have imagination, will travel.

Pack your things.

Catch the train, grab a trolley, hop on the nearest dirigible, or hitch a ride on your giant hedgehog—we're taking a trip around the world (by way of the theater).

For over 25 years, we've been bringing the best new films from around the world to kids and families in NYC and beyond. And, through these films, we've been bringing kids and families from NYC around the world. Film transports to places we've never dreamed of going: foreign countries, hidden neighborhoods, distant planets—and everywhere in between. At NYICFF, we'll take you even further. No matter your age, you're invited to join us as we travel through different landscapes, emotions, and perspectives. Take a walk in someone else's shoes at a short film program. Go deep into the mind of a filmmaker at a Q&A.

We promise, you're in for quite a ride.

team

executive director

Nina Guralnick

programming director

Maria-Christina Villaseñor

staff

Rebecca Linde, Communications Director
Joanne Giordano, Development Manager
Eileen Level, Education Manager
Kristen Peterman, Operations Manager
Sarah Artzt, Programming Assistant
Rae Hirschfeld-Smith, Festival Assistant

office interns

Gillian Goris
Lisa St. Hill-Wilson

board of directors

K. Heather McRay, President
Guy Story, Vice President
Maureen Hayes, Treasurer
Kennedy Cogan, Secretary
Deepak Arya
Scott Cohen
Jeanine Conley Daves
Priya Giri Desai
Camilla Gale
Karina Linch
Kate McClure
Dorie Lederfajn Paparo
Jane Royal

board of advisors

Yvonne Chan
Drew Feldman
Nicola Marshall
Lynn McVeigh
Sarah Moosvi
Judith Seidel
Shruti Ganguly
Jo Anne Schlesinger

directors emeritus

Eric Beckman
Emily Shapiro

screening and programming committee

Sara Echaniz
Corrine Ellingson
Drew Feldman
Delassie Gadzanku
Gillian Goris
Egesi Iheduru
Jessica Polaniecki
Madison Smith
Langston Young

jury

Kim Díaz, VP Creative Development, Sesame Workshop
Kyle MacLachlan, Emmy nominated actor, Twin Peaks
Hsiang Chin Moe, Chair of BFA Animation, School of Visual Arts
Huda Razzak, NYICFF 2022 Jury Award-winning filmmaker, The Ocean Duck
Ira Sachs, director, Passages
Uma Thurman, Oscar® nominated actor, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2
Nora Twomey, Oscar® nominated filmmaker, My Father’s Dragon
Christine Vachon, CEO Killer Films & award-winning producer Boys Don't Cry

Peilin Chou

Producer (Over the Moon, Abominable)

Melissa Cobb

Vice President, Kids and Family, Netflix

Geena Davis

Academy Award^®-winning actor and founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media

Madeline DiNonno

CEO, Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media; Chair, Board of Directors of the Television Academy Foundation

Amy Friedman

Head of Kids and Family Programming, Warner Bros.

Elizabeth Ito

NYICFF Award-winning director (Welcome to My Life), creator of Netflix's City of Ghosts

Kyle MacLahlan

Award-winning actor (Twin Peaks, Dune, Inside Out)

Guillermo Martinez

Head of Story, Sony Pictures Animation (The Mitchells vs The Machines), Story Artist, Laika Studios (Kubo and the Two Strings, Missing Link)

Matthew Modine

Award-winning actor and filmmaker (Stranger Things, Full Metal Jacket)

Ramsey Naito

President, Nickelodeon Animation; President, Paramount Animation; Academy Award^®-nominated producer (The Boss Baby)

Mark Osborne

Academy Award^®-nominated director, writer, producer, and animator (Kung Fu Panda, The Little Prince)

Peter Ramsey

Academy Award^®-winning director (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Rise of the Guardians)

Ira Sachs

Award-winning filmmaker (Little Men, Love is Strange); founder and Executive Director, Queer/Art

Uma Thurman

Academy Award^®-nominated actor (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill vol. 1 & 2); Board of Directors, Room to Grow

Nora Twomey

Academy Award^®-nominated director (The Breadwinner, The Secret of Kells); co-founder, Cartoon Saloon

special thanks

Alexandria Abenshon
Vidya Alexander
Mikhal Bak
Kaila Banks
Evie Brudenall
Vincent Burich
Carl Cambria
Francesca Campanella
Nathalie Charles
Colleen Chioffe
Sharon Cox
Giulia D'Agnolo Vallan
Melissa Davis
Jean-Pierre Dion
Amanda Duong
Rylee Eterginoso
Bernie Ferarris
Saelyx Finna
Alexandra Fontana
Amelia Garner
Agnieszka Gasparska
Luce Grosjean
Carlos Gutierrez
Jessica Hamilton
Michael Hanania
Joy Hariprasad
Alisha Hazan
William Hohauser
Chance Huskey
Nick Isani
Hannah Jones
Karen Kelso
Jamie Kilichowski
Miroslav Konvalina
Adrian Koteen
Ella Lazarus
Mike Maggiore
Kevin McCarthy
Martine McDonald
Dara Messenger
Adeline Monzier
Erik Mund
Adam Natale
Amanda Nguyen
George Noeth
Krishna Paul
Thomas Reid
Kyle Reinhart
Maria Ruiz Botsacos
Catherine Scheinman
Rebecca Schwartz
Jim Shanahan
Lauren Shortt
Oceane Sidtis
Isla Sidtis
Brian Sierra
Jacob Stebel
Emeyln Stuart
Maiken Tandgaard Derno
Ariana Tiziani
Rodney Uhler
Joaquin Vermeulen
Genevieve Villaflor
Nicole Wallace
Noah Waxman
Jeremy Wine
Emerald Wright-Collie

press

press releases

February 8, 2023 — NYICFF Announces Its 26th Complete Feature Slate
February 14, 2023 - Introducing NYICFF in Your Neighborhood
February 24, 2023 - NYICFF Announces Complete Short Film Lineup
March 29, 2023 - NYICFF Announces 2023 Audience and Jury Award Winners

news

Growing a Generation of Movie-Loving Global Citizens
New York Times, March 2, 2023

Whimsical Children's Film Tackles War and Displacement in Syria
Hyperallergic, March 1, 2023

New York International Children's Film Festival Opens Window to the Wrold
RogerEbert.com, March 2, 2023

press contact

For all press inquiries, please contact
Emma Myers / Fusion Entertainment
emma@fusion-entertainment.com

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