2014 Festival Program

Saturday Morning — January 25, 2014

10:00 am — Short Films (all ages)

Espirts by Davy Durand, 6 mins, France, 2013. I ask you for a moment to believe in spirits.

Capelito – Swatter by Rodolfo Pastor, 5 mins, Argentina, 2013. Stories about a little mushroom and his world.

My Mom is an Airplane by Yula Aronova, 7 mins, Russia, 2013. A young boy imagines his mother to be an airplane traveling to exotic lands.

Lunolin, Petit Naturaliste by Cecilia Marreiros-Marrum, 8 mins, France, 2005. A five year-old little boy finds himself in the presence of two hedgehogs that he will first tyrannize and then befriend.

Animals – Home Hole Horror by Nils Skapans, 6 mins, Latvia, 1999. The Raccoon is doing his morning exercise in his home, the cavity of the tree. Suddenly he hears a strange bang and a hole appears in the wall.

Alimation by Alexandre Dubosc, 3 mins, France, 2011. A tasty tribute to pre-cinema and optical toys.

Capelito – Tackle by Rodolfo Pastor, 5 mins, Argentina, 2013. Stories about a little mushroom and his world.

Home Sweet Home by Pierre Clenet, Alejandro Diaz, Romain Mazevet, Stéphane Paccolat, 10 mins, France, 2013. A house in Detroit leaves his abandonned neighborhood to travel the U.S. During his journey, he makes new friends and has curious encounters.

Special Programming

11:00 am — Inventor’s Toys and Rocket Ships: Eames and Wallace & Gromit (all ages)

Tops by Charles Eames & Ray Eames, 7.5 mins, USA, 1969. A brilliant childlike anthropological film capturing spinning tops from different cultures and eras.

Wallace and Gromit, A Grand Day Out by Nick Park at Aardman Animations, 25 mins, UK, 1989. Wallace and Gromit spend a bank holiday building a rocket to the Moon to sample some cheese.

11:45 am — Disney’s Tomorrowland (all ages)

Man in Space by Ward Kimball, 50 mins, USA, 1955. A lighthearted history of rockets and a humorous look at what spacemen will experience in a rocket.

Saturday Afternoon — January 25, 2014

1:30 pm — Short Films (age 7+)

The Moon that Fell into the Sea by Akira Oda, 19 mins, Japan, 2013. Can the moon go back to the sky?

Shame and Glasses by Alessandro Riconda, 7 mins, Italy, 2013. Mirko has to face his worst fear: wearing glasses. That is the only way to do his school test, but what would happen if the young girl he is secretly in love with could see him?

Rescue Team – Dog Catchers by Janis Cimermanis, 5.5 mins, Latvia, 1991. The rescue team helps a little girl to find her dog. While looking for the girl’s dog, the guys of the team mange to also rescue a pack of deserted shaggy dogs.

Star-Crossed by Katie Aldworth, 9 mins, USA, 2013. Young love isn’t bound by gravity, but for Scout and Gideon, finding each other will be harder than crossing the galaxies between them.

Us by Julie Rousset & Ulrich Totier, 8.5 mins, France, 2013. In a timeless scene, men wander aimless… Until a pebble falls and catches their attention. They gain possession of this unknown object and question it. Those behaviors talk about the nature of this strange mankind. It brings us to a crazy saga.

Ordinary Life by Tomoya Nakamura & Shoko Watanabe, 6 mins, Japan, 2013. The standard morning routine, part of the family’s normal day. Their unvarying routine continues each and everyday. A spotlight is shone on the environmental issues that are gradually forgotten in day-to-day actions.

Graveyard Jamboree with Mysterious Mose by Screen Novelties, 5 mins, USA, 1999. Mysterious Mose prepares for a rousing bone-yard bash!

2:45 pm — How Did They Do That? (all ages)

PIXAR – Partysaurus Rex by Mark Walsh, 6.5 mins, USA, 2012. Poor Rex. Buzz, Woody and the rest of the “Toy Story” gang think he is a just a wet blanket. But when Bonnie takes him to bath time, he goes from a party pooper to king of the hot tub! Creating a bubble bash like no other, everyone’s raving about the Partysaurus Rex! Director Mark Walsh will present how this computer animated film was made.

3:30 pm — Sneak Peak of the Days’ Workshop Films

3:45 pm – Saturday Afternoon Feature Film (age 7+)

Stella and the Star of the Orient, 84 minutes, Germany, 2008. Ten-year-old Stella, rummaging in her grandmother’s attic, steps into an antique wardrobe and travels 100 years back in time. She meets her own great grandmother and the younger brother, and the three instantly become firm friends. She learns that an eccentric uncle has hidden a diamond called the “Star of the Orient” somewhere on the estate. The children embark on a perilous adventure to find it.

Saturday Evening — January 25, 2014

5:30 pm — Shorts With a Conscience (age 10+)

Bounty by Finbarr Wilbrink, 23 mins, Netherlands, 2013. Tako finds out his biological father is a gangster-rapper and tries to change to become his father’s son.

Runaway Renn by Zachary Johnson, 14.5 mins, USA, 2013. Armed with her birthday list and frustrated with her family, Renn runs off to create the perfect birthday, with her older sister in hot pursuit.

Melawa – the Festival of Marriages by Junaid Imam, 18 mins, India, 2013. Manju is not interested in marriage to a man with whom she can’t imagine a happy future at all, but longs for a good education instead. She has one chance to escape tradition.

Special Event Feature Film

7:15 pm – The Nightmare Before Christmas 20th Anniversary Screening (age 7+)

The Quiet Life by Tim Hittle, 11 mins, USA, 2010. Jay and Blue have built a home and Jay is content to live a quiet life. Yet trouble is never far away and soon chaos is at his door.

The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton, 76 mins, USA, 1993. Despite having recently presided over a very successful Halloween, Jack Skellington, aka the Pumpkin King, is bored with his job and feels that life in Halloweenland lacks meaning. Then he stumbles upon Christmastown and promptly decides to make the Yuletide his own. Q & A with filmmakers.

Sunday Morning — January 26, 2014

10:00 am — Short Films (all ages)

Capelito – Honey by Rodolfo Pastor, 5 mins, Argentina, 2013. Stories about a little mushroom and his world.

Little Smile by Santosh Thippeswamy, 2 mins, India, 2013. A little girl breaks her sister’s doll, will she do the right thing and own up to her mistake?

Magnomen in Danger by Claudio Baste, 6 mins, Spain/Romania, 2013. A civilization struggles to survive.

Inspirace by Karel Zeman, 11 mins, Czech Republic, 1948. A glass blower finds inspiration inside an imaginary water drop.

Animals – Magician by Maris Brinkmanis, 7.5 mins, Latvia, 2001. A magician appears in the forest and starts to demonstrate his prestidigitations. After some hocus-pocus, the magician disappears, and with him, all his stuff.

Bonhommes by Cecilia Marreiros-Marrum, 8.5 mins, France, 2004. A five year old little boy works very hard to create a snowman. He will need to be a proud and inventive knight to protect his snowman from bad weather.

Capelito – Aeromodelist by Rodolfo Pastor, 5 mins, Argentina, 2013. Stories about a little mushroom and his world.

A Toy Train in Space by Ron Fugelseth, 2.5 mins, USA, 2013. The story of a father who sends his son’s favorite toy train to space.

Hello Kitty in Space by Lauren Rojas, 4 mins, USA, 2013. Hello Kitty’s adventure into space.

Special Programming

11:00 am — Inventor’s Toys and Rocket Ships: Eames and Wallace & Gromit (all ages)

Toccata for Toy Trains by Charles Eames & Ray Eames, 12 mins, USA, 1957. A marvelous celebration of antique toys.

Wallace and Gromit, A Grand Day Out by Nick Park at Aardman Animations, 25 mins, UK, 1989. Wallace and Gromit spend a bank holiday building a rocket to the Moon to sample some cheese.

11:45 am — Disney’s Tomorrowland (all ages)

Mars and Beyond by Ward Kimball, 50 mins, USA, 1957. Is there life on Mars and other planets? Take a journey through the solar system to find out.

Sunday Afternoon — January 26, 2014

1:30 pm — Short Films (age 7+)

My Daddy is a Movie Director by German Roda, 4 mins, Spain, 2013. My name is Alba, I’m 4 years old and my Daddy is a movie director.

Fugue by Vincent Bierrewaerts, 10.5 mins, France, 2011. A little guy looks after a young plant by putting it in the sun. He captures a cloud in his net to water the plant, but it turns into water and escapes through the mesh.

My Chopsticks by Shun Oi, 11.5 mins, Japan, 2013. A grandfather and granddaughter have a fight over chopsticks.

Rescue Team – Racket by Janis Cimermanis, 5 mins, Latvia, 1993. One day, the rescue team receives an excited call from a manager of a recently opened bar in the center of the town. His trouble is caused by two racketeers who are demanding money from him.

The Raining Tree by Andra Fembriarto, 14 mins, Indonesia, 2013. An annoyingly cheerful little girl tries her best to get the attention of a solitary young man who is sitting under a raining tree. Her intention is mysterious which tests the young man’s patience to the limit.

Reumers by Frits Standaert, 7.5 mins, France, 2011. In the calm of the jungle, an unusual noise scares the animals who panic one after the other ; as the rumour spreads, their behaviour becomes increasingly irrational.

Digital World by ZeVonte Hamilton, 2 mins, USA, 2013. A music video made to an original song by the BAYCAT youth media producers.

2:45 pm — How Did They Do That? (all ages)

Shaun the Sheep by J.P. Vine at Aardman Animations, 7 mins, UK, 2007. Shaun is the leader of the flock. He’s clever, cool and always keeps his head when the other sheep are losing theirs! Director J.P. Vine will present how this stop-motion animated film was made.

3:30 pm — Sneak Peak of the Days’ Workshop Films

3:45 pm — Sunday Afternoon Feature Film (age 7+)

Le Ballet by Louis Thomas, 4 mins, France, 2012. The story of a ballet at the Paris Opera; from the musical operture to the curtain-fall.

Freefall by Luke Willis, 9 mins, USA, 2013. While attempting to spend an idyllic day with her daughter, Lucy’s mother becomes distracted by phone calls. Left to her own devices, Lucy slips into an alternate realm, where dance is the only language.

First Position by Bess Kargman, 95 mins, USA, 2011. Six young dancers from around the world prepare for the Youth America Grand Prix, one of the most prestigious ballet competitions in the world. Q & A with First Position featured dancer Miko Fogarty and Freefall Director Luke Willis.