Father’s Day Flicks and Making Movies With Dad

Photo by Elisa Huerta-Enochian.

Jun 15, 2014

11am "Best of the Fest Animation" film screening
12:30pm Pizza in our lobby!
1pm Tabletop Moviemaking Workshop

Bring dad to Northwest Film Forum on Father's Day for a one-of-a-kind film experience! First, we'll see a one-hour selection of favorite films from Children's Film Festival Seattle 2014, and then break for yummy pizza in the lobby. After that, dads and kids can make their own movies with Seattle filmmaker Brick Maier, whose workshops blend the old-fashioned methods of puppet theater—diorama and paper collaged backgrounds—with newfangled digital tools.  

Films are for all ages; one film has subtitles (Korean); workshop is for ages 8 and older. Please RSVP for the workshop to [email protected] (only 16 spaces available!) and make sure to purchase your ticket using the links below.

SCHEDULE

11am "Best of the Fest Animation" film screening
12:30pm Pizza in our lobby!
1pm Tabletop Moviemaking Workshop

CHOOSE YOUR TICKET

  • Films and pizza only: $11 general admission / $8 children under 12. Buy Now >
     
  • Films, pizza and workshop: $15 general admission / per person. Buy Now >

FILM PROGRAM

See the World
with animated shortsfrom Children's Film Festival Seattle 2014

62 minutes

Hop aboard a celluloid magic carpet to celebrate the best in international children's cinema. With films from Europe, Asia and the United States, this program offers everything from dancing pastries to edible rocks to a beautiful fish made out of sand. Filled with whimsical creatures, stunning animation and heartwarming stories about what it means to be a family, these short films will take you to the moon and back. 

International Father's Day (Edmunds Jansons, Latvia) 

Twins in Bakery (Mari Miyazawa, Japan, 5 min) 
Step inside the most adorable shop ever, to see what happens after the baker heads home. 

Edible Rocks (Stefan Gruber, USA, 2:49 min)
Find out what happens when a boy convinces his little brother that some rocks are tasty. *Winner of CFFS Children's Jury's Northwest Prize.* 

The Whale Story (Tess Martin, USA, 3:46 min)
Sail into the deep, and meet a fisherman as he experiences a deep moment of connection with a humpback whale. 

The Goat Herder and His Lots and Lots and Lots of Goats (Will Rose, UK, 7 min)
Follow a herder in Spain as he travels up and down mountains with a great big mess of goats!

My Strange Grandfather (Dina Velikovskay, Russia, 8:40)
Join the journey of a little girl who learns to appreciate her eccentric, magical grandfather. 

Hannah and the Moon (Kate Charter, UK, 6 min) 
Make friends with the moon, and then find your way back home to the arms of someone who really loves you. 

Noodle Fish (Jinman Kim, Korea, 9:46 min)
Take a swim with a fish that longs to know what is above the water.

Rabbit and Deer (Péter Vácz, Hungary, 16.5 minutes)
Thrill to the adventures of two unlikely companions, who find out what it takes to make their friendship last.  *Winner of three CFFS prizes: Most Popular Film of the Festival, Seattle Children's Hospital Jury Prize for Best Animated Film, and Festival Children's Jury Prize for Best Animated Short.*

  • More info on the workshop methods here: www.tabletopmedia.org/ 
     
  • Tabletop movie-making kits will also be for sale at a discounted price at the event. 

Workshop participants should bring their own iOS devices (iPads and iPhones with iMovie installed.) Surfaces and Androids tablets will work too, though some continuity may be lost in editing and finished films may not be viewable at the workshop's big-screen finale.

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