GKIDS presents the New York Int'l Children's Film Festival. GKIDS is a distributor of award-winning filmed entertainment specializing in titles that cross over between art-house and family audiences. Recent theatrical releases include Michel Ocelot's acclaimed Azur & Asmar, in partnership with The Weinstein Company, and Nina Paley's animated multiple-festival-winning animated feature, Sita Sings the Blues. Upcoming GKIDS releases include Tomm Moore's animated Oscar® nominated The Secret of Kells, and European Film Award winner Mia and the Migoo, by Jacques-Remy Girerd. GKIDS is also longtime producer of the New York Int'l Children's Film Festival, North America's largest festival of film for children and teens. NYICFF jury members include Frances McDormand, Uma Thurman, John Turturro, Susan Sarandon, Gus Van Sant, James Schamus, and Matthew Modine. The GKIDS.TV website is a place where children, teens, and adults can watch, rate, review, buy and share award-winning film and animation from around the world. For more information and tickets visit http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm.
WESTON WOODS WEEKEND
July 24, 25, 31, 11am - IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)
Weston Woods DVD giveaways at all screenings! WESTON WOODS WEEKEND
In English - Recommended ages 3 to 8
FREE WESTON WOODS DVDS TO THE FIRST FAMILIES IN LINE!
IT'S A BOOK! IT'S A FILM! IT'S WESTON WOODS!
Animation studio Weston Woods has been bringing beloved children's picture books to life for over sixty years, transforming the works of Award-winning authors from Maurice Sendak to William Steig to create perhaps the richest collection of short animated children's films anywhere. This NYICFF selection includes films directed by Weston Wood's legendary Gene Deitch, Michael Sporn and others and with narration by Carole King, Chevy Chase, Jake Gyllenhaal, and James Earl Jones, to name just a few.
SPECIAL "KITTY GALORE" 3D LIVE ANIMAL EVENT
CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE
IN 3D, WITH ANIMAL STARS, HOLLYWOOD TRAINER, PRIZES!
Sunday, July 25, 4pm - DGA Theater, 110 West 57th Street (between 6th and 7th)
CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE
WITH ANIMAL STARS, PRIZES FOR ALL ATTENDEES
In English - Rated PG for animal action and humor.
Special $10 price, use code "NYICFF" when purchasing.
Proceeds benefit The ASPCA.
NYICFF presents the first East Coast screening of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, shown in 3D, with live on-stage animal stars, Q&A with Hollywood animal trainer, photo ops with the animal stars, plus prizes, cat and dog masks and activity books for all attendees!!!
In the eternal battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has just taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore (Bette Midler), a former elite agent for spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue. In 48 hours, she plans to unleash a diabolical device designed to not only bring her canine enemies to heel but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this immediate and unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to work together for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their beloved humans - from global cat-astrophe.
The 3-D film blends live action, puppetry, and computer animation with all-star cast including Christina Applegate, Nick Nolte, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack McBrayer, and more.
TALES FROM EARTHSEA - ONE SHOW ONLY
First East Coast Screening
Sunday, August 1, 11am - IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)
Miyazaki DVD and Earthsea poster giveaways for first families in line! GORO MIYAZAKI'S
TALES FROM EARTHSEA
In English - Recommended ages 9 to adult
FIRST EAST COAST SCREENING - ONE SHOW ONLY!
FREE POSTERS AND MIYAZAKI DVDS TO THE FIRST FAMILIES IN LINE!
The newest release from famed Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Ponyo) is the first feature directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki, and is based on the fantasy book series by Ursula K. Le Guin.
The film is set in a medieval world of castles and dragons, a world that has been thrown into chaos by an imbalance of magical forces and is being overtaken by a dark sorcerer on a quest to attain immortality. Meanwhile, troubled young Prince Arren is pursued by demons of his own, until he falls in with the master wizard Sparrowhawk and young Therru - another in a long line of strong-willed Miyazaki female protagonists - and together they set out to defeat the sorcerer and restore balance to Earthsea. Featuring voices of Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, and Willem Dafoe as the demonic Cob, a goth villain of indeterminate gender, who comes across as the evil lovechild of Morticia and Stardust-era Bowie.
Comment: Rated PG-13, film contains animated violence and bloodshed.
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