Special Screening: Young Heroes

The Day I Decided to Be Nina / De dag dat ik besloot Nina te zijn

Year
2000
Country
Netherlands
Duration
15’
Director
Ingeborg Jansen

Guido is 11 years old boy who doesn’t want to be a boy. He doesn’t like football and prefers chatting to the girls in his class. In fact, he also feels more like a girl. And then the day comes when Guido decides to be Nina. The only thing missing is for her friends and family how to accept her wishes.

Production
Lemming Film (Amsterdam)
Awards
First prize, Auburn Film Festival for Children (2001); Prix jeunesse International, Munich (2002); First Prize, Oberhausen Short Film Festival (2002); Second prize, Golden Gate Awards, San Francisco (2002)
Director
Ingeborg Jansen
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 6 — 13 
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Boys / Jongens
Special Screening: Young Heroes
Boys / Jongens
Year
2005
Country
Netherlands
Director
Menna Laura Meijer
Duration
30’
Special Screening: Young Heroes
Girls / Meisjes
Special Screening: Young Heroes
Girls / Meisjes
Year
2003
Country
Netherlands
Director
Menna Laura Meijer
Duration
20’
Special Screening: Young Heroes
Tom W. / Tomek W.
Special Screening: Young Heroes
Tom W. / Tomek W.
Year
2004
Country
Poland
Director
Anna Wieckowska
Duration
28’
Special Screening: Young Heroes
City of Bees /Biernes by
Special Screening: Young Heroes
City of Bees /Biernes by
Year
2004
Country
Denmark
Directors
Laila Hodell, Bertel Torne Olsen
Duration
30’
Special Screening: Young Heroes