Celebrate the best and brightest in international children's cinema with an extravaganza of films from more than twenty-three countries!

Take a celluloid carpet ride around the globe to see films that are inspiring, magical, one-of-a-kind—and definitely not available on DVD. These programs from REDCAT International Children's Film Festival include gentle shorts for tiny first-time movie-goers, chills and thrills for older and more adventurous viewers, and films that will inspire young people to get involved and make a difference. What better way to spend a hot summer afternoon than to sink into the comfort of the New Museum's cool, cozy theater, and see international films made for the next generation of movie lovers?

Curated by Elizabeth Shepherd, Northwest Film Forum.

Please click on the following programs for more information about the themes in this year’s festival and a listing of the individual films being screened.

Wednesday, July 14
12:30 PM: What a Wonderful World (All ages)
2 PM: Creature Comfort (Ages three and up)
4 PM: Passport (Ages nine and up)

Saturday, July 17
12:30 PM: Animation Brigade (All ages)
2 PM: Totally Tall Tales (Ages seven and up)
4 PM: Magic Carpet (Ages seven and up)

Wednesday, July 21
12:30 PM: Creature Comfort (Ages three and up)
2 PM: Magic Carpet (Ages seven and up)
4 PM: What a Wonderful World (All Ages)

Saturday, July 24*
12:30 PM: Totally Tall Tales (Ages seven and up)
2 PM: Passport (Ages nine and up)
4 PM: Animation Brigade (All ages)

*On July 24, join us at the New Museum Block Party in Sara D. Roosevelt Park and create a flipbook to take home.

Wednesday, July 28
12:30 PM: Magic Carpet (Ages seven and up)
2 PM: What a Wonderful World (All ages)
4 PM: Creature Comfort (Ages three and up)

Saturday, July 31
12:30 PM: Passport (Ages nine and up)
2 PM: Animation Brigade (All ages)
4 PM: Totally Tall Tales (Ages seven and up)

PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

Animation Brigade

Since the 1990s, a talented group of Latvian animators have been creating puppet animation films that have delighted children all over the world. Join us for a special salute to AB Studio's "rescue team," "Munk and Lemmy," and "animals" films, and travel to a wonderland full of brave, roguish, and mischievous creatures.

• The Swan Janis Cimermanis
• The Tart Janis Cimermani
• The Bird Cage Janis Cimermanis
• Cats Dace Riduze
• The Magician Maris Brinkmanis
• Munk and Lemmy: Let's Fly Nils Skapans
• Animals: Home Hole Horrors Nils Skapans
• Firefly Dace Riduze

All ages. Total running time for this program is fifty-six minutes.

Creature Comfort

The festival's youngest viewers will love this tailor-made collection of films filled with colorful animals, cheerful music, and gentle stories. Some films have subtitles—so snuggle close and read along!

• Green Leaf Harry Flosser, Germany
• Pink Nanuq Jeanine Reutemann, Switzerland
• Tales for Tiny Tots Gun Jacobson and Anna-Clara Tidholm
• Electric Car Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, USA
• Miriam's Broken Picture Priit Tender, Estonia
• Cuento de Lac: The C Story Carlos Navarro, Spain
• Hajar's Wedding Mahin Javaherian, Iran
• Un Duelo Felipe Esquivel, Mexico
• Glow Jenna Byun, Canada
• ¿Y por qué? Germán Anzola, Venezuela
• Saari Veronica Lassenius, Spain
• When Apples Roll Reinis Kalnaellis, Latvia

Ages three and up. Total running time for this program is sixty-two minutes. Three films have English subtitles.

Magic Carpet

This screening of inventive international animation will make you see the world in a whole new way.

• Heterogenic Raimondo Della Calce, Italy
• Chicory 'n' Coffee Dusan Kastelic, Slovenia
• Melvin Magnus Holmgren, Sweden
• The Sand Piper Jimmy Marakami, Ireland
• I'm Hungry Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans, Belgium
• The Mouse with a Mouth Andrea Kiss, Belgium/France/Hungary
• Panic Painter Johan Hagelback, Sweden
• Dreamscape Pelle Hybbinette, Sweden
• Home Sweet Home Pascal Adant, Belgium

Ages seven and up. Total running time for this program is seventy-five minutes. Four films have English subtitles.

Passport

On this cinematic voyage you'll hear stories from Madagascar, Mexico, Iran, Brazil, Palestine, India, and Kenya, and meet real-life kids who are making a difference.

• Bamiyan Patrick Pleutin, France
• To Be a Child in Iran Behrooz Karamizade, Iran
• The Scarecrow Girl Cássio Pereira dos Santos, Brazil
• Madagascar, a journey diary Guilaine Bergeret, France
• Warda Louise-Marie Colon and Delphine Hermans, Belgium/Palestine
• Breakout: The Power of One Lalita Krishna, Canada

Ages nine and up. Total running time for this program is seventy-seven minutes. Five films have English subtitles; brief inoffensive nudity in one film.

Totally Tall Tales

Gather around for a high-spirited collection of Greek myths, African fables, Mexican and Brazilian legends, Hungarian folk tales, Irish yarns, and new fantastical tales.

• Just So Stories: The Beginnings of the Armadillo Jean-Jacques Prunes, France
• Long Long Ago: The Salmon of Knowledge Michael Algar, Ireland
• Long Long Ago: The Warty Tree Michael Algar, Ireland
• The Legend of the Bat Lucia Morgan, UK/Mexico
• SOL Harry Wormald, UK
• The Wee King Lajos Nagy, Hungary
• Leila Louise-Marie Colon, Belgium/Burkino Faso
• A Water Tale SJ Chiro, USA
• Ideation Jeremiah Dicky, USA
• Josué e o Pé de Macaxeira Diogo Viegas, Brazil

Ages seven and up. Total running time for this program is seventy minutes. Two films have English subtitles.

What a Wonderful World

This fast-paced program takes audiences on a whirlwind trip around the world with films that are musical, moving, funny, and full of adventure.

• For a Fistful of Snow Julien Ezri, Switzerland
• Nappy Heads Sabrina Moella, Canada
• Hello Antenna Veronika Samartseva and Anna Samoylovich, Germany
• Betty—The Doll Anna Guldager, Sweden
• The Moth and the Firefly Daniel Stedman and Aron Epstein, USA
• Getting Dad Hailey Bartholomew, Australia
• Head Dwellers Mária Boros, Hungary
• The King of the Island Raimondo Della Calce, Italy
• The Mouse That Soared Kyle Bell, USA
• Crane and Digger Leonore Poth, Germany

All ages. Total running time for this program is sixty minutes.