Films at 2022 San Diego International Kids Film Festival
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 2022 San Diego International Kids Film Festival FILMS
Screening Venues: Schulman Auditorium (1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, Ca92011)
Senior Center( 799 Pine Avenue Carlsbad, CA92008)

FEATURE
 
 BEAUTY ON THE WING: LIFE STORY OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY
United States | 116 min Feature | Drama
Director: Kim Smith
"Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly" is a 56 minute narrated film that unfolds along the shores of Cape Ann and in the heart of Mexico’s forested volcanic mountains. Every stage of the butterfly’s life cycle is experienced in vibrant close-up, from mating to egg to caterpillar to adult, and set against the backdrop of sea and forest, sun and wind. By the millions the intrepid Monarchs journey thousands of miles.
   KUNG FU GIRL
China| 98min Feature | Drama
Director: Kenny Gage, Devon Downs
Kung Fu Girl is an action fantasy about Lisa, a 12-year old student who challenges the school bully, and in her journey through real and virtual worlds learns to strengthen a fractured bond with her father.
  STOP MY STEPMOM!
Hungary | 105min Feature | Family
Director: Kata Dobó, Buda Gulyás
Dorka’s life turns upside down when her widowed father announces his engagement. The lonely, imaginative pre-teen girl does her best to protect her father from the dangers of love, and goes on an adventure that leads her to Magic Grove where she finds mysterious ways of magic tricks, friendship and the world’s best step-mother.
   SUMO-KID (A.K.A. LITTLE WARRIOR)
Russian Federation | 88 min Feature | Drama
Director: Ilia Ermolov
Vitya Kasatkin has an unusual hobby, Japanese sumo wrestling, and he loves it because of his father. However, his father left him and his mother and moved to Japan. The love of sumo is all Vitya got from him. It has also given him hope that one day his father would return to them.
 
SHORT
 
  DISORIENTED GUIDE
Mexico | 20min Short | Drama
Director: Diego Mejia Lartilleux, Carolina Mejía Lartilleux
To prove he is like his family of thieves, a young asthmatic man steals some valuable boxes from a mansion but when the robbery goes wrong, he has to pretend he is a touristic guide to escape.
   LOST & FOUND
Greece| 9min Short | Animation
Director: Vivian Papageorgiou
A naughty suitcase in an airport that wants to be free.
  MY DAD'S AN ALIEN!
Finland| 15min Short | Drama
Director: Elin Grönblom
A 9-year old girl gets a visit from her dad from out of space, but he is followed by an Alien hunter and the only way for the girl to save him, is if her mom starts to believe her.
    ON MY WAY
Canada | 9min Short | Animation
Director: Paule Beaudoin
Winter storm's night. In his last breaths of life, Jules (35) imagines himself at home, taking one last look at his family. As he gaze around, he notices his wife Emilie (32) peacefully asleep in their bed, bundled up in their blankets. Meanwhile, in the living room, his daughter Sara (9) is immersed in reading a comic book. Jules feels that he doesn't have much time left. He knows this moment with Sara will be his last, and it will be short. Too short. But all he wants, is to take his time.
  PEPUKA Y EL MONSTRUO QUE SE LLEVÓ SU SONRISA
Spain| 14min Short | Animation
Director: Estela Moreno Bermúdez, Jose Lagares Diaz, Isabel Vilallonga Shelly, Auxi Marciano Almansa
Pepuka is a doll that lived in a small town. One day, she traveled to a neighboring town and met a monster she fell in love with. Together with him, he will live the most difficult experience of his life, the loss of his smile. With his maskotas he will go on a long journey to find his smile.
   TRISKELION
Belgium | 10min Short | Drama
Director: Jessica Raes
A Celtic fairy tale in stop-motion animation filled with adventure and magic. A story about tribal war and finding peace: An arrow from a rival tribe pierces the chieftain’s heart. With his dying breath, he gives his daughter the quest to end this senseless feud.
 
Youth Made 
 
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MUTANT MONSTER MISSION
United States |11 min Youth-Made | Drama
Director: Luca Tedesco
Who is the hunted? Who is the hunter? A monster created by a billionaire has escaped and she has hired a team of hunters to capture it. But have they walked into something more?
     
 
 Kids Made
  A LETTER TO MY DAD
United States | 5min Children-Made | Drama
Director: Brock Brenner
A letter to my Dad.
  A SECOND CHANCE
United States | 11min Children-Made | Drama
Director: Arden Pala
This documentary explains how hard it actually is to be homeless. I hope this documentary opens your eyes to what it is like to be homeless and how homeless people can’t just “get a job.” Hearing all these stories has changed the way I think of homelessness, and I hope it changes the way you think too. Anyone gave a second chance is given an opportunity; a way to move forward
A TALE OF CLAWS AND FANGS
United States | 9min Children-Made | Drama
Director: Luca Tedesco
Take a bite out of romance and claw your way to love. In a twist of Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet, the two "lovers'' are werewolves and vampires trying to make peace. They must figure out a way to bring their two warring families together.
  TAKE HEART!
Germany | 8min Children-Made | Drama
Director: Lilith Jörg
The barriers are in the mind. Everyone has fears and often for this reasons avoids situations that are important in order to deal with them better. Leonhard sticks to his usual daily routines. He is anxious and overprotective. Until one day he decides to hike to a mysterious waterfall he read about in the newspaper. The trail begins as a normal hike, but more and more courage and overcoming is required.
 
Music Videos & Songs
 
Shut It Down! (USA)
  Be Brave (USA)

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