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How To Register:
On December 17, 2007 @ 8:30-3:30, e-mail or call
achambers24@hotmail.com or 745-9644.
Cost: $2 per person
Choose from the options
below. Note: Options A & B also have a “time choice.”
Option A
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008
Grades: 1-4
Program Description: “8 Short Films”
Venue: Market Hall
Two times to choose from:
1) 9:30-11:00 am
2) 1:30-3:00 pm
Option B
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008
Grades: 5-8
Program Description: “6 Short Films”
Venue: Showplace
Time Options:
1) 9:30-11:00 am
2) 1:30-3:00 pm
Option C
Date: Thursday, January 24, 2008
Grades: grades 1-8
Program Description: Indigenous Issues/Films
Venue: Showplace
Time: 11:30-1:00
Option D
Date: Friday, January 25, 2008
Grades 1-4
Program Description: “8 Short Films”
Venue: Market Hall
Time: 9:30-11:00
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Reel Kids Film Festival
Teachers, you are invited to bring your class to the second annual REELKIDS FILM FESTIVAL – the education branch of the Traveling World Community Film Festival.
At this festival, open to Grades 1-8, your students will view international award-winning films on themes which are related to the Ontario Curriculum.
The films’ themes include the environment, character education, family, emotions, literacy and indigenous peoples. The films are organized into three categories:
Grades 1-4, Grades 5-8 and Indigenous Themes (all grades). Descriptions of the films can be found on the festival website listed below.
Further information and teaching suggestions will be available upon registration. Don’t miss this opportunity to bring the world to your classroom’s doorstep
Primary Program (Alphabetical)
Chinese Violin
| | Released: 2002 Canada | | Film Length: 8 minutes | | Directors: Joe Chang |
 A young girl and her father leave everything familiar behind when they move to Canada from China. The only piece of home they bring with them is a Chinese violin. As they face the huge challenges of starting new lives in a new place, the music of the violin connects them to the life they left behind - and guides the girl to a musical future. The Chinese Violin is part of the NFB's Talespinners collection. Created for children aged five to nine, Talespinners uses vibrant animation to bring popular stories from a wide range of cultural communities to the screen. |
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Going to School in India: In a Mud Desert
| | Released: 2005 India | | Film Length: 9 minutes | | Directors: Aseem Misra |
 Children in India enjoy going to school in a tent in a mud desert, finding joy and wonder in their unusual surroundings. Twelve-year old Ramesh takes us to his simple desert classroom made of mud where he and his classmates find joy and wonder in their unusual classroom |
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Jungle Beat
| | Released: 2007 South Korea, Zimbabwe | | Film Length: 5 minutes | | Directors: Brent Dawes |
 A series of unique episodes that focus on a variety of animals and the rather bizarre things they encounter. Hilarity ensues as the animals face their awkward difficulties, such as a bee struggling to get to grips with an allergy to pollen, a giraffe trying to overcome a fear of heights and a tortoise. |
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Magic Cellar
| | Released: 2006 Canada/South Africa | | Film Length: 10 minutes | | Directors: Firdaus Kharas |
 Magic Cellar is the first animated series based on African culture. The series marks the first time Africa's children see themselves reflected in an animated series. The stories are based on African folktales, partially collected from interviews conducted with elders in villages across South Africa. |
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Mind Me Good
| | Released: 2005 Canada | | Film Length: 8 minutes | | Directors: Chris Cormier and Derek Cummings |
 Childhood is a land we all share. But when Guyana, Trinidad, Mozambique and Canada pool their talents, the land is pure enchantment. Mind Me Good Now is an animated folktale about Tina and Dalby. When the two children disobey their mama, the consequences are almost tragic. However, Tina's resourcefulness and cunning outwit the wicked cacoya and send them running back into their mama's forgiving arms. |
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Oma's Quilt
| | Released: 2007 Canada | | Film Length: 13 minutes | | Directors: Izabela Bzymek |
 Oma's Quilt is about love, life and change. Oma's home for half a lifetime is brimming with memories that warms her heart yet bring tears to her eyes. On this day, her house stands empty, all the fragments of her life packed neatly into boxes. Oma is moving from Maple Street, where she lived for most of her life, to a senior's residence where she doesn't know anyone. Watching these events unfold is granddaughter Emily, a young girl full of wide-eyed enthusiasm. She senses that her grandmother isn't sure she will like her new home. Wishing to help, Emily does something to ease the burden of such a momentous change in all their lives. |
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Snowfort
| | Released: 2006 Canada | | Film Length: 5 minutes | | Directors: Ian Yorski |
 A group of children are building a snow fort. The eldest of the children, William (a wise beyond his years 10-year-old), takes a break from the playing and observes the others. He takes a moment to reflect and begins a V.O. narration. He talks about how happy the children are but how that happiness will not last. He knows that the fort will only last a little while, as they are irresistible targets for big kids. His thoughts are interrupted by a group of teenagers. They chase the little kids out and smash the fort. The children are left teary eyed, staring at the devastation. The V.O. starts up again and the children go home to sadly eat their lunch. The eldest stays behind a minute to reflect. He knew this would happen, but it doesn't faze him much. He knows that time heals, and after lunch they will feel rejuvenated. He delivers the final lines of the movie with a sense of perseverance and optimism; "But then, when our plates empty and bellies full, we'll come back and they will begin to understand. More snow will fall and we will build again." |
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The Girl Who Hates Books
| | Released: 2006 Canada | | Film Length: 7 minutes | | Directors: Jo Meuris |
 Meena, whose name means "fish" ins Sanskrit, does not like to read. In fact, she hates (yes, hates) anything to do with books and reading. Which worries her parents, who love (yes, love) books, to the point of being able to read three at a time. One day while searching for her kitten Max, Meena is introduced to the magical worlds within books, and nothing, as they say, is the same after that. Based on the book by Manjusha Pawagi. |
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The Tragic Story with Happy Endings
| | Released: 2005 Canada | | Film Length: 8 minutes | | Directors: Regina Pessoa |
 A little girl finds acceptance in embracing her own difference. This whimsically lyrical film has the timeless charm of an old fable - one whose subject is difference and self-affirmation. Through images evoking the rich texture of a woodblock print, the filmmaker has created a world of contrasts complemented by a lively soundtrack with a rhythmic beat. Technique: photocopies with images scratched into India ink on glossy paper. |
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Junior/Intermediate Program (Alphabetical)
Amal
| | Released: 2004 France and Morocco | | Film Length: 17 minutes | | Directors: Ali Benkirane |
 Amal is a bright Moroccan girl who goes to the village school every morning with her less than enthusiastic brother. She wants to become a doctor when she finishes school, and the teacher encourages her to pursue her goals. The images of her village and its lost world of traditional craftsmanship are delightful. The enchanting beauty of Amal's surroundings makes us believe that her dreams will come true, but the harsh reality of social expectations in a remote region eventually prevails. Amal is a simple and moving film, but its ultimate sadness is overcome by its beauty, which does not allow the audience to dismiss its ending as inevitable. |
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Kibera Kid
| | Released: 2006 Kenya | | Film Length: 11 minutes | | Directors: Nathan Collett |
 A powerful and well executed short film that presents a glimpse of poverty and its effect on a group in the heart of Kibera, the largest slum in Africa. KIBERA KID is a film about of Otieno, a twelve-year old orphan living with the Razors, a gang of petty thieves. After a theft gone bad, he is forced to choose between saving an innocent man's life and the gang, the only family he knows.
Ultimately, the film delivers a message of hope to young people faced with extremely difficult lives in harsh environments, and which transcends their circumstance in a universally understandable message.
All of the actors from the film are from the Kibera slum where the film is set, and KIBERA KID won the «Best Short Film» award at the first-ever Kenya International Film Festival. |
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Magic Cellar
| | Released: 2006 Canada/South Africa | | Film Length: 10 minutes | | Directors: Firdaus Kharas |
Magic Cellar is the first animated series based on African culture. The series marks the first time Africa's children see themselves reflected in an animated series. The stories are based on African folktales, partially collected from interviews conducted with elders in villages across South Africa. |
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My Backyard was a Mountain
| | Released: 2005 USA | | Film Length: 24 minutes | | Directors: Adam Schlachter |
Ten-year-old Adan lives a carefree life in the rural town of Palmarejo, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950's, surrounded by his friends, his caring mother, Lilliam, and his beloved pet goat, Chivo. His father, Pablo, returns home from New York City after a brief absence, bringing good news that he has found employment there and announcing he will be moving the family to the distant city immediately. Although Adan initially thinks the trip will be fun and exciting, he discovers that he cannot take Chivo along with him. With the help of his childhood friend, Denise, Adan embarks on a quest to find a new home for his goat.... A compelling, personal story with emotional resonance for anyone with a loving heart. |
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Nightmare at School
| | Released: 2007 Canada | | Film Length: 9 minutes | | Directors: Catherine Arcand |
Who hasn't felt apprehensive at the thought of starting high school? This is the central theme of this short animated film. Playing on imagination and humour, the director offers viewers a thought-provoking piece dealing with the transition that young people between the ages of 10 and 13 experience. Inspired by the work of Escher and Magritte, Catherine Arcand has created a graphically rich film through optical illusions and trompe-l'oeil effects. Her style aptly illustrates the theme of perceptions and is perfectly suited to conveying the dream world into which the film takes us. Without words. |
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Peace Begins ... in the Year 2010
| | Released: 2007 Canada | | Film Length: 5 minutes | | Directors: Slater Jewell-Kempers |
"All we are saying . . . is give peace a chance," declare the students of the P.C.V.S. Integrated Arts Class in this wonderful montage of efforts to celebrate-and push forward-the end of the UN Decade of Peace. |
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Water Detectives
| | Released: 2007 Mexico/Canada | | Film Length: 12 minutes | | Directors: |
 Through this engaging and empowering short documentary, grade 4 to 7 students learn that their local conservation efforts can have far-reaching results. This lesson is made concrete through the experience of youth in Matamoros, Mexico, where a severe water shortage led the city to take the unusual step of putting local children in charge of changing adult attitudes and habits.
Thousands of schoolchildren were enlisted as "Water Detectives" - educated in concepts of water conservation, and encouraged to discuss the importance of proper water usage with adults.
The film's message is inspiring for school children everywhere. A free User Guide is also available for downloading at www.nfb.ca/guides. |
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Indigenous Program (Alphabetical)
Come Again in Spring
| | Released: 2007 Canada | | Film Length: 12 minutes | | Directors: Belinda Oldford |
Old Hark is a creature of habit. He enjoys living in his weather-beaten house set down amidst the meadows. He has wood to chop, chores to do and time to reflect on a long life. His greatest joy is feeding the birds that have wintered over and have come to depend on him.
One day, a black-robed spectre materializes out of the fields, brandishing the Book of Time. But it's too soon! An exchange follows that has the old man reach deep into his memory. Does he have the strength to find the answers he needs to see the birds into spring?
Come Again in Spring is a gentle tale about mortality that works in subliminal ways. Can we negotiate our time on earth? How does each one of us reconcile our mortal fate? A lyrical look, exquisitely animated, at a reality as old as humanity, as young as today. Come Again in Spring is adapted from a story by Richard Kennedy by permission of the author. |
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Maq and Spirit of the Woods
| | Released: 2006 Canada | | Film Length: 8 minutes | | Directors: Phyllis Grant |
 Maq and the Spirit of the Woods is the story of Maq, a Mi'gmaq boy who realizes his potential with the help of inconspicuous mentors.
When an elder in the community offers him a small piece of pipestone, Maq carves a little person out of it. Proud of his work, the boy wants to impress his grandfather and journeys through the woods to find him. Along the path Maq meets a curious traveller named Mi'gmwesu. Together they share stories, medicine, laughter and song. Maq begins to care less about making a good impression and more about sharing the knowledge and spirit he's found through his creation. It is only when Maq joins his grandfather that he understands who Mi'gmwesu really is.
Maq and the Spirit of the Woods is adapted from stories told to artist Phyllis Grant when she was a child. Her father, Mi'gmaq folklorist Gilbert Sewell, reprises his role as storyteller in this animated tale about Creation and discovering resources within to help build self-confidence and strength. Bold colour, graphic art and simple movements in the film illustrate his story, offering a bridge between ancient oral tradition and contemporary methods of telling a tale through animation. |
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Tipi Tales
| | Released: 2006 Canada | | Film Length: 30 minutes | | Directors: Lesley Oswald |
Set in the crook of a forest, TIPI TALES are adventures in story and song, where Elizabeth , Junior, Russell and Sam play, laugh, and grow together.
ALL ABOUT ME No one will play with Junior when all he does is talk about himself. Junior is so busy making up a song all about himself that no one wants to play with him. Wolf helps him see the other people around him.
TOO MANY WORDS When Elizabeth tries to teach Sam and Junior to count to five in Ojibway, she rattles off all the words so fast the younger cousins have no hope of catching on. Elizabeth then decides it is because they are not as smart as she is, until great-grandmother gives her a whole pile of quilt pieces at one time and asks her to put them together. Wolf helps her realize learning is done one piece at a time. |
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Wapos Bay: Journey through Fear
| | Released: 2007 Canada | | Film Length: 24 minutes | | Directors: Melanie Jackson |
 T-Bear and his father Jacob become local celebrities when they get stranded atop the fire tower because they are too afraid to come down. Raven ventures into open water. In Journey Through Fear Raven and T-Bear discover how important honesty, patience and courage are, especially when you're scared. Wapos Bay is a light-hearted stop-motion animation series about the adventures of three Cree children living in remote northern Saskatchewan. |
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