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.
After years spent sheltered from the world of humans, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and acceptance as normal teenagers through heroic deeds. Their new friend, April O’Neil, helps them to accomplish their first mission: to take on a mysterious crime syndicate and its army of mutants.
Discover more about the creative process of the short film 'I'm Perfectly Fine' on Friday, March 1st at 10:30 AM, during the Making of I'm Perfectly Fine as part of Futuranima.
Marcel le Père Noël (et Titi la petite perruche) – 2 – 14:51
International short films for a young audience
Flagey - Studio 4
One Christmas Eve, Abdou, a young pizza delivery boy, meets an old man called Marcel who turns out to be … Father Christmas! Worn out and tired, Marcel is worried that he won’t be able to distribute the presents on time, but Abdou and his friends will make it happen! This film is preceded by the fantastic voyage of Jean and Titi, his little budgie.
FR sub EN | 8+
Screening on Monday, February 26th in the presence of Julie Rembauville.
Screening on Friday, March 1st in the presence of Emily Worms.
The year is 2200. Aline Ruby, a stubborn private detective, and Carlos Rivera, an android replica of her partner who has been dead for five years, set off on a race against time through the streets of Noctis, the Martian capital. Their mission: to find Jun Chow, a missing cybernetics student. A captivating film noir with a futuristic plot.
Discover the creative process of the feature film on Monday, February 26th at 5:00 PM, during the Making of Mars Express, as part of Futuranima.
A selection of the best international documentary short films. Immerse yourself in the often touching, sometimes cruel, but always courageous everyday lives of these heroes and heroines in the shadows, through animated testimonials inspired by true stories.
OV sub FR NL EN | 16+
Screening of Monday, February 26th in the presence of Olivier Catherin and Ander Iriarte Alvarez.
Welcome to the Renaissance! A time in which artists, scientists, kings and queens are inventing a new world. Among them, an odd character who spends his days drawing strange machines and exploring the wildest ideas, fuelled by dreams of changing the world. Embark on a journey with the greatest genius of all time: Leonardo da Vinci!
Screening on Friday, March 1st in the presence of Marijke Van Kets.
Following in the footsteps of his older brother, who was a famous local basketball player from an early age, Ryota gets hooked on basketball and plays for his high-school team, Shohoku. In the second round of the inter-high championship, Ryota, inspired by his late brother’s dream, takes on the defending champions, Sannoh High School, with his team.
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.
Campus of the China Academy of Art, 1994. As the country opens up to the West, a group of students slowly transition into adulthood, where love and friendships collide with lofty ideals and personal ambitions. Caught between tradition and modernity, they will have to choose who they want to become.
After his mother dies in a fire, Mahito, an 11-year-old boy, has to leave Tokyo and goes to live in the countryside, in the village where his mother grew up. He moves in with his aunt and father in an old manor house on a huge estate. There he meets a mysterious grey heron …. Hayao Miyazaki’s latest masterpiece.
Adam, a 15-year-old teenager, has a strange quirk: whenever someone mocks or makes a negative comment about his body, his body changes to match that comment. The accumulation of physical changes only makes his already difficult life more complicated.
International student short films out of competition.
This brand-new category aims to foster and valorize young talent from all over Europe. With their different sensibilities, they offer us an array of singular visions this year. Topics such as affection within the family, stress at school, the obsession with thinness and the questioning of tradition are all on the agenda of this first edition.
OV sub EN | 12+
Screening on Monday, February 26th in the presence of Cheyenne Goudswaard.
Screening on Sunday, March 3rd in the presence of Nadja Tanno, Hajar Mehrani et Narjes Mohammadi.
