The Junior Cinémathèque

The Cinémathèque's programming for young audiences is moving to the Abattoirs! On weekends, you'll find ciné-club screenings (from age 7) and toddler screenings (from age 3) accompanied by a Cinémathèque mediator.

On the programme this spring: animation, classics and lots of animals!

Programming :

A cat's life
Alain Gagnol, Jean-Loup Felicioli
2010. Fr. 70 min. Color. DCP.

Zoé is a young girl who has remained silent since her father died. She lives with her mother, a busy police commissioner, and her cat Dino, the only companion who sometimes helps her forget her grief. But the cat leads a double life. Every night, he joins an elegant thief. Soon, events will bring all these characters together for an adventure that will take them to the top of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. A true detective story at a child's level, with a touch of humour to boot!

Ages 7 and up
Accompanied by a cultural mediator

> Saturday 15 March at 4pm

Un petit air de famille
Group programme
2018-2019. Russia / Japan / Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland / UK. 43 min. Color. DCP. No dialogue / French.

Short animated family stories. Sometimes funny, sometimes sweet and touching. From Japan, Russia and the UK. A programme of five short films for children using a wide range of techniques (drawings, paper, puppets, etc.). The films include Le Cerf-volant, about the relationship between a grandfather and his grandson, which won an award at the Annecy Festival in 2019.

Ages 4 and up

> Sunday 23 March at 4.30pm

The King and the Bird
Paul Grimault
1980. Fr. 87 min. Color. DCP.

King Charles V and three make eight and eight make sixteen reign as despots over Takicardie. In love with a shepherdess, he does everything in his power to possess her. But the shepherdess loves a simple chimney sweep. The king, furious, hunts down the lovers. Along the way, they come across a cheeky, rebellious bird and an iron giant that inspired many other films, including Hayao Miyazaki's Castle in the Sky.

Ages 5 and up
Show accompanied by a cultural mediator

> Saturday 5 April at 4pm

The Little Hedgehog in the Mist and other marvels
Group programme
1967-1982. USSR. 40 min. Color. DCP. FRENCH VERSION.

Accompanying The Little Hedgehog in the Mist, considered to be a jewel of animated cinema, the programme offers three other short films made by the great talents of Soviet animation. Younger viewers will discover four stories featuring mainly animals, around the themes of friendship, imagination and storytelling.

From 3 years

> Sunday 13 April at 4.30pm

All the practical information: La Cinémathèque de Toulouse