Ceau, Cinema! 13
CEAU, JUNIOR!
The section of films for children and the whole family is expanding. This year, the Ceau, Junior! program proposes films in traditional spaces such as Cinema Victoria and Faber, but, for the first time, also at Cinema Johnny, opened at the end of last year, and in the Regina Maria Park, where the outdoor screenings that were previously held in Traian Square will take place.
For the second year in a row, Ceau, Cinema! also reaches the Kuncz Social Services Complex, through a partnership with the Social Assistance Directorate of the Municipality of Timișoara.
The international partner in 2026 is the Oulu International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Finland. Launched in 1982 and held every year in November, the festival will be represented at Ceau, Cinema! by two of the members of the organizing team, Marja Seppänen and Mika Anttolainen.
The Ceau, Junior! section is supported by E.ON Energie România.
Robot Dreams
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Accessible screening for viewers with varying visual or hearing abilities
Q&A with Ligia Soare, accessibility project coordinator
Director: Pablo Berger
Cast: Ivan Labanda, Metodi Dimitrov, Robin Krambroeckers
Animation, Adventure – Spain, France — 2023 – 1h 43min
Synopsis:
Dog lives in Manhattan and he’s tired of being alone. One day he decides to build himself a robot, a companion. Their friendship blossoms, and they become inseparable. One summer night, Dog, with great sadness, is forced to abandon Robot at the beach. Will they ever meet again?
Festivals: Annecy, Cannes, Toronto, Oscar Awards – Nomination
Thursday, 16 July 2026, 6:00 PM
Victoria Cinema, Timișoara
Film made accessible within the national project Animest SUPER supported by the Dacia Foundation for Romania
Detective Agency Henkka & Kivimutka
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Introduction by Marja Seppänen, Mika Anttolainen (Oulu)
Director: Väinö Weckström, Jarkko Felin
Cast: Mikael Ehn, Veeti Hietanen, Anna Pitkämäki, Tapani Kalliomäki
Family, Adventure – Finland — 2022 — 1h 37min
Language: Finnish
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
Something mysterious has taken place near house number 42 on Pumpputie. On his way to school, Henkka finds something extraordinary and suspects that a crime has been committed. At school he tells his friend J. K. Kivimutka about his findings and at once they set out to investigate what has happened. As they are searching for evidence and interrogating the neighbourhood, they notice that something else is going on — someone is stealing mailboxes! And so, the detectives have two different cases on their hands: trying to capture the criminals and bringing them to justice.
Festivals: Zlín, Oulu
Friday, 17 July 2026, 6:00 PM
Victoria Cinema, Timișoara
The Exploits of Moominpapa
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Director: Ira Carpelan
Cast: Ira Carpelan, Tove Jansson, Piotr Szczepanowicz, Malgorzata Wieckowicz-Zyla
Animație stop-motion, Adventure – Finland-Poland — 2021 – 1h 14min
Language: English
Subtitles: Live Romanian dubbing
Synopsis:
As Moomintroll gets wasp-stung and must lie in bed Moominpappa wants to cheer him up by telling about his own adventurous youth. Pappa tells about his misunderstood childhood, how he escapes from an orphanage and about his historic meeting with an inventor called Hodgkins. He reveals his struggles in hefty storms on the boat Oshun Oxtra, and all his adventures in the autocrat Daddy Jones’s kingdom. Pappa establishes a colony, befriends with a ghost and then – one stormy night – he rescues Moominmamma from the sea. And rest is history.
Festivals: Tallinn, Helsinki, Valladolid
Saturday, 18 July 2026, 2:30 PM
Johnny Cinema, Timișoara
Atlas of the Universe
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Q&A with director Paul Negoescu and director of photography Ana Drăghici
Director: Paul Negoescu
Cast: Matei Donciu, Johanna Mild-Keresztúri, Călin Petru, Sofia Marinescu, Marin Grigore, Andreea Grămoșteanu, Andrei Mateiu
Fiction, Comedy – Romania—2026 – 1h 25 min
Language: Romanian, Hungarian
Subtitles: English
Synopsis:
Ten-year-old Filip travels with his father to the nearest town to buy new shoes for school. When his father gets sidetracked by an old friend, Filip has to find his way around on his own. A simple mistake at the shoe shop – buying two right-footed shoes – sets him off on an unexpected adventure through an unfamiliar world. Too ashamed to return home empty-handed, Filip decides to fix the problem himself. Along the way, he befriends a stray dog, whom he names after his favourite football player, and finds an unlikely companion. Through small choices and moments of fear and quiet courage, Filip takes his first steps toward independence and growing up.
Festivals: Berlin – Generation Kplus – Special Mention, Cannes, Sofia, Zlín
Saturday, 18 July 2026, 3:30 PM
Victoria Cinema, Timișoara
Amélie et la métaphysique
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Accessible screening for viewers with different visual or hearing abilities
Director: Liane-Cho Han Jin Kuang, Maïlys Vallade
Cast: Loïse Charpentier, Victoria Grosbois, Marc Arnaud, Laetitia Coryn
Animation, Fantasy– France, Belgium, Luxemburg—2025 – 1h 17min
Synopsis:
Amélie is born into a vegetative state to a Belgian family living in Kobe, Japan. Amélie believes her condition makes her a god to everyone around her. On her second birthday, an earthquake causes her to break free of her vegetative state. She soon becomes frustrated with her family, causing her father Patrick to call for a nanny. Nishio-san arrives and a deep friendship develops between them. Through their time together, Amélie discovers the world — koi fish, the kanji for rain, Japanese folklore — and gradually comes to understand joy, loss, and what it means to be human rather than a god.
Festivals: Cannes, Annecy, San Sebastián
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 2:30 PM
Johnny Cinema, Timișoara
Film made accessible within the national project Animest SUPER supported by the Dacia Foundation for Romania
Vinski and the Invisibility Powder
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Director: Juha Wuolijoki
Cast: Kuura Rossi, Martti Suosalo, Pirjo Heikkilä, Mikko Leppilampi
Adventure, Comedy – Finland, Japan — 2021 – 1h 25min
Language: Finnish
Subtitles: Romanian, English
Synopsis:
A young boy becomes a crime-fighting superhero with the help of a mysterious pharmacist’s invisibility powder.
Festivals: SCHLiNGEL, Giffoni, Jussi Awards – Five Nominations
Sunday, 19 July 2026, 3:30 PM
Victoria Cinema, Timișoara
Short Animated Films from Animest
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Get ready for an adventure packed with excitement, courage, and imagination!
The Animest film selection brings together stories — some wordless, some with a sprinkle of dialogue — all about friendship, family, and discovery. From a capybara family searching for a safe place to call home, to a brave dog leaping into action in the middle of a fire, every film reminds us just how powerful kindness and courage can be. A little girl sets off on one last adventure with her grandfather, a fish teaches us a lesson about caring for nature, and a tiny explorer dreams of reaching Mars. Between cherished memories, lovable dinosaurs, and fantastical worlds, you’ll discover that sometimes the biggest stories don’t need any words at all.
Thursday, July 16, 11.00 AM, Kuncz Social Services Complex, Timişoara
Thursday, July 16, 9.00 PM, Regina Maria Park, Timişoara
Saturday, July 18, 9.00 PM, Regina Maria Park, Timişoara
Sunday, July 19, 11.00 AM, Faber, Timişoara
Capibare
Franța, Chile, Uruguay 2024
Durata 10 min 30
Regia Alfredo Soferguit
Fără dialoguri
A început sezonul de vânătoare. O familie de capibare își caută refugiul într-un coteț de găini, dar găinile nu au încredere în ele.
ACE
Spania 2024
Durata 5 min 50
Regia Bruno Simões
Fără dialoguri
Când izbucnește un incendiu în clădire, câinele-ghid Ace își riscă viața pentru a fi de ajutor.
Bunicu’ doarme
România-Bulgaria 2025
Durata 13 min
Regia Matei Branea
Fără dialoguri
Alma are șase ani și nu poate accepta că bunicul doarme la nesfârșit, așa că pleacă cu el în ultima lor aventură împreună.
Linia critică, poluarea!
Spania 2020
Durata 4 min
Regia Vicente Mallols
Fără dialoguri
Ce se întâmplă când nu avem grijă de natură? Un pește îi dă o lecție unui om care aruncă gunoi în mare, până când este îngropat într-o grămadă de resturi.
Cafuné
Spania 2024
Durata 8 min.
Regia Lorena Ares, Carlos Fernandez de Vigo
Dialoguri în spaniolă, subtitluri în română
Când păpușa îi cade într-o piscină, Alma, un copil refugiat, își amintește momente din trecut, când barca de în care se afla a naufragiat.
Un cuplu triasic
România 2025
Durata 5’28
Regia Iulia Turicianu
Fără dialoguri
Un mic amfibian preistoric pornește la drum ca să-și găsească pereche.
Călătorie pe Marte
Argentina 2005
Durata 16 min.
Regia Juan Pablo Zaramella
Dialoguri în spaniolă, subtitluri în română
Micul Antonio visează să ajungă pe Marte când se face mare. Din fericire, bunicul său are o soluție chiar acum!
Short Animated Films from Turku
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Founded in 1994, the Turku animation school has produced a number of award-winning animation directors and artists. The animation programme created by Priit Pärn and Eija Saarinen has been voted the best in the world no less than twice. The emphasis continues to be on storytelling and students’ own artistic expression. Traditional animation techniques – hand-drawn animation and stop motion – remain central. In this selection, we invite you to discover some of the finest works created throughout the school’s 30 years of existence!
Friday, July 17, 11.00 AM, Kuncz Social Services Complex, Timişoara
Friday, July 17, 9.00 PM, Regina Maria Park, Timişoara
Sunday, July 19, 9.00 PM, Regina Maria Park, Timişoara
Bamboozled
Hipitihop
Horsie
Learning to Play 2
Moustache
Nightshift 1
Paper
Saturday
The Princess and the Pearl
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Acting and improvisation workshop for children with Rareş Rusan
Through play, movement and improvisation, children develop confidence, empathy and teamwork — skills that help them both on stage and in everyday life. You don’t need to be an actor — you just need to show up ready to have fun and explore! What do we do at the workshop? Energy and movement games, memory exercises, trust-building activities, improvisation and, of course, moments of relaxation and reflection. Come and discover the story hiding inside you!
Joi, 16 iulie 2026, ora 11:00, Complexul pentru Servicii Sociale Kuncz, Timişoara
Vineri, 17 iulie 2026, ora 11:00, Complexul pentru Servicii Sociale Kuncz, Timişoara
Duminică, 19 Iulie 2026, ora 12:00 Faber, Timişoara