Cineminimaxi for schools
Bring your class to Cineminimaxi. Book your school visit now!
On Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November 2026, Cineminimaxi at Natlab opens its doors especially for preschool groups, kindergarten classes and special education groups. Come and watch, play and explore together at this mini film festival by Taartrovers for the youngest audiences!
During your visit, you’ll watch Kleur! (Colour!): five short films in which colours, shapes and movement take centre stage. Afterwards, children can explore the interactive colour playground, experimenting with light, shadow, colour and film.
School screenings are now available to book via educatie@natlab.nl. Email us to book your visit or find out more about the options for your class.
Cineminimaxi takes place at Natlab from 21 to 24 November. Below, you’ll find the teacher’s guide with more information about the school programme, practical tips and a preparatory classroom lesson.
Lesson letter Cineminimaxi
Dear teacher,
We’re delighted that you and your class will be joining us for Cineminimaxi at Natlab. This guide tells you more about the festival and your visit. It also includes an online lesson to help you prepare in the classroom. Afterwards, you’ll receive a set of film cards and links to all the films, so you can enjoy watching them again and again.
Taartrovers cinemini
Young children are great explorers. Through play, they discover the world using all their senses. Taartrovers develops interactive film programmes that invite young children to explore, wonder, play, create and discover. These experiences help them express their feelings, ideas, images and stories.
Cineminimaxi
Cineminimaxi is a mini film festival by Taartrovers at Natlab. Alongside the public programme on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 November 2026, the festival opens exclusively for kindergarten classes, preschool groups and special education groups on Monday 23 and Tuesday 24 November. During your school visit, you’ll watch a programme of short films carefully selected for the children.
After the screening, the children can explore the colour playground. Inside the cinema, compact, interactive installations invite them to discover more about film, projection, tastes, stories and sounds — and especially colours and shapes. Through play, they discover how colours create a mood in stories, how light and shadow produce surprising images, and which colours feel right for them.
Tips for your festival visit
Bring enough accompanying adults, especially for the time spent playing and exploring freely. We recommend at least one adult for every five children.
Children are welcome to react out loud during the films. They don’t have to sit in complete silence.
Give children as much freedom as possible to explore during playtime. There is no expected outcome: it’s all about imagination and wonder.
Film programme
The programme Kleur! (Colour!) introduces children to film through play. As the title suggests, colour takes centre stage. Join us on an exciting journey through animation and experimental film. Five short films filled with different colours invite you to move and dance, and discover all kinds of shapes and animals. Explore how colours adapt to their surroundings, or how colour can help you express — and dare to be — yourself.
Preparatory teaching materials
Before your visit, you can watch Danse Serpentine together in the classroom. We’ve developed simple lesson ideas for each film, available online on LessonUp. You can use them straight away on your interactive whiteboard. You’ll find the link to this film lesson below.
Preparatory lesson: Danse Serpentine
Start by introducing the festival visit in a way that suits your class.
Questions you could ask:
Where can you watch films?
Does anyone know what a festival is?
Has anyone ever watched a film at the cinema?
What makes watching a film at the cinema fun?
You can explain that you’ll be visiting Natlab to watch five short films, followed by time to play with light, colour, sound and film. To prepare for your visit, watch the film together, talk about it and try the accompanying activity. Feel free to fit this into your lessons in whatever way works best for you. This film is also part of the programme you’ll watch at Natlab.
Danse Serpentine
France, 1897
Director unknown
Film duration: 1 minute
Lesson duration: approximately 20 minutes
A woman is dancing on a stage. But as she dances, something extraordinary happens: by moving her dress, she seems to change shape. At the same time, her dress changes colour! This film was made a very long time ago, long before photo-editing software — or even computers — existed. Every frame (the individual photographs that make up a film) was carefully coloured by hand, creating a little bit of magic.
Watch Danse Serpentine and explore the accompanying lesson on LessonUp. The film is very short, so feel free to watch it a few times in a row. Afterwards, briefly discuss it together:
What did you think of the film?
Which colours did you see? Which colour did you like best on the dress?
This dance is called the serpentine dance, or snake dance, but it’s also known as the butterfly dance. Which animal do you think fits best? Or does the dancer remind you of another animal?
Find a scarf in a colour you like and dance around with it!
Tip
Want to watch more? The LessonUp lesson for Danse Serpentine includes a second film, Démolition d’un mur, with an accompanying activity. This film is not part of the programme at Natlab.
After your visit, you’ll receive more lesson ideas and links to watch films — and more! — online in the classroom. You can use these to talk with the children about what they’ve seen and experienced.
