Children's Film Festival Seattle 2019 – Force for Nature (Shorts Program)
$12 General Admission
$9 Student/Senior
$7 Member
About
Ages 9+
These live-action and animation films, including documentaries and fables, tell stories about the beauty of the earth and its creatures, meant to instill in us all a stronger determination to save our beautiful blue planet and respect all the life and diversity it contains.
67 min.
Content advisory: In Land Without Evil, a boy is bitten in a non-graphic way by a snake, but instantly recovers. In Reboot, children must leave their pets behind when they leave Earth, but the pets do just fine without them!
Drops
(Karsten Kjærulf-Hoop & Sarah Joy Jungen, Denmark, animation, 2017, 7 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
A small community of rain drops in the cycle of water, chasing the clouds to keep up with the rain. But the greatness of their existence is revealed when the sun comes out.
Reboot
(Ellen Osborne, animation, 2018, US, 3 min, nonverbal) Washington State premiere!
When the last humans board a spaceship to leave for Mars, the Earth breathes a sigh of relief and the boundless resilience of nature springs into action!
Beebox
(Cable Hardin, US, animation, 2018, 2 min, English) Seattle premiere!
The story of contemporary agriculture and a need for change, as told by a bee and its box.
Birdlime
(Evan DeRushie, Canada, animation, 2017, 11 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
A birds-eye view of the exotic bird-trade industry.
The Art of Flying
(Jan van Ijken, The Netherlands, live action, 2015, 2 min, nonverbal) Seattle premiere!
Witness magical “murmurations”: the mysterious and spectacular flights of the common starling.
Engaging Conversation Leaders
(Andrea Love, US, animation, 2017, 5 min, English)
Meet leaders who are inspiring marine conservation and restoration in Puget Sound.
My Haggan Dream
(Laura Sams & Robert Sams, US, live action, 2016, 8 min, English) Seattle premiere!
On the island of Saipan, a young girl’s mysterious dream about a green sea turtle, leads her to investigate the sea turtles, which results in a birthday wish.
Du Iz Tak
(Galen Fott, US, animation, 2018, 11 min, gibberish) West Coast premiere!
Dive into a sprouting plant with insects to see a microscopic view of the unstoppable cycle of life.
Land Without Evil
(Katalin Egely, Hungary & Argentina, animation, 2017, 4 min, nonverbal, with unsubtitled song in Guarani) Seattle premiere!
Based on Guaraní mythology, this film asks, what if the real paradise is inside us and lies in the harmony and unity of everything alive?
The Little Fish and the Crocodile
(Stefanie Plattner, Germany & Republic of Congo, live action, 2018, 15 min, Lingala with English subtitles) US premiere!
A fable from the rainforest in the Odzala National Park in the Republic of Congo, told by the children of the Sanza Mobimba Kindergarten.
