For 20 years the New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) has been devoted to showing the best in children's films. This year, the festival continues its push to encourage children to think critically and creatively with nearly 100 films made in over thirty countries, ranging from documentary to animation to live action, created for kid aged 3 to 18. The festival opened in New York City on February 24, 2016 and ran through March 19.
“The film is a great opportunity to spend time in somebody else’s shoes,” Nina Guralnick, director of NYICFF, said. “The festival is a fun experience for kids to come in and jump into any of the world’s described in these films.”
The festival opened with the feature film, My Life as a Zucchini. The movie tells the story of a boy whose mother dies unexpectedly. The films shown on the opening day also included Your Name, a Japanese cartoon film about two teenagers from different cities, and Revolting Rhymes. Based on the popular Roald Dahl work of the same title, Revolting Rhymes explains the small differences of six popular nursery rhymes(童谣).
“Kids love to laugh but also kids love to be taken seriously and Roald Dahl does that,” Jakob Schuh, co-director of Revolting Rhymes said. “There’s a very clear system where the innocence(天真) of kids is usually the solution to problems that adults create, and kids love those stories.”
Throughout the year, the festival organizers share films at various theaters and art organizations around the country. Besides, NYICFF has programs on the Internet for kids to explore filmmaking. The organization also holds camps throughout the year, including a summer animation camp for children from first grade through ninth grade.
With this being the 20th anniversary of the festival, NYICFF also celebrated it with birthday parties and birthday short films, which were created in the festivals’ honor.
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