Collecting grasshoppers on a spring afternoon. Watching a butterfly while imagining its previous lives. The sounds of summer as you’re tucked cozily into bed… Forever a Kid is a short animation film about childhood memories. The film consists of a mix of personal memories told by different people from different walks of life. It takes you on a journey through these short stories that altogether tell one big story. The story of childhood. The film doesn’t just portray the fun things about childhood, but it also conveys the feelings of being small and not knowing much yet.
Frederieke Mooij graduated from the HKU, University of the Arts Utrecht with her film Forever a Kid. Her work is mainly focused on being human, and the feelings and emotions that we struggle with from day to day. With her films she wants to invoke a feeling of nostalgia or melancholy, by focusing on subjects that nearly every person is familiar with. Feelings of loneliness or “not belonging” are most present in her work.
