SECTION: Children's Film

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The series shows five film programmes with a current overview of Eastern European children's film production. Fantastic adventures and stories suitable for viewers between the ages of three and twelve.

The series was curated by Anke Donnerstag.
The KIDS AT THE CINEMA series is supported by the Gebäudewirtschaft Cottbus GmbH (GWC).

Ghost in a Bottle

Der Geist im Glas

Markus Dietrich
Germany / 2021 / 59 min

The evil spirit Mercurius has been trapped in a bottle for 20 years. He is able to free himself with the help of a calamitous event and proceeds to wreak havoc in the village. Not one of the villagers dares to catch the ghost, except that is for the ...

Moon Bound

Peterchens Mondfahrt

Ali Samadi Ahadi
Germany / 2021 / 84 min

Mr Zoomzeman the May beetle watches on as his beloved birch is cut down and wrongly banished to the moon together with Mrs Zoomzeman and Zoomzeman's arm. Only two brave children can help him to right a wrong. And thus, together with Peter and Anna, ...

Sihja, the Rebel Fairy

Sihja - kapinaa ilmassa

Marja Pyykkö
Finland, Netherlands, Norway / 2021 / 89 min

The child fairy Sihja stumbles into the life of young Alfred and turns his family's life upside down. She questions the family members' habits and idiosyncrasies. In unison, Alfred and Sihja take up the fight against both the pollution from the local ...

Pirate's Soul

Aisyuak Yumagulov
Russia / 2020 / 82 min

Four friends experience an adventure of a different kind. Pashka ends up in a coma after a bicycle accident. His friends believe that his soul has taken refuge in the body of Pirate the dog and so they do everything in their power to free it again. ...

Martin and the Magical Forest

Mazel a tajemství lesa

Petr Oukropec
Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, / 2021 / 82 min

Three weeks in the wilderness; sleeping in a teepee, washing in a stream, and meals straight from the fire. Mobile phones are not allowed. Martin is reluctant to go to summer camp. And yet he soon discovers that the forest is not a normal one. The ...