King of the Wanderers
A captivating adventure in which 11-year-old Meissy discovers the colorful life of her father and his friends on the streets.
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.
- DirectorJanne Schmidt
- ProducerLuc Schinkel
- ScreenwriterEveline Hagenbeek
- ActorsNiyara da Rocha Pereira, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Yootha Wong-Loi-Sing, Jeylan Shafahi, Ward Kerremans
- Production countryNetherlands, The
- Age7+
- Duration87 min
- TypeLive-action
- Year2025
- Spoken languageDutch