India’s Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature, a love letter to the movies told through a child’s eyes, “ Last Film Show,” closes out the festival. With artistry and plenty of sloppy potty humor, the Dutch stop-motion feature “ Oink” raises useful questions about eating meat when Babs learns her grandpa’s real interest in giving her a pet piglet. Martin Luther King Jr., and the latest from Massachusetts’ own Mo Willems (one so hot off the presses they were still locking picture). Highlights: Perennial favorites of this festival, designed for kids ages 3-12, include Scholastic Books’ latest adaptations in the form of Weston Woods shorts, an annual tribute to Dr. Where: West Newton Cinema in West Newton, The Majestic 7 in Watertown, Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, Regent Theatre in Arlington and online With tickets selling fast, she says she’s feeling increasingly confident more kids will have that chance this year.īelow, more details on this film festival and six other offerings to consider this winter. Hearing each other laugh,” says Gitelman. “Kids need to be out and doing stuff with each other. As for movies with subtitles, non-readers can wear headphones to hear live reading by local actress Rena Baskin. She was particularly thrilled to hear that my kids (ages 5 and 8) recognized two stories from the Weston Woods shorts collection (“Watercress” by Andrea Wang and “The Little Butterfly That Could” by Ross Burach) as familiar books. With an abundance of international titles and book adaptations, executive director Ellen Gitelman says that the Family Festival’s founding goal of fostering cultural and reading literacy for kids ages 3-12 remains steadfast. This festival’s ratio-a steep increase in in-person offerings and fewer to none online-reflects a majority of the region’s festivals as they enter 2023. Online workshops in clay modeling and a face-to-face session for junior film critics will also take place. All movies will be screening in theaters, all but three will also stream. Still from "Little White Dove." (Courtesy Harvard Film Archive)Īfter canceling three in-person screenings due to last year’s pandemic surge, Belmont World Film’s Family Festival returns on Jan.
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