Bay Area International Children's Film Festival this weekend
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In a restored Art Deco theater in Alameda, over the weekend of January 28-29, the Bay Area International Children's Film Festival will present animated, live action, short and feature length films as well as hands-on film-making workshops for children ages 6 and up.
Each day will include a showing of several short films in the morning followed by a feature film, and a second group of short films in the afternoon with a second feature at the end of the day. The morning films were selected for all ages; children 6 and over will be particularly engaged by the afternoon shorts; and the afternoon feature is geared toward ages 8 and up.
All tickets provide access to multiple films. Regular ticket prices: half-day pass is $10, a full-day pass is $15, or weekend pass is $20. Early-bird discounted tickets ($15 for a weekend pass) can be purchased online from December 7 - January 13 at www.baicff.com. Filmmaking workshop tickets can also be purchased online. Space is limited.
Local food purveyors will be selling international food.
Update: BAICFF is thrilled to announce a surprise screening of a locally produced film on the short list for an Oscar nomination. Stay tuned to learn more. Additional programming includes Pizzangrillo (Italy), Luminaris (Argentina), and A Cat in Paris (France).
We have a set of FOUR WEEKEND PASS TICKETS TO GIVE AWAY!
Simply add a comment below telling us your child's age and favorite movie (no judgements here!) and you'll be entered to win. We'll select a commenter at random on Monday, 1/16/12 and arrange for their tickets to be held at will call.
UPDATE 1/17/12: The comments have been closed and the ticket winner has been selected.
Location
Art Deco Theater, Naval Air Station
2700 Saratoga Street
Alameda, CA
comments (29 total)
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My daughter is 7 and her favorite film of the moment is The Black Stallion. We just saw Beauty and the Beast over the weekend and she thought it had "too much romance"!
Posted at 11:01 am on 01/09/2012My son is 5 and - although I wish I could list some cool Miyazaki movie, his current favorite is Chipwrecked.
Posted at 1:10 pm on 01/09/2012My 8 year old (and 5 year old) still watch Despicable Me and laugh.
Posted at 6:38 pm on 01/09/2012I am thrilled that alameda theater is showing films by kids. we have so many artistic young minds in the bay area and this will only inspire them more! thank you alameda theater!
by the way my daughter is 11 and her favorite movie tim burton's alice in wonderland.
Posted at 7:12 pm on 01/09/2012My daughter is 8 and her favorite movie (at the moment) is Roderick Rules from the Diary of the Wimpy Kid series.
Posted at 8:47 pm on 01/09/2012My son is 4 and his favorite movie is the Wizard of Oz.
Posted at 9:34 pm on 01/09/2012What a cool event! My daughter is 3, and her favorite movie at the moment is the Phineas and Ferb movie. No shame in saying that my husband and I sometimes watch the show after she's in bed - it is funny!
Posted at 11:59 pm on 01/09/2012My kids, ages 7 and 9, say their favs are Little Mermaid and something about wrestling.
Posted at 7:04 am on 01/10/2012My kids, ages 7 and 9, say their favs are Little Mermaid and something about wrestling.
Posted at 7:04 am on 01/10/2012My daughters -- 7 and 9 -- love Kiki's Delivery Service. They also really love the film festival!
Posted at 7:59 am on 01/10/2012My 4 1/2 year old daughter loves all kinds of movies but the one she wants to watch again and again is the old animated Alice in Wonderland.
Posted at 10:04 am on 01/10/2012My son is 6 and his favorite movie is Kung-fu Panda.
Posted at 11:06 am on 01/10/2012My 7 year old loves The Princess Bride - it's funny, fantastical, and very exciting. Better yet - we like watching it with her!
Posted at 12:03 pm on 01/10/2012my daughter is 4 and her favorite film is National Velvet
Posted at 12:06 pm on 01/10/2012My daughter's 13 and her current favorite movie is "Hugo".
Posted at 12:46 pm on 01/10/2012My son is 4 and this week's favorite movie is Tin Tin.
Posted at 12:47 pm on 01/10/2012This festival looks awesome, can't wait. We went last year and it was a fantastic day out for all of us.
As for the contest, my son is four, and depending on when you ask, he'll say either "How to Train Your Dragon", "Captain America", or "TinTin"....
Posted at 12:57 pm on 01/10/2012My daughter is 14 and really liked all the Shrek movies.
Posted at 4:00 pm on 01/10/2012My son is 7 and my daughter is 4. They LOVED the latest Muppet Movie - so did their parents :)
Posted at 6:31 pm on 01/10/2012my 4 1/2yr old has seen a good number of animated films (Disney, Ghibli, other), but she has a special thing for Sleeping Beauty. You might show your (3.5+ yr old) child "The Lost Thing" short film, based on the picture book of the same name...
Posted at 9:35 pm on 01/10/2012This festival sounds great! I love film festivals where one can see kids films not ordinarily in the mainstream. Some of the best talent lies in these type of film festivals. Looking forward to this!
Posted at 9:42 pm on 01/10/2012Mys son's are 8 and 10. Some of their favorite movies are
Posted at 1:41 am on 01/11/2012Sand Lot, Goonies, and all the Star Wars.
My son is 8 and his current faves are the Harry Potter movies and Elf though we are still re-watching Despicable Me and smiling the whole time.
Posted at 11:28 am on 01/11/2012My 4 year old son is fascinated by the portrayal of children in Miyazaki films and has learned to love munching on whole cucumbers from his favorite film "My Neighbor Totoro." (Thanks Hayao!)
Posted at 4:52 pm on 01/11/2012My son Tom is 9. I'm not sure if this qualifies, but his favorite films are anything PINK PANTHER! These have been his favorites for several years. Sometimes, late at night, I can hear that he snuck and turned the computer on to netflix to watch Pink Panther episodes.
Posted at 6:14 pm on 01/11/2012My 11- and 8-year-olds loved the new Tintin movie.
Posted at 7:35 pm on 01/11/2012My 9 year old daughter's favorite movies are the Harry Potter series,especially Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. My 6 year old daughter loves Tangled and the animated "Camelot." Both of them think "Once Upon a Mattress" is hilarious!
Posted at 8:37 pm on 01/11/2012Hi! My son is 8, and is half French and half from El Salvador, but he was born in SF. He is curious about the movie A Cat in Paris that will be showed at the festival. Whereas his favorite, I know that he keeps craking up when he watches A Town Called Panic (on Netflix).
Posted at 3:34 pm on 01/13/2012My sons are 7 and 4. The 7 y. o. loves Rio, and the 4 y. o.'s fave is the Cars.
Posted at 1:59 pm on 01/15/2012