Guide children into the world of cinema and spark a love for film thanks to Cinemini, an initiative that lets the littlest ones discover the richness of film.
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Guide children into the world of cinema and spark a love for film thanks to Cinemini, a European initiative that lets the littlest ones (from ages three) playfully discover the cultural richness of film. And boy oh boy, the history of cinema is a city of gold!
In the program A Splash of Colour, colour takes the leading role. Embark on an exciting journey through animation and experimental film that will even take you way back to the earliest days of film, and discover the aesthetic possibilities and effects of colour with five unique short films. Cinema was NEVER colourless!
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Colours everywhere! New Zealand artist Len Lye was a pioneer in experimental (and colour) film and combined Cuban dance music with hand-painted abstract designs in one of the first animations to be painted directly onto the film. Here, images become notes, sequences become tunes, colours become moods, the movement of an element becomes the change of pitch. Film becomes visual music. Dance along!
Who here loves the sea? And who loves cinema? Get your snorkel and come along on an underwater adventure in a snow-covered town in this ultracute tribute to the iconic French marine explorer Jacques Cousteau.
Nothing is quite as fun as dancing and jumping around with your siblings right? In this 120-year-old treasure from the early days of film history you can see six sisters perform breathtaking acrobatic tricks on a stage. Such an old film and it's in colour?! Yep, back then they just hand coloured it afterwards. Enjoy the colourful performance. Just don't try it at home!
Still nothing can beat a good old slapstick film. While trying to repair a horse-drawn carriage, a boy grabs the wheel and gives it a push down the hill and towards the city. You know what happens next! MAYHEM! The wheel turns and turns and causes one accident after the other. Can somebody pleeeease stop that wheel??
Time for a shadow-play, but be aware for the trickery: do you know what you are looking or is the film deceiving you? Can you still recognize the things in this pile of everyday objects even when they lose their colour and structure and become mere shapes? (For adults: remember Plato's philosophical allegory of the cave? This is a film about film itself and teaches children that film is a mere projection. How cool is that?!)
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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