From: THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF AWESOME at the Brooklyn Film Festival
If you haven’t seen this yet, hurry, it’s almost over. The festival runs May 29 through June 7.
As part of the Brooklyn Film Festival, KidsFilmFest presents two programs of films tailored for two groups of young viewers: 3 to 7 & 8 to 15.
We watched the 3-7 category and it was great for it’s original content short films that present something very different than what you typically see on Netflix and the like.
These films are free but a bit hard to find. You need to Register then head over to the Theater Lobby and scroll down to the kidsfilmfest from there.
My favorite was the Amazing Adventures of Awesome for its original perspective from a young girl with autism. My daughter loved the Little Thinks. That one didn’t make a lot of sense to me, but was beautiful. If you are just looking for unique content which is different from what your kids might normally watch, you can probably skip the Space Bears.
Here is the 3-7 Line-up. Check out the website for the 8-15 version.
OM NOM NOM…
Dir: Minato Matsuda, Haruna Ueno and Tomoko Taiga – Japan – TRT: 3′, 2019
One day, a hungry dinosaur came across a weird jumping egg in the forest. He swallowed it, and then felt some strange rumblings in…
SPACE BEARS:THE RAINBOW SPACE GEM
Dir: Mike Schleif – United States – TRT: 15′, 2019, World Premiere
Poppi and the Poofypuffs are ready for their annual color parade but a broken Rainbow Space Gem has caused all of the color on the…
GO GO!
Dir: Patradol Kitcharoen – United States – TRT: 5′, 2019, World Premiere
Aaron the alligator, who lives his entire life in a tank in an animal theme park, is fascinated by the fireworks that are displaye…
HUGO & HOLGER
Dir: Teddy Halkier Kristiansen – Denmark – TRT: 14′, 2019, US Premiere
The boy Hugo’s biggest wish is to own a dog. Hugo has very poor eyesight. One day his wish comes true, when he finally meets Holge…
THE MAGICAL FOREST AND THE THINGS
Dir: Dave Russo – United States – TRT: 4′, 2020, World Premiere
6 year old narrator teams up with illustrator during Covid19 to tell a hand drawn animated story about human consumption and the s…
WEAR YOUR BEAUTIFUL LIFE
Dir: Nicolas Lesaffre – Hong Kong – TRT: 4′, 2018, World Premiere
A magic character appears after a young woman ignored several of her dad’s phone calls.
An innovative time machine will make …
THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF AWESOME
Dir: Allison Brownmoore – United Kingdom – TRT: 6′, 2019, NY Premiere
The Amazing Adventures of Awesome is a hand illustrated animated film about a young autistic girl at the heart of a quiet revoluti…
MIMI MEETS BOOKS
Dir: Yih-Fen Chou – Taiwan – TRT: 6′, 2019, East Coast Premiere
Warmly presents how Mimi meets and falls in love with books….
From: Little Thinks at the Brooklyn Film Festival
LITTLE THINKS
Dir: Step Chueng – Hong Kong – TRT: 5′, 2019, World Premiere
We can see things differently when we see things from different angles….