Cinekid Festival opens with Koning van de Zwervers
The summer holidays are just around the corner and Cinekid is proud to announce that Koning van de Zwervers kicks off the festival in the autumn holidays.
Cinekid Festival celebrates the festive start on Sunday 12 October with the youth film Koning van de Zwervers. A magical coming-of-age film that makes complex themes accessible to young audiences in a light way, without losing its raw edges. The film will have its world premiere that day at Pathé Noord in Amsterdam. Besides cast and crew, we expect film lovers of all ages.
“Koning van de Zwervers is a debut film that dares. It tells an exciting and moving story through the eyes of a powerful young girl. The film makes complex issues like homelessness, poverty and mental vulnerability accessible to children. At a time when more than 30,000 people in the Netherlands have no permanent place to live, the film gives this invisible group a face.”- Hidde de Vries, Head of Films & Series Cinekid
About Koning van de Zwervers
When the father of Meissy (11) reappears in their town after years of absence, she is immediately smitten. Against her mother's wishes, she secretly seeks him out and becomes enchanted by his colourful tramp life on the streets, full of fantasy, origami cranes and unusual encounters. But then she finds out what her mother tried to warn her about: her father is schizophrenic and suffers from hallucinations and delusions of grandeur.
Actors: Niyara da Rocha Pereira, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Jeylan Shafahi, Ward Kerremans, Frieda Barnhard and Nabil Mallat.
About the production
The film is directed by Janne Schmidt (En we vliegen door de dagen, Born to Be an Influencer) and the screenplay is by Eveline Hagenbeek (De Z van Zus, De Grote Slijmfilm and the Flying Hummelo series also premiering at Cinekid). Koning van de Zwervers is produced by The Media Brothers in co-production with BarraMedia, Caviar Belgium and KRO-NCRV. The Media Brothers previously co-produced with Levitate the youth film Leeuwin, which premiered at Cinekid in 2023. Gusto entertainment will release Koning van de Zwervers in Dutch cinemas on 15 October.
Autumn Holidays
In the southern part of the country, the autumn holidays start on Saturday 11 October and so, from then on, Cinekid takes place in several theatres across the country. In Amsterdam, the autumn holidays start a week later first the Cinekid Schools Programme kicks off. From Saturday 18 October onwards the festival also launches in Amsterdam. For the fifth year in a row, Pathé Amsterdam Noord is the main location during the festival. Pathé is also home to the largest Cinekid MediaLab: no less than 1,000 m2 of media installations and games. Every year, more than 40 theatres in the Netherlands and Curaçao celebrate Cinekid Festival. Eight national theatres are “satellite locations” with their own MediaLab. This year, Cinekid Festival will take place from 11 to 26 October 2025.
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