NY International Children's Film Festival Hosts CATS & DOGS Special Event & More

AARDMAN ANIMATIONS:
AWARD WINNING SHORTS
In English - Recommended ages 6 to adult

Sat & Sun, July 17 & 18 - 11:00am - IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)

This brilliant collection includes the original Academy Award winning Creature Comforts, the NYICFF Grand Prize winning Humdrum and A Matter of Loaf and Death, plus Rex the Runt, Shaun the Sheep, and other mini masterpieces encompassing 25 years of creative output from Nick Park, Peter Lord, Richard "Golly" Goleszowski, Peter Peake, Chris Sadler and the other claymation geniuses at Aardman Animations.

These inspired plasticine creations embody the best of Aardman's slyly subversive wit and expressive style, and bubble over with a warmth and humanity that only such lovingly handmade films can convey.

SPECIAL EVENT
CATS & DOGS: THE REVENGE OF KITTY GALORE
WITH ANIMAL STARS, PRIZES FOR ALL ATTENDEES

In English - Rated PG for animal action and humor.

Sun, July 25, 4:00pm - DGA Theater, 110 West 57th Street (between 6th and 7th)

Special $10 price, use code "NYICFF" when purchasing. Proceeds benefit The ASPCA.

NYICFF presents the first East Coast screening of Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, shown in 3D, with live on-stage animal stars, Q&A with Hollywood animal trainer, photo ops with the animal stars, plus prizes, cat and dog masks and activity books for all attendees!!!

In the eternal battle between cats and dogs, one crazed feline has just taken things a paw too far. Kitty Galore (Bette Midler), a former elite agent for spy organization MEOWS, has gone rogue. In 48 hours, she plans to unleash a diabolical device designed to not only bring her canine enemies to heel but take down her former kitty comrades and make the world her scratching post. Faced with this immediate and unprecedented threat, cats and dogs will be forced to work together for the first time in history in an unlikely alliance to save themselves - and their beloved humans - from global cat-astrophe.

The 3-D film blends live action, puppetry, and computer animation with all-star cast including Christina Applegate, Nick Nolte, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack McBrayer, and more.

GORO MIYAZAKI'S
TALES FROM EARTHSEA
In English - Recommended ages 9 to adult

August 1 - 11:00am - IFC Center, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third)

EAST COAST PREMIERE SCREENING - ONE SHOW ONLY!

FREE POSTERS AND MIYAZAKI DVDS TO THE FIRST FAMILIES IN LINE!

The newest release from famed Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Ponyo) is the first feature directed by Hayao Miyazaki's son, Goro Miyazaki, and is based on the fantasy book series by Ursula K. Le Guin.

The film is set in a medieval world of castles and dragons, a world that has been thrown into chaos by an imbalance of magical forces and is being overtaken by a dark sorcerer on a quest to attain immortality. Meanwhile, troubled young Prince Arren is pursued by demons of his own, until he falls in with the master wizard Sparrowhawk and young Therru - another in a long line of strong-willed Miyazaki female protagonists - and together they set out to defeat the sorcerer and restore balance to Earthsea. Featuring voices of Timothy Dalton, Mariska Hargitay, and Willem Dafoe as the demonic Cob, a goth villain of indeterminate gender, who comes across as the evil lovechild of Morticia and Stardust-era Bowie.

Comment: Rated PG-13, film contains animated violence and bloodshed.

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