UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OOFF HAWAI‘IHAWAI‘I ATAT MAMA¯ NOANOA • OUTREACHOUTREACH COLLEGECOLLEGE • SUMMERSUMMER AATT MMAA¯ NOANOA Film Festival The KIDS FIRST! Film Festival returns to Hawai‘i during Summer 2009! SUPPORTED IN PART BY THE A project of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, KIDS FIRST! fi lms are free of SIDNEY STERN gratuitous violence; race, gender, or religious bias; and condescension towards children. MEMORIAL TRUST Sundays • June 14 & 28, July 12 & 19 • 3pm • UHM Art Auditorium • FREE! JUNE 14 • AGES 5-12, 88 MIN. JULY 12 • AGES 2-8, 73 MIN. JULY 19 • AGES 5-12, 82 MIN. The Velveteen Rabbit The Firefl y and the Stars Ish Based on the From the Venezuelan savannah, an With a little encouragement from best-selling animated tale about a tiny fi refl y who his sister, Ramon discovers that book, enchanting wants to play with other glowing fi refl ies creativity is about a lot more than combination of but is rejected because she is different. getting things “right.” The creator of live-action and Convinced her light doesn’t measure up, The Dot shines a bright beam of light on animated adven- it takes the guidance of a squirrel, the caring the need to kindle and tend our creative fl ames. ture story of a of a mama bird and a baby bird mistaking her for a lonely boy who fallen star to open her up to her own true worth. Wild About Books wins over his distant father and strict grandmother Librarian Molly McGrew with the help of a toy rabbit and other toys he The Hidden introduces birds and Treasure of befriends in a magic attic. Voices of Golden Globe beasts to reading. This Wompkee rollicking rhyming story winner Jane Seymour, Emmy Award winner Tom Wood Skerritt and Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn. Directed will have the same effect by Michael Landon, Jr. An animated on young homo sapiens. tale about how Twig, the littlest The Happy Duckling JUNE 28 • AGES 8-12, 80 MIN. Wompkee, discovers Animated adventure set in a pop-up book world Dragon Hunters a hidden treasure map and leads her band of follows the antics of a young boy in his struggles (Chasseurs de Dragons) brave Wompkees on a grand adventure to fi nd against a stacking duck! Expect the unexpected Zoe loves stories about valiant knights the treasure and return the gift of universal com- and surprises aplenty behind every fl ap opened battling dragons, and dreams of going munication and love to Wompkee Wood forever. and tab pulled. on a dragon hunt. Her guardian, fearing Alex & The Kaleidoscope Heidi 4 Paws: A Furry Tale that the World Gobbler dragon will Band Live Concert The re-telling of the classic Heidi: an soon awaken, decides that Zoe should Multiple award-winner. Hand adorable orphan sent to live with her be sent away to safety. Zoe has other clapping, foot stomping world cranky Grandfather in the Swiss Alps, ideas. Packed with humor, adventure music infused songs that inspire starring ALL DOGS IN ALL OF THE and fantastical creatures, with richly detailed families to sing, dance and get lost in ROLES. Voiced by Angela Lansbury, 3D computer animation. Voices of Forest the magic of the music. We’ll wind our Stephen Rea, Julian Sands, Steve Guttenberg and Whitaker and Mary Matilyn Mouser. way out of the theatre with a couple of songs: others. You have to see it to believe it! “…Thumbs The Laugh-a-Lot Song and Together. up from the whole family.” – Parents’ Choice Awards Short-Attention-Span Environmental EarthDance Film Festival—FOR FAMILIES! Sunday, July 26 • 3pm • UHM Art Auditorium • FREE! EarthDance is a compilation of documentaries, comedies, animations and adventures that celebrate humans and nature, one short fi lm at a time. Ages 8+, 90 min. Carpa Diem Italy, 3 min. Once Upon a Tide USA, 9 min. Family Drama. Best Short, Vatavaran Film A project of the Center for Health Festival; Best spot, Festival International and the Global Environment at the Du Film Sur L’Enegie de Lausanne. Harvard Medical School. Best in Show, Santa Barbara Ocean Film Goldfi sh USA, 12 min. Festival; Special Jury Selection, Two girls. Wildscreen International Wildlife One mission. and Environmental Film Festival. A lot of fi sh. Audience Award, Austin Girl Stars: Suryamani, Badgered UK, 7 min. Film Festival; Grand Jury The Forest Activist India, 7 min. Animated tale of a grumpy badger who just wants Award and Audience Documentary. Suryamani fi ghts for the right of her the world to let him sleep. Best Short Animation Award, Chicago Film community to live in the forest of Jharkhand. Oscar nomination; British Animation Award; Best Festival. Winner, Colorado Environmental Film Festival and Film on Mountain Environment, Banff Mountain Vatavaran Film Festival. Film Festival. Balancing Point USA, 5 min. A meditation and manipulation of gravity and Roberto the Insect Architect Riddle in a Bottle time through reverse motion. Banff Mountain Film USA, 11 min. USA, 30 min. Festival award winner. Animation based on the best-selling book. Shares how life on earth is A termite named Roberto pursues his dream connected through moving Zoologic USA, 4 min. of becoming an architect and travels to the water. Funded by Save Our Animation Comedy. A fussy zookeeper is taught big city where he hopes to fi nd success. Seas Foundation. Best a lesson by an unconventional penguin. Student Funny, inspirational and winner of many Children’s Film, Wild and Academy Award. awards. Narrated by Sean Hayes. Scenic Film Festival. www.outreach.hawaii.edu/summer.
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