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MVFF T u r n i n g 3 0<br />
Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest<br />
the mill valley <strong>Film</strong> Fe<strong>stival</strong> is proud to present the 13th annual Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest<br />
So many children’s films from around the world never appear on American screens. Our eight<br />
feature films and two abundant shorts programs prove that Pixar isn’t the only studio in<br />
town with savvy rodents, sprightly sea life and chatty fowl. Our Opening film, a jazzy<br />
animation from Denmark called The Ugly Duckling and Me (a British print in English),<br />
proves that show biz isn’t the best route to self-esteem, even when your agent is an<br />
aggressive but lovable rat. Another rat—this one named Halvorsen—is far kinder but just as<br />
amazing in the live-action film Svein and His Rat. Canadian Indians fall in with a<br />
precocious Orca whale in Luna: Spirit of the Whale, a story that includes the rehabilitation of<br />
a very angry young boy. Puppet animation makes a comeback that will stun you in the Danish<br />
production The Three Musketeers. From Belgium and Korea, Gilles and Ice Bar each follow<br />
gutsy young boys who risk all for the memory of their dads. And a prescient young girl helps<br />
a troupe of misfits become heroes in the Israeli film Little Heroes. Our classic film this year<br />
takes us back to the last years of the Depression, following a pack of homeless kids hopping<br />
trains in William Wellman’s Wild Boys of the Road. Catering to children ages eight and under,<br />
our two short-film programs are filled with animation, live action and a wondrously beautiful<br />
fairy tale from Tomi Ungerer called Moonman.<br />
ABOUT SUBTITLES<br />
To enhance our very young viewer’s appreciation of foreign language films in the Children’s <strong>Film</strong>Fest, we provide a<br />
unique service of having actors read the subtitles aloud, which we play through individual headphones, so that those<br />
who do not require the service have an equally pleasurable film experience. We are one of the few children’s fe<strong>stival</strong>s<br />
to do this. We have a limited number of headsets, however, so we offer them on a first-come, first-served basis. In a<br />
very few situati<strong>ons</strong> we also have subtitles read aloud through the theater sound system. To avoid confusion and<br />
disappointment please check the film listings for individual program subtitle information; the headset logo indicates<br />
subtitled screenings.<br />
AGE RECOMMENDATIONS<br />
Please bear in mind that the age range following each children’s film program description is a suggestion only. It may<br />
only refer to a program’s length or subject matter, while it cannot adequately address everyone’s sense of appropriate<br />
or inappropriate content. Each child is different and each parent has different standards.<br />
the ugly duCKling and me<br />
Saturday, October 6, 11:00 am<br />
Cinéarts@Sequoia<br />
Saturday, October 6, 1:00 pm<br />
Opening Party at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Party $15 Adults, $12 Children UGLy06P<br />
<strong>Film</strong> Only $12 Adults, $10 Children UGLy06S<br />
Party Only $5 Adults, $4 Children PARTy06<br />
Following the premiere of The Ugly Duckling and<br />
Me (page 107), join us at the Outdoor Art Club<br />
where our party for kids will have scrumptious<br />
finger food and lots of entertainment, including the<br />
fabulous Bubble Lady.<br />
KaZoo paRade<br />
Sunday, October 14, 3:30 pm<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
After our short films program Bunnies and<br />
Butterflies (page 86) for ages eight and under, join<br />
us in a kazoo parade around the block and then to<br />
Double Rainbow for free ice cream. We provide<br />
the kazoos and whistles. Dress up, be bold, and<br />
get ready to blow. We’ll be led by our favorite<br />
musical duo, Orange Sherbet.<br />
30 2007 MVFF TICKETS | . 4.MVFF (6 33)<br />
ChildRen’S <strong>Film</strong>FeSt<br />
pRogRamS<br />
bunnies and butterflies (shorts)<br />
gilles<br />
ice bar<br />
little heroes<br />
luna: Spirit of the Whale<br />
outer and inner Spaces (shorts)<br />
Svein and his Rat<br />
the three musketeers<br />
the ugly duckling and me<br />
Wild boys of the Road<br />
opening <strong>Film</strong> and FeStivitieS CloSing <strong>Film</strong> and FeStivitieS<br />
the thRee muSKeteeRS<br />
Sunday, October 14, 10:00 am<br />
Christopher B. Smith Rafael <strong>Film</strong> Center<br />
Closing Event at the Marin youth Center<br />
<strong>Film</strong> and Event $12 Adults, $10 Children THRE14R<br />
Join us after the film for a concert by the kid band<br />
Crunchy Frog at the Marin youth Center (the<br />
MyC).
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