“That's harmony: Simple as A-B-C, easy as 1-2-3.” And what could promote harmony better than family-friendly films from around the world? In Evgenia Golubeva’s I Am Not a Mouse, childhood names are repudiated (UK 2015, 2 min). Dottie Kultys creates spooky fun in The Girl Who Spoke Cat (UK 2014, 6 min). Ainslee Henderson uses odds and ends to create Stems (UK 2015, 3 min). Rhiannon Evans portrays an idea in need of a brain in Fulfilament (UK 2015, 7 min). Alyce Tzue’s extraordinary Soar (US 2014, 6 min) channels The Little Prince. Cynthia Pepper’s ultra-cute Polka Dott will make you smile (US 2016, 6 min). George Rosenfeld shows puppets at their best in Strings Attached (US 2016, 10 min). Seth Boyden is serious as a stone in An Object at Rest (US 2015, 5 min). Elena Walf tells a wise fable in Some Thing (Denmark 2015, 7 min). Kohei Kajisa explodes the screen with color in The Gift (Japan 2016, 5 min). The prize-winning SAF Cakovec in Croatia debuts My Favorite Tree (Croatia 2016, 2 min) and Little Spider (Croatia 2016, 3 min). And it’s a double bill from Brent Dawes with Lifted (South Africa 2014, 5min) and Thunderstruck (South Africa 2015, 5 min). In English or non-verbal. Ages 4+
Guests in attendance 10/8 & 10/15: Cynthia Pepper, Melinda Darlington-Bach & Elaine Trotter (Polka Dott); George Rosenfeld & Harris Cohen (Strings Attached)