25-28 April 2024
LE PETIT NICHOLAS + Q&A
Friday 24 March 2023
5:45pm | Chapter Cinema 1
(French with English subtitles)
£6 / £4 included in the Festival Pass
What are we waiting for to be happy? Winner of the Cristal at Annecy 2022, this is a tender film full of nostalgia and resilience, which will delight adults and their children alike.
Somewhere between Montmartre and Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Jean-Jacques Sempé and René Goscinny lean over a large white sheet of paper and bring to life a mischievous and endearing boy, Little Nicholas. From schoolyard games and fights to summer camp prank and camaraderie, Nicholas lives a merry and enriching childhood. As the adventures of Nicholas and his friends unfold, the boy makes his way into his creators’ workshop and light-heartedly questions them. Sempé and Goscinny will recount the story of their friendship, career, and reveal a childhood filled with hopes and dreams.
The screening is followed by a Q+A with co-director Benjamin Massoubre hosted by Cardiff Animation Festival's Nia Alavezos.
Join us and other festival goers after the film for some mini food in the Cinema Foyer.
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Am beth rydyn ni'n aros i fod yn hapus?
Yn enillydd y Cristal yn Annecy 2022, dyma ffilm dyner yn llawn hiraeth a gwydnwch, a fydd yn swyno oedolion a’u plant fel ei gilydd.
Yn rhywle rhwng Montmartre a Saint-Germain-des-Prés, mae Jean-Jacques Sempé a René Goscinny yn pwyso dros ddalen fawr wen o bapur ac yn dod â bachgen direidus ac annwyl, Little Nicholas yn fyw. O gemau buarth ac ymladd i hwyl gwersylla haf a chyfeillgarwch, mae Nicholas yn byw plentyndod llawen a chyfoethog. Wrth i anturiaethau Nicholas a’i ffrindiau ddatblygu, mae’r bachgen yn gwneud ei ffordd i mewn i weithdy ei grewyr ac yn eu holi’n harti. Bydd Sempé a Goscinny yn adrodd hanes eu cyfeillgarwch, eu gyrfa, ac yn datgelu plentyndod yn llawn gobeithion a breuddwydion.
Bydd sesiwn Holi ac Ateb (gyda chapsiynau) gyda’r cyfarwyddwr Benjamin Massoubre, wedi’i gadeirio gan Nia Alavezos o’r Cardiff Animation Festival a’i recordio o flaen llaw, yn dilyn y dangosiad.
Ymunwch â ni a mynychwyr eraill yr ŵyl ar ôl y ffilm am fwydydd bach yng Nghyntedd y Sinema.
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