Lights, camera, action! Attend the Portland Children’s Film Festival 4/2 – 4/6.

Sundance has one for adults, and Portland has one for our favorite little people!

The third annual Portland Children’s Film Festival, held Wednesday, April 2 through Sunday, April 6, is designed to bring high-quality independent and international children’s  films to Maine, as well as to provide opportunities for local children to develop their own film making talents and interact with artists in the film making industry.

As a particularly noteworthy matter for local families, the 2014 Portland Children’s Film Festival also includes the top entries in this year’s Young Filmmakers Contest. The contest features projects from Maine students in kindergarten through twelfth grade who created three-minute film shorts around this year’s theme of “change.” The shorts will be shown at the Nickelodeon Cinema on April 6.

Film Showings Schedule

Download the entire brochure for film descriptions, dates, times and costs.

Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang April 04, 2014 5:45 PM One of the most talked about family films on the festival circuit a classic mystery adventure in the vein of Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and The Goonies. Spanish with English subtitles. [View Event]

Summer Wars April 04, 2014 7:45 PM Kenji solves a math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars. [View Event]

Mia and the Migoo April 05, 2014 12:00 PM is a fable-like journey of a young girl who must overcome her fears on a quest to find her father and save the world from destruction. [View Event]

Summer Wars April 05, 2014 2:00 PM Kenji solves a math riddle sent to his cell phone, he unwittingly breaches the security barricade protecting Oz, a globe-spanning virtual world where millions of people and governments interact through their avatars. [View Event]

Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang April 05, 2014 4:15 PM One of the most talked about family lms on the festival circuit a classic mystery adventure in the vein of Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, and The Goonies. Spanish with English subtitles. [View Event]

Best of NY International Children’s Film Festival: Kid Flix Mix April 05, 2014 6:00 PM A kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world, for ages 4 to 8. Program includes films Sweden, New Zealand, France, Switzerland, Australia, the UK, and the United States. [View Event]

Best of NY International Children’s Film Festival: Party Mix April 05, 2014 7:30 PM The New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival presents a collection of hilarious, heartfelt and beautiful short films around the world, suitable for older kids ages 8 to 18, including festival award-winners and audience favorites. Shorts come from Latvia, Argentina, France, Colombia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Canada and the United States. [View Event]

Young Filmmakers Contest selection of films April 06, 2014 10:15 AM Come see selected short films made by local students for this year’s Young Filmmakers Contest. [View Event]

Young Filmmakers Contest selection of films April 06, 2014 11:30 AM Come see selected short films made by local students for this year’s Young Filmmakers Contest. [View Event]

Approved for Adoption April 06, 2014 12:45 PM A film that uses animation to tell an adoption story, resulting in a memoir like no other: clear-eyed and unflinching, humorous and wry, and above all, inspiring in the capacity of the human heart. [View Event]

Wadjda April 06, 2014 3:00 PM Wadjda tells the story of a girl who competes in a Quran recitation contest in order to win enough money to purchase a bike, despite the fact that unchaperoned women aren’t allowed to ride bikes in public. Arabic with subtitles.

Tickets for showings in the 2014 Portland Children’s Film Festival are available through Brown Paper Tickets. The festival takes place at various times and in various places from Wednesday, April 2 through Sunday, April 6. See the film festival website for more details, and see the blog at Emerson Buick Chevrolet for more local event highlights.

2014 Portland Children’s Film Festival
Wednesday, April 2 through Sunday, April 6
Held in various locations around Portland, ME