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The NEW YORK CHILDREN'S INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL

In case of bad weather, films will be shown in the Founders Park Community Room.

Kids Flix Supreme: Don’t miss a night! Great films for kids and their parents from around the world. Featuring the Oscar Nominated “Secret of the Kells.”

Tickets $5 at the gate. Advance Tickets at all TIB Bank Branches. Advance purchase special: 5 tickets for $20 good for any film.

Find more information here; www.gkids.tv/tour

RAZZLE DAZZLE
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Live Action, Darren Ashton, Australia, 95 minutes
Recommended for ages 9 to adult
Friday, Feb. 26
7 p.m.
TIB Amphitheater

An Australian mockumentary that skewers the absurdities of the intense competition between kids on the youth dance troupe circuit—and the hyper-involved parents who live through them. A hilarious cross between Best in Show and All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle mixes colorful characters, outrageous costumes, and show-stopping dance numbers to deliver an immensely enjoyable film that captures our hearts with equal parts comedy and pathos. The film centers on Mr. Jonathon, an unconventional dance instructor who teaches his young “Jazzketeers” routines that try to illustrate world issues like animal cruelty, capitalist exploitation and global warming. Even with the help of star student Tenile, these experimental, unintentionally comical performances never manage to top rival Ms. Elizabeth’s classical academy, whose dancers train to perfection under their instructor’s snide remarks and ritual weigh-ins. But when a freak accident forces another team to forfeit, Mr. Jonathon’s ragtag troupe gets the chance to head to the national finals—if they can get past the psycho stage moms, suffocation-inducing costumes and occasional kidnapping...

KID FLIX MIX 2009 (SHORT FILMS)
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Animation, Various, 65 minutes, In English
Recommended for ages 3 to 8
Saturday, Feb. 27
6 p.m.
TI B Amphitheater

The world renowned New York International Children’s Film Festival presents this kaleidoscopic collection of the best animated short films from around the world, for ages 3 to 8. The program features musical and narrative works from Sweden, France, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, and offers a spectacular array of traditional, CGI, collage, and stop motion animation styles. Program is in English.

7 Days of the Week
Animation, McBride/Cowles, USA, 3 min

Knuffle Bunny
Animation, Mo Willems, USA, 8 min

Breaking the Mould
Animation, Manley/Paulli, UK, 1 min

The Bridge on the River Zzzeee
Animation, Thomas Szabo, France, 5 min

Dinosaur Song
Animation, Christian Robinson, USA, 3 min

Hedgehug
Animation, Dan Pinto, USA, 5 min

Horsie
Animation, Sarah Wahl, Finland, 2 min

The New Species
Animation, Evalds Lacis, Latvia, 10 min

No Monkey
Animation, Harry Flosser, Germany, 4 min

Sooner or Later
Animation, Jadwiga Krystyna Kowalska, 5 min

Spot and Splodge in Snowstorm
Animation, Geffenblad, Sweden, 8 min

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
Animation, Konstantin Bronzit, USA, 10 min

… and more!

PARTY MIX 2009 (SHORT FILMS)
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Animation, Various, 75 minutes, In English or English subtitles
Recommended for ages 9 to 16
Saturday, Feb. 27
7:30 p.m.
TIB Amphitheater

Party Mix is an all-animated program of audience and jury favorites, cherry picked from the

New York International Children’s Film Festival. The eye-opening and highly entertaining collection includes hilarious, visually stunning, and thought-provoking shorts, specifically intended for older audiences, ages 9 to 16.

Animacat
Animation, Andreani/Schwizgebel/Delachaux, Switzerland, 6 min

Attraction
Animation, Rachinta Platts, UK, 2.5 min

Don’t Let It All Unravel
Animation, Sarah Cox, UK, 2 min

Flatlife
Animation, Jonas Geirnaert, Belgium, 11 min

Fuggy Fuggy
Animation, The Brothers McLeod, UK, 5 min

I Met the Walrus
Animation, Josh Raskin, Canada, 5 min

KFJG No. 5
Animation, Alexey Alexeev, Hungary, 2 min

Lapsus
Animation, Juan Pablo Zaramella, 3.5 min

Lifeline
Animation, Tomek Ducki, Hungary, 6 min

Operator
Animation, Matthew Walker, UK, 2 min

Post !
Animation, Asmussen/Bruhn, Germany, 14 min

Zoologic
Animation, Nicole Mitchell, USA, 5 min

… and more!

SITA SINGS THE BLUES
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Animation, Nina Paley, USA, 82 minutes
Recommended for ages 9 to adult
Friday, March 5
7 p.m.
TIB Amphitheater

“Astonishingly original! I am enchanted! I am swept away! I am smiling from one end of the film to the other!” – Roger Ebert

Tragedy, comedy and musical collide in this gloriously animated film from Nina Paley, New York’s own “One Woman Pixar” (Wired Magazine). Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three bickering shadow puppets with Indian accents act as comic narrators as these old and new stories are interwoven in a post-modern retelling of the ancient Indian epic Ramayana, animated in a dazzling mix of traditional and collage animation styles, and backed by a soundtrack from legendary 1920’s jazz singer Annette Hanshaw. Sita Sings the Blues follows in the line of Triplets of Belleville, Spirited Away and Persepolis to exemplify animation as a “serious” art form. The panoply of monsters, gods, goddesses, warriors, sages, and winged eyeballs fill the screen with vivid color from start to finish, while the narrators’ improvisational debates over the Rama legend join the filmmaker’s own tragicomic story and Hanshaw’s done-me-wrong tunes to layer a modern feminist commentary on the ancient tale. The result is a subtly subversive, visually stunning, highly original work that is as enjoyable for children as it is for adults.

The Secret of Kells
Oscar Nominated
Best Animated Feature
www.thesecretofkells.com

Ireland, Tomm Moore, 2009, 75 min
Recommended Ages: All Ages (In English)

Saturday, March 6
7 p.m. Community Room, Founders Park

Magic, fantasy, and Celtic mythology come together in a riot of color and detail that dazzle the eyes, in a sweeping story about the power of imagination and faith to carry humanity through dark times. Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears and venture into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he meets the fairy Aisling, a mysterious young wolf-girl, who helps him fulfill his dangerous quest.

“Absolutely Luscious to Behold!” - Variety

“Stunning! A cascade of light, color and wonder burst from the screen!”
- The Irish Times

“Holds the spectator in a waking dream from beginning to end!” - Le Monde