WE ARE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU A SAMPLING OF THE AMAZING FILMS WE HAVE SELECTED FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL BOSTON INTERNATIONAL KIDS FILM FESTIVAL.
FILM | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | LENGTH | |
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Aye Ko | Daniel Fahn Schoffman | Myanmar | 18 minutes | |
Stranded on a Southeast Asian country road with a headstrong goat as her sole companion, 12-year-old Aye Ko must find her way home in time for her sister’s wedding. Film Block: BLOCK #7: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 1 | ||||
Colours | Ermanno Dantini | Italy | 15 minutes | |
![]() Luca, a seven years old kid, who recently lost his mother in a car accident. The story of a brave and strong kid, that will be able to brig back colour in the life of his father, trapped into the dark of depression. Film Block: BLOCK #8: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 2 | ||||
Fever Dream | Hugo Long | Australia | 4 minutes | |
A flyover view of World War Two. Film Block: BLOCK #4: STUDENT-MADE NARRATIVES | ||||
Girls Should Stay At Home | Neel Menon | India | 10 minutes | |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYFiAZdaQ8M&feature=emb_title A look at how 3 women in Mumbai, India have battled adversity to hold their own. Film Block: BLOCK #5: STUDENT-MADE DOCUMENTARIES | ||||
Grandmas Secret | Lydia Bruna | Germany | 15 minutes | |
Lisa is at her grannys like she is every friday. But today everything is different – Granny is behaving weird and does the strangest things! Lisa hears her parents discussing what could be wrong with granny and as they mention an old people home, she starts really worrying. She decides to sneak after granny together with her best friend Tom, to find out what’s going on. But Tom starts behaving weirdly to – maybe he caught what granny has? A short story about how falling in love sweeps you off your feet. Film Block: BLOCK #8: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 2 | ||||
Hello Africa | Hasan Serin | Turkey | 12 minutes | |
![]() “Have you ever gone to and returned from Africa within the course of a single day?” Esma (9) and Serpil (9) are two little girls who are living in a mountain village. Serpil tells Esma she learned that the children in Africa are dying of hunger. With their childish imagination and desire to help they take off very early in the morning to take on an exciting adventure. Film Block: BLOCK #7: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 1 | ||||
It's Just a Boy | Jane Webb | United Kingdom | 18 minutes | |
Teenager Amy lives in a small suburb with over protective mum Penny, Dad Dan and younger sister Sophia. When Amy begins receiving online messages from a cute looking boy ‘Olly’ showering her with compliments, she devises a plan to meet up with him, telling Penny she’s at a friends house. Penny who often checks Amys social media, discovers Ollys inappropriate messages. But when she attempts to contact Amy things take a dramatic course… Posing as Amy, Penny arranges to meet Olly. But who do they find when they arrive at the meeting point? Who’s been messaging Amy? And is it Just a boy? ‘It’s just a boy’ is based on true events and is intended to spread awareness of the risks of children and teenagers communicating with strangers on social media. Film Block: BLOCK #10: SHORTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND OLDER PT.2 | ||||
Killing Time | Lola-Malini Raman-Middleton | United Kingdom | 10 minutes | |
![]() British Indian family experiencing the Covid-19 lockdown Film Block: BLOCK #5: STUDENT-MADE DOCUMENTARIES | ||||
Ray of Change | Anoushka Mohindra | India | 6 minutes | |
![]() Anoushka explores the topic of electricity in India and starts a nonprofit to help those without it. Film Block: BLOCK #5: STUDENT-MADE DOCUMENTARIES | ||||
SCOUT | Kelvin Murray | United Kingdom | 1 minute | |
![]() 3 young scouts working against the odds to get their activity badges. Film Block: BLOCK #9: SHORTS FOR AGES 10 AND UNDER, PT.2 | ||||
Sonya Loves, Sonya Doesn't | Natalia Beliaeva | Russian Federation | 15 minutes | |
![]() One day, spent in the expectation of the upcoming happiness: walking around the town, shop after shop, two sisters check out the long chosen presents for a birthday. Whose birthday? Sonya the doll. Yes. It’s just a little bit longer to wait, the whole eternity, for them to be together forever and not just see each other through the shop’s window. But what if Sonya leaves for another girl before the day X? How easy an adult world can destroy children’s plan! Everyone knows that. But in this story everything will be different. Film Block: BLOCK #8: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 2 | ||||
The Forgotten World | Mikael Kyster, Mia Kyster | Denmark | 26 minutes | |
Two brothers go on an adventure to save their dying little sister. Film Block: BLOCK #8: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 2 | ||||
The Witch & The Baby | Evgenia Golubeva | Russian Federation | 5 minutes | |
![]() An ageing witch needs a baby for a spell to make her young again. But when she brings home an infant princess things don’t go to plan. Film Block: BLOCK #2: SHORTS FOR AGES 10 AND UNDER, PT.1 | ||||
U SCANTU / AFRAID | DANIELE SURACI | Italy | 15 minutes | |
In un piccolo paese del sud della Calabria, Saro (10) è impegnato a superare le proprie paure, attendendo il ritorno di un padre smarrito nel dolore. In a small village in southern Calabria, Saro – a 10-year-old boy – is struggling to overcome his fears, waiting for a “lost” grief-stricken father to come back. Film Block: BLOCK #7: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 1 | ||||
Wednesday | Lisa Delhom, Jérémy Paquet | Canada | 11 minutes | |
![]() Iris and Leo are waiting for their school bus, just like any other day. This morning, however, it does not arrive. Facing no rules but their own, the two eight year-olds embark on an urban adventure, one they shall never forget, roaming the streets of Montreal. Film Block: BLOCK #7: AROUND THE WORLD (Foreign Language) PT. 1 | ||||
Worlds Apart | Oliver Paterson | Australia | 5 minutes | |
![]() As a rogue planet threatens to collide with Earth, a young boy travels to find his estranged older brother before the cataclysm… Film Block: BLOCK #10: SHORTS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOLERS AND OLDER PT.2 |