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One of this year\u2019s highlights is the Family Day<\/b>, which will happen on September 4, and will start with a special short-film screening in Culturgest: Family Bonds <\/b>(3+), with a live voice-over by actor, writer and comedian Pedro Cardoso. In this screening, you\u2019ll see a version of the Earth that did not turn out as planned, as many parents working from home have pointed out lately. In the short Tales of the Multiverse<\/i><\/b>, God is confronted with this problem. An Open-Air Party <\/b>will follow this screening, featuring a live concert by Gui Calegari, musician and artist in the Baileia collective, but also a No Limits <\/b>artistic expression workshop (3-8 years old), in partnership with the publisher Orfeu Negro. All activities within the party are free, and registration is mandatory here<\/a>. To round off the day, there will be an open-air screening of Hello World!<\/i><\/b> (6+) also in Biblioteca Pal\u00e1cio Galveia\u2019s garden. A delicate film made with newsprint paper characters, animated in stop motion, and sculptures made by hand, all in hand-painted sets with great attention to detail. A story told through the eyes of ten animals who, together, illuminate the wonders of nature.<\/p>\n Hello World! <\/i><\/b>was the main inspiration for the I Was Born, Now What? <\/b>workshop, which will happen on September 5 in Biblioteca Pal\u00e1cio Galveias\u2019 patio, and focuses on its participants as builders of the world. Using wood along with natural small objects as a starting point, children will be able to contemplate the biodiversity presented in the film and complete their creations with wood-finishing techniques, applying wax or oil from natural sources.<\/p>\n But this year\u2019s emphasis is on the new Cinema de Colo, <\/b>the long-dreamed-of part of this edition that happens in a small and safe movie theatre, with a set design conceived especially for parents and their babies. Designed for children from 4 months to 2 and a half years, Cinema de Colo (Lap Cinema) is called that way for two reasons: The obvious one refers to the place where the baby starts to discover the world around them. The other contextualizes the creation of a specific set design, inside a room but inspired by the outdoors, where the child can move and react safely in a reproduction of the parent\u2019s cosy lap during a starry night. A first and unforgettable visual discovery for the younger ones and their families. During these screenings, there will be five small films, stories full of stimulating sounds and colours.<\/p>\n In the competition for the younger ones this year – Daydreaming<\/b> (3+) and Life is a Surprise<\/b> (6+) sessions – the focus is on films that develop one\u2019s creative capacity, simple but wise. On the one hand, films that look at love as a never-ending flame, like Cornstalk<\/i><\/b> (3+) and Pompier <\/i><\/b>(6+). On the other hand, films that confuse and surprise us through the performative act, like Angry Dogs <\/i><\/b>(3+) and The 7 Kids <\/i><\/b>(6+).<\/p>\n Like every year, the My Own Film Festival Programme <\/b>initiative, an educational activity that gives young students the chance to programme films for children their ages, reveals key filmswhich approach socially significant themes. Programmed with students from the Josefa de \u00d3bidos elementary and secondary school (O Lugar das Mem\u00f3rias <\/b>session, 10+) and the Almeida Garrett elementary school (Pensar, Sonhar e Voar <\/b>session, 12+), we discover films that everyone should see. Starting with Louis\u2019s story, an autistic child who has just arrived at a school where he can finally share his perception of things (In Louis\u2019s Shoes,<\/b> 10+). A film that is not so much about his neuro-unusual condition as it is about society\u2019s tendency to catalogue our identities, showing an enlightened understanding of what it is to be human – \u201cMolds are good for waffles\u201d. Girlsboysmix <\/i><\/b>(10+), in the same line of thought, is Wen Long\u2019s narration about growing up as an intersex child, and July 96<\/i><\/b> (12+), a film that focuses on a decisive moment in two girls\u2019 lives through a summer vacation story, and To the Moon and Back <\/i><\/b>(12+), that contemplates death and the way we deal with it.<\/p>\n Louis\u2019s Shoes<\/i><\/b> will be the starting point for a debate on autism: \u201cThe way towards inclusion in school and in the community\u201d, which will reflect on how to identify autism and how to approach differences. In the end, aren\u2019t we all different? A debate film for every parent, child and teacher, happening on September 2 in Biblioteca Pal\u00e1cio Galveias. (Free entry, limited capacity – registration is mandatory, here<\/a>).<\/p>\n In addition to these activities, IndieJ\u00fanior offers a flipbook workshop, I Want to Animate <\/b>(7+), conceived and hosted by the director Leonor Faria Henriques, whose film Nothing is Lost<\/i><\/b> (6+) is programmed, about how to face loss and overcome it – on August 21 in Biblioteca Pal\u00e1cio Galveias\u2019s patio. And a body expression workshop See The World with my Hands <\/b>(5+), conceived by the artist-teacher duo Baileia, inspired by the film Hello Monsieur<\/i><\/b>, that plays with perspectives.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/indielisboa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Julho-96-2.jpg\" "\\"\\"")