Want to get to know Steven, Koen, Bart and the other characters in the animated short Beautiful Men by Nicolas Keppens? In this exhibition you can discover the handmade stop-motion characters in their settings, designed and created by Nicolas and the Pedri Animation team.
Exhibition in Foyer 3 – 1st floor Open daily, half an hour before the first screening of the day until 22:30 Free admission
This exhibition presents some of the robots that Jan De Coster has built over the past decade. They have already travelled to museums and festivals from Peru to Beijing by way of Moscow. This is the first time they are being shown in the same room. They look forward to meeting you and charming you with their pretty little faces!
Free and open throughout the festival. For the whole family.
Paulette feels bad for punishing her daughter Linda and will do anything to make it up to her – even prepare chicken with peppers, despite being a terrible cook! But where can you get chicken during a general strike? Mother and daughter go on a quest for chicken that takes them from a henhouse to a watermelon truck by way of an overzealous policeman and an allergic truck driver.
Screening on Sunday, February 25th at 2:00 PM in the presence of Sébastien Laudenbach and Chiara Malta.
Discover the creative process of the film on Monday, February 26th at 2:30 PM, during the Making of Linda veut du poulet !, as part of Futuranima.
Paulette feels bad for punishing her daughter Linda and will do anything to make it up to her – even prepare chicken with peppers, despite being a terrible cook! But where can you get chicken during a general strike? Mother and daughter go on a quest for chicken that takes them from a henhouse to a watermelon truck by way of an overzealous policeman and an allergic truck driver.
Discover the creative process of the film on Monday, February 26th at 2:30 PM during the Making of Linda veut du poulet ! as part of Futuranima.
Sylvie Delplanque is an all-round artist, musician, make-up artist, animator and illustrator. She will be at the festival on weekends to put make-up on the faces (or arms) of both young and old, according to your whim and her inspiration!
Ages 3 and above.
Schedule: Saturday 24/02 from 15:00 to 21:30 Sunday 25/02 from 15:00 to 18:30
Saturday 2/03 from 15:00 to 21:30 Sunday 3/03 from 15:00 to 18:30
Anima and the Spirou comics are a match made in heaven! Join us for informal live shows with the comic’s artists who, through graphic tutorials and playful challenges, will reveal their secrets and whip out their pencils to illustrate topics chosen by the audience.
One day, Fox and Hare suddenly realize that Owl has gone missing. While searching for him in the forest with their friends, they come across a large lake that wasn’t there before. Could this new lake have something to do with Owl’s disappearance? A world inspired by the ‘Vos en Haas’ series and the famous books by Sylvia Vanden Heede.
Juliette and Carmen, two sisters aged 4 and 8, discover a secret passage to the world of The Kingdom of the Winds, their favourite book. Transformed into cats and separated, they will have to show audacity and daring to find each other and return to the real world. With the help of the singer Selma, they will take on Sirocco, ruler of the winds and storms.
Discover more about the film's music with composer Pablo Pico on Saturday, March 2nd at 1:30 PM during the Masterclass Music in Animation, as part of Futuranima.
Shenxiu, a 10-year-old girl, is sucked into the depths of the sea during a family cruise. She discovers the fantastic world of the abyss, an unknown realm populated by amazing creatures. This mysterious place is home to the Deep Sea restaurant run by the iconic Captain Nanhe.
Somewhere on the internet there’s a 250 km² space in which individuals form a community and take part in a simulated survival game. Posing as avatars, a film crew penetrate the site and come into contact with the players. Who are these inhabitants? Are they really playing?
Screenings in the presence of Quentin L’helgoualc’h.
Abadan, Iran. 1980. The inhabitants are resisting an Iraqi siege. Among them is 14-year-old Omid, who chooses to stay in the city with his grandfather until his elder brother returns from the frontline. Omid finds an abandoned boat in the port of Abadan. Could this be the key to saving his family and friends?
Screening on Friday, March 1st, in the presence of Sepideh Farsi, David Grumbach et Jean Louis Thill.
In the tradition of this century-old genre, the 2024 edition will as always be offering a host of films on interplanetary travel, sentient robots and alien ecosystems, filled with artistic references and allusions, and the desire to blow our minds with a vision of the future.
OV sub FR NL EN | 16+
Screening on Sunday, February 25th in the presence of Yi Le.
Screening on Saturday, March 2nd in the presence of Franck Dion.
