OINK Will Open the Children’s Film Programme at Anima 2023
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Still from OINK
Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival, which runs from 17 to 26 February 2023 at Flagey in Brussels, will, as every year, pay special attention to the youngest film lovers. The programme of films for young audiences will open on Saturday 18 February 2023 with the hilarious and wonderful Oink (in Dutch: Knor and in French: Un amour de cochon), directed by Mascha Halberstadt. The ‘Kids’ programme will include 11 feature films and 9 short-film programmes.
Oink, a stop-motion film by Mascha Halberstadt, is a technical masterpiece that is full of humour and is populated by endearing characters. We follow the adventures of Babs, who dreams of getting a dog for his birthday, but instead receives a little pig. Selected at the Berlinale and awarded the Audience Prize at the Ghent Film Festival in 2022, Oink will be screened for the very first time in French at Anima.
‘What a pleasure to present a film that is truly for all audiences. We’re certain that everyone will have a great time with this very badly behaved little pig!’, say Dominique Seutin and Karin Vandenrydt, co-directors of the Anima festival.
The feature films of the 2023 edition of Anima will delight young and old alike, with four new releases: Three Robbers and a Lion will offer families a suspended moment thanks to its boldness in terms of both script and technique; Little Allan: The Human Antenna will mischievously follow the adventures of a human and his alien girlfriend; My Grandfather’s Demons will take us with Rosa to a rural Portugal full of mysteries; and Sing a Bit of Harmony will appeal to fans of Japanese animation and musicals. Many of the past year’s favourites will also be back in theatres, including Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, Icarus and Yuku and the Flower of the Himalayas.