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We were all twelve years old once, and like many kids, I was also obsessed with fairy tales. I used to believe in a magical, imaginary world where spells and charms were real, and I dreamed of becoming part of those worlds. Whether it was being a magical dwarf or transforming into a mermaid, these dreams were always alive in my mind. But when we meet Ada, the twelve-year-old protagonist in Netflix’s new movie Kleks Academy, she’s not like other kids her age. Ada is different. She doesn’t believe in magic or have a sense of imagination. To her, fairy tales are just weird stories made up to brainwash children who are too scared to face reality. You might think that maybe she’s been exposed to too much technology, with mobile phones and computers providing endless entertainment. But that’s not the case. Ada could have...

There are hardly any films in the fantasy fiction genre that do not cater to children. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Harry Potter films, Enchanted, The Chronicles of Narnia, How to Train Your Dragon, The Golden Compass, Hugo, Dischanted, Aladdin, etc., are some of the examples of the films many of us have grown up on. Kleks Academy is a Polish Netflix original that tells the story of a young woman discovering her family secret and using it for the benefit of others. This 2023 film is directed by Maciej Kawulski and is now streaming on Netflix.

Kleks Academy is a two-hour-long movie that is based on the novel of the same name by Polish author Jan Brzechwa. Ada Contrary is a young girl in her teens busy making a vlog for her father, who seems to have disappeared from her and her mother’s lives for good. Simultaneously, a...