Festival Feature Films

		Kirikou et la Sorciere 1998 by Michel Ocelot, 70 mins France/Belgium Saturday 1 pm
The Secret of Kells 2009 by Tomm Moore, 75 mins Ireland Saturday 5 pm
		Pelicanman 2004 by Liisa Helminen, 86 mins Finland Sunday 1 pm
Racing Dreams 2009 by Marshall Curry, 97 mins United States Sunday 5 pm

Saturday, January 23, 2010

11 am – Animated shorts

for all ages (69 mins)

Timmy Time, Timmy’s Train episode, Aardman Animations, 10 mins, UK,
2009. From the BBC series by Nick Park, little lamb Timmy and pals
play trains; Timmy and Mittens vie to be leader, only to realize it’s
no good being the best if there’s nobody left to play with.

Honkbarn #1, Todd Ramsay, 20 secs, Canada, 2007. Animated musical
nonsense.

El Toro y la Luna (The Bull and the Moon), Carmen Santos et al., 7
mins, Singapore, 2007. A popular Spanish folk song comes to life in
this animated short created and produced by six children between ages
6 and 11, with two adult guides.

Pozzie, The Tree episode, Misseri Studios, 2 mins, Italy. A boy made
of a water drop can turn himself into anything he touches, in this
episode a tree; a unique animation technique made out of real water.

Lost & Found, Philip Hunt, 24 mins, UK, 2008. Based on the children’s
book by Oliver Jeffers, a little boy who finds a lost penguin on his
doorstep senses the penguin is unhappy to be so far from home, and
decides to row him all the way back to the South Pole.

Honkbarn #3, Todd Ramsay, 1 min, Canada, 2007. Animated musical nonsense.

Leonardo, Jim Capobianco, 10 mins, USA, 2009. Leonardo da Vinci,
history’s most

1 pm – Animated feature & Playtime with Jules

for ages 6 and up

Le Moine et le Poisson (The Monk and the Fish), Mikael Dudok de Wit, 6
mins, France, 1994. Standing next to a water reservoir in a monastery
enclave, a monk sees a fish and goes to get his net to catch it. The
fish eludes him and the monk gets rather agitated as he tries
increasingly extreme ways of catching the fish.

Kirikou et la Sorciere (Kirikou and the Sorceress), Michel Ocelot, 70
mins, France/Belgium, 1998. A small boy named Kirikou is born in an
African village already able to walk and talk. His mother tells him
that Karaba the Sorceress has placed a terrible curse on the village,
drying up its water source and devouring all its men. Kirikou sets
out on a quest to undo the curse and find out why Karaba is so wicked.

Playtime with filmmaker Jules Oosterwegel. Documentary shorts of
children around the world playing street games, followed by live games
with Jules who is visiting from the Netherlands.

Shorts:

• Vietnam – Cuop co
• Botswana – Deweke
• Brazil – Capoeira
• Vietnam – Da cau
• Denmark – Rod-gul gron-stop

3 pm – Live action shorts (75 mins)

for ages 6 and up

Girl Star Suryamani Forest Activist, Umang Bhattacharya, 7 mins,
India, 2007. Part of the Girl Star series produced by UNICEF, this
short documentary tells the story of Suryamani Bhagat, who against all
odds earned a college degree, then returned to her small village in
Northern India, and became an activist to preserve local forests and
tribal culture.

Lard, Ornette Spencely, 5 mins, UK, 2005. Jake longs to play football
with the older boys on his street. When he inadvertently ends up with
the ball, Jake discovers that friendship can come at a price.

Eletvonal (Lifeline), Tomek Ducki, 6 mins, Hungary, 2007. A close
encounter between two mechanical cog-people skating along metal
tracks, falling apart and rejoining, seeking a way to be together in a
world where paths are narrow, mistakes are fatal, and there is no
going back.

How to Make Friends, Kara Miller, 7 mins, UK, 2004. One day, at the
end of her tether, a mother invites two neighborhood girls over to
befriend her lonely 11 year old son. Even she is surprised at the
result.

Triple Concerto in D Minor, Daniel Mitchell, 8 mins, Australia,
2008. Rebecca navigates the ups and downs of life as an aspiring
orchestral triangle player.

The Solitary Life of Cranes, Eva Weber, 27 mins, UK, 2009. Part city
symphony part visual poem, explores the invisible life of a city, its
patterns and hidden secrets, seen through the eyes of crane drivers
working high above the streets.

Animando, Marcos Magalhaes, 12 mins, Canada/Brazil, 1987. In this
short film, we watch Brazilian artist Marcos Magalhaes bring an
animated figure to life on the drawing board. Using different
materials and techniques, he manipulates his character to walk, jump,
and interact with his surroundings. This whimsical film was made
during an apprenticeship program at the National Film Board of Canada.

Workshop shorts. Quick peek at the clay animations created by children at workshops earlier in the day.

5 pm – Animated feature

for ages 8 and up

New Boy, Steph Green, 11 mins, Ireland, 2007. Based on a
short story by Roddy Doyle about a young African boy named Joseph who
endures merciless taunting from his new classmates on his first day at
a school in Dublin by reflecting back on his time in Africa.

The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore, 75 mins, Ireland, 2009. Adventure,
action, and danger await 12-year old Brendan who must fight Vikings
and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of
Kells.

Sunday, January 24, 2010

11 am – Animated Shorts (66 mins)

for all ages

Timmy Time, Snapshot Timmy episode, Aardman Animations, 10 mins, UK,
2009. From the BBC series by Nick Park, it’s time for the class photo,
but little lamb Timmy finds it hard to keep from getting dirty,
especially since the camera isn’t work- ing right.

Manantial (The Spring), Gabriel Govela Azuela, 4 mins, Mexico,
2008. A humble countrywoman and her grandson make the long trek to
get water at a small piped spring. The boy sees his grandmother’s pain
and nostalgia at the sight of dirty water and decides to bring the
spring back to life.

Honkbarn #2, Todd Ramsay, 1 min, Canada, 2007. Animated musical nonsense.

Mutt, Glen Hunwick, 7 mins, Australia, 2008. Mutt is a loyal and
hardworking farm dog who’s only real desire is to play fetch with his
favorite red ball. The grumpy farm- er Mac has no time for games, so
Mutt tries to engage Matilda, the lone dairy cow.

Quaq Quao, The Horse episode, Misseri Studios, 6 mins, Italy. A smart origami-
duckling who wanders into a fantastic world of colored papers meets an origami-
horse.

Le Trop Petit Prince (The Pipsqueak Prince), Zoia Trofimova, 6
mins, France, 2002. It’s morning and a maniacal little prince
opens his window to enjoy the beautiful day. To his surprise, the
sun comes over the horizon looking a bit dirty; he uses his
imagination and various techniques to try to remove the stains from
the sun.

Honkbarn #4, Todd Ramsay, 1 min, Canada, 2007. Animated musical nonsense.

La Grande Migration (The Great Migration), Iouri Tcherenkov, 8 mins, France,
1995. Humorous story of a migratory bird who loses his friends in the fog on the
long journey to a warm climate.

Pozzie, The Musical Instruments episode, Misseri Studios, 2 mins, Italy. A
boy made of a water drop can turn himself into anything he touches, in this episode a
musical instrument; a unique animation technique made out of real water.

Leonardo, Jim Capobianco, 10 mins, USA, 2009. Leonardo da Vinci, history’s most
celebrated creative spirit, dreams of flight; witness his journey through failure, perseverance, and success.

Revisiting Apollo #1, Aerial Contrivance Workshop, 1 min, USA, 2009. A
tribute to Galileo on the 400th anniversary of the telescope. Using
the actual NASA audio, Apollo 15 Cmdr. Dave Scott proves Galileo’s
theory of falling bodies at the only place he can – the moon.

Mio Mao, The Clew episode, Misseri Studios, 5 mins, Italy. Kitties Mio
and Mao are rolling and tumbling across a fantastic world of clay,
when they encounter a playful ball of pink yarn.

Shaun the Sheep, Bathtime episode, Aardman Animations, 5 mins, UK, 2007.
From the BBC series by Nick Park about Shaun the Sheep who turns peace
in the valley into mayhem in the meadow. In this episode, Shaun and
the flock go on a mission to try to get hot water for their sheep dip.

1 pm – Live action feature & Playtime with Jules for ages 6 and up

Honkbarn #3, Todd Ramsay, 1 min, Canada, 2007. Animated musical nonsense.

Pelikaani Mies (Pelicanman) by Liisa Helminen, 86 mins, Finland,
2004. The adventures of a pelican and a ten-year-old boy named Emil,
in a world where the line between reality and make-believe is not
always clear. The pelican tries out being human, buys a suit, gets a
job, even rents an apartment from a woman who’s allergic to
birds. Others might be fooled, but not Emil.

Playtime with filmmaker Jules Oosterwegel. Documentary shorts of
children around the world playing street games, followed by live games
with Jules who is visiting from the Netherlands.

Shorts:

• Zimbabwe – Scotch scotch
• Denmark – Tag sat
• Vietnam – Trong nu trong hoa
• Botswana – Diketo
• Indonesia – Blarak blarak sempal

3 pm – Animated shorts (76 mins)

for ages 6 and up

Reach, Luke Randall, 4 mins, Australia, 2009. A tiny robot is given
the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power
cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, his lust to
live outside of his reach may be his demise.

Akvaryum (Aquarium), Denizcan Yuzgul, 5 mins, Czech Republic,
2007. The day to day life of a family is disrupted when a child
uncovers an entirely new perspective on their world.

Le Moine et le Poisson (The Monk and the Fish), Mikael Dudok de Wit, 6
mins, France, 1994. Standing next to a water reservoir in a monastery
enclave, a monk sees a fish and goes to get his net to catch it. The
fish eludes him and the monk gets rather agitated as he tries
increasingly extreme ways of catching the fish.

El Empleo (The Employment), Santiago Grasso, 6 mins, Argentina, 2008. On a
day like any other, a man goes to work in a world where
people are employed in a host of unusual jobs.

L’Homme Sans Ombre (The Man Without a Shadow), Georges Schwitzgebel, 9
mins, Switzerland, 2004. What is the use of shade that we carry on the
ground? A man asks this question when he accepts the pact offered him
by a magician to exchange his shadow for wealth.

The Danish Poet, Torill Kove, 16 mins, Canada/Norway, 2006. Kasper, a
discouraged poet, goes to Norway to meet the famous writer, Sigrid
Undset. On Kasper’s quest for inspiration, he discovers that a spell
of bad weather, an angry dog, slippery barn planks, a careless
postman, hungry goats and other seemingly unrelated factors can play
an important role in the way life unfolds.

L’Homme Qui Plantait Des Arbres (The Man Who Planted Trees), Frederic
Back, 30 mins, Canada, 1987. Adapted from a short by French novelist
Jean Giono, a shepherd sets out to single-handedly re-forest a barren
valley, one acorn at a time.

Workshop shorts. Quick peek at the clay animations created by
children at work- shops earlier in the day.

5 pm – Documentary feature

for ages 8 and up

Shaun the Sheep, Little Sheep of Horrors episode, Aardman Animations,
5 mins, UK, 2007. From the BBC series by Nick Park, Shaun the sheep
doesn’t follow the flock; rather, he turns peace in the valley into
mayhem in the meadow. In this episode, Shaun must retrieve a stray
lamb from the farmer’s house one dark and stormy night.

Racing Dreams, Marshall Curry, 97 mins, US, 2009. A documentary about
three teenagers who race to take the national go-karting trophy, in
hope of advancing to careers as professional drivers in NASCAR, one of
America’s favorite spectator sports.

Stop-Motion Animation Workshop

Saturday and Sunday from 11:00 am – 2:30 pm

Pixar storyboard artists Matthew Luhn and Valerie LaPointe will
hold an animation workshop during the festival, for children age 7 and
older. Matt will help children decorate and add personality to their
own professional clay animation puppets from the Gumby Studios. Time
permitting, he will also teach participants how to create flip
books. Then, Valerie will guide children in filming their characters
on an animation stage. This is a truly unique, hands-on introduction
to stop motion animation.

Participants must sign up for a 30-minute filming slot with Valerie,
and arrive at least 30 minutes in advance to work with Matt. Ask
festival staff at the front door whether there are any more open
slots. The claymation films created during the workshop will be
screened the same day, before the 5 pm feature. Children may take home
their claymation characters and will receive a DVD copy of their
animation next week.

Playtime: See Play, Make Play

with filmmaker Jules Oosterwegel

We are honored that filmmaker Jules Oosterwegel flew in from Amsterdam
to attend our film festival! Jules travels around the world capturing
children playing street games on film — so far, he has documented 300
games in 21 countries across Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and
Oceania. He does this as a personal mission, financed by his
elementary teaching career. His goal is to preserve the cultural
heritage of play for future generations and to improve the physical
and social health of today’s children. After the 1 pm features on
Saturday and Sunday, Jules will show some of his shorts of children
playing street games and then will play some games with children at
the festival. Jules will also be in town the week following the
festival.