Let "Fuchsia the Mini Witch" fly to your home!

We have a limited number of copies of our festival film, Fuchsia the Mini Witch. The film, by Johan Nijenhuis (The Netherlands, 84 min.) charmed audiences in Seattle and was the winner of the Gryphon Award for Best Film at the Giffoni International Children's Film Film Festival. Order your copy now - the DVD is only $25, which includes shipping. Fuchsia is dubbed in English, and suitable for ages 6 and older. View the trailer

It's Story Weather Outside.

Children's Film Festival Seattle 2012

January 26 - February 5

*Screenings for school groups continue until March 1*

After 11 jam-packed days of celebrating the best and brightest in international children's cinema, our 7th annual festival is a wrap! We think it was our best ever, with enthusiastic audiences, magical films, vibrant live performances and hands-on workshops for the filmmakers of tomorrow.

Congratulations to the following prizewinners selected by our 15-member Children's Jury:

• Northwest Prize: The Driving Accident (Rio Fitch, British Columbia)
  
• Best Live Action Short: Love Bug (Kat Candler, USA)
  
• Best Animated Short: Big Drive (Anita Lebeau, Canada)
  
• Global Zoom: Azza (Saskia Gubbels, The Netherlands)
  
• Best Director: Matthew D. Kallis for Most Valuable Players (USA)
  
• Best Feature Film: On the Sly (Olivier Ringer, Belgium/France)
• Audience Favorite Prize (selected by votes at every screening): THE LOST THING (Andrew Ruhemann and Shaun Tan, Australia/UK)

Filmmakers: Stay tuned for our call for entries for Children's Film Festival 2013 - our treasure hunt will begin in May.

Film venues: Interested in our traveling program, "A World of Films: The Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle?" Contact Festival Director Elizabeth Shepherd at liz@nwfilmforum.org.

Watch the trailer!

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