On Sunday, March 8, join Children’s Film Festival Seattle off-site at Rainier Arts Center (3515 S. Alaska St.) for a full day of colorful Closing Day festivities!

Celebrating the festival’s globally-minded programs in one of Seattle’s most diverse neighborhoods, the morning will kick off with your choice of “Om Nom Nom” or “Lift-off” – two programs that combine breakfast and a film screening – and then continue throughout the day with films for all ages, intergenerational hands-on workshops, and an awards ceremony!

Finally, the entire festival closes out with a live performance by youth from the School of Spectrum Dance Theater, who will choreograph a routine exclusively in response to the evening’s feature film, Moving Stories! Moving Stories follows youth from around the world to showcase the transformative power and universal language of dance.

• 9:30am Early Breakfast Smörgåsbord (Special Event) – All ages
• 10:30am Om Nom Nom (Shorts) – All Ages
• 11:30am Late Breakfast Smörgåsbord (Special Event) – All ages
• 1:00pm Lift-off (Shorts) – Ages 9+
• 2:00–5:00pm drop-in hours Direct Cameraless Animation (Workshop) – All Ages
• 3:00pm Icing On the Cake (Shorts) – 2+
• 5:00pm Awards Ceremony (Special Event) – All ages
• 7:00pm Moving Stories Feature Film Screening & Dance Experience – 9+

(Minato Matsuda, Haruna Ueno & Tomoko Taiga, Japan, animation, 3:16 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!

A dinosaur sees a jumping egg and gobbles it up. Soon enough, he realizes his tummy is no match for what was inside!

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(Kiyomi Aoyagi, Japan, animation, 2019, 2:05 min, nonverbal)

A boy’s memory of cream soda in summer.
クリームソーダの夏の日の思い出。蝉の声うるさい夏の日に冷たい世界を恋焦がれた1人の男の子の想像のお話。

(Mari Miyazawa, Japan, animation, 2019, 5 min, nonverbal) West Coast premiere!

Delicious and cute-looking Mr. Konigiri and his bento-box friends chase butterflies.
三角ボディにごま塩頭、元気で小さなおにぎりの男の子こにぎりくんの日常を描いた物語。コロッケに海老天、きゅーりちくわにかまぼこ…とキャラ弁を模した様々な食品サンプルで作る可愛らしいストップモーションアニメーション。

(Raymon Malinga, Uganda, animation, 2017, 6:24 min, English)

A kalabanda is a mythical animal that is said to haunt schools in Uganda. While it is a bit scary to think about, it also provides an excellent excuse for missing homework.

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(Katerina Karhankova & Alexandra Majova, Czech Republic, animation, 2019, 7 min, English) Seattle premiere!

A raccoon-for-hire teaches some hungry bears how to clean up a very big stack of dirty dishes.

(Eugenia Zhirkova, Russia, animation, 2018, 5:11 min, nonverbal) West Coast premiere!

In a primeval forest lives a family. All mom wants is for everyone to be full and healthy, and help her with her work! Normally a gloomy and strict mom, she changes on the day her son brings a puppy home.

(Guo Jun-ming, Taiwan, animation, 2018, 6 min, Mandarin with English subtitles)

A girl journeys into a world of vibrant color, finding tasty treats to make her mother feel better.

(Florent Hill, France, live-action, 2019, 4:14 min, mostly nonverbal, brief French with English subtitles) Seattle premiere!

Grandma’s table manners drive one boy bananas until he devises a clever fix.

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(Rukshana Tabassum, India, live-action, 2019, 22 min, in English with English subtitles) West Coast premiere!

In this fable set in the land of Fruitistan, friends named Daisy and Tulip must find a way to overcome a big difference that has divided their families.

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(Huriyyah Muhammad, USA, live-action, 2019, 13 min, English) West Coast premiere!

Reggie and Sam, two kids of the 1990s, find out their favorite hip hop artist will be in town. Reggie’s mom says no way to going to the concert, but the thick-as-thieves cousins know they can dream up a way to be there.

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