BLON Junior
BLON JUNIOR offers a wide selection of unique, relevant and educational films and creative workshops for children and young audiences. The films featured in the programme are an important part of film festivals around the world, offering an opportunity to explore different animation techniques, styles and forms of storytelling. The content is carefully curated to be suitable for children while remaining engaging for older audiences as well. The films often feature heartwarming stories, colourful characters and themes of family, friendship, adventure and important life lessons. The programme is complemented by creative activities and workshops, where children and young people can discover how animation and video games are made, try out different creative techniques, develop their imagination and learn new skills.
The BLON JUNIOR programme is divided into film screenings, workshops and events for families and schools.
Exhibition of Animation Characters at Klaipeda Puppet Theatre
This year, we are presenting characters made out of felt, from the fantastically beautiful film “Hush Hush, Little Bear” (dir. Māra Liniņa), as well as world traveller Igor-503 from the film “Face Recognition” (dir. Martinus Klemet). Both of these films are part of the International Competition Programme.
FAMILY SCREENINGS
Over the weekend, BLON invites you to bring the whole family to the cinema. Family screenings will be accompanied by educational activities, at which young viewers will be able to get to know the history of animation, make optical toys, and chat with animation professionals.
SCHOOL SCREENINGS
The BLON festival carries out an educational mission by introducing schools and kindergartens to an exceptional programme of various styles of animation and relevant topics. The films are accompanied with presentations by educators from the BLON team.
Street Art Workshop
Inspired by the "Blon" festival, a street art workshop is organized with illustrator Pius Čeikauskas. During ithe workshop participants will create and search for animation in street art. Participants will learn about examples from Lithuania and the world and will try to create a short moving story. The action takes place on ARTOJO st. 6 Klaipėda