CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA 27 Nov - 13 De 2020 c welcome It is with great excitement that the Children’s International Film Festival can now return to Melbourne and Sydney for its third year of fun and vibrant films for kids, families and the young at heart. As many parents and carers now know after being in lockdown at home for so long, there is an abundance of moving-image content available for children online, which makes it more important than ever to make sure that their young eyes and ears experience the very best of what cinema has to offer. CHIFF stands by its mission to deliver a program of high-quality children’s films that go far beyond what Australian kids typically have access to. Our spectacular program of Australian premieres contains the newest of new films, many of which have been sourced from the most prestigious children’s film festivals around the world. These are films that are otherwise not available in Australia, so do not miss this unique opportunity for your family to see them on the big screen and enjoy the cinema experience once more – or maybe for the first time! This year’s program features new re-imaginings of classic characters such as Lassie, Sherlock Holmes and the Moomins; plus Dino Dana making her feature film debut and a return visit to Hoggett’s Farm for the 25th Anniversary of the Australian classic Babe. You will also get the opportunity to meet beloved film and literary characters from other parts of the world such as Coconut the Little Dragon, the Bears of Sicily, Raggie the doll who comes to life, Captain Sabertooth the pirate, Pelle No-Tail the cat, and 5-year-old Ella Bella Bingo. And if that’s not enough there are films about paintings that come to life, friendships formed on the soccer field, the fall of the Berlin Wall, a girl who can control dreams, an optimistic quokka and so much more. So, join us at CHIFF as we have a film for you! —Thomas Caldwell, Artistic Director contents FILMS Babe ............................................................................................................................6 The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily .......................................................................7 Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond ........................................................8 Coconut the Little Dragon: Into the Jungle .........................................................10 Festival Team Daisy Quokka ...........................................................................................................11 Dino Dana: The Movie ............................................................................................ 12 Artistic Director Thomas Caldwell Dreambuilders ......................................................................................................... 13 Executive Director Lindy Tamir The Elfkins - Baking a Difference ..........................................................................14 Catalyst Eddie Tamir Ella Bella Bingo ........................................................................................................16 Festival and Marketing Manager Erin Rosenberg Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale .................................................................................... 17 Festival Marketing Assistant Jaymes Durante The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Great Jail-Breaker ........................18 Festival Sponsorship Liz Raleigh Jackie & Oopjen ......................................................................................................19 Cinema Marketing Team Jessa Shields, Rapha Tamir, Joel Thompson Lassie Come Home ................................................................................................20 Festival Design Kylie Holmes Moominvalley ..........................................................................................................22 Festival Illustration Anita Lester Pelle No-Tail............................................................................................................ 23 Festival Trailer Hudson Sowada Phantom Owl Forest ............................................................................................. 24 Materials and Conversion Jorr Pty Ltd The Prince’s Voyage ............................................................................................... 25 Raggie ...................................................................................................................... 26 A special thanks to the dedicated teams at Classic, Lido, Cameo and Ritz Cinemas, Sky Raiders ..............................................................................................................27 and to our film-loving community for their ongoing support and enthusiasm. Too Far Away .......................................................................................................... 28 Isolation Film Festival: Short Films ...................................................................... 29 Your safety is of the utmost importance to us; all of our partner cinemas will be implementing measures to ensure that you’re safe and comfortable during your visit. ACTIVITY PAGES See chiff.com.au for details. Maze ...........................................................................................................................9 Can You Spy? ........................................................................................................... 15 Sherlock’s Word Search .......................................................................................... 21 FESTIVAL INFO Events ......................................................................................................................30 Screening Schedule ................................................................................................ 34 Tickets and Venues ................................................................................................. 36 Babe The Bears’ Famous Invasion of Sicily Director: Chris Noonan | Australia, USA | Language: English Director: Lorenzo Mattotti | France, Italy | Language: French with English subtitles 1995 | 91 mins | Recommended for ages 6+ | Rated G 2019 | 82 mins | Recommended for ages 8+ “A lovely, stubbornly idiosyncratic fable of “Beautifully drawn with bold colors and aspiration and survival.” —The New Yorker Some scenes may scare or upset younger appealing shapes... to charm children and Mild impact violence and some scenes that adults alike.” —Variety A special 25th anniversary screening of the children. may scare or upset younger viewers. Academy Award-nominated family-film Based on a classic 1945 Italian children’s book masterpiece. and premiering at the 2019 Cannes Film Nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Australian Premiere. Festival, this French-language animation tells Best Writing at the 1996 Academy Awards. 2019 Cannes Film Festival, 2019 Annecy Babe is a modern Australian classic that was a tale of conflict between humans and bears in International Animation Film Festival. produced and co-written by George Miller the kingdom of Sicily. of Mad Max and Happy Feet fame. With an all-star cast voicing the farm animals, Babe Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick When bear cub Tonino is snatched up by tells the story of a little piglet who has to use Sunday 6 December, 4PM hunters, his father King Leonzio assembles a Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick all his cunning in order to stay in the farmyard search party and heads out into the wild to find Saturday 28 November, 1PM Ritz Cinemas, Randwick and off the plate. However, one day the little him. When the bears encounter the region’s Sunday 6 December, 4PM Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn pig discovers he has a remarkable gift that human population, the tyrannical Grand Duke Sunday 6 December, 4PM might help his master win a big sheepherding assumes they wish to invade and commands Special event. See page 30 for details. Sunday 13 December, 12PM competition. But will it do? his troops to attack the bears. In the aftermath the bears find themselves in a new position Cameo Cinemas, Belgrave Babe captured hearts and minds when it of power. Can these well-meaning creatures Saturday 12 December, 2PM was originally released in 1995. Join us as exercise their power benevolently, or are they we welcome you back to Hoggett Farm to also susceptible to corruption, infighting and Ritz Cinemas, Randwick experience the magic of Babe. betrayal? Surrounded by magic and mythical Saturday 28 November, 4PM beasts, bears and humans must learn to live Saturday 5 December, 2PM peacefully together. 6 7 Captain Sabertooth and the Magic Diamond Director: Marit Moum Aune, Rasmus A. Sivertsen | Norway | Language: English 2019 | 81 mins | Recommended for ages 7+ | Rated PG Pirates, vampires, mistaken identity, magic and… attack monkeys riding pelicans? Very mild sense of threat in some scenes and The infamous pirate Captain Sabertooth wants mild slapstick violence. a magic diamond that holds special powers but, the problem is, so does Maga Kahn, a Australian Premiere. vampire king with an army of monkeys at his disposal. Due to a case of mistaken identity, both pirate and vampire are led to believe that Classic Cinemas, Elsternwick the whereabouts of the diamond is only known Sunday 29 November, 1PM by Pinky, the world’s youngest pirate, who is Sunday 6 December, 2PM trying to take a break from his days of sailing the seven seas. When Pinky is kidnapped by Lido Cinemas, Hawthorn Captain Sabertooth and his eclectic crew of Saturday 28 November, 2PM misfit