Curated by Enrica Carini and Virginia Carolfi
What do environment, sustainability and taking care of nature mean to children? Concorto Kids 2024 deals with the subject of sustainability involving the children, parents and teachers that will attend the Kids section of the Concorto Festival. To do so, Concorto Kids shows short-films about the subject of the year and offers multiple workshops.
Concorto Kids was created by Virginia Carolfi and Enrica Carini and was born as a part of the Concorto Film Festival. Its aim is to give the children a closer look at cinema and short films while conveying the idea of “using screens in a healthy way”. The event takes place for the third year in 2024 and aims at broadening its audience, identifying an age bracket of children aged 3 to 12. This year’s event offers activities of active citizenship connected to the environment and sustainability, and presents plenty of workshops based on speculative design, eco-hacking and design thinking. These activities, shows and meetings will run for three days in the Art Gallery “Galleria Ricci Oddi, Piacenza”. The subject of the third edition is “environment and sustainability”, a theme to be addressed in the perspective of an active participation of children and adults.
The shorts La Challenge, Chiara come l’acqua and La tribù delle luci are screened as part of the collaboration with EduIren.
The selected films
curated by Enrica Carini and Virginia Carolfi
Atomic Chicken, di Thibault Ermeneux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova, France, 2023, 5’
Attaques! (Attacks), di Hélène Ducrocq, France, 2023, 7’
Auuuna, di Lina Šuková, Slovakia, 2017, 7’
Big Boom, di Marat Narimanov, Russia, 2017, 4’
Blue Teddy Bear (Plavi medo), di Marina Andree Škop, Croatia and Slovakia, 2023, 10’
Chiara come l’acqua, di Claudio Alessandro Argenzio, Italy, 2022, 12’
Fur (Kožuch), di Kristína Bajaníková, Slovakia, 2021, 3’
Head in the clouds (Tête en l’air), di Rémi Durin, Belgium and France, 2023, 11’
Hound out (Hundipass), di Anna Lauretta Eespere, Estonia, 2019, 5’
La boulangerie de Boris (Baking with Boris), di Maša Avramović, France, Switzerland and Croatia, 2023, 8’
La Challenge, di Claudio Alessandro Argenzio, Italy, 2021, 12’
La tribù delle luci, di Viola Folador, Italy, 2023, 8’
Lulina e a Lua (Lulina and the moon), di Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos, Alois Di Leo, Brasil, 2023, 14’
Musical socks (Glazbene čarapice), di Ana Horvat, Croatia, 2023, 10’
Na Výchyr, di Samuel Púchovský, Slovakia, 2023, 2’
No Snow for Christmas, di Bill Plympton, USA, 2016, 2’
Of Stars and Fables (O hviezdach a bájkach), di Alla Dmitrievna, Slovakia, 2023, 6’
Polvere sottile (Fine dust), di Alessandra Boatto, Gloria Cianci, Sofia Zanonato, Italy, 2018, 8’
Què li passa al cel? (What’s Up with the Sky?), di Irene Iborra, Spain, 2022, 10’
Spin & Ella, di An Vrombaut, Belgium, 2022, 7’
The Name, di Alexander Aguilar, France, 2023, 1’
The Swineherd, di Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith, Danimarca, 2022, 6’
Films reviewed by Virginia Carolfi
Atomic Chicken, Thibault Ermeneux, Lucie Lyfoung, Solène Polet, Capucine Prat, Morgane Siriex, Anna Uglova, 2023, France
The hilarious consequences of radiation, even though there is little to laugh at, on the chickens in a hen-house that is unluckily too near a nuclear power station.
Attaques! (Attacks), Hélène Ducrocq, 2023, France
What’s scarier? A man or a shark? Stories of maritime cohabitation, weapons, sharp teeth and perspectives.
Auuuna, Lina Šuková, 2017, Slovakia
A strongly imaginative and moving story of a little girl and a she-wolf, telling us how the forest that scares us is, after all, a perfect place to rediscover our own self.
Big Boom, Marat Narimanov, 2017, Russia
A meteoric short film on evolution and involution of our planet. Spoiler: we are responsible for its involution.
Blue Teddy Bear (Plavi medo), Marina Andree Škop, 2023, Croatia and Slovakia
There are toys that we don’t leave in childhood, they follow us until adulthood and ambush us. Sometimes, they also help us change.
Chiara come l’acqua, Claudio Alessandro Argenzio, 2022, Italy
Chiara hears the voice of water and, just like a fairytale, she tells a story to convey an important message, that is the care of water resources.
Fur (Kožuch), Kristína Bajaníková, 2021, Slovakia
Sweet story of an inuit family grappling with seals, walruses and an unexpected event.
Head in the clouds (Tête en l’air), Rémi Durian, 2023, Belgium and France
Squirrel Alfonso loves the clouds. This passion, unappreciated by most people, makes him defy his own bravery and that’s how he becomes a true explorer.
Hound out (Hundipass), Anna Lauretta Eespere, 2019, Estonia
A young hot-tempered dog suffers the consequences of his rage and changes for the better! Beautiful short film that reflects a part of any of us.
La boulangerie de Boris (Baking with Boris), Maša Avramović, 2023, France, Switzerland and Croatia
Boris is an excellent baker but… he is allergic to flour? How can Boris solve this problem without depriving the village of bread?
La Challenge, Claudio Alessandro Argenzio, 2021, Italy
Tommy has taken up the gauntlet: how can he make the world more sustainable? A crystal-clear consideration on little things everyone can do every day.
La tribù delle luci, Viola Folador, 2023, Italy
How can we explain energy continuity to children? Pretty simple! By repeating an old say: there is safety in numbers!
Lulina e a Lua (Lulina and the moon), Marcus Vinicius Vasconcelos, Alois Di Leo, 2023, Brazil
Lulina lives in a colorful maritime world full of funny and unpredictable critters. But the strangest one is coming just now…
Musical socks (Glazbene čarapice), Ana Horvat, 2023, Croatia
Can we make music with socks? Of course! You can make music with everything, you only need to have fun and think outside the box!
Na Výchyr, Samuel Púchovský, 2023, Slovakia
A greedy bird will suffer the consequences of its thirst for gold.
No Snow for Christmas, Bill Plympton, 2016, USA
A biting ballade on climate change curated by the great short-film maker Bill Plympton.
Of Stars and Fables (O hviezdach a bájkach), Alla Dmitrievna, 2023, Slovakia
Coming-of-age film that tells about the bewildered moment of teenage and the salvific chance to imagine a different reality.
Polvere sottile (Fine dust), Alessandra Boatto, Gloria Cianci, Sofia Zanonato, 2018, Italy
In a post-atomic world a girl survives and finds an unexpected sign of life. A delicate short film with drawings that convey an almost perceptible texture.
Què li passa al cel? (What’s Up with the Sky?), Irene Iborra, 2022, Spain
Everything that could happen in an unpolluted valley where mankind decides to intervene. The sky is only a witness.
Spin & Ella, An Vrombaut, 2022, Belgium
The spider Spin and the witch Ella are close friends, only until they don’t agree about a game they’re playing. Mediation is a quality to be learned when we’re young.
The Name, Alexander Aguilar, 2023, France
The identity that our parents give us is not always what we want, and it takes a lot of love to understand that and change.
The Swineherd, Magnus Igland Møller, Peter Smith, 2022, Denmark
A swineherd, a princess, a group of nice piggies and techno music are the main features of this intriguing revisited fairytale.
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