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2024 San Diego International Kids' Film Festival
August. 23-25,2024 

Schulman Auditorium (1775 Dove Lane, Carlsbad, Ca92011)
Senior Center( 799 Pine Avenue Carlsbad, CA92008)
MiraCosta Concert Hall ( 1 Barnard Dr, Oceanside, CA 92056)

2023 San Diego International Kids' Film Festival Winner List 

AWARD   WINNER
Special Jury Award   Where Rabbits Come From (Canada)
Grand Jury Prize - Best Feature   THE ZOO (Chidiakhana) (India)
Grand Jury Prize - Best Short   Kafka’s Doll (Spain)
Best Director   The Chau Ngo @ The Frog and the Golden Orb (Germany)
Best Director – Animation   Jeong-Byeon-Ji Kim @Hana Meets Hana ( South Korea)
Best Youth Director   Mila Brener @ Not My Circus (USA)
Best Youth-made Film   The Baseball Cap (USA)
Best Kids-made Film   The Magic Stone (USA)
Best Family Short Film   Kris The Cat (USA)
Best Animated Feature Film   Inventors (USA)
Best Animated Short Film   Amazing Petunia’s Adventures (USA)
Best Documentary Feature   The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music (USA)
Best Documentary Short   WAWAWA: Cheng Pao's Farm ( Taiwan)
Best Drama Feature Film   The Tale of the Frog and the Golden Orb (Germany)
Best Drama Short Film   The Sun in My Heart(China)
Best Comedy Short Film   Aero Orange (Canada)
Best Musical Feature   The Prairie Dog that Met the President (USA)
Best Actress in a Leading Role   Hally Smith @ Sole Searching (USA)
Best Actor in a Leading Role   Emil Jayan @ Namaste Yoga (Australia)
Best Kid Performance   Emery Gordon @Amelia (The Twin) (USA))
Best Cinematography – Feature   How to Get Your Parents to Divorce (Canada)
Best Cinematography – Short   Please in Spanish (USA)
Best Student Film   Steel Forest (China)
Best Educational Film   The Lizza Show Episode 2 (USA)
Screenplay Contest - Feature Screenplay   A Pirate and a Princess (USA)
Screenplay Contest – ShortScreenplay   Second Chance (USA)
Best Foreign Screenplay   Fina the Mayfly (Germany)
Screenplay Showcase Winner   Marky the Magnificent Fairy (USA)
Cultural Heritage Award   Flamenco with Roots (San Diego, USA)
Rising Star Award   Bryn Wright @Metamorphosis (USA)
Best Original Song   T.E.A.M (USA)
Best Original Score    POND  (Switzerland))

 

2023 SDIKFF Official Selection---Screenplays:

A Pirate and a Princess (USA)
Clyde and Bear (USA)
Fina the Mayfly (Germany)
Marky the Magnificent Fairy (USA)
Melly & Delly (Jamaica)
The Winter Wolves (USA)
Unconditional (USA)
Welcome to Terra Blue (USA)
Winter: Laboratory of Lament (USA)
The Embroidered Woman (China)
The Tale of the Frog and the Golden Orb (Germany)
The Prairie Dog That Met the President (United States)

2023 SDIKFF Official Selection --- Music & Songs

 For Light (China)
I'mPossible (USA)
INVENTORS (USA)
Jen the Fire Engine (USA)
Rainbow Flow (feat. SaulPaul, LDW) (USA)
Second Chance (USA)
T.E.A.M. (USA)
The Power Inside (USA)
The Seeds of Change (UK)
Vuela, Vuela, Fly (feat. Palo-Mah) (USA)
We Gonna Rising Up (China)

2023 SDIKFF Official Selection---Shorts: 

 Aero Orange (Canada)
Aikane (USA)
À LA VIE À L'AMOR (Canada)
Amazing Petunia's Adventures (USA)
Amelia (the Twin) (USA)
Anna (USA)
A Recipe Full of Memories (Brazil)
At 7 (USA)
Boom (South Korea)
Bootees (USA)
Buckets City (USA)
Caterpillars House (Canada)
Dwarfs! (USA)
HAM (USA)
Hana Meets Hana (South Korea)
Heat Spell (Canada)
Hello, My Name Is Dong-ping (Taiwan)
I am Kanaka (UK)
Infinity (Uganda)
Initiating Program: Wonderment ~ Sirius AI: A Post-Apocalyptic Musical (USA)
JOMON (Japan)
Kafka’s Doll (Spain)
Kris The Cat (USA)
Little Luna (UK)
Octopus News: Sophia and Her War (Taiwan)
Oren’s Way (USA)
Our Tight House (Hungary)
Out of Water (USA)
Master Class: Taiwan's Folk Performance (Taiwan)
Master of Hide and Seek (Taiwan)
Maybe Next Time (Taiwan)
Milo The Mechanic (Poland)
Mr. Purr’s Magical Suitcase (Germany)

 Namaste Yoga (Australia)
Newbie (UK)
No Place Is Home (USA)
Pinto the Mean Bean (USA)
Play (Netherlands)
Please In Spanish (USA)
POND (Switzerland)
Queen Bea (USA)
Robots Don't Tell Jokes (USA)
RUBBER BAND PLANE (South Korea)
Run Away (USA)
Running by the Riverside (South Korea)
Saint Nick (USA)
Shimajiro: A World of WOW! The WOW of Biodiversity! (Japan)
Shhh! (France)
Steel Forest (China)
Suzie Hicks the Climate Chick (USA)
Tactical Action Gauntlet (USA)
The Dead Kid (USA)
The Foursquare Movie (USA)
The Lizza Show Episode 2 (USA)
The Magic Hour (USA)
The Norm (USA)
The Sound Collector - Panning for Sound (USA)
The Squonk
The Sun in my Heart (China)
The Sun Room (USA)
The Surprise Birthday Story (Brazil)
THE WORLD HAS EN DEAD (India)
WAWAWA: Cheng Pao’s Farm (Taiwan)
Where Rabbits Come From (Canada)
Wompy (USA)


 

2023 SDIKFF Official Selection---Films Made By Youth & Kids: 

Youth-made Films

 1700 lbs. (USA)
Alice in Instagram (USA)
Alienated (USA)
Bootees (USA)
Depressed Fish (South Korea)
Frills (USA)
Late Midsummer Day (Lithuania)
Lemonade (USA)
Love Don’t Bully (USA)
Not My Circus (USA)
Rinna (USA)
Sole Searching (USA)
The Baseball Cap (USA)
The Dark Side of Pet Breeding (USA)
The Hive (USA)

Kids-made Films
Around Me (Canada)
Bad Day for Tomas (Lithuania)
Crosswalk Man’s Busy Day (Taiwan)
Computer Catastrophe (USA)
Donut World (USA)
Electric Avenue (USA)
Encounter (China)
Half Good, Half Bad (Poland)
Metamorphosis (USA)
Our Days in Dongshi (Taiwan)
Splash! The Duckling Who Was Afraid of Water (USA)
The Magic Stone (USA)
Water, Star Medicine (USA)
You Are Enough (UK)

 

2023 SDIKFFOfficial Selection---Features: 

 Babookums: Seven Fantastic Stories (Lithuania)
How To Get Your Parents To Divorce (Canada)
Inventors (USA)
Listen Up (USA)
Lost Love (China)
Road to Legacy - Abao: The Voice of a Nation (USA)
Saleem (Jordan)
The Prairie Dog That Met the President (USA)
The Quilt: A Living History of African American Music (USA)
The Tale of the Frog and the Golden Orb (Germany)
THE ZOO (Chidiakhana) (India)

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