age: 3+

* All the films in the First Time at the Cinema Program are part of the same screening

Baking with Boris

La boulangerie de Boris / Maša Avramović / FR, CH, HR / 2024 / 8′

 Every morning, the village baker Boris bakes fresh crunchy bread and pastries for all of his neighbours, until… Achoo! He can’t seem to stop sneezing. He has become allergic to flour. How will he manage to continue baking for everyone in the village?

 

Coot

Koet / Marlies Van der Wel / NL / 2023 / 2′

 A coot and a ferry skipper peacefully coexist along a city river. Their harmony is disrupted when a new bridge emerges, causing the skipper to lose all his passengers overnight. Fortunately, the bird is here to help.

 

Nina’s Friend

Neyrouz Jemour / BE / 2023 / 6′

Nina is a young girl who doesn’t know how to communicate with other children. One day at the park, she forms a new friendship with Ellie. But Nina soon starts feeling insecure and fears she might lose her new friend.

 

What’s Inside that Crate?

 

Bram Algoed / BE / 2023 / 9′

 A story about a pilot, a captain, a machinist, a driver, a mailman, a girl… and a giant box. What’s in the box?

 

Clawlolo: The Voice

 

Alexey Alexeev / CY / 2024 / 3′

 Whoever told you that fish can’t talk? They can! And sing, too. And dance. Life underwater is full of sound and brimming with energy. We just can’t hear it. The sounds of the sea aren’t what we think they are. We just have to dive in and see for ourselves.

 

Who Who at the Library

 

Vjekoslav Živković /HR / 2022 / 7′

 Who Who wants to play ball but it is raining outside. Mother Who doesn’t let him play with the ball inside the house, but that just makes it so boring. Then Mrs Ming, a librarian from China, and her traveling library, come to the rescue! 

 

What’s Up with the Sky?

 

Què li passa al cel? / Irene Iborra / ES / 2022 / 10′

 The sun rises happily over the horizon and is welcomed by the most beautiful landscape. The humans also wake up and do what they always do: cut down trees, construct aimlessly and pollute without shame. Their ideas and actions jeopardise the entire environment. What they do not realize, is that whatever they do, it will affect them sooner or later. However, the universe is not that patient…