NYICFF Kids Flicks is Back

NYICFF Kids Flicks is Back: The New York International Children’s Film Festival returns with this virtual viewing presentation from the Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville. The 2020-21 festival compilation, Kids Flicks One, for ages 5+, is available online to screen through February 25. Kids Flicks Two, recommended for children 8+, opens on February 19 and runs for two weeks through February 28. Each compilation of short films runs about one hour. Tickets are $10 for JBFC members and $12 for non-members. You can also join a discussion on Kids Flicks One with JBFC Kids Curator Emily O’Hara on Saturday, February 20 @ 10am. Emily will also host a discussion on Kids Flicks Two on Saturday, February 27 at 10am.

NYICFF Kid Flicks One keeps the dynamic of work and play lively with tales from around the globe. Cat Lake City has you covered if you, like its loveable feline, feel like you just can’t catch a break in this hilarious tale of a hard-won vacay. But if you’re fortunate, you know that effort and fun can happily co-exist as they do in the short doc The Magic of Chess. Finally, meet another hard-worker who gets a little lost dawdling in the countryside in the beautifully hand-animated Boriya.

NYICFF Kids Flicks Two: Challenging expectations and reflecting growth and resilience, NYICFF Kid Flicks Two is a fantastic trip on the road to growing up. Surprises in a dumpling bring good luck, and many reflections, in the beautiful stop motion animation The Coin. In The One You Never Forget, a young teen tries to keep his first date under wraps, but his parents have other ideas. In Home Away 3000, a space traveller’s funky space van konks out on an unknown planet with plenty of surprises.