3-5 year-old
Young audience
School

Upside Down (Drënner an Driwwer)

Ēvalds LĀCIS | Dace RĪDŪZE | Inese PAVĒNE
Animation 2025 40 min Latvia
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Synopsis

Wonder in the heart of the Latvian forest

Discover the Latvian forest with this program of four stop-motion films in which lovely animated puppets embark on incredible adventures. In no order: a community of insects learning to a clumsy acorn how to walk, a family of flies rebelling against a mushroom picker, hungry rabbits enjoying a burlesque tasting and a bat exploring the world upside down… unless it’s the other way around.

Drawing on the masterful expertise of the Latvian animation studio Animācijas Brigāde, this program of four films for young children delves into the daily lives of equally small animals, whose adventures take on a charmingly romantic dimension while conveying values of tolerance, friendship and a clear appreciation for the musicality of nature.

 

Touche pas à mon champignon !
By Ēvalds Lācis
Latvia, 2024 — 8’

Le petit gland
By Dace Rīdūze
Latvia, 2010 — 10’

La Carotte sanglante
De Inese Pavēne
Latvia, 2024 — 10’

Sens dessus dessous
By Dace Rīduze
Latvia, 2023 — 12’

Age classification

  • EA

Screenings

Thursday 05 March 2026 08:45
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Friday 06 March 2026 09:00
Lieux : Ciné Le Paris
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Sunday 08 March 2026 10:00
Lieux : Cinémathèque @Théâtre des Capucins
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : Public Screening
Monday 09 March 2026 10:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Tuesday 10 March 2026 09:30
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Wednesday 11 March 2026 09:00
Lieux : Ciné Le Paris
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Wednesday 11 March 2026 10:00
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Friday 13 March 2026 08:45
Lieux : Ciné Utopia
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : School Screening
Sunday 15 March 2026 11:15
Lieux : Cinémathèque @Théâtre des Capucins
Audio : No dialogue
Subtitles :
Screening : Public Screening

Critics

« Ce programme forestier combine charme désuet des marionnettes et finesse d’observation entomologique, dans la lignée de Ferda la fourmi — classique tchèque signé Hermína Týrlová. »
Nicolas Didier Télérama 15/07/2025

Ēvalds LĀCIS

Ēvalds LĀCIS
Ēvalds LĀCIS

Screenwriter, director, and editor, Ēvalds Lācis is known for Jauna suga (2008), The New Species 2008) and Hedgehogs and the City (2012)

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Filmography

  • Touche pas à mon champignon ! (short) 2024
  • Hedgehogs and the City (short) 2012
  • The Master of Ice (short) 2009
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Dace RĪDŪZE

Dace RĪDŪZE
Dace RĪDŪZE

Dace Rīdūze is from Latvia where she studied at Riga Pedagogical and Educational Highschool to be school theater director and teacher of art and obtained a master’s degree from the Latvian Academy of Pedagogy and Psychology.
In 1997 she started working at the Film Studio Animacijas Brigade ltd. as an animator, and since 2000 also as a director.
She was nominated several times for her work and received the 2003 Audience Price for her short Kaki at the Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski (Canada).

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Filmography

  • Upside Down (short) 2023
  • Puteklis (short) 2022
  • Les petits pois (short) 2020
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Inese PAVĒNE

Inese PAVĒNE
Inese PAVĒNE

Inese Pavēne is a Latvian animator and director, known for The Odd Carrot (2024), part of the Sens dessus dessous program.

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Filmography

  • The Odd Carrot (short) 2024
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