América
América, a 10-year-old girl from a remote Andean village, dreams of buying a bicycle so she’ll never be late to class again.
Award: Grown Ups Award
Winners of NYICFF Audience Awards selected by the votes of Grown-Ups in the audience (ages 18+).
Karol, the Vampire Queen
On the day of her eighth birthday party, Karol just wants to be a vampire queen. Her family isn’t so supportive of her unique aspiration.
More than Hair
Sitting for the first time in a barbershop, a young black boy discovers power of black hair.
Generation Impact: The Coder
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.
Charlotte
Charlotte is a testament to the power of art to endure, affront, and thrive, even in the face of impossible circumstances. This beautifully animated saga is based on the life of Charlotte Salomon, an aspiring painter living in Germany during the Nazi rise to power. As hard as it is to gain acceptance to the art academy as a girl, Charlotte’s Jewish background makes achieving her dream even harder, and soon her entire community’s existence is threatened. Eventually she is forced into exile with her difficult, emotionally distant grandparents before finding safe, loving harbor in the South of France. Charlotte’s new host wholeheartedly encourages her artmaking. The result is a decades-spanning, boldly ambitious visual autobiography that confronts the perils of war, a family legacy of mental illness, and dashed dreams. Featuring the voice of Keira Knightley, Charlotte paints the legacy of a little-known artist whose impact lasts long beyond her brief life.
Note: film contains intense moments depicting the reality of World War II Europe, suicide, and sexual content
Note: film contains intense moments depicting the reality of World War II Europe, suicide, and sexual content
Fahim, the Little Chess Prince
In this true-to-life story, Fahim journeys from Bangladesh to France with his father and seeks to train with a chess grandmaster. When coach Sylvain (Gerard Depardieu) accepts Fahim into a challenging chess class, he transforms his fate in more ways than one in a heartwarming testimony to a father’s determination, the kindness of strangers, and one boy’s courageous will to succeed.
Note: Some mature language; scenes of political persecution and refugee hardship, including some violence
Note: Some mature language; scenes of political persecution and refugee hardship, including some violence
My Life in Versailles
Life in a castle sounds like a piece of cake, but not for Violette, who must move into one with her uncle, the caretaker of the Palace of Versailles.
9 Meter
Daniel’s mother is comatose in the hospital, hanging on to life by a thread. But he is convinced that she can hear him. To what lengths will he go to try to save her?
Lola
Two dolls in a toy store are separated when a customer decides to buy one of them. In search of his lost partner, the other embarks on an emotional journey around the world.
Giovanni and the Water Ballet
Ten-year-old Giovanni wants to be the first boy to compete in the Dutch Synchronized Swimming Championships. With his first “girlfriend” Kim cheering him on from the sidelines, will he fulfill his dream?
One, Two, Tree
It’s the story of a tree, a tree like any other. One day, it jumps into a pair of boots and goes off for a walk, inviting everyone to follow.
Riceballs
A father and son work their way past loss to strengthen cultural bonds in the unlikeliest of places: the lunchbox.
A KISS
Abdi dreams of asking Leyli, a head taller and a lot more mature, to the summer dance held by their refugee center, but complications soon ensue.
Game
A.J. Green, a new kid in town, shows up at boys’ basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Can it be sustained?