Jule Murmann
Head of programme an curator Films for kids and teens
Films for Kids and Young Adults
Films for Kids and Young Adults
Finding your place in the world, growing up, life’s big questions – these are the themes at the heart of this year’s programme for kids and teens. Twenty-two feature films, documentaries, animated films, music videos and experimental films from around the world approach these questions.
The kids and young people’s programme is a core part of our Festival. We showcase films by directors from around the world that speak to and engage young audiences. Diverse in genre, aesthetics and storytelling styles, yet united by a queer-feminist, diversity-conscious and empowering perspective, these films take young people’s viewpoints seriously. Watching their stories together on the big screen and discussing them afterwards is what makes the Festival such a rewarding experience for young people. The programme is accompanied by discussions with experienced film educators.
Program Sponsor: btf
In cooperation with: Cinepänz, doxs!, DOXS RUHR, ECFA, jfc, Musenkuss
Curators:
On the Mat Outside My Door
Antje Heyn
An oversized rat moves into a man’s house. It whistles along to the radio, squats in the fridge, splashes in […]
Ostrich
Marie Kenov
After seeing pictures on social media, a sparrow decides it wants to look like an ostrich. It trains relentlessly and […]
Inner and outer struggles define the line-up of films for ages 12 and up. In Ostrich, a sparrow chases a […]
The 14+ programme features films that read norms on the body – and challenge them, too. In Hairy Legs, leg […]
The programme for age 16 and over explores family relationships, home and tradition – and the move away from stereotyped […]
Slow, fast, soaring high – these movements run through the short film programme for ages four and up. Hymns of […]
Unlikely friendships are at the centre of the programme for ages six and up, bringing together creatures and worlds that […]
The ages eight and up programme takes up the old, but never outdated dream of flying – as a longing […]
SKRFF
Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher
An old graffiti wall in Vienna becomes an excavation site: as layers of paint are scraped away, colourful relics from […]
Teen Angst
Inga Pylypchuk
Nine young Ukrainian women document their everyday lives – both at home and in exile – on their smartphones, lives […]
The Bear and the Bird
Marie Caudry
Throughout the summer, the bear and the bird are inseparable. But when autumn arrives, the bird heads south. Instead of […]
The Castle
Virginia Nardelli, Stefano La Rosa, Danny Biancardi
An abandoned, crumbling kindergarten as a secret sanctuary – this is the dream of Mery, Rosy and Angelo, three eleven-year-olds […]
