Now in its 10th year, the Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival returns to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Presenting more than 100 films from around the world—full-length and short animation, live action, and documentary films—the festival is organized for different age groups, from toddlers through teenagers. There’s something for everyone! Saturday, and Sunday, December 13 and 14, LACMA in collaboration with the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival is treating you and your family to a treasure trove of family-friendly hits. Join us for a weekend of play, art making, and adventure during the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival.
Have you ever seen a hamster eat an itty-bitty burrito, a toddler disappear in a puddle, a world of flying books, a kleptomaniac bird, and a series of notebook scribbles come alive in one sitting? No? Well then, the YouTube Slam is for you. Sit back and relax as we share a few of the internet’s brightest short films.
Looking for something a bit more mature? Shorts for Teens Only is filled to the brim with stories appropriate for your teen. From the Oscar-award nominated 9 Meter, a story about a young man’s long jump dreams, to Air, a beautiful short about a young boy’s quest to find the fountain of youth for his aging grandpa, this category will be sure to hold your teen’s attention.
Anina (Uruguay), one of the four feature-length films being screened this year, follows a young girl whose silly playground skirmish lands her a very unusual punishment. Both she and another young girl must safeguard a wax-sealed envelope without opening the fold for one entire week. Join us on the edges of our seat to see if she can do it! Pim and Pom (The Netherlands) spins the tale of two playful kittens, who as best friends must work together to avoid the clutches of their owner’s naughty nieces. After they become lost after running away during a park picnic, we follow their adventure as they find their way back to each other. Australian filmmaker Genevieve Bailey wove together the stories of dozens of eleven year old children in her newest film, I Am Eleven (USA). Spanning the globe, I Am Eleven highlights the often hilarious and sometimes deeply personal stories of a highly-diverse group of adolescents as they allow us briefly into their lives.
NexGen Members: Don’t miss it! After watching the newest Moonbot Studio short film, The Numberlys (in Sunday’s Shorts for 8-14 category), that traces the origins of the alphabet in a style inspired by Fritz Lang’s Metropolis, hop over to the Art of the America’s building to see actual objects used in the film in our special exhibition Haunted Screens: German Cinema from the 1920s.
Visit us on the Los Angeles Times Central Court and pick up a program, sign-up for our free kid’s membership, and participate in a fun shadow-booth workshop.
Please note that this is not a film department event, if you have any questions about the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival please contact Angela Hall at ahall@lacma.org.
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