Maya, Give Me a Title

Maya, donne-moi un titre

7– Polish premiere

#creativity #storytelling #family

dir. Michel Gondry
France 2024 / 61’
Polish voice-over, English subtitles in cinemas

Did you know...

the film had its world premiere at this year's Berlinale Festival? It was awarded the Crystal Bear in the Generation Kplus section for its 'ability to combine humour with emotional depth'.

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The process is simple: Maja comes up with an idea, and her father, a film director living in another country, creates a short stop-motion animation based on that concept. The more Maja uses her imagination, the more adventures await her.

Maja doesn't live with her dad, who is a well-known filmmaker. Despite the distance between them, they have found a creative way to stay in touch. Together, they create animations. All it takes is some paper, scissors, a marker pen, a camera, and a pinch of creativity for the ten-year-old to experience a host of fantastic events: building an aeroplane out of everyday objects, look for treasure as a mermaid, and shrinking to microscopic size while bathing in the tub. Maja will also meet mysterious feline thieves and the King of Belgium, whom she'll ask for several hundred billion… chips.