A big congratulations to the directors and producers behind two wonderful and deserving films, CHICO & RITA, a beautifully-detailed romance and an ode to a rich musical history, and A CAT IN PARIS, a slinky feline film that captured the hearts of many an audience at last year's NY Int'l Children's Film Festival. Both films were nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year's Academy Awards!
For additional news on their upcoming theatrical releases, please find each film on Facebook: Chico & Rita, and A Cat in Paris and Chico & Rita.
STUDIO GHIBLI COLLECTION
DEC 16-JAN 12 AT IFC CENTER 323 Avenue of the Americas (at West 3rd St)
A fifteen-film retrospective of award-winning and critically-acclaimed films from Studio Ghibli, including masterpieces from Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, presented with new 35mm prints in both subtitled and English dubbed versions. Tickets now on sale!
Established in 1997, NYICFF is an Oscar qualifying event and North America’s largest film festival for children and teens. John Turturro, Susan Sarandon, Uma Thurman, James Schamus, Matthew Modine and Gus van Sant are on the NYICFF Jury. The most recent edition attracted a sold-out-in-advance audience of 25,000 and generated 80 million media impressions.
NYICFF 2012 takes place March 2-25, with 100+ films from around the world, plus gala premieres, retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, filmmaking workshops, audience voting, and the NYICFF Awards Ceremony. In addition to the annual March festival, NYICFF presents year-round film programming both in New York and nationally.
"Devoted to the kind of fare that may be found at the Academy Awards but not at the local multiplex." - New York Times
"More daring and subtle than the usual kids' fare." - Variety
"Almost nowhere else can adults, let alone kids, see such a collection of genuinely innovative and visually arresting films." - Time Magazine
"The festival is about redefining what kids' entertainment can be." - Time Out New York
NYICFF 2012
All Ages
MARCH 2-25
TICKETS ON SALE FEB 1 - Now in its 15th year, the nation's largest festival for kids and teens will present four weekends of groundbreaking and thought-provoking new works for ages 3-18, with 100 new films, opening and closing galas, new feature premieres, six short film programs, filmmaker Q&As, filmmaking workshops and special events!
GKIDS is bringing a twenty-five year retrospective of films from the famed Studio Ghibli animation studio to theaters across the country! Don't miss your chance to see some of the greatest films of all time on new 35mm prints, including such favorites as My Neighbor Totoro, Castle in the Sky and Spirited Away, as well as rare films like Only Yesterday and The Ocean Waves. Films will be presented in both subtitled and English dubbed versions.
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