POO FACE (CARA SUCIA) Santiago Zannou Spain / fiction / 2004 / colour / 18 / cast Hugo Mboume, Vicenta Ndongo, Emilio Buale Mateo, six ans, ne peut pas jouer avec ses camarades de classe parce quils disent quil est sale. Il se lave plusieurs fois, mais il nest pas sale. Mateo est noir. This film treats racism with subtlety and humour. It portrays how the colour of our own skin can bother others more than it bothers us. Kvin.

THE PLAY (BAZI) Gholamreza Ramezani Iran / fiction / 2004 / colour / 60 / cast Melika Emami, Mahnaz Afzali Soraya, a six-year-old girl is bored, while her mother is working, and tries to find a game to have fun. 1. A little girl 2. Tantrums 3. A mother who has lost control 4. A garden / a house Two endearing characters, locked into a simple but surprising story. Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

from age 5 Sunday 9th at 14pm / Tuesday 11th at 9am

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LE TOURISTE a story in 24 pictures! Lancelot von Naso Germany / fiction / 2004 / colour / 7 A film supposedly delivered from the stomach of a tuna falls into the hands of a young boy. The little boy sells film and story to some tourists. The forthcoming pictures reveal the fate of an ignorant all inclusive tourist. A Film about a Film. A Film about Reality und Fiction. A Film about Respect. Welcome to the Canary Islands. Bienvenue aux Canaries. Biendenido en Canaries. Wilkommen zun Kanari. You will discover an island of paradise with a welcoming population. Prepare your camera for a story in 24 pictures. Have a nice stay in this short film in which a very clever child finds a way to help his father get revenge on an unpleasant tourist. Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

JESTER TILL Eberhard Junkersdorf Germany, Belgium / animation (2D+3D) / 2003 / colour / 84 Old Marcus the magician is very on edge. His grandson Till has just visited him in the medieval town of Boomstadt where people work very hard and money rules the world. To surprise Till, he prepares a magic potion, but the experiment goes wrong and Marcus disappears. Till sets out in search of his grandfather with the help of a few, brave friends. They receive three missions from a magic mirror. It is the start of a great adventure. To make Jester Till Mix a hint of Pipi Longstocking, Tom Sawyer and Robin Hood and youll get Mischievous Till, the hero Sprinkle with a pinch of magic, acrobatics and a dose of fantasy until you get Merlin the Wizard, er, I mean, Till Finally, add a twist of doe-eyed duck. Consume abundantly. Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

from age 6 Saturday 8th at 14pm / Monday 10th at 9am / Wednesday 12th at 14pm

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B. BOYS & FLY-GIRLS Paola Stevenne Belgium, France / documentary / 2004 / colour / 30 B-Boys and Fly-Girls are preparing a rap song. They would like everything about their music to be in it and they draw the spectator in to discover their universe. In Brussels, we discover the boys district. In Paris, the girls examine the place they occupy in their district. They have arranged to meet in a studio to record a rap song together. But can girls and boys share a common universe? Will Sean, Ilies, Hamza and Souleyman be able to share their lyrics with the rap girls, given that woman are not very accepted in the milieu? In this documentary, which cuts through gender differences in the suburbs estates, teenagers from Brussels - girls and boys start up a group. They made me like Rap music, with their mix of budding friendships and artistic expression. Martin.

SEEDS OF CLOWNS (GRAINES DE CLOWNS) Pascal Goethals France / documentary / 2004 / colour / 53 For over 10 years, in hospital corridors and wards, red nosed-characters have been mingling with the world of sterile white coats. Playful and happy, these timeless poets are clowns of hope. Each year, the association casts fifteen people for a demanding training course. Seeds of clowns shares with us the clowns experience, and the trials and tribulations they all go through. The documentary juggles hospital scenes of the children, their family, the medical staff and stages of the clowns training. These smiling clowns get swept up in a frenzy, leaving behind them a joie-de-vivre, which dissipates the worries that hang around in hospitals. Children pick these clowns fruit to forget their illness. A simple and sparkling documentary to harvest copiously! Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

from age 8 Saturday 8th at 16pm

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CALICO (CALICOT) V. Sarah Gurevick France / fiction / 2004 / colour / 7 / without dialogue / cast Serge Rivire, Dilip Sandiressegarane, Frdric and Thrse Hitzel The film starts as a documentary on cotton growing in Burkina Faso. It portrays the picking, spinning and making of calico through to its final destination. An ingeniously structured film with a strong message against injustice, a message proving that the fruit of our work can lead to our downfall. Kvin.

STOLEN CHILDHOOD (CERTI BAMBINI) Andrea et Antonio Frazzi Italia / fiction / 2003 / colour / 94' / cast Gianluca di Gennaro, Carmine Recano, Arturo Paglia, Miriam Candurro adapted of a novel by Diego De Silva 11 year-old Rosario lives with his ailing grandmother who spends her days in bed in a dark apartment in the suburbs of Naples. He spends his time with his friends between a dark bistrot and a betting parlour. They smoke, drink and steal, in imitation of the adults around them. Their childish laughter has given way to a strange and ambiguous grin, which is, above all, the reflection of their difficult life. This fascinating film shows pitilessly how easy it is for a neglected child to fall into the net of the Napolitan Camorra. A film about the exploitation and manipulation of children, or how the mafia can push a youngster to becoming a murderer. The story is well structured, thanks to exceptional editing and the actors are very convincing. Florent.

from age 12/14 Saturday 8th at 18pm

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ON A WEDNESDAY NIGHT IN TOKYO Jan Verbeek Germany, Japan / documentary / 2004 / colour / 6 / without dialogue Tokyo, 11pm. People enter a train. Shot in one take, the film portrays the monotonous, bordering on the unbearable. A very simple short film, in which its director successfully criticizes an oppressive Japanese society in one shot. The unbelievable crowding leads increasingly to madness. A documentary bursting with truth. Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

4th FLOOR (PLANTA 4a) Antonio Mercero Spain / fiction / 2003 / colour / 100 /cast Juan Jos Ballesta, Luis Angel Priego, Gorka Moreno A group of teenagers live in the cancer ward of a hospital. Their joie-de-vivre and their friendship help them to defy their destiny. This rich screenplay portrays cancer, death as seen by young people, the discovery of sexuality, the relationship between parents and sick teenagers, but also friendship in all its forms. All the carefully-measured ingredients are there to satisfy the most difficult of spectators in an atmosphere which overflows with sensitivity. Christopher.

from age 12/14 Sunday 9th at 18am

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A WOMAN ALONE (UNE FEMME SEULE) Brahim Fritah Brahim Fritah / France / documentary / 2005 / colour / 23 Portrait of Akosse Legba, a 32 year-old Togolese woman, a victim of modern slavery in France today. This documentary on modern slavery is very touching and full of hope. It recounts the tale of a woman who had the courage to expose her situation regarding this unfortunately widespread but little known practice. This film portrays its subject with simplicity and originality. Brice, Elza, Mlanie.

SAIMIR Francesco Munzi Italia / fiction / 2004 / colour / 88 / cast Mishel Manoku, Xhevdet Feri, Lavinia Guglielman, Anna Ferruzzo Albanian teenager Saimir has known only the harsh life of poverty, fear and crime. His father makes a dangerous living trafficking illegal immigrants, like themselves, from Eastern Europe. As these desperate men, women and children land on Italys southern coast, Saimir must help his father smuggle them through the night to squalid hideouts and into the hands of the local mafia. In this film, we discover the difficult relationship between teenager Saimir and his father. We become fond of Saimir who evolves as the film progresses, enabling us to know him better. Although his father has a hold on Saimir, he learns to rebel again injustice. We are moved and impressed by the directing and by the teenagers courage. Kvin et Nomie.

from age 12/14 Sunday 9th at 9pm

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