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NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL 225 Broadway, Suite 2610, New York, NY 10007 USA | tel. 212.349.0330 | www.gkids.com 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival | 1 NYICFF FOUNDERS Eric Beckman, Artistic Director Emily Shapiro
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Nina Guralnick
festival staff Rebecca Linde, Marketing new YoRk inteRnAtionAl Abigail Parsons, Development & Operations childRen’s film festivAl Rodney Uhler, Programming Ariana Austin, Festival Operations New York International Children’s Film Festival was founded in Siobhan Cavanagh, Education Coordinator 1997 to support the creation and dissemination of thoughtful, Nicola Marshall, Production Support provocative, and intelligent film for children and teens ages Board of Directors 3-18. The Festival experience cultivates an appreciation for the Heather McRay, Chair Deepak Arya arts, encourages active, discerning viewing, and stimulates Eric Beckman lively discussion among peers, families, and the film community. Kennedy H. Cogan Jody Holden The flagship New York City Festival has grown from one weekend Adam Mizel of films into the largest film festival for children and teens in Emily Shapiro North America. Screened over the course of four weeks at Karen Shapiro Guy Story venues throughout NYC, the Festival program—narrowed down from roughly 2,500 international submissions—is comprised BOARD OF ADVISORS Scott Cohen of approximately 100 short and feature films, filmmaker Q&As, Stephen Gass retrospective programs, parties, and premieres. The Festival Paul Katz is an Academy Award® qualifying festival, one of only three Lynne McVeigh film festivals in New York State—and only two children’s film Rachel Leventhal Elyn Rosenthal festivals in the country—to hold that honor. Winners of the Michael Rubin Festival’s juried prizes are eligible for consideration at the ® BENEFIT COMMITTEE annual Academy Awards , which speaks to both the quality Barbara Norman, Chair of the Festival’s programming efforts and to its dedication to Amanda Bouquet promoting emerging filmmakers. Scott Cohen Ella Leitner In addition to presenting the annual event, New York Jamey MacGilvray International Children’s Film Festival offers year-round Heather McRay Nana Olivas-McEwen engagement, including special event premieres and pre-release Elyn Rosenthal screenings, film production workshops for kids, satellite Emily Shapiro festivals in Boston, Miami, Philadelphia, and Westchester and Keiko Tase touring programs that screen in theaters nationwide. Kira Wizner GRAPHIC DESIGN The Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization. Mo Ström/Afterwhat OFFICE INTERNS Marine Alaberkian Kristen Cordero Kayla Diaz Sam Friedensohn Monique Henry-Hudson Jenny Min Marissa Morris Hannah Rimm Zulimar Segura Yesha Shah Eleanor Weeks
2 | 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival | 3 THANK YOU, donors! NYICFF gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the following individuals:
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4 | 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival | 5 A Very Special Thank You to:
Aardman Animations Julie Dill Jess Jackson Noz Home & Catering Jo Addy Billy DiMichele Dave Jesteadt PES Vidya Alexander Gwen Dipert Jennifer Jones Anna and Cameron Parsons Ashley Alvarez Corrine Doron Sara Juli Sarah Phelps Tanya Ansaldi Sarah Dunn Stuart Lamberg Popcorn, Indiana Joseph Argabrite Lakita Edwards Perri Lapidus Property Resources Corporation Maria Barraza Jose Encarnacion Anastasia Leahy Shashi Rickson BBC Films Sarah Feldstein Frances Leahy Michael Rubin Romy Beckman Laura Fette Le Pain Quotidien Awilda Sanchez Laura Bellmont Film Movement Cynthia Lugo David Schwartz Emily Brink Mathieu Fournet Rob Lessa Nivea Serrao Chris Camilleri Tristian Goik Aliza Ma Mark Shapiro Chris Cavanagh Carl Goodman Leah Joy Malberg Chuck Smith Noreen Chadha Shawn Guthrie Rick Marquardt Soumya Sriraman Nathalie Charles Loren Hammonds Nicola Marshall Lena Sze Nora Chang Anna Harding Nate McGann Tito’s Handmade Vodka Yng-Ru Chen Sophia Harvey Laetitia Mertens Tonnie’s Minis LET WNYC’S SCHOOLBOOK Morgan and Erin Colton Karen Helmerson Sarah Metz Sharleen Valentin BE YOUR GUIDE Mariana Cotlear Jen Henriquez Adeline Monzier John Vanco Patrice Courtaban William Hohauser Adam Natale Ann Vikstrom FROM PRE-K TO HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION Davis, Polk & Wardwell Denise Hughes George Noeth Whole Foods Market Harris Dew Chance Huskey Barbara Norman Christopher Wisniewski Get the latest education news, and answers to questions on NYC public schools, the IN MEMORY OF Andrea Klein admissions process and much more! Andrea Klein was an energetic, passionate, brave, beautiful, honest, playful spark of light, and the Festival has been a very honored recipient of her enormous generosity. Andrea was a huge New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival enthusiast and volunteer. Those of us who were fortunate enough to work with her got to witness her unique To learn more and sign up for updates, essence firsthand; her drive and dedication and Andrea-ness inspired us all. visit . wnyc.org/schoolbook Donations made in Andrea’s memory directly support programs that expose all of New York City’s youth to a diverse and dynamic film culture.
Dinamarie Alcuri Rita Ertel Thomas Harrer Danny Lok David Sable Stephanie Apt Dennis Fallanca Janice Hassenfeld Neysa Maisel Craig Samson Gail Bandler Martin Feinman Fia Hatsav Diana Mandelare Mindy Sandler Josette Barenholtz Leonard Fink Lisa Helburn Ruby Marchand Judy Schampanier Estelle Baron Bruce Fink Jennifer Hertslet Kathleen Mazza Louis Schnur Catherine Barrett Judith Fink Christine Isaacs Eileen Miller Thomas Shay Stephen Berzok Rita Fink Janice Jacobs Patricia Mitchell Hyman Sherman Judith Bleckner John Fogelman Johanna Kagel Moira Moderelli Eileen Small Betsy Brady Laura Freed Diana Karish Maryann Naples Helen Spurr Marcy Brownson Adam Glist Daryn Katz Mark Neugesser Young Survival Coalition Joyce Camiel Judith Goldman Linda and Bob Kent Karyn Nordstrom Leah Tahbaz Carol Cohen Susan Goldstein Caren Kessler Barbara Norman Linda Vogel James and Carl Goodman Marlene Kistenberg Audrey Pellicano ManSau Wally Andrea Cohen Anique Gorman Susan Lapine Gloria Pereira Daly Walsh Catherine Connor Cassie Graizzaro Ruth Levine Dawn Ratcliffe Susan Wolfson Justin DeCrescente Harold Grossman Yung Lie Barbara Reback Traci Young Donna DelPonte Eileen Guinnessey Kathleen Lieggi Rob Robertson Ellen Diffley Robert Hammer Elayne Livote Karen Rosen
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We are thrilled to be adding Museum of the Moving Image as an official 2015 Festival venue! Check out what’s playing: Saturday, March 14 1:00 pm Short Films One 3:00 pm Wallace & Gromit Shorts Sunday, March 15 1:00 pm Short Films Two 3:00 pm Best of Aardman Shorts
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John GEENA DAVIS Lynne Canemaker Academy Award® McVeigh Academy Award® winning actor Associate winning animator and Founder, Professor of (The Moon and the Geena Davis Children’s Media the Son) Institute on at NYU Tisch Gender in Media School of the Arts
Matthew RICHARD PEÑA BILL PLYMPTON Modine Director Emeritus Academy Award® Award-winning New York Film nominated actor (Full Metal Festival, Columbia filmmaker (Guard Jacket, The Dark University Dog, Idiots and Knight Rises) Professor of Film Angels) Studies
Dana Points Susan James Editor-in-chief, Sarandon Schamus Parents Magazine Academy Award-winning Award® winning filmmaker actor (Dead (Brokeback Man Walking, Mountain, The Ice
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HENRY SELICK Christine Gus Van Sant Academy Award® Vachon Academy Award® nominated Award-winning nominated director (Coraline) filmmaker (Boys director (Good Don’t Cry, Kill Will Hunting, Your Darlings) Promised Land)
Taika Waititi ® Academy Award® NYICFF is an Oscar nominated qualifying film festival! director (Two Cars One Night, Winners of the NYICFF 2015 jury prizes Boy) qualify for consideration in the Live Action Short and TM Animated Short Film categories. Jeffrey Wright Award-winning actor (Basquiat, The Hunger Games) © 2014 Handle Productions Moomins Characters
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SHAUN THE SHEEP THE MOVIE WHEN MARNIE WAS THERE United Kingdom –EAST COAST PREMIERE Japan – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Animation, Mark Burton/Richard Starzack, 2015, 85 min Animation, Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2014, 103 min No Dialogue In Japanese with English subtitles Recommended all ages Recommended ages 9 to adult
Shaun the Sheep, the woolly stop-motion star whose vocal The newest feature from Japan’s famed Studio Ghibli is a range is limited to bleats and baas, first appeared in Nick sweeping story of friendship, mystery , and discovery that Park’s 1995 Oscar®-winning Wallace and Gromit adventure delivers stirring emotions and breathtaking animation A Close Shave and went on to become the UK’s most beloved as only Ghibli can. When shy, artistic Anna moves to the cartoon character. In his first feature film, Shaun tires of seaside to live with her aunt and uncle, she stumbles upon the everyday routine on Mossy Bottom Farm and concocts an old mansion surrounded by marshes, and the mysterious a plan to lead his flock in rebellion. But be careful what you young girl, Marnie, who lives there. The two girls instantly wish for. Events rapidly escalate out of control and Shaun’s form a unique connection and friendship that blurs the mischief inadvertently leads to the hapless Farmer getting lines between fantasy and reality. As the days go by, a taken away to the Big City, where a bop on the head renders nearly magnetic pull draws Anna back to the Marsh House him an amnesiac. Fortunately, muscle memory has kept again and again, and she begins to piece together the truth the Farmer’s shearing skills intact, so he is able to find a surrounding her strange new friend. Based on the novel by new life as a celebrity hair stylist. But Shaun is intent on Joan G. Robinson, and directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi bringing him back to the farm where he belongs – if only he (The Secret World of Arriety), When Marnie Was There can escape the clutches of the fearsome animal catcher! has been described as “Ghibli Gothic,” with its moonlit NYICFF is thrilled to open the 2015 Festival with the newest seascapes, glowing orchestral score, and powerful dramatic film from stop-motion maestros, Aardman Animations, a portrayals that build to a stormy climax. grass-fed, farm-to-screen adventure brimming with humor , charm, and wit.
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Closing Night CELEBRATION!
NYICFF 2015 AwArds & Best of the Fest Screening Cheer on your favorites as we announce the NYICFF 2015 award winners, and then sit back and enjoy a program of the best ENCHANTED KINGDOM KAHLIL GIBRAN’S short films in theFestival, as voted on by United Kingdom– NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Documentary, Patrick Morris/Neil Nightingale, 2014, 87 min THE PROPHET audience members and the NYICFF jury. In English USA/Canada/France/Lebanon/Qatar – US PREMIERE Animation, Roger Allers, 2014, 84 min Recommended ages 6 to adult In English ✱ Grand Prize: short film ✱ The creators of BBC’s groundbreaking Walking with Recommended ages 7 to adult Grand Prize: feature film { Dinosaurs 3D and Earth take us on a spell-binding journey Selected by NYICFF audience members through seven realms of Africa to reveal a natural world The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran, is among the most popular 18 years and younger stranger, more magical, and more mystical than anything volumes of poetry ever written, selling over 100 million FILMS! we might imagine. The film flows likes a stream, with copies in forty languages since its publication in 1923. The ✱ Special Jury Award: extraordinary time-lapse photography, sweeping aerial timeless verses have been given enchanting new form in PRIZES! this painterly cinematic adventure about freedom and the BEST ANIMATED SHORT shots, and macro and micro lensed 3D propelling us from FOOD! BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT enchanted forests to the boiling edge of the underworld, power of human expression. Written and directed by Roger Allers (The Lion King), the film intersperses Gibran’s elegant from celestial ice-capped mountains and lava-spewing ✱ Audience Awards volcanoes, to crashing waterfalls and deep fantastical verses with stunning animated sequences by Festival FUN! favorite filmmakers ommT Moore (The Secret of Kells), Nina seas, as we experience some of the greatest gatherings of { Ages 3-6 Paley (Sita Sings the Blues), Bill Plympton (Guide Dog), wildlife ever captured on film. With up-close- Ages 5-10 and-personal animal encounters and and a host of award-winning animators from around the Filmmaker world. Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila Ages 8-14 TM absolutely stunning scenery, this is Party! an unspeakably beautiful film that (Salma Hayek) cleans house for exiled artist and poet Ages 12-18 Mustafa (Liam Neeson), but the more difficult job is Rub elbows with presents nature in all her epic PARENTS AWARD Selected by Fest filmmakers grandeur. Narrated by Idris Elba. keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, (Quvenzhané Wallis) out of trouble. The three NYICFF audience members over 18 and VIPs, with embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa’ s delicious food return home – but first they must evade the and drinks ® for everyone! authorities who fear the truth in his words. Featuring NYICFF is an Oscar -qualifying festival in the music from Damien Rice, Glen Hansard and Yo-Yo Ma. Animated and Live Action Short Film categories. © 2014 Handle Productions Moomins Characters NYICFF Award statuette by Tom Otterness. statuette by Tom NYICFF Award
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MUNE LANDFILLHARMONIC Satellite Girl and Milk Cow France – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE USA – EAST COAST PREMIERE South Korea – New York Premiere Animation, Alexandre Heboyan/Benoît Philippon, 2014, 83 min Documentary, Brad Allgood/Graham Townsley, 2015, 82 min Animation, Chang Hyung-yun, 2014, 81 min In English In Spanish with English subtitles In Korean with English subtitles Recommended ages 5 to adult Recommended ages 8 to adult Recommended ages 8 to adult
Filmmakers Benoît Philippon & Alexandre Heboyan The world generates over a billion tons of garbage a year, Festival award-winning Wolf Daddy director Chang present on March 14th for post-screening Q&A much of it ending up in poor rural communities like Cateura, Hyung-yun has created a wholly original, exuberantly Paraguay, where over 2,000 families survive by separating outrageous, sci-fi love story unlike anything before it. An Plunge into a world of wonder, magic and mythology in garbage for recycling. When a teen music program there orbiting, out-of-commission female satellite picks up a this sumptuously animated CGI adventure about a land can’t afford new instruments, a garbage picker named Cola lovelorn pop song on its radio antenna and descends to Earth divided between the realms of day and night. As legend has fashions a violin from an empty oil tin – thus inspiring the to try to discover who could be the source of such heartfelt it, the first Guardian of the Sun threw a harpoon into the Recycled Orchestra. With instruments made out of trash, the emotions. On the way, it is transformed into the titular cosmos and roped the sun to bring light and warmth to all orchestra performs locally first, then regionally, eventually Satellite Girl, complete with Astroboy-like rocket shoes and of humanity. Then the Guardian of the Moon lured the moon flying to Rio de Janeiro, something the kids could never in weapon-firing limbs, while the balladeer in question — a to the Land of Darkness to provide a balance to the sun and their lives have imagined doing. The film follows the young loser twenty-something playing at an open mic in a coffee supply the world with dreams. At a momentous ceremony to musicians as they reach even greater heights, performing shop — meets the fate that befalls all broken-hearted appoint the two new guardians, an accident seems to occur; concerts in the US, Europe, and Asia – even sharing the lovers: he is turned into a farm animal (albeit one who can the heir apparent is passed over, and the title Guardian of stage with heavy metal super-group, Metallica. Taking us walk around in a poorly-fitting human suit). There is more: a the Moon is bestowed on the waif-like Mune, a small and into the homes and lives of the teenage performers and wizard in the form of a roll of toilet paper, an all-consuming frightened forest faun who seems wholly unprepared to their families, Landfillharmonic is a deeply moving story incinerator monster, a pig witch. But as crazy as this sounds, take on such a weighty responsibility. This news excites about the transformative power of music, and the good that it all comes together into a heartfelt and wildly entertaining Necross, the nefarious ruler of the Underworld, a corrupted comes from taking what others discard to create something commentary on the possibility for human connection in the ex-guardian who decides to take advantage of Mune’s of beauty and value. crazy, mixed up, semi-random, post-modern world we live in. weakness and steal back the sun for himself. Now it is up to unlikely hero Mune and his friend Glim – a headstrong young girl with wax for skin – to save the sun and restore
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BALLET BOYS HOCUS POCUS ALFIE ATKINS Norway Norway – EAST COAST PREMIERE Documentary, Kenneth Elvebakk, 2013, 73 min Animation, Torill Kove, 2013, 75 min In Norwegian with English subtitles In English Recommended ages 9 to adult Recommended ages 3 to 8
Ballet Boys takes us through four years in the lives of three Perfect for our youngest audiences, Academy Award® winning friends: the handsome and talented Lukas, girl-crazy Syvert, director Torill Kove’s first feature film is arefreshingly warm and strong, stolid Torgier. The only boy and intimate tale based on beloved children’s dancers in a world of girls, they strive book character Alfie Atkins. Seven-year-old Alfie to get into Norway’s most prestigious dreams of owning a dog, but his father insists ballet academy. Beautifully that he is too small for such a big responsibility. constructed, slow-motion dance Undaunted, Alfie finds an unlikely ally in George, a sequences and life-altering kindly magician who performs tricks for the neighborhood auditions provide a pulse kids and has just adopted a puppy of his own. If magic can of drama throughout make things appear and disappear, maybe it can help to their journey, but make his dream come true! But it turns out, magic is not as the film is ultimately easy as Alfie thinks, and when his dream finally does come the story of their true, it is in a most unexpected manner. Lovingly animated friendship, their with thoughtful, honest character interactions, Hocus Pocus disappointments, offers an emotionally and visually rich cinema experience victories, first loves, for young moviegoers and their parents. dreams, and doubts, as they change and grow over this formative period in their lives.
20 | 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival | 21 NEW FEATURES TM © 2014 Handle Productions Moomins Characters SECRETS OF WAR MOOMINS ON THE RIVIERA Netherlands – NEW YORK PREMIERE Finland / France – north american PREMIERE Live Action, Dennis Bots, 2014, 95 min Animation, Xavier Picard, 2014, 80 min In Dutch with English subtitles In English Recommended ages 9 to adult Recommended ages 5 to 10
Netherlands, 1943. Best friends Tuur and Lambert spend Filmmakers Xavier Picard & Hanna Hemila in attendance their time dreaming up adventures and discovering secret at March 14th and March 15th screenings passages in the caves and forests that surround their close-knit village. Homemade wooden pistols serve as props Sixty years ago, when Finnish author and illustrator Tove in their playful war games, as they make light of the conflict Jansson launched the Moomin comic strip, little did she that is building all around them. When new girl Maartje enters know it would reach 20 million daily readers in more than 40 their social circle, the boys’ friendship faces a challenge countries. In celebration of her 100th birthday, French director typical of adolescence – and Lambert begins to feel more Xavier Picard brings Jansson’s carefree and adventurous and more like the third wheel. But as the ramifications of Moomin family to life, with delicately animated characters German occupation encroach upon the children’s daily lives set within beautifully designed and colored backgrounds, and the secrets of Maartje’s past come to light, Lambert’s and the comic’s traipsing storylines translated to the screen jealousy has consequences more devastating than he can with just the right amount of absurdity and humor. As the imagine. Secrets of War, with its lush backdrops and strong story opens, disruptions in the tranquil world of Moominvalley emotional performances from three young leads, expertly prompt the Moomins to take a trip to the French Riviera balances the universality of shifting young friendships with for some much needed rest. Upon their arrival, they are the moral complexity of war. introduced as “De Moomin” and taken to the fanciest hotel in town, where they are treated like royalty. Exposed to the luxurious life for the first time, Moomintroll’s beloved Snork Maiden becomes seduced by the lure of fashion and celebrity, while Moominpappa begins to hobnob with high-society art collectors. But the rest of the family seems less impressed by this superficial world and longs to return home.
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JELLYFISH EYES LOU! Wolfy, THE Incredible BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Japan France - US PREMIERE France – NEW YORK PREMIERE Live Action/Animation, Takashi Murakami, 2013, 101 min Live Action, Julien Neel, 2014, 102 min Secret Live Action, Nicolas Vanier, 2014, 104 min In Japanese with English subtitles In French with English subtitles Belgium/France – US PREMIERE In French with English subtitles Recommended ages 8 to adult Animation, Grégoire Solotareff/Eric Omond, 2013, 82 min Recommended ages 9 to adult In English Recommended ages 7 to adult
Pop art superstar Takashi Murakami makes his feature Filmmaker and author Julien Neel present on March 14th Recommended ages 5 to 10 Belle and Sebastian is a timeless story of a boy and his film debut with a campy, genre-defying adventure that for post-screening Q&A dog—a story of friendship, courage, and loyalty—set mixes lo-fi Japanese disaster movie, new kid-on-the-block Though they’re from opposite ends of the food chain, Wolfy against the jaw-dropping scenery and alpine panoramas of coming-of-age story, and Pokémon-style anime with a Twelve-and-a-half-year-old Lou lives alone with her absurdly and Tom (a wolf and rabbit, respectively) are best friends. the Haute Maurienne-Vanoise region of France. Sebastian delirious abundance of wonderfully imagined magical immature mother, Emma. She spends her days playing Wolfy has always believed he was an orphan, until one day lives with his grandfather , César, in a vertiginous mountain creatures. Setting Murukami’s fantastical animated with her new cat, eating at the local Chinese restaurant, a gypsy tells him that his mother is still alive and a person village, where he crosses paths with a giant and dirty designs in an otherwise live action film,Jellyfish Eyes tells and spying on her dreamy neighbor Tristan, obsessively of importance in the distant dynasty of Wolfenberg, Land Pyrenean Mountain Dog who the locals have dubbed “the the story of Masashi, a young boy who moves to a sleepy journaling his every move. Her mom has been in a funk of the Wolves. Despite his fear of “the fanged ones,” Tom Beast” for allegedly killing their livestock. But Sebastian town in the Japanese countryside in the wake of a natural lately, eating junk food in her pajamas, playing video agrees to accompany his friend as they venture far from sees something good in the misunderstood canine and disaster. When Masashi encounters a flying, jellyfish-like games, and generally behaving more like a teen than her their peaceful countryside home. They befriends the animal, renaming her “Belle.” Their budding creature, he soon discovers that all his classmates have on-the-cusp-of-adolescence daughter. But all this changes arrive in the midst of Carne Festival friendship is put to the test when Nazis march into town similarly magical pets, known as F.R.I.E.N.D.s, that are with arrival of the new bohemian neighbor, Richard, who — a grand meeting of the world’s looking to root out a band of resistance fighters who are controlled by electronic devices that the children use to ignites her goofy mother’s romantic interest and triggers a most renowned carnivores — guiding Jewish refugees to neighboring Switzerland. With battle one another. Despite their playful appearances, series of increasingly embarrassing episodes that test the and Wolfy’s quest for self- their intimate knowledge of the nooks and crannies of the however, these F.R.I.E.N.D.s turn out to be part of a sinister long-suffering Lou’s patience and sympathy. Director Julien discovery quickly turns into alpine valleys, Belle and Sebastian join the struggle and plot that threatens the entire universe. Neel has turned the French comic and animated TV series Tom’s quest for survival. This help point the way to safety. into a quirky, mom and daughter buddy movie, with vibrant beautifully animated film is Comment: Includes one, somewhat intense bullying and brilliantly kitschy bubble-gum production design and based on the wildly popular scene. plenty of cringe-worthy, awkward comedic situations, as it French children’s book series humorously celebrates the bonds of female friendship. LouLou from writer and director Grégoire Solotareff, who also brought us our 2007 opening night film U.
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THE KING AND THE WALLACE & GROMIT SHORTS BEST OF AARDMAN SHORTS United Kingdom United Kingdom MOCKINGBIRD Animation, Nick Park, 1990-2012, 90 min Animation, Various, 1981-2015, 90 min France In English In English Animation, Paul Grimault, 1952/1980, 87min In English Sun March 8 Recommended ages 5 to adult Recommended ages 8 to adult In French with English subtitles Sat March 21 Join NYICFF in celebrating the 25th birthday of Nick Park’s This brilliant collection of short filmsincludes the Academy Recommended ages 5 to adult absent minded, cheese-loving inventor Wallace and his Award® winning Creature Comforts, the NYICFF Grand Prize Don’t miss Paul Grimault’s gloriously imaginative faithful canine companion Gromit. Nick Park began work winner Humdrum, plus Morph, Rex the Runt, Shaun the animated masterwork, based on the Hans Christian on A Grand Day Out as a student project, completing it Sheep and other mini masterpieces spanning four decades of Andersen fairy tale “The Shepherdess and the Chimney after joining Aardman in 1985. The film was nominated for creative output from Nick Park, Peter Lord, Richard Starzack, ® Sweep.” A pompous, cross-eyed king is in love with a an Academy Award but lost to his other entry that year, Peter Peake, Chris Sadler and the stop-motion geniuses at painting of a shepherdess. But she has eyes for the Creature Comforts. This NYICFF program includes A Grand Aardman Animations. These inspired creations embody the dashing young chimney sweep in the next painting over Day Out plus Nick Park’s next two Wallace & Gromit films, best of Aardman’s slyly subversive wit and expressive style, – and so the two decide to elope, stepping out of their The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave, both of which and bubble over with a warmth and humanity that only such ® frames and into Grimault’s endlessly inventive and bizarre earned Oscars for him and secured Wallace & Gromit lovingly handmade films canconvey . secret weapon – they castle town, where elevators are beetles attached to a place as a UK national treasure and one of the craft a strategy to ward off potential buyers by telescoping antennas, buildings hang like barnacles from most beloved animated duos of all times. A turning the house into a haunted mansion. gargantuan Roman pillars, and the King gives chase in Close Shave also introduced the character a throne-turned bumper car. This French animated gem Shaun the Sheep, who makes his big-screen feature debut in the Opening Night film of originally began production in the late 1940s, but wasn’t the festival. completed until 1980. It has been mired in rights issues ever since, which prevented its release in the US until now.
the king and the mockingbird aardman ANIMATIONS
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Recommended ages 3 to 6 • 60 minutes
Cookie-Tin Banjo Hidden Talent Larisa Can Fly LAW OF THE JUNGLE BUNNY NEW GIRL ELEPHANT AND THE COOKIE-TIN BANJO H lentiDDEN Ta LARISA CAN FLY France/Belgium – NORTH AMERICAN Australia – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE USA/UK – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Croatia – NY PREMIERE Russia – US PREMIERE PREMIERE Live Action, Natalie van den Dungen, 2014, 6 min BICYCLE Animation, Peter Baynton, 2014, 2.5 min Animation, Miran Mioši´c, 2013, 6 min Animation, Elizaveta Manokhina/Polina Manokhina, 2013, 6.5 min Animation, Pascale Hecquet, 2015, 6 min France/Belgium – NY PREMIERE On her first day at a new school, a Animation, Olesya Shchukina, 2014, 9 min In this storybook folk tale, a handcrafted It will take a lot more than lack of talent An adventurous little monkey uses his self-conscious young girl learns that guitar is passed down to a young boy to stop an ambitious kitten’s dream of A poetic tale of two girls and their larger- An elephant lives in a town among people quick wits to fool two big gorillas who friendship can transcend difference. from his father and becomes the gift joining in the songs of Feline City. than-life Granny, who turn every day into and works as a street cleaner. One day, he are all after the same thing: a prized of a lifetime. imaginative adventures in this beautiful, sees a big billboard advertising a bicycle. banana. painterly animation. It seems the perfect size for him!
Law of the Jungle
Bunny New Girl Elephant and the Bicycle Poker The Little Hedgehog Happy Bogeys 10-12
PIK PIK PIK POKER THE LITTLE HEDGEHOG HAPPY BOGEYS 10-12 Russia – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Japan – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE France/Belgium – EAST COAST PREMIERE Japan – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Animation, Dmitry Vysotskiy, 2014, 3 min Animation, Mirai Mizue/Yukie Nakauchi, 2014, 3.5 min Animation, Marjorie Caup, 2014, 5 min Animation, Takashi Kurihara, 2014, 5 min The woodpecker rattles the tree, on the A baby bird flies around a transformative, A little hedgehog finds a magnificent A mysterious creature has appeared, it hunt for ants. But, alas, someone grabs colorful, kaleidoscopic world. apple in the woods. He rolls it behind a issues a message of mystery: go away. a hold of the tree, and the ill-matched rock where he can enjoy it at his leisure. creatures form an unbeatable team. But there are some uninvited guests at the feast...
M iNUSCULE: The Private Life of Insects – Brushing France – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Animation/Live Action, Hélène Giraud / Thomas Szabo, 2014, 5 min A common bathroom becomes the setting for an all-terrain, Looney Toons-inspired Zebra Minuscule: The Private Life of Insects – Brushing chase between a fly and a spider. Z EBRA Germany – NY PREMIERE Pik Pik Pik Animation, Julia Oker, 2013, 2 min One day the zebra ran into the tree.
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Recommended ages 5 to 10 • 70 minutes
My Big Brother Wayne The Stegosaurus The Trumpeter IMAGINATION 5.80 METERS EYES MY BIG BROTHER WAYNE THE THE TRUMPETER Ukraine – US PREMIERE France USA – NY PREMIERE USA – NY PREMIERE PREMIERE Mexico – NY PREMIERE Animation/Mixed Media, Catherine Chepik, 2013, 9 min Animation, Nicolas Deveaux, 2012, 5 min Animation, Tom Law, 2013, 1 min Animation, Jason Rayner, 2014, 2.5 min STEGOSAURUS Animation, Robin Alejandro Morales Reyes, 2014, 10 min USA While playing in her room, a young girl A herd of high-flying acrobatic giraffes There are things to fear in the dark. Big brother is not just older, but physically Animation, Aran Quinn/Jeffrey Dates, 2014, 1.5 min Despite obstacles, a trumpet player discovers wild worlds made of paper, takes to the pool. gigantic. finds his inner voice. In doing so, he He wears his bow-tie on his tail and plasticine, clay, and more. creates a wild, colorful freedom for his likes to eat the daily mail. He’s Wayne fellow musicians. the Stegosaurus.
LEAVING HOME ME AND MY MOULTON Netherlands – EAST COAST PREMIERE Norway/Canada – NY PREMIERE Animation, Joost Lieuwma, 2013, 7 min Animation, Torill Kove, 2014, 14 min When Father decides Richard is old enough 2015 Oscar® Nominee! to leave home, he sends him out into the A 7-year-old girl, whose parents are world. However Richard keeps returning — unconventional modernists, wants her every time in a more bizarre way. family to be like other Norwegian families of the 1960s. This causes problems the summer she asks her parents for a bike. Imagination 5.80 Meters Eyes Leaving Home
THE LITTLE COUSTEAU ANATOLE’S LITTLE SUBMARINE Me and My Moulton Czech Republic – NY PREMIERE Animation, Jakub Kourˇil, 2014, 8 min SAUCEPAN SANDWICH A boy escapes his snow-covered city France – NY PREMIERE USA – NY PREMIERE through dreams of deep-sea adventures Animation, Eric Montchaud, 2014, 6 min Animation, PES, 2014, 2 min like his hero, the legendary Jacques Anatole is still lagging his small saucepan A new stop-motion food film from Cousteau. behind him. It fell on him one day without the director of the shortest film ever ® a clear reason. Since then, it stuck around nominated for an Oscar —Fresh and prevents him from moving. One day, Guacamole. Anatole has had enough. Note: Footballs are not intended for consumption!
The Little Cousteau Anatole’s Little Saucepan Submarine Sandwich
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Recommended ages 8 to 14 • 75 minutes
Eyes On The Stars Ray’s Big Idea Giovanni and the Water Ballet A SINGLE LIFE BALLOONA LAGUNA I’LL STOP CRYING IF EYES ON THE STARS RAY’S BIG IDEA GIOVANNI AND THE Netherlands Germany – US PREMIERE USA United Kingdom – NORTH AMERICAN Animation, Job, Joris, & Marieke, 2014, 2 min Animation, Matisse Gonzalez, 2014, 6.5 min YOU STOP CRYING Animation, The Rauch Brothers, 2012, 3 min PREMIERE WATER BALLET United Kingdom – NY PREMIERE Netherlands – US PREMIERE ® Animation, Steve Harding-Hill, 2014, 3.5 min 2015 Oscar Nominee! A boy and his father run a successful Animation, Andy Glynne, 2012, 4.5 min A young boy in the 1950s dreams of Live Action, Astrid Bussink, 2014, 17 min When playing a mysterious vinyl single, balloon stall, but the boy wonders if his going into space, but his first challenge A plucky, pioneering pre-historic fish, has Hamid, age 10, is from Eritrea, but fled Ten-year-old Giovanni wants to be Pia is suddenly able to travel through true calling may be with the bushy-bearded begins at the local library. a groundbreaking plan to improve his life. her life. trumpeter across the street. to the UK with his mother when he was the first boy to compete in the Dutch seven. With candor and maturity, he Synchronized Swimming Championships. speaks about his experience adjusting to With his first “girlfriend” Kim cheering a new country. him on from the sidelines, will he fulfill his dream?
ELECTRIC SOUL Finland/South Korea – EAST COAST PREMIERE Animation/Mixed Media, Joni Männistö, 2013, 5 min Follow the life of a buzzing city through the day and into the night in this experimental film that uses recycled computer parts to build up an abstract micropolis inhabited
A Single Life Balloona Laguna I’ll Stop Crying If You Stop Crying La-Gar-To by electronic components. Electric Soul
JOHNNY EXPRESS MYTHOPOLIS BY THE STREAM LA-GAR-TO South Korea Czech Republic – NY PREMIERE USA – EAST COAST PREMIERE Nicaragua/USA – EAST COAST PREMIERE Animation, James Woo, 2014, 5.5 min Animation, Alexandra Hetmerová, 2013, 11.5 min Animation, Otto Tang, 2013, 2.5 min Animation, Miguel Jiron, 2013, 7 min It’s 2150. Johnny Express is the galaxy’s A small Minotaur, his Mom Medusa, a Witness the passing of time and the Traveling to Nicaragua with his family, laziest deliveryman. Will he be successful Cyclops delivery guy, and other legendary changes of the city from the vantage a young boy discovers a strange and in delivering his latest package, or will he characters from Greek mythology go about point of an unassuming newsstand clerk. frightening world full of iguanas. deliver mass destruction instead? their lives while solving their problems in TIGERS TIED UP IN ONE ROPE today’s world. France – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Animation, Benoît Chieux, 2014, 8 min An extremely lazy young boy is harassed by his mother, who cannot bear to see him eat and sleep all day long, day after day. He eventually decides to get to work and shows unexpected imagination, creativity, and tenacity.
Tigers Tied Up In One Rope
Johnny Express Mythopolis By The Stream
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Recommended ages 12 to Adult • 80 minutes
The First Step The Kiosk Quiet Mujo SENSORY OVERLOAD FANCY SHIRTS CHIT CHAT ROULETTE THE FIRST STEP THE KIOSK QUIET MUJO USA Japan – WORLD PREMIERE United Kingdom France – US PREMIERE Switzerland France/Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Animation/Live Action/Mixed Media, Miguel Jiron, Animation, Manabu Himeda, 2013, 2.5 min Animation, David Luepschen, 2014, 2.5 min Live Action, Jonathan Comnène, 2013, 19.5 min Animation, Anete Melece, 2013, 6.6 min Switzerland/Germany/Italy/Portugal – 2012, 2.5 min Fancy shirts, fancy shirts, anyone can be a A surreal, humorous look at the world of Sacha, 12, is a solo figure skater trained Olga, the kiosk lady, dreams of being far US PREMIERE Live Action, Ursula Meier, 2014, 11 min Some people with autism have difficulty smart dresser in them! inter-puppet communication. by his father to become a champion. But away and escaping from the monotonous processing intense, multiple sensory his real dream is to skate—just once— life in which she is literally stuck. A series During soccer practice in Sarajevo, experiences at once. Take a glimpse with his crush, Rebecca. of absurd incidents finally leads her to Mujo sends the ball flying into a nearby into how often our sensory experiences the place of her dreams. cemetery. Searching for the ball becomes intertwine in everyday life. a welcome escape for Mujo. But instead of the ball, he discovers another BLANKFILLERS graveyard visitor. USA/Taiwan Animation, Peyton Skyler and Celeste Lai, 2014, 3 min There’s something about eggs…
Sensory Overload Fancy Shirts Chit Chat Roulette Blankfillers
CODA Ireland Animation, Alan Holly, 2014, 9 min Death grants a man his last request, taking him on one final journey.
Coda Oh My Dog! WE CAN’T OH MY DOG! Belgium LIVE WITHOUT Animation, Chloé Alliez, 2013, 6.5 min COSMOS In front of a raging, rowdy Russia – US PREMIERE crowd, the most outstanding Animation, Konstantin Bronzit, 2014, 15 min dogs face each other to measure their talents and Two friends on a mission strengths. The results may to fulfill their life-long shock you. dream of flying in the cosmos together…
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
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Recommended ages 10 to Adult • 80 minutes
Maja Steadfast Stanley GOLDEN BOY SYMPHONY NO. 42 FADED FINERY MAJA AFTER SCHOOL STEADFAST STANLEY France – US PREMIERE Hungary Poland – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE China – EAST COAST PREMIERE Canada/USA – EAST COAST PREMIERE Animation, Ludovic Versace, 2014, 4.5 min Animation, Réka Bucsi, 2013, 10 min (ORIPEAUX) Live Action, Jakub Michnikowski/Sebastian Weber, Animation, Junyi Xiao, 2014, 3.5 min Animation, John Cody Kim, 2014, 4 min France – US PREMIERE 2014, 5.5 min An unhappy accident will determine the Small events express irrational, surreal Animation, Sonia Gerbeaud / Mathias de Panafieu, A bad grade leads a girl to wonder if her Stanley the Corgi is left behind in tragic fate of a child with irregular skull interactions between humans and 2014, 10 min During her grandfather’s wake, Maja is mother’s reaction will be even worse. the break of an apocalypse. He does certain she still sees him: by the tree, in dimensions. nature, including an operatic penguin In a remote village, a little girl befriends a everything he can to reunite with his the dining room, and during a certain and a cat that can be used as a coat. pack of coyotes. But the villagers brutally owner. magical song. put an end to this relationship, unaware of the revolution that awaits.
Golden Boy Symphony No. 42 Fade Finery (Oripeaux) Imposter Eye In Tuna Care Earthworm Heart
MISTER MIRROR MAN LUCY AND THE LIMBS IMPOSTER EYE IN TUNA care EARTHWORM HEART Mexicost – Ea Coast Premiere Canada – EAST COAST PREMIERE Switzerland/France USA United Kingdom – NORTH AMERICAN Live Action, Mara Soler Guitián, 2014, 10 min Animation, Edlyn Capulong, 2014, 3 min Animation, Elie Chapuis, 2013, 6.5 min Animation, John Walter Lustig, 2014, 4 min PREMIERE A stubborn fish collector goes overboard in A young girl befriends the re-animated When a deer steals the identity of a man, A dentist’s expertise is put to the test when Animation, Alasdair Brotherston, 2014, 3 min the hunt for a rare catch. limbs of a dead body. but both show up to dinner, it’s difficult to an unusual patient seeks help. A cat fishing without a permit gets its just tell who is the real imposter. desserts.
Mister Mirror Man Lucy and the Limbs
AIRY ME Japan Animation, Yoko Kuno, 2013, 5.4 min With her nose acting as the switch, a test- Mo Ström ❉ Afterwhat.com ❉ 212.732.0373 Airy Me subject girl is transformed into a Chimera.
36 | 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival 2015 New York International Children’s Film Festival | 37 NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC GIRLS’ POV SHORTS AND WARNER BROS. PRESENT Recommended ages 10 to Adult • 75 minutes
MARINA’S OCEAN BEACH FLAGS LAYLA’S MELODY Starring Conducted by Brazil – NY PREMIERE France – NY Premiere Denmark/Afghanistan – EAST COAST BUGS BUNNY GEORGE DAUGHERTY Live Action, Cássio Pereira Dos Santos, 2014, 16 min Animation, Sarah Saidan, 2014, 13 min PREMIERE Marina yearns to see the ocean, but her Vida is an Iranian competitive lifeguard. Live Action, Jens Pedersen, 2013, 16 min Created by GEORGE DAUGHERTY & DAVID KA LIK WONG disability interferes. Unable to travel to She is determined to fight to win first Eleven-year-old Layla lives in an the beach with her sister and friends, she place at an international competition in orphanage in Kabul, and despite the many sets out on an adventure of her own. Australia. But with the arrival of Sareh, sacrifices she has endured – including MAY 15 & 16 – 3 SHOWS ONLY as fast and as talented as she is, she is not seeing her family for four years – her AT AVERY FISHER HALL faced with an unexpected situation. passion for music and education keeps her optimistic.
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Marina’s Ocean Beach Flags Layla’s Melody
Locations MY MILK CUP COW Japan – NY PREMIERE • Warren Street Animation, Yantong Zhu, 2014, 11 min • Chelsea Nunu’s imaginative father tells her that there’s a cow at the bottom of her cup • Upper East Side of milk. When she realizes this isn’t true, she starts to wonder what else he may We care for • Lower East Side have made up. • Harlem My Milk Cup Cow Princess your kids • Williamsburg DUO IN THE BEGINNING PRINCESS France – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE USA France – EAST COAST PREMIERE • Boerum Hill Animation, Janis Aussel / Laurent Moing, 2014, 3.5 min Animation, Arthur Metcalf, 2013, 2.5 min Live Action, Marie-Sophie Chambon, 2014, 10 min • Park Slope A duo of acrobats goes onstage one last There can be no doubt that a little girl had Lois, 7 years old, has the same dream as time, united under the spotlights, even as a hand in the Creation. her friends: to be a princess. • Fort Greene their harmony backstage is broken. • Bay Ridge • Greenpoint • Long Island City • Jersey City www.tribecapediatrics.com Girls’ POV is presented with support from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Duo In The Beginning
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