MVFF34 CHILDREN'S FILMFEST

INDULGE YOUR CIRCUS DREAMS

Photo by Frankie Frost

What makes the big-top circus, an art that matured in the 18th century, so compelling to every generation, even in the digital age? The clowns, the high-wire and trapeze acts, the bareback riders—all stick in our minds like cotton candy. Our Children's FilmFest brings the circus to you. Our theme is from our signature film, Circus Dreams, by Massachusetts-based documentary filmmaker Signe Taylor. The circus she chronicles, Circus Smirkus, is a training ground for young people ages 12 to 18. We'll be joined on Sunday, October 9, by Bay Area graduates of Circus Smirkus in post-screening Q&As, and enjoy a circus parade open to all children. We'll also have a circus-themed children's party, and a CLOWN WORKSHOP WITH JOAN MANKIN ($5) for young children.

Add to that a fantastic behind-the-scenes look at performer Kevin Clash, the human being responsible for the popularity of a certain fuzzy creature named Elmo. Being Elmo describes their rise to international fame, and is a charming love story between Clash, his puppet and their adoring public.

Rounding out the program is Light of the River, a lovely and lyrical Japanese animation about a family of river rats who must relocate to the city; and Magic Silver, a Norwegian fable of good and evil set in a mountainous land peopled with gnomes. Magic Silver is part of a developing library of international children's films being collected by KidflixGlobal the first company in the US to import films specifically for children and families.

CHILDREN'S FILMFEST CIRCUS PARTY EXTRAVAGANZA

Saturday, October 15, 2:00-4:00 pm
142 Throckmorton Theatre
$5 CHPY15T

Join us on our second weekend of films for a Children’s FilmFest party at 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, including balloons, prizes, performers and many other surprises, all served with a finger-food après-lunch by Whole Foods Market (with ice cream of course!). There'll even some short films—about the circus, naturally! Adults must be accompanied by children.

CHILDREN'S FILMFEST PROGRAMS 

CIRCUS DREAMS 
BEING ELMO 
LIGHT OF THE RIVER 
MAGIC SILVER 

THE GREATEST BARGAIN ON EARTH!
THE CHILDREN'S FILMFEST FLEX PASS $25

Save $20! With the Children’s FilmFest Flex Pass, you can enjoy up to four Children's FilmFest films, our special screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the Children’s FilmFest Circus Party Extravaganza, all for one low price. Use the pass any way you like—four admissions to one film, two admissions to two films, one admission to four films and the party, etc. Bring the entire family . . . but be sure to join us!

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Children's FilmFest Flex Passes are good for admission to the Children's Film Fest programs, the Raiders of the Lost Ark special screening and the circus party only and are nontransferable.

ABOUT SUBTITLES

To enhance our very young viewers’ appreciation of foreign-language movies, we have actors read subtitles aloud. Where we can, we play the readings through individual headphones, to allow those who do not require the service to experience the film without hearing the reader. We have a limited number of headsets, and offer them on a first-come, first-served basis to young people only. Films with readers are marked thus:

    Indicates subtitles with headphones           Indicates subtitles read aloud

AGE RECOMMENDATIONS

The age range following each program description is a suggestion only. It cannot adequately address everyone's sense of appreciation or inappropriate content. Each child is different, and each parent has different standards.