Second Children's Family FilmFest at WHBPAC Set for 10/11

Back by popular demand, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center presents its 2nd Family FilmFest for all ages on Saturday, October 11 with two showings at 11am and 1pm. Tickets are FREE and are first come, first sit.

WHBPAC's 2nd Family FilmFest is a program of live action and animated shorts. This compilation is a passport to a world of imagination. The festival takes you from the USA to Europe to Canada and Australia, where you'll meet magical characters, laugh at funny stories and learn how friendship makes the planet go 'round.

Little Red Plane - A boy and his cat hop in a knitted red plane to deliver packages all over the world and beyond. (Dir. Charlotte Blacker, England, animated, 3:39 min.)

Love Bug - A nine-year-old, bug-loving boy must work up the courage to ask a like-minded little girl out
on a date. Winner of the Children's Jury Prize for Best Live Action Short. (Dir. Kat Candler, USA, 6 min.)

Olga - A sweet film about feelings, and the way that friends can help each other. In German with
English subtitles. (Dir. Kai Pannen, Germany, animated, 6:14 min.)

Mungge - Not Again! - Two marmots and a hedgehog must try to rescue their sleepwalking friend.
In Swiss German with English subtitles. (Dir. Irmgard Walthert, Adrian Flückiger and Claudia Röthlin,
Switzerland, animated, 6:20 min.)

The Driving Accident - A minor mess becomes a big one when a little boy attempts to clean up a
mishap. Winner of the Children's Jury Northwest Prize. (Dir. Rio Fitch, Canada, 5 min.)

Adventures of Owen - A boy harnesses the power of his imagination to soar above his everyday
problems. (Dir. David Cadiz, Canada, 13 min.)

Cello - A boy practicing the cello is transported to a magical place. (Dir. Tatiana Kurnaeva, Russia;
animated; 6 min.)

King Kong Kitchie Kitchie Ki Me O - A sweet old folk song, set to a song by Laura Veirs with eyepopping animation by Britta Johnson. (Dir. Britta Johnson, USA; animated; 3:04 min.)

Minnie Loves Junior - The story of a girl's admiration for a boy, and how she proves to
him how valuable her friendship can be. (Dir. Andy and Matt Mullins, Australia, 13:40)

Total running time: 66 minutes

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