Cinemini: Under the Upside Down

Children aged 2 to 6 will experience their first cinema visit in our cozy film hall. Every Sunday morning, toddlers and preschoolers can enjoy Taartrovers Cinemini—a special program where they watch films and play in a magnificent light landscape. During Taartrovers Cinemini, we showcase beautiful, charming, exciting, abstract, narrative, and sometimes challenging short films, specifically designed for toddlers and preschoolers. After the screening, visitors can explore together in a light landscape filled with various installations that allow children to playfully discover how light can create stories. They will investigate shape, projection, light, shadow, stories, movement, and color—wondering how shadows are formed, where images come from, how shapes can grow or shrink, and how forms can seemingly vanish. For adults, shadows may seem ordinary; for children, they might be magical phenomena transforming them into giants. Join us for a humorous and light-hearted film program that flips our perspective upside down, where one moment we’re in the sky and the next underground. **Program Highlights:** - **SALLY** by Luna Maurer & Roel Wouters (2005, Netherlands, 2 min): A mesmerizing display of marbles bouncing in a bright space, playing with gravity’s laws. - **ANDERSLAND** by An Vrombaut (2022, Belgium, 7 min): Laugh at the quirky movements and sounds of mismatched creatures in this whimsical tale. - **ONDERSTEBOVEN** by Youri Tcherenkov (1995, France, 8 min): Embark on a journey with birds soaring through beautifully illustrated skies. - **DE PASTINAAK** by Piret Sigus & Silja Saarepuu (2022, Estonia, 7 min): Dig underground with a mouse and a mole to see what goes on while the farmer tends to his crops. - **ONDER DE GROND** by Elise Auffray (2014, France, 2.5 min): An insightful documentary showing the magic of composting and the life of worms among organic leftovers.