Disney’s “Onward” To Open ANIMA 2020 Children’s Programme
ANIMA Festival are pleased and honoured to announce that the selection for children will kick off Saturday 22nd February with a preview screening of the latest Disney feature Onward! The newest arrival from the Pixar studios, directed by Dan Scanlon (Monsters Inc.), takes us into an urban fantasy world populated with trolls, centaurs and unicorns. You can come along with Ian and Barley, two teenage elves who have lost their father, on an extraordinary quest to discover if there’s still a little magic left in the world. (In theatres from 4th March).
The film will be screened in French and Dutch.
We will also be showing several new feature films, including the Franco-Belgian feature SamSam (5+) that follows the adventures of the smallest of big heroes in search of his superpower, along with Spycies (7+), about an offbeat duo of secret agents made up of a demanding cat and a clumsy rat, who are brought together to save the planet from a climate threat.
As far as short films go, we will present the preview of a wonderful programme: Shoom’s Odyssey (4+), and also concoct two other programmes bringing together some of the best international short films: The Kite and Other Stories (4+) and My Life in Versailles (6+). All the shorts from these three programmes will make up the international competition for children.
The best Belgian shorts for children (national competition) can be seen in the The Cherry on the Cake (5+) programme.
Every morning, from Monday to Friday, Coline and Séverine from ASBL Bah Voyons ! will not only present the films in the Animatins screenings, but also some optical games to delight both the children and their parents.
This is just a small overview of the 22 features and short programmes, including new films and reruns, that will make up this great programme for the children.
In addition to the films, the Festival offers daily initiation workshops to animation, coordinated by the Zorobabel association, and open to children from 6 to 12 years.
There will also be daily entertainment in the Flagey hall, before the two afternoon screenings, from super street artists such as Alessandro Carrocci or Peter Lein.
And, of course, the kids can enjoy our traditional giant pancakes between 2 screenings!
Full programme details will be online from 30th January 2020.