Kid's and young's screenings

Bram Barrabas (Brammetje Baas, 2012)

Hyperactivity and the education system

Netherlands. Direction: Anna van der Heide. Production: Burny Bos, Ruud van der Heyde / Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions, Benelux Film Distributors, Inspire Pictures, Algemene Vereniging Radio Omroep (AVRO), Cinema Junior. Screenplay: Tamara Bos. Photography: Jan Moeskops. Music: Fons Merkies. Edition: Michiel Reichwein. Cast: Coen van Overdam, Katja Herbers, Tjebbo Gerritsma, Roosmarijn van der Hoek, Isabelle Smit. Running time: 83 min

Bram is seven years old. He thinks a lot about the world around him and collects names and words he likes in a notebook. Bram is excited at the idea of going to “big school” and starts in first grade, where his teacher turns out to be Mr Fish, a man with a very conservative way of thinking who has no time for Bram’s world. Our little boy is never still and finds it hard to concentrate on his school work. But Mr Fish will do everything he can to make Bram do things the “right” way. Bram’s parents struggle to find the balance between their son’s happiness and his new teacher’s approach to education.

 

Girlhood (2014)

Adolescent rebels – with a cause?

France. Direction: Céline Sciamma. Production: Bénédicte Couvreur / Hold-Up Films & Productions, Lilies Films. Screenplay: Céline Sciamma. Photography: Crystel Fournier. Music: Para One. Edition: Julien Lacheray. Cast: Karidja Touré, Assa Sylla, Lindsay Karamoh, Marietou Touré, Idrissa Diabate. Running time: 112 min

Oppressed by her family setting, dead-end school prospects and the boys law in the neighborhood, Marieme starts a new life after meeting a group of 3 free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her dress code, and quits school to be accepted in the gang, hoping that this will be a way to freedom.

 

Koko, dragoi txikia (Der kleine Drache Kokosnuss, 2014)

The value of friendship

Germany. Direction: Hubert Weiland, Nina Wels. Production: Gabriele M. Walther / Caligari Film, Universum Film, ZDF. Screenplay: Mark Slater, Gabriele Walther. Music: Danny Chang, Stefan Maria Schneider. Duración: 80 min

Coconut and his friend Oscar are outsiders on Dragon Island. Coconut is supposed to be a flying dragon but he can't fly and Oscar, a carnivore by nature, is a vegetarian by choice. Together with the porcupine Matilda they go on fabulous adventures and meet dragons of all shapes and sizes.