Jacob Burns Film Center and NYICFF present NY Int’l Children’s Film Festival 2024.
Recommended ages 3+
Created for our youngest and first-ever moviegoers, but beloved by grown-ups, Shorts for Tots is sure to delight all audiences.
Dormouse (4 min.) – New York Premiere!
On the most important day of the year, Dormouse oversleeps. Luckily, his bear friend is willing to wait. No dialogue.
Unravel (3 min.)
A little Australian bilby finds a tangle of thread to play with. No dialogue.
Rhino (4 min.) – North American Premiere!
Rhino is looking forward to his date, but doesn’t anticipate the problem right in front of his nose. No dialogue.
Konigiri-Kun Parade (5 min.) – East Coast Premiere!
Our favorite rice ball is back again (for the 5th time!), this time helping Little Quail Egg find its way back to the lunchbox parade. No dialogue.
Baking with Boris (8 min.) – North American Premiere!
What’s a baker to do when he develops an allergy to flour? No dialogue.
Beaver (4 min.) – North American Premiere!
Mouse rescues starving Beaver from island. All is well until his passenger starts to eat his boat. No dialogue.
Cats are liquid (1 min.)
An everyday black cat defies the laws of physics. No dialogue.
Red House (3 min.)
A red house metamorphosizes into an playfully eclectic cast of shapes, people, and places. No dialogue.
Tabby McTat (25 min.) – US Premiere!
The Oscar®-nominated (and NYICFF Award-winning) Magic Light Pictures returns to share the adventure of a tabby street cat and his busking friend. In English.
Tickets are also on sale for NYICFF Short Films One (Mar. 2, Ages 5+), Moonminvalley (Mar. 3), and NYICFF Short Films Two (Mar. 3, Ages 8+).
The New York International Children’s Film Festival is an Oscar-qualifying festival entertaining families and kids of all ages for over 25 years. Its programs are designed to celebrate the beauty and power of film, spark the inherent capacity of children to connect with complex, nuanced art, and encourage the creation of intelligent films that represent and celebrate unique, diverse, and historically excluded voices.
