New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2014 [read more]
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The critically acclaimed New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival has announced its full slate for the 2014 edition, which runs March 7-30 at five Manhattan locations. The Festival will present 100 new animated and live action shorts and features, opening and closing night parties, studio showcases, retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, filmmaking workshops, the Whole Foods Market Pop-Up Concessions Stand, audience voting and the NYICFF Awards Ceremony.
The 17th edition includes four weeks of groundbreaking and thought-provoking new films for ages 3-18. Highlights include US and North American feature film premieres of Amazonia (France), Boy in the World (Brazil), Aunt Hilda! (France), Foosball (Argentina), Patema Inverted (Japan) and others, six Oscar®-qualifying short film programs, a live sing-a-long event featuring 2011’s The Muppets and hosted by Oscar®-winning producer and composer Bret McKenzie, and LAIKA: Behind the Magic, a special presentation featuring never-before-seen footage of the studio’s upcoming feature, The Boxtrolls.
“The 2014 Festival brings together an incredible mix of the best new film from six continents – from the newest crop of international features, special preview screenings, and even a few Oscar® nominees, to our six wonderfully eclectic short film programs, where many of the Festival’s true treasures lie,” said Festival found and creative director Eric Beckman. “Families and film-lovers of all ages can feast on four weekends of non-stop movies. It is an eye-opening, horizon-expanding experience – and just a whole lot of fun.”
