Second Annual ICFilmFest at the Albany Park Community Center! Festival features 21 films from 17 countries
Chicago IL – Summer 2014. The ICFilmFest, the first touring festival of world class children’s film programs, launches its festival season at the Albany Park Community Center. Two screenings on Thursday, June 26 at 4:30 and 6pm will showcase 21 films from 17 countries for children ages 4-12.
Two lively ICFilmFest shorts programs feature stories as diverse as a delightful romp through a Busby Berkely style set in Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks and a chuckling carnival full of clever monsters in Molly Monster: Circus. When a shy Australian girl gets some help eating her huge lunch, she achieves an unexpected goal in Play Lunch, and in Luminaris a disenchanted worker escapes his dull job at a light bulb factory with a high flight of fancy.
Children have the opportunity to vote for their favorite films immediately following each program. Their participation determines the winner of the “Best of the ICFilmFest” to be awarded to the film that receives the greatest number of votes.
ICMC Executive Director Nicole Dreiske comments, “The festival experience gives children the chance to start watching movies with critical thinking filters in place. It’s fun and challenging to watch 21 films, knowing that you’ll get to pick the festival winners.”
The International Children’s Film Festival is curated by Nicole Dreiske and presented by Albany Park Community Center in collaboration with the International Children’s Media Center.
APCC Childcare and Youth Director Ahsan Akbar says, “The ICFilmFest is a great way to introduce children to global culture and the voting validates their preferences and observations. We’re excited to make this program available to our families at the Albany Park Community Center.”
Tickets (per screening) are free for Albany Park Community Center families and $5 for non-members. For more information call APCC at 773-539-5907.
Play Lunch, Australia                                                          Luminaris, Argentina
