NYICFF: Kid Flicks

Presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival

KID FLICKS TWO (Runtime: 68 min., Deep and daring films for ages 8-13, In English or with English subtitles). Kid Flicks Two is full of journeys big and small: a young artist’s river-bound trek to school, a passerby’s neighborhood stroll, the search for a loving home, to the path to understanding between friends.

Established in 1997, NYICFF’s mission is rooted in the belief of film as a path for young people to understand themselves and others. All programs are designed to celebrate the beauty and power of film, spark the inherent capacity of children to connect with complex, nuanced art, and encourage the creation of intelligent films that represent and celebrate unique, diverse, and historically excluded voices.

COMIC ESCAPE

A young boy unexpectedly finds a comic book that changes his reality.
United States, Live Action, Alphonso McAuley, 2021, 15 min. English

FRANK & EMMET

Frank and Emmet are two life-long friends and show business partners who, after weeks of drifting apart, sit together to address head-on the one thing they’ve never talked about: one of them is a puppet.
United States, Live Action, Carlos F. Puertolas, 2021, 12 min. English

HOW I GOT MY WRINKLES

France, Animation, Claude Delafosse, 2022, 12 min. French with subtitles
Stop motion can’t stop time in this charming live-action and animated reflection on life, art, film, family, and all that makes the world go round.

MITCH-MATCH #6

A blue-headed matchstick is the spark that sets a playful journey in motion with wild and imaginative adventures.
Hungary, Animation, Géza M Tóth, 2020, 2 min. No dialogue

SALVADOR DALI

Every day, little Orozbek has to walk long distances and a river crossing to get to school—because that’s where he can get closer to his dream.
Kyrgyzstan, Live Action, Eldiar Madakim, 2021, 19 min. In Kirghiz with subtitles

SANCTUARY

With a mindful animal rescuer, an ideal match is never far: even French Bulldogs on wheels and skittish puppies can all find their perfect human companions.
Czech Republic, Animation, Eva Matějovičová; 2021, 5 min. In Slovak with subtitles

WARMTH

Tender and observant, Warmth depicts the daily encounters of a passerby and a stranger without a home.
United States, Animation, Nathania Zaini, 2021, 3 min. English