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 Thank you, Los Angeles! The 5th Annual Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival happened Oct. 4-17, 2009, at the Martin Luther King Jr. Theatre in Santa Monica and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. We screened films from around the world - animation, live action and documentary. Thanks for the huge turnout! Admission to the festival was free for everyone! Click on the Schedules link at the top of page to see the list of films screened. Following a few weeks off, the festival revived briefly for a special weekend in our first-ever offshore event - on the beautiful Hawaiian island of Kaua'i! Mahalo to our new friends in Hawaii, and thanks for your support of the Kaua'i Pacific School! http://www.kauaipacific.org/los-angeles-international-chil.asp ' target='_new'>http://www.kauaipacific.org/los-angeles-international-chil.asp We offer events throughout the year, all over Southern California, including free screenings of new, major Hollywood family films. Sign up for the festival e-mail list and we'll keep you updated and send you free screening passes. You can sign up for our e-mail list by sending an e-mail to lachildrensfilm@cox.net The festival is always seeking engaging and educational new partnerships with Southern California venues, arts groups, schools, libraries, companies and interested organizations. Perhaps we can arrange screenings at your location or event. Contact us at lachildrensfilm@cox.net or call us at (760) 805-9510. For directions to the Santa Monica Main Public Library, 601 Santa Monica Blvd., go to www.smpl.org/depts/branches/index.htm. For directions to Los Angeles County Museum of Art go to www.lacma.org Thank you, New Orleans! The Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival again partnered with the New Orleans Film Society for the 2nd Annual New Orleans International Children's Film Festival, Saturday and Sunday Aug. 8-9, 2009! We screened short films, clustered in one-hour blocks, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. both days at the Louisiana Children's Museum, 420 Julia St. Animation, live action and documentaries from around the world, good for all ages. From 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. both days, we held basic animation workshops for all ages. Admission to the workshops and screenings was free with museum admission! We also hosted students at the amazing computer-animation festival and learning event SIGGRAPH, held that same week at the New Orleans Convention Center. See you next summer, New Orleans! Thank you, Las Vegas! The first Las Vegas International Children's Film Festival took place Sunday June 14, 2009. We screened short films at the beautiful Clark County Library Theater - free for everyone!. For directions to the library, go to www.lvccld.org/about/branch_info.cfm?brid=1  Big Top Winkle  Thanks to Kids First! for help in programming resources. For more information on Kids First!, go to www.kidsfirst.org |
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| The Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival is presented with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's NexGen program. Established as an independent institution in 1965, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art has assembled a permanent collection that includes approximately 100,000 works of art spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present, making it the premier encyclopedic visual arts museum in the western United States. Located in the heart of one of the most culturally diverse cities in the world, the museum uses its collection and resources to provide a variety of educational and cultural experiences for the people who live in, work in, and visit Los Angeles. LACMA offers an outstanding schedule of special exhibitions, as well as lectures, classes, family activities, film programs, and world-class musical events. For more information and directions, go to www.lacma.org The mission of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach is to educate the public about contemporary Latin American fine art - by artists who have lived and worked in Latin America since WWII - through the presentation of a significant permanent collection, dynamic exhibitions and related cultural and educational programs. For more information and directions, go to www.molaa.org The Kidspace Children's Museum in Pasadena features world-class exhibitry and 2.2 acres of outdoor learning environments designed to encourage children to discover the excitement of learning while engaging in the creativity of play. At Kidspace, children can unleash an earthquake, feed giant bugs, craft art through nature and climb raindrops 40 feet into the air. With endless possibilities to create, discover and explore, no two visits to Kidspace are ever alike. For more information on and directions to Kidspace Children's Museum, go to www.kidspacemuseum.org Sign up for the festival e-mail list and we'll keep you updated. You can sign up for our e-mail list by sending an e-mail to lachildrensfilm@cox.net  Kids Off The Couch is a free, weekly e-newsletter that offers parents fresh ideas for using movies to connect their kids to culture. Sign up at www.kidsoffthecouch.com and check out our archives for kid-tested pairings of great family films and cool adventures in Los Angeles. FILM FESTIVAL TRAVEL! Film Fest Travel offers film festival group travel excursions to exciting film festivals throughout the world, combining the excitement of film festivals with the fun of travel. Movies, parties, special guests, city tours and more! Meet new friends and talk about good movies. If you like films and travel, this is for you! Go to www.filmfesttravel.com |
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