Providence Children’s Film Festival in Newport!
Newport Art Museum (76 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, RI)

4/13 @ 6:00 pm LIYANA  2018 PCFF Special Jury Award Winner – BEST FEATURE 2018 New York International Children’s Film Festival Best Feature Award We are pleased to bring this award-winning film to Newport! The therapeutic power of storytelling is at the forefront of this genre-defying documentary. Swaziland is a tiny country with the world’s highest HIV infection rate. A tragic consequence are the estimated 200,000 orphans now needing care, many traumatized beyond just losing their parents. At one orphanage, healing takes place through collective story-writing borne from the children’s personal experiences. The result is the powerful story of Liyana, a brave and determined girl who sets out to save her abducted twin brothers from many forms of peril. USA, Qatar, Swaziland / 2017 / In English and SiSwati (with English subtitles) / 77 min Ages 10+ (strong thematic elements: HIV/AIDS, descriptions of child abuse, alcohol abuse, and situations of peril) Cost: Member Adult $8 / Non-member Adult $10, Member Youth $5 / Non-Member Youth $7 To Register: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Programs-Events/April-School-Vacation

@ 10:30 am Second Saturday A selection of PCFF Shorts: The World Around Us followed by Make A Piñata activity!   Join us for a family road trip! Our world is richly infused with opportunities for discovery and revelation. These shorts will get you thinking about expanding your horizons beyond what meets the eye. After the films, join us for hands-on piñata decorating inspired by the incredible creations made in Mexico and seen in the documentary short “Piñata Kings”. Films are for all ages. In English, with English subtitles, or no dialogue / 20-25 min  Cost: Second Saturday is free for Members and youth to age 18, and free with paid Museum admission for Non-Members To Register: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Programs-Events/Second-Saturdays @ 1:30 pm PCFF Shorts Collection: Let’s Get Animated! There are many ways to tell a story – paints, pastels, textiles, and even text from a typewriter (ask your grandparents about that last one). Join us for a curated collection of pint sized works of art from around the world that are sure to challenge, delight and inspire. Films are for all ages.  In English, or with English subtitles, or with no dialogue / 69 min Cost: Member Adult $8 / Non-member Adult $10, Member Youth $5 / Non-Member Youth $7 To Register: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Programs-Events/April-School-Vacation @ 3:00 – 4:30 pm Let’s Get Animated! Workshop Put your inspiration to work in NAM studios and digital lab at the Coleman Center for Creative Studies! Create your own lead character and learn the foundational skills of stop motion animation with Newport Art Museum Digital instructor, Dan Smith. This 90 minute workshop is limited to 15 youth. For Ages 7+ Cost: Museum Members: $15 / Non-members: $20 To Register: http://www.newportartmuseum.org/Programs-Events/April-School-Vacation

4/15 @ 2:00 pm MAGIC CARPET RIDE Jump on the PCFF Magic Carpet and get ready to ride! We will explore the cinematic wonders of the world from eight different countries. No genie needed! There will stories of a girl wanting to live in a zoo, a baby wolf raised by a bunny family and a love story between two dirigible pilots. This year’s reel will transport you from as close as New York City to as far away as New Zealand and Switzerland. Films are for all ages. In English or no dialogue | 2016, 2017 | 70 min  Cost: $6 for Youth. $8 for Adults. Visit www.jamestownartcenter.org for for more information.

Best Feature: JUST CHARLIE United Kingdom, 2017 | In English | Director Rebekah Fortune 2nd Place:  REVOLTING RHYMES United Kingdom, 2016 | In English | Directors Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer  3rd Place: ABULELE Israel, 2015 | Hebrew w/ English subtitles | Director Jonathan Geva   • • • • •   Best Short: SACRED HAIR From More than a Selfie 2018 (PCFF Shorts Collection) Canada, 2017 | French w/English subtitles | Director Mario Morin | Live Action | 13 min 2nd Place: CAPTAIN K9 United States, 2017 | In English | Director Raz Cunningham | Live Action | 2017 | 22 min 3rd Place: DEAR HENRI From Passionate Pursuits (PCFF Shorts Collection) USA, 2017 | English | Director Matthew Sandager | Live Action-Animation | 13 min    • • • • •   Best Documentary: THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL (Al otro lado del muro) Spain, 2017 | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Director Pau Ortiz 2nd Place: STEP United States, 2017 | In English | Director Amanda Lipitz 3rd Place: JEFFREY Dominican Republic, 2016 | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Director Yanillys Perez

Best Feature: LIYANA Qatar, Swaziland, United States, 2017 | In English and SiSwati w/English subtitles  Directors Aaron Kopp, Amanda Kopp  2nd Place:THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL (Al otro lado del muro) Spain, 2017 | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Director Pau Ortiz 3rd Place: Hero Steps (Pasos de Héroe) Colombia, 2017 | Spanish w/ English subtitles | Director Henry Rincón    • • • • • Best Short: TWO BALLOONS From Magic Carpet Ride 2018 (PCFF Shorts Collection) USA, 2017 | No dialog | Director Mark C Smith | 9 min 2nd Place: SACRED HAIR From More than a Selfie 2018 (PCFF Shorts Collection) Canada, 2017 | French w/English subtitles | Director Mario Morin | Live Action | 13 min 3rd Place: AMELIA’S CLOSET From Get Up! Stand Up! (PCFF Shorts Collection) USA, 2016 | English | Halima Lucas | 17 min | Live Action

For the third year, PCFF has visited patients at Hospital Children’s Hospital, giving hospitalized youth the opportunity to watch and review a curated selection of Festival films and select an award winner!   Best Short:  TWO BALLOONS From Magic Carpet Ride 2018 (PCFF Shorts Collection) USA, 2017 | Director Mark C Smith | 9 min

PCFF Reel Connections make real connections between on-screen experiences and what’s happening closer to home.

We invite audiences of all ages to engage in topics from and beyond our film screenings to better understand the diverse and challenging themes and subject matter presented. Reel Connections spark richer discussions—with youth among their peers, at home, in classrooms, libraries, or after-school programs and other settings—while building community connections that can enhance and extend the film’s impact. Occasionally before, but usually following a screening, meet filmmakers, see performances, and participate in discussions that accompany selected films. As an added bonus, some films include a film guide with discussion questions, hands-on activities and related resources including related books, films and local organizations. Access the guides on the PCFF Film Hub (www.pcffri.org/filmhub). Make it real with Reel Connections!

Please note the Reel Connections follow the films unless noted.

Saturday, February 17

(Avon Cinema) Revolting Rhymes
After you’ve seen this Oscar-nominated film, take home an art activity bag (first 50 kids) that puts the story in your hands! Roald Dahl took classic fairy tales and twisted them together to make a totally new story. You can make your own story spinners, masks, and props to endlessly re-imagine these tales in your own, revolting way.  Designed by local artists Ricky Katowicz and Alison Paul and brought to you by the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy and its summer Art in the Park program.

(Avon Cinema) The Breadwinner
Join students from Community Prep School, an independent middle school in South Providence, to hear their impressions about life under the Taliban.  Students will present selections from their journals that explore the differences between the film and the original book.

(Fireplace Room, Gilder Center for the Arts) Get Up! Stand Up!After watching the film “Compartments,” make your own memory box!  Use a range of materials to create a multi-dimensional representation of your memories. We’ll ask some thought-provoking questions to get you going, then let you loose with your creativity to guide the process.

(Gilder Center for the Arts) More than a Selfie
Participate in a filmmaker Q&A with producer Stephanie Serra (“Christine”) and director Mario Morin (“Sacred Hair”).

“Sacred Hair”

(AS220 Main Stage) Jeffrey
Before the screening of Jeffrey come for a dynamic solo hip hop performance. Nate Johnson, an 11th grade dancer from the Trinity Academy for Performing Arts (TAPA), will perform. He’ll also take questions from the audience about his experience as a young artist. Johnson is a dance major at TAPA, where his department strives to re-center conceptual dance and contemporary art around authentic expressive movement and Afro-Latin traditions.

Sunday, February 18

(Gilder Center for the Arts/Wheeler School) Just Charlie
Join Kit and her parents as she tells her story of gender transformation and discusses her impressions of the film Just Charlie.

(Everett Company & Stage) Youth Filmmaker Showcase (Volume 1)
Attending youth filmmakers describe their inspiration, process and challenges in making their film during this lively filmmaker Q&A moderated by PCFF Director of Programming, Eric Bilodeau.

Monday, February 19

(Fireplace Room, Gilder Center for the Arts/Wheeler School) The World Around Us
On the heels of the short film “The Piñata King,” come create your own mini-pinata.  The Piñata King might make big piñatas now, but he started small when he learned from his sister.  We’ll explore what it means to make something beautiful when destruction is its destiny.

(Fireplace Room, Gilder Center for the Arts/Wheeler School) Liyana
Join Wheeler School middle school students for a talk about the power of storytelling.  Students will present excerpts of their creative writing and probe the links between their expressive works and the film.

Tuesday, February 20

(Providence Athenaeum) Let’s Get Animated! Participate in a filmmaker Q&A with “Paddleball Hole” director Keith Cantrell.

(Providence Athenaeum) Captain K9
Ask your questions and meet the canine star during this filmmaker Q&A with director Raz Cunningham.

Wednesday, February 21

(Barrington Public Library) Hero Steps
Colombian natives Maria “Ceci” Cano of Colombia in Rhode Island, a Colombian cultural education group, and Javier Centeno, former professional soccer player is a Youth Development Coordinator for Central Falls School Department at Calcutt Middle School and Co-Founder of Project Goal, RI – an academic and soccer afterschool program- talk about the importance of soccer in Colombian culture. And Jeannine Chartier, Executive & Artistic Director of VSA arts Rhode Island, provides perspective on the many capabilities of people with disabilities.

Friday, February 23

(AS220) Just Charlie
Join Kit and her parents as she tells her story of gender transformation and discusses her impressions of the film Just Charlie.

(AS220) Bizarro (Reel Connection precedes the film screening.)
Join us for a special presentation by visual performance artist Ricky Rainbow Beard!  He’ll present a mini-show Go Electric? featuring special special guests, cartoons, games, singing, dancing, coloring, yelling, and eating. Ricky says, “This time we will plug things in for real.” Remember to ask why!

Saturday, February 24

(Metcalf Auditorium @ RISD Museum) Magic Carpet Ride 2018
Film director Stephanie Kemp (“F is for Friends”) will be in attendance, and after the screening she’ll field your questions about making a short film.  Find out what inspired her exploration of friendship, imagination, kindness and inclusion.

(RISD Auditorium) Liyana
Can stories heal a hurt? Rhode Island-based master storyteller Len Cabral talks about the transformative power of storytelling and brings us his take on the nature of collective story writing in Liyana.  He has electrified audiences around the world with his weaving of global tales.

Len Cabral

(Metcalf Auditorium @ RISD Museum) Families in Flight
Sydney Healey, a case manager within the refugee resettlement department at Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, will speak immediately after the films about the important resettlement work they do here in Rhode Island. Sydney will also be joined by Mustafa Alshawaf, originally from Syria, resettled in Providence July 2016 by Dorcas International. He will discuss his own family in flight story and how Rhode Island ended up being his destination.

Sunday, February 25

(Metcalf Auditorium @ RISD Museum) The Breadwinner
Aisha Manzoor from Rhode Island Council for Muslim Advancement and Sadiqa, an Afghan immigrant, will speak after the screening about the current conditions for girls and women in Afghanistan.

(RISD Auditorium) Revolting Rhymes
Stay after the Oscar-nominated film and do an art project “Revolting Rhymes: Spin a Story!” with artists Ricky Katowicz and Alison Paul that puts the story in your hands. Roald Dahl took classic fairy tales and twisted them together to make a totally new story. Let’s make our own story spinners, masks, and props to endlessly re-imagine these tales in our own, revolting way. Brought to you by the Downtown Providence Parks Conservancy.

(RISD Auditorium) Youth Filmmaker Showcase (Volume 2)
This short film collection was curated in partnership with the RISD Museum teen program, RISD Art Circle (RAC). Following screening, RAC teens will facilitate a Q&A with attending youth filmmakers.

A Reel Connection to READING! Check out these Film to Book recommendations from Providence Community Library librarians.

Want to learn how to make a movie? Registration now open for the 2018 PCFF Youth Filmmaking Workshops for kids ages 6 to 17. Learn the art of animation, experiment with a green screen, create a music video and more! Participants’ collaborative films will be included in the 2018 Group Workshop Reel, shown on the big screen during the Festival! Classes often sell out, so don’t delay – register today!

Saturday, February 10
FULL-DAY WORKSHOP

LOCATION: TAPA: Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts, 150 Washington St., Providence. map

• PCFF Give Me 5 Youth Film Lab 
  Saturday, 10:00am–6:00pm (snow date Feb. 11)
  Ages 12 – 17
  Cost: $65 for the whole day, includes material/equipment fee, lunch and 2 courtesy passes to the 2018 Festival, Feb. 16-25.
  Want to make a movie? The PCFF Give Me 5 Youth Film Lab challenges teens to work collaboratively to complete a one-minute film, in only six hours. Assigned teams guided by a film coach will make a film from beginning to end: brainstorming, writing, storyboarding, acting, filming, and editing. At the end of the lab, parents are invited to watch the finished films and hear the teams discuss the process. No previous filmmaking experience required! Because this workshop is partially funded by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, in-state residents will receive placement preference.

Click to watch 2016 Group Workshop Reel

Saturday, February 10
3-HOUR WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: RISD Auditorium Building, 7 Canal Walk, Providence. Use Market Square entrance. map
Cost: $45 per 3-hour workshop. Includes material / equipment fee PLUS allows student and 1 guest to attend the Youth Filmmaker Showcase free of charge. Limited scholarships are available.
Register now

• Make a Music Video
  Saturday, 9:30am – 12:30pm
  Ages 8 – 14
  Find out how to make a music video that rocks! This exciting workshop breaks down the process of music video production. Workshop attendees collaborate as a group to storyboard and construct visuals to make a video for a locally recorded song by a You Rock School of Music youth band.
• LIVE ACTION! Green Screen
  Saturday, 1:00pm–4:00pm
  Ages 10 – 14
  Ever wondered how a green screen works? In this workshop students learn the fundamentals of green screen special effects and take turns filming themselves in front of a green screen with their own artwork becoming the backgrounds.
• Bring-A-Thing Animating
  Saturday, 1:00pm–4:00pm
  Ages 6 – 10
  Kids are encouraged to bring small objects from home to create their own characters (supplies also provided). Then get ready to bring them to life on the screen in this animation workshop. Have a blast while learning how to make something appear to jump and soar in space!

Sunday, February 11
3-HOUR WORKSHOPS

LOCATION: RISD Auditorium Building, 7 Canal Walk, Providence. Use Market Square entrance. map
COST: $45 per 3-hour workshop. Includes material / equipment fee PLUS allows student and 1 guest to attend the Youth Filmmaker Showcase free of charge. Limited scholarships are available.
Register now

• Play with Your Food
  Sunday, 9:30am–12:30pm
  Ages 6 – 10
  Kids get to play with their food and make it appear to come to life with some movie magic! These noms will seem to grow to enormous sizes and chase this class around! Please let us know of food allergies.
• LIVE ACTION! Special Effects and Camera Tricks
  Sunday, 1:00–4:00pm
  Ages 10 – 14
  Discover the world behind practical special effects using common ingredients. Concoctions of slime, blood, and alien drool will be made in class. Learn how to use a camera to fly, slide, and teleport!
• Make a Music Video
  Sunday, 1:00–4:00pm
  Ages 8 – 14
  Find out how to make a music video that rocks! This exciting workshop breaks down the process of music video production. Workshop attendees collaborate as a group to storyboard and construct visuals to make a video for a locally recorded song by a Girls Rock! youth band.

REGISTER NOW!

WAITLIST: Class sold out? Join the waitlist.

For more information, contact us.