DOC4TEENS STREAM

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DOC4TEENS STREAM

Through the diversity of its subjects, documentary cinema brings people together across borders, and federates teenage experiences. The Docs4Teens programs are designed to offer the best of European documentary films, based on a selection of films from five European festivals in order to bring together young generations across Europe through documentary. The Krakow Film Festival (Poland), Festival Dei Popoli (Italy), Porto/Post/Doc (Portugal), Docudays UA (Ukraine) and Fipadoc (France) are all involved in promoting and circulating documentary films, to make them more visible to young audiences. For this fourth selection, Docs4Teens presents a showcase of the 15 best documentaries for 12-16 years-old screened in 2024 at their respective festivals.

Documentary offers a variety of ways to reveal, in a frontal but sometimes lighter way, the power of the collective to overcome social and political injustice, and to confront the discrimination that hinders the beginnings of adult life. While Maydegol follows a young Afghan refugee in Iran, who fights to make boxing her profession despite the violence that surrounds her, Nelson the piglet reveals difference and perseverance are often a weapon.

Other films place the territory – be it imaginary, utopian or real – as the medium for a shared identity. Like fragments of history, City of Poets and Percebes use archives and animation to embody the chronicles of locations, either through the life cycle of the shellfish that occupy Portugal’s coasts, or through the scattered, metaphorical memories of forgotten poets.

PROJECTIONS
TUESDAY, JANUARY 28
Habiter, cohabiter (Nelson the piglet, City of Poets, Percebes) | 11h15 at the Connecteur
Maydegol | 12h30 at the Connecteur

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SELECTED FILMS

Maydegol

Sarvnaz ALAMBEIGI

A Generation Z in the Middle East, an Afghan teenage girl, immigrant in Iran, strives to pursue her dream of becoming a professional Muay Thai boxer while fighting social injustice and violence beyond the ring.

Nelson the Piglet

Anneke DE LIND VAN WIJNGAARDEN

The Verbeek family adopted a mini pig as a pet seven years ago. However, when the pig miraculously grows into a 500-kilo beast, the neat neighbourhood, the police and housing revolt. The classmates of their son Brandon don't like it either, because such a big and dirty pig in the house is unacceptable, isn’t it? Brandon begins to have doubts...but eventually takes action with his family.

City of poets

Sara RAJAEI

In a small, semi-utopian city, all the streets are named after poets. When war begins, new neighborhoods emerge to accommodate the refugees. Soon the citizens find themselves lost amid the memories of the forgotten poets.

Percebes

Alexandra RAMIRES and Laura GONÇALVES

The barnacle, a strange beast of the sea, has forged strong ties with the inhabitants of Portugal's Algarve region over the centuries. Both in terms of food and culture.