Films at 2021 San Diego International Kids Film Festival

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2021 San Diego International Kids Film Festival FILMS
Screening Venues: Peninsula Center Library (701 Silver Spur Rd; Rolling Hills Estates; CA90274)
Villa Lucca (Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275)

FEATURE

	Full Speed Israel \| 110min Feature \| Drama Director: Kobi Mahat Synopsis: A group of top-notch teenage riders compete against one another for the chance to make it to the world's leading motorized academy in Daytona, Florida. Only this year, the competition includes both female and male riders. Will the female riders be given the chance to shatter the glass ceiling they've been competing against all their lives? Or will old world prejudices get in their way yet again?			Goodbye Groundhog China \| 83min Feature \| Youth Director: Chengcheng Yang Synopsis: This film told a touching story about Mr.Liu Haochen, the new physical education teacher at Nanwu Middle School, who insisted on defending the right of his students to have PE classr.
	Pops is Tops United States \| 57 min Feature \| Musical Director: Jake Blasini Synopsis: A musical journey thJake Blasini rough the home of Louis Armstrong			Pirate’s Soul Russian Federation \| 83 min Feature \| Drama Director: Aisyuak Yumagulov Synopsis: A schoolboy Pasha Kostin is getting injured and slips into a coma. His friends conclude that his soul has moved into the watch dog called Pirate. His friends are looking for all sorts of ways to get the soul out of the dog and give it back to Pasha. In the end, the safe and proven method works - the princess kisses Pasha, the "sleeping beauty

SHORT

	Calf Rope United States \| 29min Short \| Drama Director: Raphael Kolacz Synopsis: During the summer of '66, a former rodeo champion and cattle auctioneer from Oklahoma bonds tightly with his young grandson from suburban Pennsylvania while teaching him a few tricks from his previous trades. Shot entirely in rural Pennsylvania, Calf Rope captures the intense love that grandparents often share with their grandchildren and the legacy that lives on long after they have gone.			Light in the Dark Brazil\| 15min Short \| Drama Director: Vinícius Lopes Lopes, Luciana Mazeto Synopsis: With paper, wax chalk and scissors, Julia decided to create a new world, where she could escape the rules of her mother and the silliness of her younger sister, Laura. But this world is still under construction, not everything goes as planned.
	The Flyman India \| 10min Short \| Drama Director: Roopal Kewalya Synopsis: An 8-year-old boy wants to become The Flyman because he wants to escape Bull Boy, the boy who hits him in school but the one thing stopping him from flying is Gravity.			Errand Korea \| 16min Short \| Drama Director: Youngwoong LEE Synopsis: Younger siblings Joo-hee and Sung-joon go on errands at the request of their mother. But it's a list of errands that look weird. Will Joo-hee and Sung-joon be able to finish their errands well?
	The Marching Dream Denmark \| 28min Short \| Drama Director: Anne Svejgård Lund Synopsis: The majorettes of Brovst have, for more than half a decade, been deeply woven into local girls' lives. Silk ties, velvet gloves and shiny instruments are the accessories of young women dreaming of becoming the majorette and leading the march. The film tells the story of 11-year-old Isabella who dreams of becoming the front figure in this unique community.g			The Wolf Pack Germany \| 13min Short \| Drama Director: Hasan Serin Synopsis: Esma and Serpil are two little girls who are at the age of eight-nine, living in a village of Bingöl, a province in Eastern Anatolia. Serpil likes to read books and Esma is very much keen on drawing pictures while listening to the stories in the books that Serpil reads to her. They buy the book of Jules Verne “Five Weeks with The Balloon”

Youth Made & Student

	A Message from Artists Korea \| 6min Youth-Made \| Drama Director: Hara Choi Synopsis: Developmental Disabilities with Autism Spectrum Disorders. These people are often looked down upon. They are being disregarded in our society. They are seen as "DIS"abilities." The truth is that they are gifted in so many ways. They hold endless possibilities and offer creative sparks that could take everyone by surprise. Mothers who raise these developmental disabilities had created an organization called Artrim to offer their children to immerse in art activities.			.Go Fish United States \|6 min Youth-Made \| Drama Director: Ilia Wayans Synopsis: An absent father attempts to reconnect with his 17-year-old daughter by taking her out to fish: their once beloved father-daughter activity.
	Haphephobia United States \| 4min Youth-Made \| Drama Director: Aiko Lozar Synopsis: A photographer with haphephobia (the fear of being touched) lands a date with a girl, and must confront his fear.			Run Australia \| 3min Children-Made \| Drama Director: Emily Prior Synopsis: Two children captured and held captive in an abandoned building must make a run for it to escape.

Music Videos & Songs

	Average Puzzle Piece (USA) - Kyla Carter			Dreamworld (USA) - Joseph Itaya, Natt McFee, Ashton Johnson
	Overture (Australia) - Kevin Wang

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