Films at 2019 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
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 2019 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 LAST FICTION
Iran | 100min Feature | Animation
Director/Writer: Ashkan Rahgozar
Producer: Ehsan Rasouluf
Synopsis: 
Based on classic Persian literature, The Shahnameh by Ferdowsi (The Book of Kings), the film follows an upstart ruler’s treacherous rise to the throne in ancient Persia, and a young hero who will save the kingdom and people from the darkness.
    Snow White and the magic of the dwarves
Germany|90 min Feature | Drama
Director: Ngo The Chau
Writer: Max Honert
Producer: Jens Christian Susa
Synopsis: 
A girl grows up as an orphan in strict seclusion due to her stepmother who uses her beauty for power. The girl escapes from her isolation and goes to the old castle blacksmith where she meets a prince
  Appu in Search of Truth
India |106 min Feature | Drama
Director: Sohan Lal
Writer: Raju Ranganath
Producer: A. V. Anoop
Synopsis: 
A nine-year old boy is in a moral predicament. After failing an exam, he is required to get his father’s signature on the exam sheet. Afraid of getting a beating from his father, he debates forging the signature.
    FRANK AND FEARLESS
South Africa | 100min Feature | Drama
Director/Writer: Gray Hofmeyr
Producer: Menzi Thabede, Andre Scholtz
Synopsis: 
A rural boy, a large dog, an orphaned baby rhino, and an aging reprobate set out to stop a rhino’s slaughter.
 
SHORT
 
   Como Jugando
Peru | 21 min Short | Fiction 
Director: Berenice Adrianzén Zegarra
Synopsis: 
After two boys return home after a long day at school, they go out to play and find “treasure” when they meet another boy, a neighbor who decides to accompany them on the adventure.
    Contos Divertidos Os 3 Porquinhos 
Brazil | 6 min Short | Animation
Director: Marco Botana
Synopsis: 
The classic tale of the three little pigs depicted in a way that provides anyone, no matter where, with the ability to understand to the tale
  Dunk
France | 20 min Short | Drama
Director/Writer: Martin, Sophie
Producer: d'Autryve, Nicolas
Synopsis: 
A teenage girl with a sturdy personality, and captain of her city's basketball team, is struck by a tragic car accident involving her parents. She prefers to hide the truth from her friends, but she must learn how to integrate herself into society and overcome her anger and sadness. Basketball is the key for her seemingly impossible adaptation..
    Miss Persona
Canada | 3 min Short | Family
Director: Brandon Lane, Matt Greyson
Writer: Brandon Lane
Producer: Kimberly Persona
Synopsis: 
The Miss Persona web series gently approaches problem solving though dress-up imaginative play
  Pool
Israel | 13 min Short | Family | Drama
Director/Writer: Ido Weisman
Producer: Hadar Hasina Masasa
Synopsis: 
Standing between his shameful father and the popular classmates, the delicate balance in the water becomes unbearable for a boy.
    Playdate
USA | 7 min Short | Drama
Director: Matt Aaron Krinsky
Writer: Eric Larner,Matt Aaron Krinsky
Producer: Marco A. Elorreaga,Matt Aaron Krinsky,Julianne Homokay
Synopsis: 
A boy and a girl find themselves stuck on a playground with no electronic devices and must rediscover how to play using their imaginations.
 
 
Youth Made
 
  Factory
Hongkong|2 min Short | Animation
Director: Sui San Lo, Chun Wai Liu, Ka Kei Chen
Producer: Ka Chun Chan
Synopsis: 
A story about two worlds: a forest full of animals, and a factory owned by man. For unexplained reasons, the animals in the forest regularly disappear every day, but one day when the animals don’t disappear as usual, the man decides to go upstairs to understand what’s happening
    Harass
Hongkong | 2 min Short | Animation 
Director: Hin Shing Lam, Pak Leung Lau, Ming Hang Leung, Chun Wai Lui
Producer: Ka Chun Chan
Synopsis: 
One night as a man is going to sleep, the female neighbor who lives upstairs decides to exercise. She turns on music and starts dancing loudly, waking up the man. Angrily, the man goes upstairs to confront her about the problem. Eventually the lady learns how to respect others
  Reece
USA | 11 min Short |Drama
Director/Writer: Dusan Brown
Synopsis: 
Because of the increasing violence in his neighborhood, a young man, Reece, fights to defend his community, regardless of the consequences.
    The White Mughal: Love & Betrayal in British India
India | 36 min Short | Documentary
Director/Producer: Tanmay Srivastava
Synopsis: 
A true story about Lieutenant Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick, a British resident of Hyderabad, as well as a Mughal princess, in 17th century India.
 
Kids Made
 
  Max & Leyla
Germany | 7 min Short | Animation 
Director: KIDS 'N TRICKS,PROF. ISOLDE ASAL
Writer: KIDS 'N TRICKS
Producer: PROF. ISOLDE ASAL
Synopsis: 
A little dragon, living on a small island in the middle of a big ocean, realizes that a group of creatures living next to him under the sea live happily due to a magical item.
    My Red Ball 
Canada | 3 min Short | Drama
Director/Writer: Esabella Strickland
Producer: Young Movie Makers
Synopsis: 
An urban legend about a girl who is bullied and socially alienated because of her learning disability, but makes friends with a boy in the forest.
  The Journey of Story Float
Taiwan | 6 min Short | Mix media 
Director: Yung-Lin Chen
Writer: Yun-Chien Yin
Producer: Szu-Hsin Lee,You-Bang Zhang,Yun-Chien Yin,Wan-Jhen Yu,Ming-Chi Chen,Ju-Yo Lo
Synopsis: 
Residents of a town learn and understand that they should not litter or pollute the environment.
    The Mom Plan
USA | 5 min Short |Drama
Director/Writer: Ella McKeon
Synopsis: 
A single father and his son set out to find the perfect mother/wife.
 

@San Deigo International Kids' Film Festival, Producer: Lynn Tang; Production Co.: Maeya Culture Exchange Group