story
Little Frida spends her days at a Mexican market, carefreely wandering among the stalls, befriending a street dog and cheering up her classmates. But when doctors diagnose her with polio, a dark cloud falls over her vibrant world. Forced to remain confined to the four walls of her room, she gradually finds solace in her rich homeland. When her body finally strengthens, it is this inner world of homeland and perseverance that guides her through the trials of life to come.
authors
André Kadi
Born in 1974. After arriving in Canada in 2007 as a comic book writer and musician, André joined the entertainment studio Frima. Founder of a branch of the studio in Bordeaux, he opened a 2D animation studio there in 2012 and co-founded Du Coup Animation and Du Coup Production in 2018.
filmography (selection)
2017 MaXi (TV series)
2018–2019 L’Agent Jean! (Agent Jean) (TV series)
2022 Dounia et la princesse d'Alep (Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo)
2023 Frida, c'est moi (Frida, that's me) (TV series)
2024 Hola Frida (Hola, Frida)
Karine Vézina
A Canadian director, cinematographer and graphic designer. She collaborated with André in Dounia and the Princess of Aleppo (2022).
“Visually, this exploratory journey was also essential to the project. We photographed and filmed thousands of references to enrich the visual universe of the film. Some things are hard to anticipate, and it’s only by experiencing them that they reveal themselves. We spent a lot
of time in Coyoacán and the Casa Azul, in particular, to represent them as accurately as possible in the film.” - Karine Vézina
Hola Frida Hola Frida
Screenings
LIFFe / Kinobalon at LIFFe
directed by André Kadi, Karine Vézina, screenplay Anne Bryan, Sophie Faucher, Émilie Gabrielle, André Kadi, music Laetitia Pansanel-Garric, Olivia Ruiz, producers Florence Roche, André Kadi, production Tobo Media, distribution Fivia d.o.o.,
festivals, awards Annecy 2024, Anima Brussels 2024, Cine Junior Val-de-Marne 2025, New York CFF 2025, Stockholm Junior CFF 2025, My First Festival Spain 2025, Montreal (FIFEM) 2025
IMDb Official websiteThursday, 11. 09. 2025
Kinobalon na LIFFu 2025 - za šole in vrtce
Začutite festivalsko vzdušje tudi s šolo ali vrtcem: filmi za otroke in mlade z vsega sveta. Med 12. in 23. novembrom 2025.
What's On
New Classmates Novi sošolci
Toni Cahunek
Wednesday, 22. 10. 2025 / 10:00 / Main Hall
Slovenia’s economy relies on workers from Kosovo. But how does society accept their children? The documentary New Classmates explores the background of Kosovar immigration and the challenges their children face integrating into a new country. It highlights the stories of four children of immigrant families and their parents, who face various obstacles due to their ethnic background and limited knowledge of the Slovenian language.
Wisdom of Happiness Wisdom of Happiness
Barbara Miller, Philip Delaquis
Wednesday, 22. 10. 2025 / 15:30 / Small Hall
With disarming wit, the Dalai Lama reflects on balancing millennia-old Tibetan Buddhist traditions with the contemporary values of our globalised society that now struggles to overcome violence and war while standing on the brink of environmental collapse.
Fiume o morte! Fiume o morte!
Igor Bezinović
Wednesday, 22. 10. 2025 / 17:30 / Small Hall
On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D’Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka, wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time his official photography team captured over 10,000 images. A century later, Igor Bezinović orchestrates a direct-action history lesson focused on the siege and its modern-day implications.