Film2007 Age 3 Puppets in films

Films for children age 3 - Films for children age 7 - Films for children age 12

Recent films, previews, previously unreleased films from age 3

Puppets in films from age 3

Monsieur & monsieur
Bretislav Pojar, Miroslav Stepánek / Czech Republic / 1965, 1967, 1973 / Animation / 43’ / 35mm / In French
The comic adventures of two little bears, “Monsieur” and “monsieur”, on their way to save a fish-like princess, protect their kitchen garden from a malicious goat, or experience hibernation in the land of penguins… Films included in this programme: K princeznám se nečuchá, Nazdar Kedlubny, Jak sli spat.
Contact: Les Films du Préau

Tuesday, June 19, 2pm at the “Roxy” Theatre in La Bourboule

Ribbit, Miriam and friends…
46 minutes

Ribbit’s Riddles (Les devinettes de Reinette)
Isabelle Duval / France / 2005 / Animation / 7 x 3’ / Beta SP / In French
Ribbit is asking the audience a riddle. Children must guess the mysterious animal without being influenced by the picture!
Seven riddles will punctuate the programme Ribbit, Miriam and friends.
Contact: Double Mètre Animation

Miriam and the Flood (Miriam merehädas)
Riho Unt / Estonia / 2006 / Animation / 5’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
Miriam’s parents are not at home. She, her little brother and the Hen are watching swimming ducks on TV. As the Hen becomes jealous, Miriam decides to bathe it in the bathtub…
Contact: Nukufilm

Piet and Frieder (Piet und Frieder)
Ruth Weber, Bastian Mattes / Germany / 2004 / Animation / 5’30’’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
Piet and Frieder want to place their houses at the top of a mountain. But there is room for only one house…
Contact: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Miriam Plays Hide and Seek (Miriam mängib peitust)
Priit Tender / Estonia / 2004 / Animation / 5’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
While Mother and Father are outside, Miriam, Little Brother and Hen start playing hide-and-seek. Hen hides in a suitcase but the suitcase gets locked in a cupboard. Miriam and Little Brother get really scared when spilt ketchup leaves a “bloody” trail on the floor and someone makes horrible noises in the cupboard.
Contact: Nukufilm

My Name Is Kuma (Boku wa Kuma)
Tsuneo Goda / Japan / 2006 / Animation / 3’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
A day in the life of teddy-bear Kuma…
Contact: Dwarf Inc.

Miriam’s Theatre (Miriami Teater)
Pritt Tender / Estonia / 2007 / Animation / 5’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
Miriam, the Hen and Little Brother watch a performance of Little Red Riding Hood. They are emotionally involved in everything, especially fearing the appearance of the wolf...
Contact: Nukufilm

Sunday, June 17, 2pm at the Casino Theatre in La Bourboule
Monday, June 18, 9:30am at the Casino Theatre in La Bourboule

Tootletubs & Jyro (Turilas ja Jäärä)
Mariko Härkönen, Ismo Virtanen / Finland / 2001 / Animation / 56’ / 35mm / No dialogue
A warm and mind-broadening series about two eccentric bugs, T and J, who accidentally meet, become friends and end up in odd adventures while searching for food or inventing new ways of using objects. Episodes: Surprise from the Skies, The Foundling, Bubblegum Trouble, The Hitch-Hiker, The Microchip, Road Hogs, Disco King, The Big Chill.
Contact: Finnish Film Foundation

Monday, June 18, 2pm at the Casino theatre in La Bourboule
Wednesday, June 20, 9:30am at the Casino theatre in La Bourboule

From age 5
The Little Penguin and friends
47 minutes

Bonne journée, Monsieur M.
Samuel and Frédéric Guillaume / Switzerland / 1999 / Animation / 6’ / 35mm / In French
Mister M., a pig, has one major flaw: snoring. One particular night, a pigeon family cannot get a wink of sleep. At daybreak, the pig is still snoring. Thanks to a clever strategy, Mummy Pigeon manages to restore peace and quiet.

The Little Penguin Who Wanted Some Ice Cream (Le petit manchot qui voulait une glace)
Samuel and Frédéric Guillaume / Switzerland / 1998 / Animation / 10’ / 35mm / In French
One night a little penguin had an amusing dream. Unable to forget the ice cream he saw in the dream he sets off around the world to find it. Many surprises are in store for him along the way…

Hamilton Mattress
Barry J.C. Purves / UK / 2001 / Animation / 31’ / 35mm / In French
After skyrocketing to success as a drummer in all-bird Beak City, an aardvark is forced to battle prejudice against his looks – especially his snout...

Contact: Les Films du Préau

Sunday, June 17, 6pm at the “Roxy” Theatre in La Bourboule
Tuesday, June 19, 9:30am at the “Roxy” Theatre in La Bourboule
Wednesday, June 20, 11am at the “Roxy” Theatre in La Bourboule

From age 5
Co Hoedeman, a puppet magician
74 minutes
A Canadian director of Dutch descent inspired by the world of childhood and Inuit legends, Co Hoedeman is indeed a conjurer of objects. Here are a few gems he made with different types of puppets.

Oddball (Maboule)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 1969 / Animation / 5’52’’ / Beta SP / In French
Maboule is a tiny lead-wire character full of life, genuineness and freedom.

Tchou-Tchou
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 1972 / Animation / 13’52’’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
A group of children are playing in a city made of building blocks. When an angry dragon appears on the scene, what can they do to get rid of the intruder?

The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (Le hibou et le corbeau)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 1973 / Animation / 6’39’’ / Beta SP / In French
This short re-tells the old Inuit myth about how the Raven came to have its black feather colour as a result of a disagreement with the Owl.

The Sand Castle (Le Château de sable)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 1977 / Animation / 13’12’’ / Beta SP / No dialogue
With the help of his friends, a little man made of sand is building a castle to protect himself from the wind. But the wind blows and the castle crumbles…

The Sniffing Bear (L’ours renifleur)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 1992 / Animation / 7’47’’ / Beta SP / In French
Snow was falling quietly. Light bathed the ice fields. The Bear lumbered along, nose to the wind. Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. An unknown scent wafted into his nostrils...

Visiting Grandpa (Ludovic, des vacances chez grand-papa)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 2001 / Animation / 11’24’’ / Beta SP / In French
A sensitive look at bereavement through the shared grief and love of a young child and his grandfather.

Marianne’s Theatre (Le théâtre de Marianne)
Co Hoedeman / Canada / 2004 / Animation / 15’45’’ / Beta SP / In French
The curtains of a theatre open onto a smaller puppet theatre presided over by Marianne. The ringmaster waves her baton at three shadowy acrobats that climb one by one out of her hat. Each performs his number, although not without some difficulty.

Contact: Office National du Film du Canada

Tuesday, June 19, 11am in the video room of the Casino in La Bourboule
Wednesday, June 20, 2pm in the video room of the Casino in La Bourboule

And a performance of live music to silent films by Ladislas Starewitch for the closing show…

The quartet – featuring Franck Pilandon (tenor and soprano saxophones), Clément Gibert (clarinets, alto saxophone), Christian Rollet (drums) and Stéphane Arbon (double bass) – recently stood out with their music performance for silent film L’œil du Pharmacien. This time, they will play live along three short films by Ladislas Starewitch.

An inspired pioneer n the 1910s, Ladislas Starewitch took the budding art of animation cinema to a level of unsurpassable perfection. A lover of nature and entomology, he often used the form of the fable and the fairy tale. Three magical films as a window into the wonderland of puppets: The Ant and the Grasshopper, an adaptation of the fable by La Fontaine, with breathtaking dancing and singing sequences, The Mascot and the Mermaids, featuring the Mascot, a recurring dog character of Starewitch’s films, and The Queen of the Butterflies, where a little girl is transported to the magical kingdom of butterflies.

Wednesday, June 20, 6pm at the Casino theatre in La Bourboule