Films at 2017 San Diego International Kids Film Festival

2017 San Diego International Kids Film Festival FILMS
Screening Venues: Schulman Auditorium (1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, Ca 92011)
Senior Center( 799 Pine Avenue Carlsbad, CA 92008)

FEATURE

	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.			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.
	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.			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

SHORT

	AUGUST USA \| 14 min Short \| Drama \| Music Director/Producer/Writer Xueying Ren Cast Joaquin A newly immigrated boy meets a deaf old man. They help each other, making their hearts grow closer.			THE CATCH Canada \| 15 min Short \| Drama Director/Writer Holly Brace-Lavoie Cast Charli Birdgenaw, Billy Iliopoulos, Joseph Napolitano, Sara Bradeen Morgan who loves fly fishing in the river near her home. She also likes a boy. But boys don’t like girls who fish. Morgan can't seem to reconcile her two interests. Will she have to choose one over the other?
	AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN UK \| 6 min Short \| Animation\| Educational Director/Writer/Producer Alex Amelines Cast David Gant This is an introduction to autism that aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences, to stimulate understanding and acceptance in future generations.			PLEASE GIVE ME TRUE LOVE China \| 17 min Short \| Drama Directors Luxi Zhang, Xueyong Wang Writers Yulin Zhang, Mei Wang Cast Xiaomeng Feng, Jiayi Xu, Jierui Wang Xiaohao and Xiaohe are classmates. Their dads apply different ways to love their children. Xiaohao’s dad always get gifts for him while Xiaohe’s dad always spend time with her.

Youth Made

	DAMSELS IN DISTRESS Canada \| 6 min Short \| Animation \| Fantasy \| Adventure Director/Writer Raine Bracken Prince Charming doesn't always find what he's looking for. This isn't your average fairytale			VESPER France \| 24 min Short \| Thriller \| Mystery Director/Writer Keyvan Sheikhalishahi Cast Götz Otto, Agnès Godey, Keyvan Sheikhalishahi Marge Ofenbey shuts herself away from all in a house to flee her sinister and manipulative husband. She asks her nephew Christian for help. But, Christian will discover soon the secrets hidden by Marge and Walter
	DRAW ME HAPPY Russia \| 26 min Short \| Drama Director Dmitry Rogov Writers Dmitry Rogov, Tatyana Miroshnik Producers Alexey Rogov, Dmitry Rogov Cast Kirill Popov, Fedor Dobronravov, Ekaterina Selefonkina, Anastasia Panina Artem started his own small business to save some money and go abroad. Nothing can stop him: not a serious lineless of his mother, not even his father’s and sister’s problems			SPLIT USA \| 15 min Short \| Animation Director Ben Keeline Producer MaryAnn Keeline Writers Patricia Leejohnson, Genna Walgamuth Two schools, Cottonwood Creek in California and Bohermeen National School in Ireland create a short animated fairy story together

Kids Made

	4 Germany \| 6 min Short \| Animation Director Theo Pfaff Writers Teresa Hilser, Sofia Kunz Producers Nils Dinger, Samuel Saurer "Humans are cool – there's always a buzz!", the grandchild tells his grandmother who is an old Black Forest cairn. She's skeptical. Does mankind need nature? Does nature need mankind?			BORIS & BABETTE Netherlands \| 9 min Short \| Mystery Director/Producer Merlijn Remmig Writers Merlijn Remmig, Floris de Vos, Bianca Remmig Cast Rowan Remmig, Luna Yilmazoglu A writer has trouble with writing an adventurous story, which makes the young character in his script getting bored. But the story all turns when the young character sees this mysterious girl and suddenly find himself in a great adventure.
	VOICES UNLOCKED: A TRUE STORY USA \| 7 min Short \| Documentary Director/Producer/Writer Johnathan Newport The younger brother of a teen with non-speaking autism creates a short documentary to raise awareness of the unappreciated abilities of people with autism, while also highlighting the "Rapid Prompt Method" or "RPM", a new form of therapy.			BLACK WATER India \| 6 min Short \| Documentary Director/Writer/Animator Tanmay Srivastava This documentary is about The Cellular jail, situated 630 miles (1,353 km) away from mainland India in The Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

@2017 San Deigo International Kids' Film Festival