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2016 Festival Schedule. Note: Film talks, director Q & A’s subject to change.

Saturday, February 6
Museu das Crianças de Providence

Library: Providence Athenaeum

Friday, February 12
RISD Museum – Metcalf
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

6:45 PM Film Screening: Landfill Harmonic (documentary / feature film)

Saturday, February 13
Edifício RISD Auditorium

Cinema Avon

Gilder Center for the Arts
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

RISD Museum / Metcalf
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Sunday, February 14
Edifício RISD Auditorium

Cinema Avon

Gilder Center for the Arts
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

RISD Museum / Metcalf
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Monday, February 15
Cinema Avon

Gilder Center for the Arts
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Tuesday, February 16
Ateneu de Providence

Providence Community Library-Washington Park

Wednesday, February 17
Providence Community Library – Knight Memorial

Thursday, February 18
RISD Museum / Metcalf

Friday, February 19
Providence Community Library-Wanskuck

AS220 – Main Stage

Saturday, February 20
Cinema Avon

RISD Museum / Metcalf
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Gilder Center for the Arts
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Ateneu de Providence

Sunday, February 21
Cinema Avon

RISD Museum / Metcalf
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

Gilder Center for the Arts
Lobby Activity: Passport Book activity

diyinstrumentsCreate your own musical instruments made from recycled materials with community artist Michelle Nugent from Providence CityArts for Youth. Give new life to discarded objects and discover a new world of sound. Make some music and be a part of the PCFF orchestra! Then bring your creation to the 4:15pm screening of Harmônico do aterro sanitário and help us introduce the film!

Do you recycle? Help support the workshop and bring in plastic bottles, metal bottle caps, cardboard (including paper towel rolls, tissue boxes, cereal boxes) and coffee cans.

Details:

Monday, February 15 from 2 – 4pm (Drop in in any time!)
Location: Maker Room @ Gilder Center for the Arts / Wheeler School – 216 Hope St. Providence, RI 02906
Ages 6+.
Cost: $5 per child. Adults are welcome.
Drop-in workshop. Pre-registration recommended. Click aqui to reserve a spot.

CityArts hi-res logoARTIST BIO: Michelle Nugent is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and community arts facilitator based in Providence, RI. She received her BFA in Fine Arts from The College of New Jersey in 2009 and her MFA in Community Arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2013. Since then Michelle has been a community arts facilitator and art instructor in Philadelphia, PA (Asian Arts Initiative; Philadelphia Mural Arts) Baltimore, MD (AmeriCorps), and Trenton, NJ (The College of New Jersey). She is currently a teaching artist at Providence ¡CityArts! and enjoys learning and collaborating with her students through socially and environmentally conscious art projects.

Kickoff Celebration Saturday, February 6

ricky_tinyglasses-615x615The 7th annual Festival kicks off at the Providence Children’s Museum (100 South Street, Providence) on Saturday, February 6 from 11am to 2pm with a “Build a City, Make a Movie” workshop and animation screening. Join artists Ricky Katowicz and Hayley Morris to build a city using simple materials like cardboard boxes, paper tubes, bottles, glue, tape, and paint while the process is recorded to create a time-lapse video! For ages: 6+. Event is free with museum admission.

67b28951169590fd70a42968e737679c_400x400The kickoff continues at 4pm with a free screening of short films at Providence Athenaeum (251 Benefit Street, Providence). The “Between the Stacks” shorts program spans the narrative world, from myths to stories to personal tales and more. This all-ages, multi-national show will be a “reel” book lovers’ delight. Seating capacity is limited. Reservations are strongly suggested by reserving a ticket online. Click aqui for reservation and ticketing details.

Opening Night Reception & Screening Friday, February 12

PCFF’s Opening Night Reception and Screening takes place Friday, February 12 at the RISD Museum. The special ticketed event features a reception starting at 5:30pm with light snacks provided by Fire Works Catering and beverages provided by Campus Fine Wines and Munroe Dairy. Classical musicians from Community Music Works, led by Joshua Rodriguez, will entertain the audience prior to the featured screening. Community Music Works uses music education and performance as a vehicle to build lasting and meaningful relationships between children, families, and professional musicians in urban neighborhoods of Providence, RI.

Landfill Harmonic / Documentary

Landfill Harmonic / Documentary

Making a Rhode Island premiere at this year’s festival, Harmônico do aterro sanitário (ages 10+), will screen at 6:45pm. This inspiring documentary shares the story of a group of children from Cateura, Paraguay born into poverty, who find hope by learning how to make music from trash with the help of a music teacher and local trash picking craftsmen. For tickets, visit pcffri.org.

Festival Awards Sunday, February 21

The 2016 Festival closes on Sunday, February 21 at 5:00 pm at the Gilder Center for the Arts with an annual awards ceremony including Audience Award for Best Feature and Short, Special Jury Award for Best Feature and Short, and a new Hasbro Inc. Children’s Hospital Jury Award. The Audience Award is calculated by ballots cast by the public after each screening throughout the Festival and the feature and short with the most votes at the end of the festival wins this award. The Special Jury Award is derived from votes cast by the PCFF Jury, comprised of both adults and children. The Hasbro Inc. Children’s Hospital Jury Award, new to the 2016 Festival, is a PCFF pilot program uniquely designed for hospitalized children to participate in the Festival. This satellite PCFF program at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, gives young patients the opportunity to watch and review a curated selection of films and choose a winner for the award.

Clique em aqui, for complete festival schedule and ticket info.

media-smart-librariesSunday, February 14 de 10:30am – 12:30pm

@ RISD Museum (Metcalf Auditorium) – Chace Center, 20 North Main Street, Providence, RI

This special event includes short films and conversation, presented in partnership with Media Smart Libraries, a grant-funded project awarded to the Graduate School of Library and Information Studies at URI.

What makes a film worth watching? Learn how to be a film sleuth and how to encourage kids to think more deeply about what they watch. Eric Bilodeau, Director of Programming, leads a PCFF Cinema Detective program teaching kids how to decode film. Afterward, educator Sarah Yahm introduces the new Centro de Cinema PCFF, showing families, teachers, and librarians a new way to find quality films and resources that can inspire programming, spark conversation and make community connections.

Free. Open to the public.

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O Media Smart Libraries project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Grant # LG-07-14-0045-14

Este proyecto ha sido posible en parte por el Instituto de Servicios de Museos y Bibliotecas, # LG-07-14-0045-14 

 

 

 

SesameStreet-Season46-ShowOpen-(ZachHyman)Saturday, February 20 from 5:00pm – 6:00pm
@ Providence Athenaeum – 251 Benefit St, Providence

Sesame Street film producer, Kim Wright demystifies the film and animation commissioning process, reviewing the “do’s and dont’s” of pitching to Sesame Street, and sharing some of her most loved shorts from the past few seasons!

Ages: All Ages. Geared for professional filmmakers and students.
Cost: Free. Limited space. Pre-reservation strongly recommended. Reserve Tickets

ABOUT KIM WRIGHT | Film Producer, Sesame Street

Kim Wright joined the Workshop four and a half years ago as the Film Producer, commissioning live action, animated, and mixed media short films for Sesame Street. 2fa651bShe works closely with the filmmakers and production companies to guide them through the creative process in order to shape the films to best meet the show’s specific letter and thematic needs, while also staying within the films’ budget. She oversees all aspects of creative development of the films and animations, from conception and deal-making, to production and delivery. As a means of finding new filmmakers and animators to partner with, Kim attends various children’s film festivals and media conferences throughout the US and abroad. In 2013, she had the opportunity to travel to Melbourne, Australia to the SPA (Screen Producers Australia) conference to speak about Sesame Street’s partnership with an Australian production company for the making of the live action music video “5 Kangaroos,” which featured one of Australia’s top pop stars, Jessica Mauboy.

Prior to joining the Sesame Street family, Kim had been a producer for over 11 years. She spent the majority of her career as a daytime television producer, working for Telepictures, NBC, and Paramount Pictures, and producing several national daytime talk shows, including The Queen Latifah Show, The John Walsh Show e The Montel Williams Show. Her experience has allowed her to help make viewers dreams come true, reunite family members, and help young people tackle such issues as bullying, addiction, and racism. In 2006, as Montel’s Senior Producer, she even had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change lives by traveling all the way to the Persian Gulf. While there, Kim helped Montel surprise the troops for the holidays with messages from their loved ones, and give them the opportunity to share their personal stories.

Kim has a BA in Radio/Television from The George Washington University. She lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two young children.

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Quer aprender a fazer um filme? Já estão abertas as inscrições para os Workshops de Produção Cinematográfica do Festival PCFF 2016 para idades de 6 a 14 anos. Aprenda a arte da animação, como produzir sons, criar efeitos especiais e muito mais! Os filmes de todos os participantes serão incluídos no Group Workshop Reel do PCFF de 2016 e exibidos durante o Festival.

LAMENTAMOS! TODOS os workshops já estão esgotados!

Sábado, 13 de fevereiro

Animação de aventura de ficção científica ESGOTADO!
Sábado, 13 de fevereiro, das 9h30 às 12h30
De 6 a 12 anos
Você já sonhou em voar para o espaço sideral e conhecer novos mundos? Traga sua imaginação e aprenda a arte de contar histórias animadas.

Claymation ESGOTADO!
Sábado, 13 de fevereiro, das 13:00 às 16:00
De 6 a 10 anos
Explore a arte da animação com argila. Faça as coisas crescerem, desaparecerem e sorrirem... em argila! Usando argila, os alunos fazem experimentos com formas e texturas simples.

17807413776_9a54708cca_zAÇÃO AO VIVO! Tela verde ESGOTADO!
Sábado, 13 de fevereiro, das 13:00 às 16:00
De 10 a 14 anos
Já se perguntou como funciona uma tela verde? Neste workshop, os alunos aprendem os fundamentos dos efeitos especiais de tela verde e se revezam para filmar a si mesmos em frente a uma tela verde e, em seguida, construir fundos com base em suas próprias obras de arte para se colocarem.

Observação: O curso LIVE ACTION! Foley and Field Audio (sábado, 13 de fevereiro, das 9h30 às 12h30) foi cancelada.

Domingo, 14 de fevereiro

Claymation ESGOTADO!
Domingo, 14 de fevereiro, das 9h30 às 12h30
De 6 a 12 anos
Explore a arte da animação com argila. Faça as coisas crescerem, desaparecerem e sorrirem... em argila! Usando argila, os alunos fazem experimentos com formas e texturas simples...

Animação de aventura de ficção científica ESGOTADO!
Domingo, 14 de fevereiro, das 13:00 às 16:00
De 6 a 10 anos
Você já sonhou em voar para o espaço sideral e conhecer novos mundos? Traga sua imaginação e aprenda a arte de contar histórias animadas.

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AÇÃO AO VIVO! Efeitos especiais e truques de câmera ESGOTADO!
Domingo, 14 de fevereiro, das 13:00 às 16:00
De 10 a 14 anos
Descubra o mundo por trás dos efeitos especiais práticos usando ingredientes comuns. Serão feitas em sala de aula misturas de lodo, sangue e baba de alienígena. Aprenda a usar uma câmera para voar, deslizar e se teletransportar.

Observação: A aula de Lightpainting (domingo, 14 de fevereiro, das 9h30 às 12h30) foi cancelada.

TAXA: $55 por workshop de 3 horas. Inclui taxa de material/equipamento e camiseta do Festival MAIS dois ingressos para a Mostra de Cineastas Jovens de 2016 (com o rolo do workshop de 2016). No ano passado, TODOS os workshops se esgotaram. Não fique esperando! Registre-se hoje mesmo!

Observação: este ano, os workshops serão realizados simultaneamente às exibições de filmes do Festival. A programação dos filmes estará disponível em 12 de janeiro de 2016.

Todos os workshops são realizados no RISD Auditorium Building (entrada na Market Square, em frente ao RISD Museum), próximo à 30 N Main St., Providence, RI 02903.

Para obter mais informações sobre os workshops, entre em contato com: Alyssa Biolchini em office@pcffri.org ou 401-209-7585.

Explore New Worlds with Feature Films, Shorts, Workshops, and Presentations

O Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) makes its return trip this February bringing exciting films from around the world, hands-on filmmaking workshops and engaging pre- and post-film presentations to southern New England. This year’s “Cosmic Celebration of Film” runs February 6-21, 2016, offering families more than eight days of fun film-watching during February school vacation. Now in its 7th year, the Festival presents the highest quality independent films for ages 3-18, but appeals to all audiences with compelling stories and worldwide adventures.

PCFF inspires young filmmakers with two days of filmmaking workshops for children ages 6 to 14 on the weekend of February 13th and 14th. In addition, PCFF will host a juried Youth Filmmaker Showcase during the Festival to nurture and promote the work of young filmmakers from around the world.

Bringing the world to Rhode Island and fostering film literacy

In just seven years, PCFF has become one of the nation’s top multi-day film festivals dedicated to programming for young audiences, now rivaling children’s film festivals in New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Los Angeles.

This year’s programming is as international as ever and brings to area youth a wide range of storytelling and experiences from around the globe, including India, Paraguay, Netherlands, Brazil and more. The Festival will also feature a variety of genres and forms—classic cinema, live action, animation, and documentary—paired with an expanded offering of “Film Talks,” PCFF’s own brand of post-screening discussions and presentations that aim to engage the audience, deepen understanding of subject matter and foster critical thinking skills.

Some highlights of the 2016 Festival:

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Landfill Harmonic

Harmônico do aterro sanitário

Rainbow

Rainbow

Films will screen at three venues conveniently located in one neighborhood: Metcalf Auditorium in the RISD Museum Chace Center, 20 North Main Street; Gilder Center for the Arts, 216 Hope Street; and Avon Cinema, 260 Thayer Street.

Tickets go on sale in mid-January 2016.

Grant Funders, Sponsors, and Community Partners for 2016: Carter Family Charitable Trust, Entelco Foundation, June Rockwell Levy Foundation, Providence Tourism Council, Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH), Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA), Avon Cinema, BankRI, Embee Studio, Campus Fine Wines, 4 eyes design, Fire Works Catering, Jake and Company, Hasbro, Institute of Museum and Library Services, Kidoinfo, Media Smart Libraries, New Economy CPA, Piper Brown Photography, Providence Children’s Museum, Providence Athenaeum, Providence Media, Residential Properties, RISD Museum, RISD FAV Department, Rhode Island Office of Library Information Services, Seven Stars Bakery, Flatbread Company, Whole Foods Market, YELP!

School Partners: Bishop Hendricken High School, Gordon School, French American School of RI, Jewish Community Day School of RI, Moses Brown School, Wheeler School. 

Kids are part of the Jury!

At PCFF, youth have a voice from beginning to end in the selection of films. PCFF’s Junior Jury is composed of young film enthusiasts ages 5 to17. At most children’s film festivals children only serve on award juries, but PCFF’s Junior Jury gives children a unique opportunity and responsibility: working alongside an adult committee to select the final festival program from among hundreds of films submitted each year.

PCFF offers clear parental guidance
Children’s films are not always appropriate for all ages. PCFF film listings include recommended ages, notes on thematic elements, and descriptions of potentially challenging content to help parents make informed decisions about what their children see. For more information, visit www.pcffri.org.

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