Two Trams
Devoted Klick and Tram work valiantly together to stay on time and on track in this lovely stop-motion city symphony.
Age Range: 5
A Bit Lost
We all get turned around sometimes, but Little Owl will have to search the forest far and wide with a squirrelly friend to get back to Mama in this colorful tale.
Animal Jubilee
We’re thrilled to share the World Premiere of a brand new shorts program, Animanimals, by Julia Ocker, perennial Festival favorite and Audience Award winner (NYICFF 2015-16). If you adored last year’s reptilian snack-lover in Crocodile, you’ll go over the moon and under the ice for the brand new short Penguin and feel snappy in stripes watching Zebra, which are featured alongside a host of other awesome, animal-centric animated shorts!
Short Films One
Get in the groove with this eclectic mix for our young audiences! Kick the party off with good hygiene and great dubstep in Party Mouth, and we’ll keep the beat rocking steady with the shaggy crew of Paws n Claws. Then be part of the most coveted selfie ever in Undiscovered.
Shorts for Tots
Even tots get World Premiere status with the debut of The Highway Rat, the newest short from Magic Light Pictures (creators of 2017 Opening Night film Revolting Rhymes). Plus scootch the other engines down the tracks to make way for the artfully compelling stop-motion short Two Trams. If all that commotion leads to some confusion, don’t worry, you’re in good company with A Bit Lost.
Hilda
Join us for this exclusive world premiere of Hilda, adapted from UK author Luke Pearson’s captivating and best-selling series of graphic novels by Mercury Filmworks/Silvergate. Follow the adventures of bright and fearless blue-haired Hilda, her adorable deerfox Twig, and her artist mom as they travel from their home in a vast magical wilderness full of elves and giants to the bustling city of Trolberg. This vividly animated fantasy adventure is inspired by strange Scandinavian folklore and evokes the films of Studio Ghibli. The Hilda series will launch as a Netflix Original in Fall 2018.
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March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step
Twelve years after its first big splash, March of the Penguins returns in grand form with its inimitable narrator Morgan Freeman, and NYICFF offers the unique opportunity to see the film gloriously on the big screen prior to its HULU premiere March 23. The emperor penguins’ arduous journey is even more urgent in the face of climate change, and more impressive, featuring awe-inspiring imagery made possible by cutting-edge 4K cinematography and underwater camerawork. Now a new generation of black-and-white heroes steal the show, sometimes fuzzy, sometimes sleek, but ever charming, curious, dignified, skillful, and devoted. Follow parents and children alike as they heed nature’s call to bridge sea, land, and generations to survive.
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Hilda
Join us for this exclusive world premiere of Hilda, adapted from UK author Luke Pearson’s captivating and best-selling series of graphic novels by Mercury Filmworks/Silvergate. Follow the adventures of bright and fearless blue-haired Hilda, her adorable deerfox Twig, and her artist mom as they travel from their home in a vast magical wilderness full of elves and giants to the bustling city of Trolberg. This vividly animated fantasy adventure is inspired by strange Scandinavian folklore and evokes the films of Studio Ghibli. The Hilda series will launch as a Netflix Original in Fall 2018.
Mungge, Not Again!
Sleepwalking can be very dangerous, especially in the mountains! In this delightful stop-motion movie, two marmots and a hedgehog attempt to rescue their somnambulant friend.