The NYICFF 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival screens Oscar-qualifying children’s films for a variety of ages.
Many of these films are simply entertaining, but there is more going on at the NYICFF. Growing up seems harder today than it used to be, because children are exposed to so much, so fast now. Our culture makes unhealthy choices seem exciting, so it can be difficult to choose a path.
Seeing that others have the same challenges and are overcoming them, provides a good foundation for healthy age-appropriate conversations between parent and child. We can’t make our children’s decisions, but we can talk to them about life before they have to deal with it. The New York International Children’s Film Festival is a great platform for this.
NYICFF 2023
The NYICFF 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival is at the SVA Theatre and other venues in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Long Island; on weekends, March 3-19, 2023. From $17. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 | 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 | 🇫🇷 🇪🇸
The opening night film is “Ernest et Célestine, le Voyage en Charabie” (Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia) for ages 7+. It’s an animated mystery about how the traveling duo solves the puzzle of Ernest’s musical home town where music has been forbidden. Director Q&As with Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Roger. The World Premiere screens in French with subtitles at SVA Theatre in Chelsea, NYC on March 3, 2023 at 6pm. $20. 🇫🇷
“Home is Somewhere Else” for ages 11+ is an animated documentary by Carlos Hagerman and Jorge Villalobos. It tells three stories about life on both sides of the US/Mexico border. Lalo, a young Mexican artist from Utah, narrates the story in perfect Spanglish. He tells of two sisters building lives on either side of the border; a young lady who becomes an activist to protect families like hers; and his own story about being deported as a child, finding his way back home, and growing up to be an artist and activist. This New York Premiere is in English, Spanish and Spanglish with subtitles. It screens at DCTV in Manhattan Chinatown on March 11, 2023 at 3:15pm. From $17. 🇲🇽
The short series Celebrating Black Stories includes American, Australian, French, and Sign Language films. nyciff.org
The ¡Hola Cine! Latin shorts series has American, Argentine, Canadian, Chilean, Colombian, Mexican, and Spanish films with subtitles. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 | 🇨🇱 🇨🇴 | 🇪🇸
There are screenings at:
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Downtown, Brooklyn
- DCTV in Manhattan, Chinatown
- Film Forum in Hudson Square
- Scandinavia House in Murray Hill
- SVA Theater in Chelsea
- Sag Harbor Cinema in Sag Harbor, Long Island.
For tickets and a full schedule, visit nyicff.org