Short Films for Kids!

This screening took place on Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 9:30 amThe Globe Theatre, Atlin BC

Stuck On You Dir. Jon Gelinas, Sam Skinner, 2018, YT, 5min

Featuring singer-songwriter Jeff Wolosewich of the Whitehorse band The Dark Fruits.

 

Strange Invaders Dir. Cordell Barker, CAN, 2001, 8min

The director of the much-loved classic The Cat Came Back strikes again with this hilarious Oscar-nominated animated short about a new addition to the family.

 

The Cosmic Zoom Eva Szasz, 1968, CAN, 8min

Transports us from the farthest conceivable point of the universe to the tiniest particle of existence, an atom of a living human cell. The art of animation and animation camera achieve this exhilarating journey with a freshness and clarity.

 

The Danish Poet Torill Cove, NOR/CAN, 2006, 15min

This Oscar-winning animation follows Kasper, a poet whose creative well has run dry, on a holiday to Norway to meet the famous writer Sigrid Undset. Kasper attempts to answer some pretty big questions: can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence?

 

The Intertidal Zone David Denning, 1985, CAN, 17min

This documentary uses beautiful underwater macro photography to explore the ecosystems of the intertidal zone in British Columbia. An ‘intertidal zone’ is an area that is covered by the highest tides and exposed during the lowest.