2017 San Diego International Kids Film Festival--Feature Films

1ST SEMESTER Philippines|90minFeature|Family|Comedy Directors/Writers: Dexter Hemedez, Allan Ibanez Producers:Carlson Chan, OligarioPaglinawan Synopsis: A single mother sends her son to a prestigious university, only to find him home after experiencing separation anxiety. What follows is a re-examination of the mother and son relationship.     A FILM OF CINEMA Brazil|84min Feature|Family Director/Writer: Thiago B. Mendonça Producer:Renata Jardim Synopsis: Bebel, the daughter of a film director in crisis, wants to make a movie with her friends for a school project. The making of the film turns into a great adventure, and takes Bebel, her family and her friends to a wondrous trip through the history of cinema   ANOTHER ME IN THE WORLD China|75min Feature|Family|Fantasy Directors: Lu Han, Xiaoyu Wang Producer:Xun Hong Writers: Qi Zhan, Lixuan Han, Xinai Li, Ziqian Ye Cast: Ziqian Ye, Yiran Luo, Junhao Liu, Jinchang Liu, Ziyi Wen, Jiayi Mei Synopsis: With the angel’s help, five little kids find another version of them in the world and get to understand the courage, love and selflessness.     BARKLEY China |Taiwan|88min Feature|Animation|Fantasy|Adventure Director: Li-wei Chiu Writers: Li-wei Chiu, Chau-ErGu, Ke-Fa Liao Producers:Wayne Chen, Shih-Ling Wang Synopsis: A boy lost in an animal city dominated by mysterious power. Before dawn, he must make every effort with Barkley to reveal the secret...   BIRD Russia|92min Feature|Comedy Director: KseniyaBaskakova Producers:Eduard Pichugin, Irina Baskakova Writers: YaroslavaPulinovich, Andrey Rumyantsev, KseniyaBaskakova Cast: Ivan Okhlobystin, EvdokiaMalevskaya, GarikSukachev, Anastasia Melnikova, Kirill Rubtsov, Kirill Zakharov, Inna Gorbachova Synopsis: A famous rock musician is undergoing treatment in one of city hospitals. Kate, a teenage girl from the same hospital, who neglects all the doctors and even her own mother, becomes his companion in misfortune.     FAKE GUARDIANS China|92min Feature|Action|Comedy Director: Weiqing Chen Producer:Yi Qiao Writers: Weiqing Chen, Jia Deng Cast: Yishan Zhang, Chenling Zhu, Lanxin Zhang, Evonne Xie Synopsis: Three unpaid employees are on an adventure to claim back their salaries. They come across a kid and somehow become the nanny…   HIGH SCHOOL 9-1-1 USA|86min Feature|Documentary|Family Director: Tim Warren Producers:Tim Warren, Kelli Joan Bennett Synopsis: It’s not every day you hear about 80 high school students working together to run an Emergency Medical Service organization. But that is exactly what the six newly elected senior officers in charge of leading Darien EMS-Post 53 do every day.     LESSON OF MAGIC Ukraine|90min Feature|Family|Comedy|Fantasy Director/Writer: LiliyaSoldatenko Producer:Alexander Leydiker Cast: Elena Yaschenko, Herman Barer, Ilya Choporov, Maria Kaminskaya, ViolettaMityeva Synopsis: Four high school teens are caught in a tangled game of Sorceress and Witches from a different world where the power of the Crystal Eye can change the world.   LITTLE ISLAND GUARDIAN China|106min Feature|Drama|Educational Director: Hua Cai Producers:ChangbinCai, Jiaping Lin, Lingling Chen Writer: Hua Cai, Bin Wu, Jian Xia Cast: Hua Cai, Xue Bai, Zhonghu Liu Synopsis: On a little island, Dajun Shi, the principle of HaidaoBoading Elementary School, is working very hard to lead the students to sustain ecological balance and protect natural environment.     NO CHOICE China|89min Feature|Family|Drama Director/Writer: JianguoGao Producer:Bin Wang Cast: Chengsong Fang, Yixin Huang Synopsis: Xiaoshan, a 8-years-old boy from Banpo village, takes eight chickens from home to the market and try to solve the problem to sell them all by himself…   PRINCESS SPARKLY BUTT AND THE HOT DOG KID Canada|63min Feature|Family|Comedy|Sci-Fi Director/Writer: Brandon Lane Producers:Kimberly Persona, Brandon Lane, Adam Crosby Cast: Kimberly Persona, DJ Edwards, Sam Graham, Jason Gaignard, Ingrid Hansen Synopsis: A space exploring Princess discovers she can control time with her butt. Does this mean she has 'the chosen butt'?     SHAANU - THE OPTIMIST India|96min Feature|Family Director/Writer: K.N.T Sastry Producer:Children’s Film Society, India Cast: Baby Jhanavi, Master Satwick,Shivajiraja,Madhavi,Shafi Synopsis: This is a poignant story of a nine year old girl, who believes that when she predicts things, they are bound to happen. Submersed in her own world of beliefs and miracles, she enrolls as a kho-kho player in the school, whose talent is recognized and she marches ahead to participate in district level tournament.   TENNIS BUDDIES India|111min Feature|Family|Drama Director: SuhailTatari Producer:Children’s Film Society, India Writer: AnoopWadhwa Cast: Dakshita Patel, RanbirShorey, Divya Dutta, Major VikramjitKanpal, Haru Sharma Synopsis: Anushka, the only child of the SinghsDilip and Jaya, is the apple of their eye. Dilip has his eyes trained on making her India’s premier tennis player and he is unrelenting in his pursuit.     THE KIDS FROM 62-F USA|114min Feature|Sci-Fi|Family|Adventure Director/Writer: Imani Shakur Producers:Imani Shakur, Alvin Mount Cast: April Marshall-Miller, Darius Marcell, Eden Mccoy, Gigi Capetta, Logan Schaefer, Will Spencer Synopsis: A group of kids find classified information from NASA and an object from another Planet.They work to get it back to its Alien rightful owners.   THE MAGIC OF CHILDREN Austria|71min Feature|Fiction|Fantasy Director/Producer/Writer: Ruth Rieser Cast: SamyMolcho, Marie-Charlotte Goess, Leonard Robert Rieser, Johanna Waltl, Maximilian Waltl, Lena Fuchs Synopsis: It is summer and “Circus Dimitri” has arrived in the Realm of Children. But where are the children? “There’s nobody here”, clown Leon declares sadly, and he sets off to find them.     What Do We Wish for the World?Brazil|70min     Feature|DramaDirector: Igor AminProducers:Igor Amin, Vinícius CabralWriter: Vinícius CabralCast: Olívia Blanc, Milena Megrè, Sofia Sgarbi, Helena Trojahn, Silvia FullerSynopsis: Luzia, also called Luz, is a shy young girl who has a very creative and good-humored imagination. Due to a school project, she is faced with the challenge of interacting with her classmates to create a music project. From then on, Luz expands her creativity and materializes her ideas.

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