KIDS 11 AND UP Competition Set I

KIDS 11 AND UP Competition Set I

9.12.2023, 11:45
Kino Forum, ul. Legionowa 5
admission free

BAJKA O POCZĄTKU
ABOUT THE BEGINNINGS
director: Karolina Gołębiowska
Poland, 2023, 9’

This story took place tens of millions of years ago, when the Earth was still inhabited by dinosaurs. The main protagonist is Rex, an individual with extremely short arms. They become the object of ridicule and jokes, the cause of misfortunes, failures and feelings of rejection. Until then!

KOČKY JSEU TEKUTÉ
CATS ARE LIQUID
KOTY SĄ PŁYNNE
director: Natálie Durchánková
director of photography: Natálie Durchánková
Czech Republic, 2023, 1’30’’

A film filled with multiple silly scenes that prove that cats are (contrary to popular belief) not in fact solid but liquid instead.

LE GARÇON ET L’ELÈPHANT
THE BOY AND THE ELEPHANT
CHŁOPIEC I SŁOŃ
director: Sonia Gerbeaud
France, 2022, 6’40’’

The arrival of a new elephant-headed student in class triggers mockery and sarcasm. One of the students seems captivated and disturbed by this strange child.

L’AIR DE RIEN
SLIPPING AWAY
PRZEMIJANIE
director: Gabriel Hénot-Lefèvre
France, 2022, 14’

In a sanatorium by the sea, an old man finds his life transfigured by the arrival of a seagull, that he delicately tames. When the seagull gets wounded, the man takes care of her, and for a brief moment, he returns to boyhood again.

BOXFOX
LISIA WYPRAWA
directors: Ángela Ronco Núñez, Juan José Romero Cortina, Aurora González Segura
Spain, 2022, 5’

An intrepid fox-adventurer will travel through a dangerous fantasy world to find an enigmatic girl whose face appears in a mysterious token.

GREGOR MENDEL A TAJEMSTVÍ GRÁŠKU
GREGOR MENDEL AND THE SECRET OF PEAS
GRZEGORZ MENDEL I SEKRET GROSZKU
director: David Súkup
director of photography: Jakub Halousek
Czech Republic, 2022, 4’

How ordinary pea plants helped unravel the laws of genetics and how their discoverer, the Moravian scientist Gregor Mendel, whose name is well-known to the whole world today, almost fell into oblivion. A short animated film by David Súkup with Vendula Chalánková’s pleasant visual art.

FORTISSIMO
director: Victor Cesca
France, 2023, 14’53’’

Guy, a pianist passionate about his music, sees his life turned upside down when the church where he officiates takes in a mysterious little girl. A true piano virtuoso, the child prodigy will soon steal the show. A duel of egos then begins.