30/5 — 5/6/2024
64th International Film Festival
for Children and Youth

Interviews

Linda Hambäck on THE APE STAR: “Cheaper for the poor, expensive for the rich”

Jonna, a well-behaved orphan girl, dreams of finding a mother. That wish might come true when one day a gorilla comes knocking, asking to adopt her. The situation doesn’t seem ideal at first, but ultimately the two have great times together. The odd...

Miryam Bouchard about MY VERY OWN CIRCUS: “Slicing tomatoes when preparing a sandwich”

When your father is a clown, does that mean your life is about nothing but fun and laughter? Not for 12-year-old Laura. She is a good student, a well-organised kid, and she dreams of a more steady lifestyle instead of this hectic, nomadic caravan existence.

Pan Nalin about LAST FILM SHOW: “A station that was nobody’s destination”

Must you be a film lover to become a filmmaker? If so, Pan Nalin, director of LAST FILM SHOW, must be a total film freak, as this story breathes a passion for cinema through every image. Once 9-year-old Samay has picked up the taste of film, he sneaks...

Susanne Kim on CABINETS OF WONDER: “Whenever I feel stressed, I watch guinea pigs”

It might be the most difficult quest of this year’s festival; how to summarize CABINETS OF WONDER in a few sentences? It’s more than just a film. It feels like a poem, or an opera, or a combination of both. 

Ming Lian about ONLY TIME FOR LOVING: “The goose went on hunger strike”

A bus arrives in a small Chinese mountain village to drop off a fragile-looking young woman, the new teacher for the tiny village school. When one year later the bus returns, the lives of all her six pupils have drastically changed. During one school...

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