own obstacle courses. Both beginners and advanced makers can take part in this workshop.

The finished works will be added to the process totem as a tribute, together with all the other works.

ROBIN VAN ES THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 | 6+ FACTS Outdoor Programme of Cinekid

TWAN VAN GELDER THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | FACTS Commissioned by Cinekid

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Timbre in de klas How would it be if you could paint with your voice? Monobanda developed a playful interactive installation you control using your voice. This masterclass uses the game installation to allow the participants to discover (the power of ) their own voices. The game transforms the sound of the participants’ voices into shapes and colours on a screen. The masterclass is given by voice coach Rian Evers, who acts as the link between the group and the game. Together with the ‘Digigent’ (digital conductor), who can be seen on the screen, Rian helps the children playfully explore their vocal capabilities. This starts with breathing and sound exercises. The participants learn how variations in pitch, volume and length of the sounds they produce have different effects. They learn to harmonise together and to visualise their voices on paper. Finally, together the group create an abstract voice painting, a Gesamtkunstwerk, made entirely from their own voices.

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TwoSides is a dance installation and craft workshop in one, where participants can get to know their good and bad sides in a playful way and recreate these. The work challenges the participants to actively get to grips with new media, with the aim of achieving self-reflection and awareness of their own body language. After making a clay model of a fantasy figure depicting the two sides of yourself, you scan this using a 3D scanner and then colour it in digitally. The avatars made by the participants then come to life on a big screen, on a virtual dance floor amongst all the other avatars, through the dance moves of their creators. These dance moves ultimately determine which side of the maker is the strongest. Nou&Herkauw was set up in 2006 by Adri Schokker and Ruben Boxman. They develop games, interactive installations and workshops, particularly for children. They always start out from the same principle: it has to be a makeable idea and the technology used has to be simple and intuitive.

NOU&HERKAUW THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 7+

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Zootropia, a wonderful journey through the history of film magic Zoötropia, Een wonderlijke reis door de geschiedenis van film magie In Zootropia, participants get to know the history of special effects and enter the wonderful world of all kinds of film tricks, such as green screen techniques and models, as well as exploring digital film effects like motion tracking and face tracking. In a collaboration between six European children’s film festivals, each country chose a film that is used in the workshop. One scene was then selected from each film to act as a source of inspiration for the six scenes in the installation. Nou&Herkauw and Hotmamahot were asked by Cinekid to come up with this installation. Nou&Herkauw is a Groningen-based studio that develops games, interactive installations and workshops, particularly for children. Their work straddles the boundary between the real and virtual worlds by mixing hands-on craft techniques with computer technology. Hotmamahot is a creative collective active in art education in Amsterdam for 15 years now.

CINEKID, NOU&HERKAUW THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 | 7+

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure The latest game from the British award-winning studio Ustwo Games counterweighs the ubiquitous games full of death and destruction. In Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, they teach the player how beautiful nature is, and how important it is to preserve it. It is a relaxing, sweet adventure with a sunny vibe, but with an underlying crucial message: everybody, children too, can contribute to nature conservation with their action(s). The player joins Alba on a visit to her grandparents on a sun-drenched island. She is all set for a relaxed summer full of discoveries in the countryside. The whole island is ready to be discovered, from idyllic beaches to an old castle. Alba photographs and documents the animals she encounters. It is a true Mediterranean paradise. If you ignore the waste, that is. And when she sees an animal in need, she has to take action! Along with her grandfather, an avid bird-watcher, the positive, energetic Alba inspires others to take responsibility. She makes sure the islanders join a movement to save the island. And, who knows, perhaps even the world.

USTWO GAMES UNITED KINGDOM | 2021 | 6+

FACTS Producer Nou&Herkauw, HotMamaHot A collaboration for European Children’s Film Festival Network (ECFFN) between Cinekid (NL), JEF (BE), Kids Kino (PO), Olympia (GR), Schlingel (GE) and Zlin (CH) With the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA programme of the European Union

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Codex Bash Playing games together in teams happens more and more these days. But games that can physically be played together are still special. Codex Bash is one case in point. It is a socially engaging affair; you have to help each other. You could see the game as a physical environment mixed with gaming, like a kind of mega-fast escape room. In Codex Bash, a computer virus must be stopped before it affects everything. At the heart of this mix of physical movement, teamwork, communication and problem-solving are codes that must be cracked and four buttons that have to be pushed quickly in a specific order. The code gets harder and harder to crack, and soon the players have to analyse diagrams, figure out charts or perform key combinations to find out what the codes are. One thing is for sure: The best code crackers work together as a team.

Deep Breathe in… Breathe out… In the VR experience Deep, participants use their breath to move across a serene underwater world. You can navigate and determine the speed of your movement by breathing calmly and deeply. Studies prove that deep abdominal breathing stimulates rest and relieves stress. Creators Owen Harris and Niki Smit incorporate this fact in their game. Collaborating with the Games for Emotional and Mental Health Lab (Radboud University, Nijmegen), the makers did five years of artistic, game and design research to create the ultimate experience for young people who are troubled by anxiety. Through proper breathing, the player discovers a poetic underwater world, where everything reacts to their breathing. All the fish and plants mirror their movements and the game uses biofeedback from a special belt and eye tracking. The first version of Deep premiered at Cinekid in 2015. The final version was released this year on Oculus Quest 2, making it accessible to everyone, and now has its Dutch premiere at Cinekid.

ALISTAIR AITCHESON UNITED KINGDOM | | 8+

OWEN HARRIS, NIKI SMIT THE NETHERLANDS | 2015 | 7+ FACTS Lead Programmer Michael Townsend Programmer Cale Bradbury, Rik de Rooij Sound Design Andy Mooney Producer Sarah Ticho Research Supervision & Advisor Isabela Granic Researcher Joanneke Weerdmeester Partner Monobanda Supported by Creative Industries | Cinekid | Mondriaan Fonds | Games for Emotional and

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Mental Health Lab, Radboud University

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NEW MEDIA

Devillé Arcade: Teken & Rotoring The Belgian outfit Devillé Arcade, founded by the two brothers Thomas and Hannes Devillé, combine their passions for video games and for woodcraft. Their games are furniture that is specially designed for the games that are inside. In Teken , you find yourself in a 3D game environment without any colour. It is all grey. Add your own real drawings to the game environment to bring colour into this world. A magical experience combining the physical and the game world. The puzzle game RotoRing consists of rings of LED visuals that you as a player have to move through with your white light, while trying to avoid the red lights.

DEVILLÉ ARCADE THE NETHERLANDS | 2017 | 2020 | 6+

KendieKrush & YouCube Thijs Eerens of Games-XL specialises in magnifying classic games we all know. He always manages to trim down the game mechanics of these classics to a series of physical actions, which he subsequently converts into a series of hilarious, life-size versions of, for example, PAC-MAN and Pong. In the outdoor section of the festival grounds in Amsterdam, Cinekid places two works that are both a recipe for tons of fun. The first is KendieKrush, a Candy Crush Saga spoof where four players have to use physical candies to replicate a certain section of the screen. It is a race against the clock and teamwork is crucial. YouCube is Thijs’ take on Tetris. The blocks that normally drop down automatically first have to be built with large cubes. The time to build the blocks and put them in the right position gradually runs out during the game, which leads to a hilarious end to the game.

THIJS EERENS, GAMES-XL THE NETHERLANDS | 2015 | 2009 | 6+

FACTS Game Designer Rotoring Gregory Kogos

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Knife to Meet You Tension and laughter galore with the game Knife to Meet You. In turns, players have to press a button as quickly as possible without making mistakes, because the machine punishes them with a (very blunt) rotating knife that tries to cut their fingers. There is some pressure, so players have to cooperate well, play the game as quickly as possible and obviously avoid the pain. The challenge is not to press the button at the same time, but as quickly as possible, or players will not get any points. The game is about coordination and teamwork, while trying to avoid the knife.

Lost Words: Beyond the Page The award-winning Lost Words literally takes place on the pages of a book: young Izzy’s diary. While following her writing you are admitted into her inner world, where she shares her personal thoughts and story about the fear, grief and mourning around her grandmother’s decease. But you also experience a narrative adventure that she conceived and wrote, set in the fantasy world of Estoria. In this amalgamation of real and fictitious storytelling, the player literally follows Izzy’s words and sentences, and experiences everything with her. You sense that Izzy takes refuge in a fantasy, both to distract her from what goes on in her real life, but also to help her cope with her loss. It is heart-rending to share in her grief for her grandmother. Conceived by game writer Rhianna Pratchett (author Terry Pratchett’s daughter), Izzy’s voice becomes very powerful, personal and authentic, but also universal. Through her writing, she navigates her emotions, along with the player. Different layers of interaction, language, visuals and game mechanics come together in the most harmonious and immersive manner - only possible in the game medium.

ROBIN BAUMGARTEN, ARMEL GIBSON, JONATAN VAN HOVE, ARAN KONING FRANCE | 2015 | 10+

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The Pack The Pack was conceived by Design I/O, the creators of Field. It is an open-world game that is ‘procedurallygenerated’. This means that every time a player starts a new game, they end up in a completely unique world. The game addresses two themes that reappear in interconnected ways in many of Design I/O’s projects: environmental awareness and computational thinking. These themes come together in a fictitious world: Algos. On Algos, all ecosystems are busted, raw materials are scarce, and biodiversity is defunct. It is up to the player to repair the different ecosystems and restore the balance by collecting seeds and making the water flow again. The player cannot do this alone and puts together a ‘Pack’ consisting of colourful, singular little creatures that they encounter and who all have their own unique qualities: dig, retain, grab, repeat. By combining their skills, they can algorithmically perform tasks that all have an effect on the world around them. A successful algorithm restores the habitat on Algos. In this way, the game teaches players to intuitively tackle problems through computational thinking.

DESIGN I/O UNITED STATES | 2019 | 8+ FACTS In collaboration with the New York Hall of Science Additional Design Josh Goodrich & James Paterson Sound Design Anna Cataldo Supported by the New York Hall of Science and the National Science Foundation

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GAME & APP AWARD

INTRODUCTION

GAME & APP A WA R D

First year for this new award This year, Cinekid will present the all-new Game & App Award. This award underlines the growing role games and apps play in contemporary children’s lives. Gaming has become an integral part of daily life for many. Games connect, entertain and enlighten, more so than ever since the global pandemic lockdowns. Nearly everyone with (access to) a mobile phone or tablet plays games every now and again, even if most don’t classify themselves as gamers. (Hyper)casual titles like Flappy Birds, Helix Jump, Solitaire and Candy Crush are played by young and old, all around the world. It is of crucial importance for Cinekid to point children towards games and apps that provide more than merely a simple click-and-swipe game. Cinekid also recognises the importance of providing alternatives to popular shooter and fighting games such as Fortnite and Crash Royale. Games and apps, with their inherently interactive nature and opportunities for non-linear narratives as well as play-activation, offer great chances to shape and tell stories in a new and different way. This year, a professional panel consisting of Zuraida Buter (A MAZE./Berlin, Playful Arts Festival), Alessandra van Otterlo (Control Magazine, European Game Showcase), Cinekid’s Head of New Media Siuli Ko and Cinekid’s Luc Berendsen selected nine titles from very diverse entries from the Netherlands and abroad submitted after an open call. The criteria used were innovation, authenticity, design and gameplay. In the years to come Cinekid strives to make this award a flagship for new game and app titles that are suitable for a younger audience and excel in the above criteria. A children’s jury consisting of members of the Cinekid Junior Crew will choose this year’s winner, which will be announced at the CinekidBall.

Siuli Ko Head of New Media

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Asgaard Saga

Dream Droplets

Can you help the people of Asgaard rebuild their village?

Take a deep breath and immerse yourself in the imaginary

Asgaard Saga is a serious multiplayer game that motivates

world of Dream Droplets, hidden to the conscious mind.

and helps children to read and write. It is used as an

Travel alongside young adult Kim in this confronting

integral part of dyslectic treatment.

dream-like fantasy, where grass grows as tall as trees and magical raindrops turn into bursting threads.

DE LERENDE MENS, HAROLD BEKKERING, DONDERS INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN, COGNITION AND BEHAVIOUR, BERKEL-B, HULAN GAMES THE NETHERLANDS | 2019

NICK RUTTEN THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 FACTS Animator Dirk Lemmers Animation Help Vincent Guilliano Wongsodjiwo Character Design Wanqing Wang Sound Design Auris Media Character Rigging Robbert-Jan van Ommeren

HIX: Puzzle Islands

Koi Farm

In this charming and fun puzzle game you have to help

Koi Farm is a game about playing with koi ponds. Explore

the friendly godlike Hix restore his islands, after his

an infinite number of procedurally generated koi patterns

devilish brother Dix has mixed up all roads and rivers.

by crossbreeding your fish and discover new mutations

Restore the paths and waterways and help Hix complete

as you go along. Store, collect and breed the best Koi.

the islands

GAMEDIA THE NETHERLANDS | 2021

JOB TALLE THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 FACTS Composer Harm-Jan Wiechers

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GAME & APP A WA R D

Traffic Jams

War Diary of Drenthe Oorlogsdagboek van Drenthe

In a world without traffic lights, one reigns supreme.

This game absorbs you into the lives of people who have

Step onto the crossroads and keep traffic flowing in

lived through World War II. Look at their documents,

the face of outrageous events and flagrant road rage.

uncover their histories, solve the puzzles, recover the lost

This chaotic VR game is full of monsters, (un)natural

stories and create an Augmented Reality comic.

disasters, and something called… ‘cheese bowling’?

LITTLE CHICKEN GAME COMPANY THE NETHERLANDS | 2021 FACTS Music & Sound Runic Sounds Publisher Vertigo Games

We Were Here Together

STUDIO LOUTER & WONDERMENT BY DESIGN THE NETHERLANDS | 2020 FACTS Commissioned by Drents Archief

Woven

As we explore these frozen wastes, misfortune strikes once

Explore a woollen world where stuffed animals once

again. Embark on a puzzle-solving adventure in which you

lived in peace. Search for hidden secrets and customize

and a partner must prove you can communicate and work

your character with different animal shapes to solve

together to escape the haunted Castle Rock.

puzzles. An epic adventure with two very unlikely heroes and a story narrated in rhyme.

TOTAL MAYHEM GAMES THE NETHERLANDS | 2019

STICKYLOCK STUDIOS, ALTEREGO GAMES THE NETHERLANDS | 2019

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You Suck at Parking Perfect your parking with a plethora of puzzles or build your own reality-bending racetrack to challenge the world, but never forget: You Suck at Parking. You Suck at Parking is the world’s most extreme parking game, and the only racing game where the goal is to stop (probably).

HAPPY VOLCANO BELGIUM | 2021

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CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS

INTRODUCTION

PROFESSIONALS

Cinekid for Professionals Hello 2021. There’s a name for the ‘meh’ you’re feeling: it’s called survival. Then again, it might be called ‘taking a big deep breath and starting over again’ which, for many of us may be the dominant sentiment of 2021. We all feel is that it’s time again for human interaction, a change of scenery and a big dose of creative input! Of course it will be great if we can welcome you back to Amsterdam again this year and to celebrate the newest productions for our newest generation on the silver screen. Whatever happens, let’s celebrate fantastic fresh content and let’s get creative about how to deliver it to our audiences. These recent times have proven how much we all need content to survive. Models are disrupted and the current generation of digital natives don’t respond in the same way to established media models. They are consuming everything everywhere and, as importantly, creating it themselves. How can we as professional creatives distinguish our own content, take responsibility, get creative and adapt to audience preferences? So, welcome to the hybrid 2021 Cinekid for Professionals programme, which we hope will again offer you fresh insights, new tools, an expanded network, and renewed inspiration for your work within children’s media. Whether you’re joining us in Amsterdam or in the Cloud, we’re delighted to be getting creative with you again. We think we have devised a programme to cater for the needs of everyone. In order to adapt to the fast pace of the world we need to work together creatively as a chain, and to our full potential. What can we learn from the past in order to create a sustainable industry and a future that is welcoming for everyone? We are delighted that leading international professionals still see Cinekid as an essential platform for sound and profitable business. The effectiveness of previous Junior Co-production Markets is reflected again in the 2021 Cinekid Festival Programme,

which contains eleven titles previously pitched there, including our star opener Captain Nova. We are grateful that many of the core players within children’s media industry will, during our jam-packed Industry Forum, enlighten us with their experience and expertise in adapting to the changing industry. I would like to thank our funders and our loyal supporting partners, without whom Cinekid for Professionals would not exist. I would also like to thank you, the children’s media industry, for your support and for being our ambassadors, and for sharing our vision on children’s media. Last, and certainly not least, I would like to thank my brilliant colleagues, without them there would never be another Cinekid. On behalf of the entire Cinekid team we hope that this year’s programme will fuel you for the year to come. We might feel far away if you’re not with us in Amsterdam, but we’re really not. We’re here for you, so let us know what we can do for you, whether during Cinekid or outside of festival dates, any time at all. Wherever we meet, it’s time to flourish again!

Nienke Poelsma Head of Cinekid for Professionals

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Market Activities ScreeningClub

Junior Co-production Market

Available online from Wednesday 13 October Friday 31 December 2021. English language or subtitles. Accredited guests only.

Pitch training: Tuesday 19 October 14:00-17:00h (CEST), Pakhuis de Zwijger and online, For selected project representatives only.

Cinekid’s digital screening facility offers a selection of all the latest productions for children from the past year. Professionals can watch these productions online for programming or acquisition purposes.

Pitch: Wednesday 20 October 09:30 – 12:30h (CEST), Pakhuis de Zwijger and online. Accredited guests only One-on-one meetings: Wednesday 20 October until Friday 22 October 09.30 – 17:30h (CEST). Pakhuis de Zwijger. Accredited guests only and online. The Junior Co-production Market (JCM) is an integrated co-production market held during Cinekid for Professionals. It enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to find new, innovative projects under development for young audiences across film and television. A high degree of interactivity and the potential for cross-financing between these sectors is reflected in the market selection. A total of 19 projects currently being developed will be presented in a unique, nurturing environment designed to encourage international cooperation.

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More information on the projects selected can be found at www.cinekid.com and in the JCM booklet.

CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS PROGRAMME

PROFESSIONALS

Producers LINK

Ask your Audience

Tuesday 19 - Friday 22 October. 2021 Pakhuis de Zwijger. Selected participants only.

Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 October. Pakhuis de Zwijger. Selected participants only.

Kids Kino Industry and Cinekid for Professionals joined forces to launch Producers LINK, a newly established programme for emerging producers of children’s content. The programme is designed to stimulate the production of top-quality children’s content and pan-European coproductions, and will provide crucial follow-up both during and after the two leading kids events in the Autumn.

Industry experts attending the Junior Co-Production Market and Script LAB get the chance to pitch their projects in development to a group of international (English-speaking) children. A unique opportunity for professionals to see how the target audience responds to their projects. In this programme children are the experts, and their feedback might just influence the final outcome of these productions.

The 25 producers selected for the first edition of Producers LINK are nominated by the following international partner organisations: Catalan Films, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Czech Film Fund, Film Centre of Montenegro, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland, Film Commission Sardegna, German Children’s Media Foundation, Gigant Films, Greek Film Center, KIDS Regio, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA), Producers Guild of Poland and Slovak Film Institute. The programme will start in September and have its first residency at Kids Kino Industry (27 September to 1 October 2021), finishing at Cinekid for Professionals (19 to 22 October 2021).

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Industry Forum

Cinekid Script LAB

Wednesday 20 October 13:30 – 17:40h (CEST) Thursday 21 October 13:30 – 17:40h (CEST) Friday 22 October 09:30 - 12:40h (CEST) Pakhuis de Zwijger, Grote Zaal & online. Accredited guests only. English language.

Sunday 17 October - Thursday 22 October. Selected participants only.

During Cinekid’s Industry Forum more than 40 professionals within the field of global children’s media will share their ideas, tips & tricks with you. In sessions of 40 minutes, experts will tell you about the successful development of their projects and the hurdles they had to overcome en route. From diverse backgrounds, these experts will offer their own take on, and experiences within, children’s media – from pushing the limits internationally to their use and presentation of data. Enter the dialogue and get an exclusive insight into these super-creative minds and their working practices. Compile your own programme during this event, this year attendance is possible online or stationary in Amsterdam!

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Cinekid Script LAB is a six-month script-training programme for writers with a children’s film project. The programme was initiated by Cinekid in 2014, and takes place during Cinekid in October and Berlinale the following February. This year Cinekid welcomes 19 writers from 13 countries to the 8th edition of the LAB. Script LAB is funded by the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme and organised in close collaboration with international partner organisations, such as Flanders Audiovisual Fund, Finnish Film Foundation, Icelandic Film Centre, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Film Institute, and Swedish Film Institute.

CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS PROGRAMME

PROFESSIONALS

Networking events Daily Industry lunches

Cinekid Ball

19 October until 22 October from 12:00-14:00h (CEST) for accredited stationary guests only.

Thursday 21 October 19:00 – 22:00 (CEST). Pathé Amsterdam Noord. Accredited stationary guests only.

Industry drinks For accredited guests only. Stationary: Tuesday 19 October 17:00 -19:00 Wednesday 20 October 18:00 - 19:30 Thursday 21 October 17:00 -18:00

The award ceremony of the Cinekid Festival, where we celebrate international children’s media content, followed by drinks in our spectacular MediaLab, our interactive playground!

Online: Tuesday 19 October 18:00 - 19:00 Wednesday 20 October 18:00 - 19:30 Thursday 21 October 19:00 - 20:30

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#bullyingstory 86

Bird’s Nest 131

Divorced Parents 96, 112

#lockdocs 73

Birta 36

Don’t Drop the Goose 78

Aeronaut 64

Black Slide 44

Doopie 34

Ainbo - Spirit of the Amazon 86

Blind Self Portrait 122

Dragon Girl 38

Al Tabbab 76

Body.scratch 132

Dream Droplets 146

Alba: A Wildlife Adventure 137

Bristles 65

Dreams are like Wild Tigers 26

Alien Farmer 76

Buster’s World 25

Eggshell 56

The Amazing Wiplala 87

A Butterfly’s Heart 37

Emsahar 45

Anansi the Spider 96, 102, 112

BYOR Build Your Own Robot 132

The Even Bigger Slime Movie 34

Angry 76

Calamity, a Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary 97 Even Mice Belong in Heaven 27

Animation Zone: SuperYou 130

Camp Kookiness 102

Ever since you died… 123

Another Cookie 131

Candy Can 44

The Expedition of the Family Fox 35

The Ape Star 24

Captain Nova 25, 31

The Extraordinary Story of Bruna 78

The Apple Core on Loss & Grief 106

Carbon 123

Fake It Till You Make It 108

Artis de Partis op zoek naar planeet Sok 87

Catfun 2 32

The Fantastic Flying Competition 79

L’ artisan 76

Champ 88

Field 124

Asgaard Saga 146

Charlie Cooper - The Egg Mystery 32

A film by m + m 79

Avant Card 77

The Children’s Mayor 88

Finders of the Lost Yacht 38

Battery Daddy 77

The Claus Family 33

Floor’s Rules 4 103

Beestenbrigade 107

Cocoon & Butterfly 26

Fly 79

Bémol 77

Codex Bash 138

The Flyman 57

Best Birthday Ever 24

A Colourful Dream 37

Foster 69

Best of Floor Rules 116

Colza 78

Fractal Time 90

The Best Orchestra in the World 56

Cooking with Rabbits 108, 111

Free as a Bird 73

Big and Small 77

Coppelia 89

From that Moment on Everything Changed 79

Big Boned 78

The Curse of Lughus 89

Get Up 57

The Big Crunch 43

De Kameleon aan de ketting 33

The Girl Who Stood Still 80

The Big Data Show 107

Deep 138

The Great Overflow 45

Bionic Chair 122

Devillé Arcade: Teken & Rotoring 139

Hammoudi’s Dream 74

INDEX

Hannah’s Dream 69, 111

Koplopers x TOMMY 92

Nelly Rapp - Monster Agent 29

Happy 124

Labyrinthus 93

Night Forest 30

Heading South 58

Leap 66

Ninja Nanny 2 104, 114

Heatwave 90

Leo 59

Nova 70

Hello World 27

The Little Bang 46

Nova’s SoundLab 134

Hexasynth 125

Little Bear 59

Old Gramophone’s Ghostly Tones 50

HIX: Puzzle Islands 146

Lost Words: Beyond the Page 140

On The Hill 82

How It Was Told to Me: Māori Legends from

Magical Lichens 125

Osmo 126

New Zealand 91

Martin and the Magical Forest 28

The Pack 141

Howling 65

mBot Robot Football 133

Pat & Mat: Baking and Grilling! 94

Hugo 91

Mila 47

Patchwork Butterfly 82

The Hunt for a Miracle 133

Miro Wine 47

Pearl Diver 51

In Nature 80

Mironins 39

The Penguin’s Flight 60

In This I Believe 113

Misfit 3: The Finale 35

The Penknife 94

J.S. Bach. The Albatross 80

Misfit: The Series 104, 113

A piece of art 67

The Jackpot 58

Mishou 48

Pim & Pom at the Museum 105, 111, 115

Jingwei - The Little Oathkeeper 66

Mission Ulja Funk 40

A Piñata’s Life 83

Juan Viento 80

Mist 48

Plant Orchestra 134

Julieta & the Turtles in the Plastic Soup 74, 111

Mister Paper 114

The Plastic Turtle 83

Kabam! 103, 111

Mitch-Match series #06 81, 82

Poupelle of Chimney Town 30

Karmalink 39

Mon oncle 93

Pre-schoolers Workshop Anansi 116

KendieKrush & YouCube 139

Moonbound 40

The Princess and the Bandit 83

Kenya’s Symphony 81

Moonriders 109

The Process Machine 135

The Kid 92

Mora Mora 49

Proxemic 127

Kiki the Feather 81

Mum is Pouring Rain 49

Raspberries with Mustard 41

Kiko and the Animals 46

My Dad is a Sausage 28, 36

Rawr 83

Knife to Meet You 140

My Friend Tiger 50

Red Rover 51

Koi Farm 146

My Hair 82

Ref! Replacement! 84

Konigiri-Kun Concert 81

My Very Own Circus 29, 95

The Reflection 111

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Reflection 52, 68

Spyflugan Astrid 85

Xana´s Dream of the Sea 85

Robotic Voice Activated Word Kicking

Step Into the River 53

You Suck at Parking 148

Machine 127

Stephanie 62

Yummy - South Africa 85, 111

Roller Coaster 123

Stinky Dog, Happy Life in Paris! 42

ZappDoc: How Are They Now? 118

Rotje 70

A Stone in the Shoe 54

Zog and the Flying Doctors 55

Rudy’s Crazy Christmas Show 105, 111

StoryScope 129

Zootropia, a wonderful journey through the history of film magic 137

Rusty 2 106, 111, 115

Stripped Down 109

Safiya the Movie 84

Sune - Mission Midsummer 42

Sara’s Mysteries 117

Sunshine Motel 72

Save the world in Roblox 135

Talking Heads 110

The School of Magical Animals 41

The Technique 63

The Science of Wishes 60

Ten Years 63

Sea Dragon 61

Test Kitchen 110

Seahorse 84

Thaw 68

Semi Divorced 84

The Miracle Basket 126

Shadow Forms 128

Timbre the classroom 136

The Shell You Own 75

Traffic Jams 147

Shielded 71

TwoSides 136

Shorts By Kids 117

Umbrellas 54

Shower Boys 61

Under the Clouds 85

Sihja, the Rebel Fairy 95

Vanille 55

Sincerely 67

War Diary of Drenthe 147

Sleepless Nights: Faceswap 71

We Were Here Together 147

Sorting Song 128

Why Didn’t You Stay for Me? 75

SoulPaint 129

Wild Roots 43

Sounds Between the Crowns 52

A Wish Upon a Satellite 64

SpaceBoy 31

Wonderful Worlds 97

A Splash in a Mud 53

Worlds Within 130

Spotless 62, 72

Woven 147

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Credits CINEKID FOUNDATION

STAFF

Kattenburgerstraat 5 003-G

Cinekid for Professionals Nienke Poelsma / Fay

1018 JA Amsterdam

Breeman (a.i.)

+31 (0) 20 531 78 90

New Media Siuli Ko

www.cinekid.nl / info@cinekid.nl

Film & Series Erik Tijman

SUPERVISORY BOARD

Eveline Aendekerk, Errol Nayci, Guido van Nispen, Jeroen van Dijk, Marlene Wickel

Education Rianne Vogel Marketing Kirsten Berendsen MARKETING & COMMUNICATION

Head of Marketing & Communication Kirsten Berendsen Director/CEO Heleen Rouw

Online Marketing & Communication Laura Bos

Head of Business Operations JeanMarc van Sambeek

Online Marketing & Communication Elin Boijens Marketing & Communication Max de Valck Manager Partnerships Iván García-Romero Ticketing Coordinator Lotte Laan Press Triple P Pauline Verhoeven/Galith Garmy Graphic Design Tess Semin Graphic Design Ella Gijselhart Festival Design La Bolleur Campagne Bureau Truus Campagne Xerxes Heirman Online Campagne Zoekhelden

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CREDITS

PROGRAMME PRODUCERS

ONLINE

Producer Film & Series Chloë van Baar

Project Manager Online Nathalie Scholten

Producer Film & Series Eline Warnier

Concept & Digital Development Cinekid PLAY Next Empire

Producer Film & Series Alexander Sommers

Project Development online Indyvideo (in cooperation

Producer Workshops MediaLab Mina Ouaouirst

with Medialoc, Filmfetch & Marteco)

Workshop Developer MediaLab Zoe Reddy

Concept & Digital Development MediaLab Community

Producer MediaLab Laura Quatro

Site Jan Misker

Assistant Producer MediaLab Faye Holdert

Webdesign MediaLab Community Site Noemi Biro

Technical Producer MediaLab Floor van Wegen, Janmaarten Batstra

OFFICE MANAGEMENT

Producer Cinekid for Professionals Thijs van der Laak

Office Manager Rahana Sahib-Madhar

Producer Industry Forum Manon Portos Minetti

PA Director Lisa Schmidt

Producer Junior Co-production Market Mauricio Tunaroza Romero

TRAINEES

Producer Hospitality Eva Loguercio

Cinekid for Professionals Aletta Meijer

Producer Education Nicky Maas, Kristiane van de Vijver

Film & Series Jilin Yang & Olivier Snepvangers

Producer Amsterdam Noord – Massih Hutak

Education Lotte Peerlings

Advisor Film Merel Gilsing

New Media Luc Berendsen

Advisor Film Alexander Sommers

Marketing & Communication Fien van Aardenne

Advisor Film Gwyneth Sleutel Advisor Film Selina Kofi FESTIVAL PRODUCERS

CREW

ICT FMO Solutions, Tinus Nijmeijer

Head of Festival Production Lisa Luijten Producer Festival Locations the Netherlands Jessie van Vreden Executive Producer Festival Locations the Netherlands Marc Selanno Executive Producer Festival Amsterdam Judith Rigter Producer Opening and CinekidBall Janine Driessen Producer Masterclasses Janine Driessen Executive Producer Cinekid for Professionals Silke Bongers Coordinator Volunteers Noortje Veerman

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OPERATIONAL PARTNERS

Database Filmchief Ticketing Ticket Engine Festival Locations Pathé Amsterdam Noord,

MEDIA PARTNERS

Kidsweek, Jean Mineur Mediavision, NPO Zapp PARTNERS & SPONSORS CINEKID FESTIVAL 2021

Schuur, LantarenVenster, Forum Groningen,

A Private View, AKV St. Joost, AVROTROS, Beam

Concordia, Chassé Cinema, LUX Nijmegen, Filmhuis

Systems, Bind Film, Bremer & de Zwaan, Cinéart

Alkmaar, Filmhuis MIMIK, Ketelhuis, Rialto,

Nederland, Daimo Audio, Dutch Mountain Film,

Bijlmerparktheater, Artis, Bio Vakantieoord

ECFA, Els Kuiper, Evangelische Omroep, EYE

Film Transport Gofilex

Filmmuseum, FedEx, Gemeente Amsterdam

Technical Facilities Film*Techniek Rotterdam,

Stadsdeel Noord, GreenDCP, Gusto Entertainment,

BeamSystems, Mr. Beam

HKU, HUMAN, IDFA, IJswater Films, il Luster, IMC

Legal Bremer & de Zwaan

Weekendschool, Impactmakers, In the Air, Incredible Film, JEF, Just Entertainment, KABK Interactive Media

CINEKID LIONS DESIGN BY

Daan de Haan

Design, Kaboom Distribution, Keplerfilm, KRO-NCRV, Lemming Film, Maakcoalitie Amsterdam, Margriet Procee, Martin Koolhoven, Messercola Drama, MN

CINEKID 2021 HAS BEEN REALIZED WITH THE SUPPORT FROM

Media Group, Mockingbird Productions, MU Artspace, Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld & Geluid, Netflix NL,

Ministry of Education, Culture and Science,

Netwerk Filmeducatie, NewBeTV, NL Film & TV BV,

Amsterdam Art Fund, Creative Europe MEDIA

NOBS Entertainment BV, Noorderlicht Internationaal

Programme, Netherlands Film Fund, Fonds 21,

Fotofestival, Nou & Herkauw, NTR, Openbare

VSBfonds , The Cultural Participation Fund,

Bibliotheek Amsterdam, OSMO, PABO Hogeschool

Mondriaan Arts Fund, Fonds Cultuur + Financiering

van Amsterdam, Paradiso Filmed Entertainment, Pathé Amsterdam Noord, Periscoop Film, Phanta Animation, Piece of Magic Entertainment, Playgrounds, Rianne van Duin, Ronald Simons, Sara de Monchy, Splendid Film BV, Storytellers Film & TV, Square Eyes, Squla, Tangerine Tree, VPRO, Wim Pel Productions, XR Lab, XS4ALL, ZappDoc.

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CREDITS

FUNDERS & PARTNERS CINEKID FOR PROFESSIONALS 2021

Funded by Creative Europe MEDIA Programme, Netherlands Film Fund Partners ACE Producers, Catalan Films, Chamber of Commerce (KIPA), Creative Europe Desk NL, Croatian Audiovisual Centre, Czech Film Fund, Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Poland, Eurimages, Film Centre of Montenegro, Film Commission Sardegna, Filmmore, German Children’s Media Foundation, Gigant Films, Greek Film Center, Kids Kino Industry, KIDS Regio, NAPA, Netherlands Film Fund, Norwegian Film Institute, Polish Audiovisual Producers, Producers Guild of Poland, Rose Stories, SEE NL Slovak Film Institute, The Children’s Media Conference. Location Partner Pakhuis de Zwijger And all other organisations, volunteers and individuals that helped realise the 2021 festival with their artistic, organisational, scientific or technical contributions.

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CINEKID 2021 HAS BEEN REALISED WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT FROM:

LOCATION PARTNERS

PARTNERS

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PA R T N E R S

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Catalogue Cinekid Festival 2021

Articles inside

Credits

Game & app

Market Activities

Introduction

First year for this new award

Games

Networking events

Workshops

Installations

Introduction

Series Premieres

Special Screenings

Best Dutch Non-Fiction Series

Best Dutch Fiction Series

Spotlight

Introduction

Best International Live-Action Short

Educational Programme

Best Dutch Live Action Short

Best Dutch Animated Short

Best Dutch Documentary Short

Out of Competition Feature Films

Best Dutch Children’s Film

Best Children’s Film

Jury Eurimages Co-production Development Award

Introduction

Jury Best International Short Film Competition

Jury Best Dutch Series Competition

Jury Best Dutch Children’s Film Competition

Jury Filmmore Post-production Award