The opening film of Cinekid Festival 2025! Meissy is overjoyed when her father reappears in the city after years of absence. Against her mother’s wishes, she secretly seeks him out and becomes enchanted by his vibrant wanderer’s life, full of imagination, origami cranes, and extraordinary encounters. King of the Wanderers is an important film that, in a playful and lighthearted way, makes urgent themes such as homelessness, poverty, and mental vulnerability accessible and open to discussion for children, while also showing that people without homes are, above all, people just like anyone else.
On October 19, director Janna Schmidt and actresses Niyara de Rocha Pereira and Yootha Woi-Long-Sing will attend the screening at Pathé Amsterdam Noord to answer audience questions. On October 21, screenwriter Eveline Hagenbeek will do the same at the screening!