KIDS 10 AND UP Competition (60′) + family workshop The Bison Herd
8.12.2024, godz. 10:00
Białostocki Ośrodek Kultury / Centrum im. Ludwika Zamenhofa, ul. Warszawska 19
ticket: 5 zł – https://bilety.bok.bialystok.pl/ + at the Centrum im. Ludwika Zamenhofa
KIDS (directed to audience at the age 4-11) the competition for the best short film for children, directed to artists (students, amateurs, independent) from Poland and worldwide.
MOINEAUX
SPARROWS
WRÓBLE
director: Rémi Durin
director of photography: Rémi Durin
France, Belgium 2024, 12′
In a Buddhist temple, young monks begin their meditation when the master arrives. One of the children is distracted by a sparrow and follows the bird outside the monastery. Here begins a walk off the beaten paths that goes to the tour of his lifetime. When he has become an old monk, he returns back to the temple where young monks are waiting for him. One of them is distracted by a sparrow…
MEIN PAPA FÄHRT FERARRI
FERARRI
director: Philip Ivancsics
director of photography: Lisa Golkowski
Austria 2024, 7′
Twelve-year-old Nico feels embarrassed by his dad. Not like other children who just feel embarrassed by their parents, but because his dad is 70. That’s what he tries to hide from his classmate Luisa, who seems to have a much cooler dad. On Luisa’s birthday Nico gets himself into a tricky situation with some surprising consequences.
CO SE DĚJE KOLEM NÁS
WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND US
CO SIĘ DZIEJE DOOKOŁA
director: Krystsina Ramanava
director of photography: Krystsina Ramanava
Czechia 2024, 2′
The protagonist is so engrossed in her reading that she doesn’t notice how her room gradually starts to fill up with ants. Her inattention, however, does her a great deal of harm.
ADA
THE ISLAND
director: Mahmut Taş
director of photography: Evrim Ergin
Turkey 2024, 5′
Ada is a little girl living in a dry village where it has not rained for a long time. Ada’s family is considering leaving the village if the thirst continues. Ada is very upset about this and wants to tell us about her village with her camera. She goes to a lake that used to be full of water and visits the island named after her. But she sees that the lake is completely dry, the soil is cracked and there is no water left in it.
#DOUDOUCHALLENGE
directors: Julie Majcher, Alexandra Delaunay-Fernandez, Sixtine Emerat, Marine Benabdallah-Crolais, Scott Pardailhé-Galabrun, Noémie Segalowicz
France/Francja 2023, 6’16”
On the road to her family vacation, Olivia, a 10-year old girl hooked on her phone and social media, is abandoned by her parents in a highway service area. Alone with her plushie, he tries to get her off her phone to play, but things take an unexpected turn!
LE MONSTRE D’OR
THE GOLDEN MONSTER
ZŁOTY POTWÓR
directors: Sully Desplats, Amélie Berche, Clémence Cognot
France 2023, 8’04”
A man attempts to rebuild and tame a long-defeated golden dragon in order to use its powers for the good of all. However, soon after the monster’s construction, corruption and lust for power seize the man and consume him.
KIKI AND BOUBA: A PEACHY STORY
KIKI I BOUBA: BRZOSKWINIOWA OPOWIEŚĆ
directors: Julia Wiereńko, Adrian Krzych, Kinga Chłodek, Leon Bugajski, Barbara Szczerbanowska
Poland 2024, 4’18”
In film, we witness the meeting of two farmers, who have different ideas of what it means to grow the perfect peach. The first farmer, Kiki, is a small creature who believes that the smaller the seed is, the better the fruit. Kiki is very lively, neurotic, and stubborn. The second farmer, Bouba, is chill and easy-going. He grows peaches with large seeds, and moves very slowly… that is, until someone tries to mess with his trees.
ZIEMNIAKI
POTATOES
director: Marcin Podolec
Poland 2024, 4′
A trembling line tells a story of family relationships. Sometimes, it’s worth letting go, both: for yourself and for others. A short animation by Marcin Podolec, the author of ”A Documentary Film”.
O LÝKOŽROUTCE
WRITING HOME
DOM
director: Eva Matejovičová
director of photography: Eva Matejovičová
Czechia 2024, 11’52”
A small bark beetle girl lives peacefully in a forest in a tree. However, a fire, caused by irresponsible humans, burns the forest down to ashes. Her hand gets burned to charcoal and she gets separated from her family. Lost in a human town, she has to face the dangerous world of giants on her own.