The 33rd Annual KidFilm® Festival/Presented by the USA Film Festival Dallas is this Saturday and Sunday at the Angelika Film Center.
KidFilm is the oldest and largest-attended children’s film festival in the United States, featuring an entertaining, educational, and diverse line-up of new and classic films for both children and adults.
Tickets for all shows are FREE for children & adults, but you must have a ticket for admission; Tickets and seating are limited. Tickets for all shows are available day of show only, beginning one hour before each showtime.
A full schedule of KidFilm programs may be viewed on the USA Film Festival’s website HERE.
Highlights of this year’s program include:
MEET THE AUTHORS AND ILLUSTRATORS! Screenings and read-alongs with all guests — kids can receive a FREE book to have signed!
Free healthy snacks for all kids will be provided at the authors program by KidFilm Sponsor Whole Foods Market.
NEW ANIMATED FEATURE FILMS to be presented include The Mice War (U.S.), Kikoriki: Legend of the Golden Dragon (Russia), The Snow Queen 3: Fire and Ice (Russia); Sheep & Wolves (Russia); and Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom (Canada).
NEW LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILMS include My Friend Raffi (Germany), Fiddlesticks (Germany) and a special 35mm KidFilm Classics presentation of Benji (1974) (U.S.), as we revisit the beloved pooch who starred in five feature films just before he gets a remake by original writer/director Joe Camp’s son, Brandon Camp.
In addition to SHORT FILM PRESENTATIONS of beloved children books adapted for the screen, an additional twenty-two short live-action and animated films from around the world will be presented this year.
