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.
Akino is a trainee concierge at a very special department store where all the customers are animals! Whether big or small, furry or feathered, polite or arrogant, Akino works hard to meet all her customers’ demands, even the most surprising, in order to fulfill her childhood dream of becoming a real concierge.
If the idea of spending the holidays with your grandma makes your skin crawl; if you think children have the right to have cool parents, to act silly and to play all the time; if swim class at school isn’t your thing; or if you think that kisses are a bit yucky – then you’re going to love this programme and you’re in for a few laughs!
FR sub EN | 6+
Screening on Wednesday, February 28th in the presence of Dina Velikovskaya.
Screening on Saturday, March 2nd in the presence of Matteo Salanave Piazza.
A rhinoceros on a date, a big box full of surprises, a buffalo celebrating his birthday, little girls taking flight, a dreamy monkey, a mother working hard for her children – what stories! This dialogue-free programme is specially designed for younger cinemagoers.
No dial | 3+
Screening on Wednesday, February 28th in presence of Sonja Rohleder.
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.
Screening on Wednesday, February 28th in the presence of Mascha Halberstad.
Why show this 1987 masterpiece today? Because trees are essential and the festival wants to celebrate the greening of its surroundings: Place Flagey and Place Sainte-Croix. Adapted from Jean Giono’s short story, this film tells with great lyricism the story of a determined man who single-handedly planted a forest.
After a powerful storm, 11-year-old Michael is shipwrecked on a desert island and must learn to survive on his own, just like Robinson Crusoe. Slowly, he starts to feel another presence on the island. He learns that the world is home to unimaginable danger but also immense beauty. An adaptation of the much-loved English novel of the same title.
Janet and Bill, a Smoo and a Smed, live on a distant planet. One fine morning, they fall in love. Unfortunately for them, Smeds and Smoos don’t mix, and what’s worse, they hate each other! A new film by the creators of The Gruffalo and Superworm, based on the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
Inés, a Spanish artist living in India, stumbles across Sultana’s Dream, a sci-fi short story written in 1905 by Rokeya Hossain. It describes Ladyland, a utopian land ruled by women. Fascinated by this story, Inés embarks on a journey across India in search of the only place where women can live in peace.
Are you the kind of person who starts tapping their foot as soon as they hear a note of music? Then this programme is for you! Featuring the latest music videos and films that have captivated us, Watch & Dance will be presented by the incredible Raman Djafari, who directed the video clip of ‘Cold Heart’ by Dua Lipa and Elton John no less!
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.
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.
