I dispettosi is a flock of more than a hundred birds that spend their time on the trees of a park, constantly making up new ways to bother passersby. They are also the protagonists of Emma Lidia Squillani’s last illustrated book. During the workshop the author will do a reading of the story and teach the kids how to draw the characters with stencils. 

(Une enfance de Martha Jane Cannary, Francia-Danimarca) directed by Remy Chayé (85’) for children from 7 years.

In this film there is a limitless space: the Western planes, with their monumental skies and the Rock Mountains slowly peeking out of the horizon. This is the space crossed by the caravan, a real village on wheels. It consists of a small community, which carries on with the hope of finding a better future. In this community there is a ten years old girl. She is not a protester nor a rebel: she is a girl, and in pioneer caravans girls cook, wash the dishes, do the laundry, look after their brothers and sisters. Martha Jane does what she has to. But once she tastes freedom there is no way back. The encounters made and the experience gained give her the chance to create a world of her own to inhabit, a hundred years ahead of her time. Martha Jane can wear trousers, cut her hair, live free. This is what we wanted to talk about, this is the adventure we wanted to tell (Remy Chayé). 

Original version with subtitles.

There is not a moment of peace for the orange tree! It is not even fully grown and someone already comes to bother him. Is it going to make it? A workshop to build together the tree which is the protagonist of L’arancio, published by Corraini.

To make a fanzine we'll need some paper, a felt pen, staples and a few sad things to think about. Starting with reading the picture book Sulla vita sfortunata dei vermi. Trattato abbastanza breve di storia naturale, boys and girls will create a fanzine together with the author. 

A presentation of the selected short cartoons from the Czech Republic, curated by Baobab.

Following, a meeting with the curators Juràj Horvàth and Thereza Horvàthova (Baobab) at the Biblioteca Renzo Renzi library.