Børne:Dox – Et nyt liv
Vladimir Tomic, Ana Pavlovic, Marya Zarif & Andre Kadi / Denmark & France / 77 min
In two heartwarming short films, we follow first a family's love through the chaos of war and then a brave girl's journey in Aleppo, exploring hope and love in the midst of darkness.
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Vladimir Tomic & Ana Pavlovic / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 5 min
Six-year-old Vida tells her parents’ story as war refugees and how they found love. A touching, children’s film about war and love.
‘I live in Denmark and I am a human being’. Flying potatoes, rainbows and bananas. This is how six-year-old Vida abruptly tells the story of her parents Ana Pavlovic and Vladimir Tomic’s upbringing during wartime in Serbia and Bosnia respectively in this fun, exuberant cut-out animation film. It’s a story about her parents’ wartime experiences, about the huge war in the former Yugoslavia in the 90s, where family members died and where Vida’s parents eventually had to flee to Denmark. And how Vida’s parents eventually found each other and love after many scary experiences.
Age rating: Allowed for all – best suited for 7+
Language: Danish
Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo
Marya Zarif & Andre Kadi / France / 2022 / 72 min
Poetic, musical story about Dounia and her grandparents' life and escape from Aleppo, losing their home and finding a new one.
Dounia and her father live in the urban city of Aleppo. Dounia’s father loves poetry, especially the story of the princess of Aleppo with the long magical hair. But one day the soldiers come and take him away. Luckily, Dounia has her grandparents and Habibi the canary. Join us in the exciting city of Aleppo, go to the bazaar and buy melon seeds – and come along when Dounia and her family are forced to leave the city due to war. Luckily, they have both poetry and the princess with the long magical hair in their luggage. ‘Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo’ is a film about losing your home and finding a new one.
Age rating: Allowed for all – best suited for 7+
Language: Danish