Belmont World Film Family Festival, Virtual Edition
The Family Festival provides children age 3-12 and their families in Massachusetts the opportunity to see some of the world’s most remarkable current films for children.
Tickets available now!
Films that provide a window into the lives of kids in other cultures, races, and ethnicities—and several workshops, including three sessions on model making for animated films conducted by the senior model maker from Aardman (the Wallace & Gromit films) on Saturday, January 23, and a two-day workshop on film criticism led by Joyce Kulhawik and Boston Globe film critics Ty Burr and Peter Keough representing the Boston Society of Film Critics, on January 16 and 17.
Several filmmakers from around the world will also participate in virtual live Q&As.
Most film programs will be available for screening for all 10 days, with several films having shorter screening windows.
The festival’s 15 film programs, comprised of nearly 50 animated, live action, and documentary feature length and short films in multiple languages with subtitles and in English —many based on children’s books, and several making their US premieres—are from the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK, and the US.
There are films about young kids making a difference for the environment (including a 5th grade class in Brooklyn that completely rids their cafeteria of single-use plastics), an asylum-seeking youth chess champion in France, a famous Rembrandt painting that comes to life in Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, a youth soccer team in South Africa making it to the finals of the soccer world championship in Gothia, Sweden, and an amazing selection of short film programs, including one honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and another made by 8-10 year olds in Portugal.
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Purchase Tickets - Shorts $10 Feature films $14 Workshops $20 Films Only Pass $40 Full Festival Pass (inc. workshops) $60EBT Card holders: 1/2 price
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watch.eventive.org/bwffamilyfest
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Studio Cinema 376 Trapelo Road, Belmont, MA, 02478 map
Phone: 617-484-3980
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- Once you start a film, you will have 48 hours to finish it. All but three film programs are available for streaming for the full 10 days—Friday, January 15 @ 10 AM to Sunday, January 24 at 7 PM.
- Fahim, the Little Chess Prince: Available from Saturday, January 16 @ 10:00 AM to Monday, January 18 @ 10:00 AM
- Forward: Available from Saturday, January 16 @ 7:00 PM to Sunday, January 17 @ 7:00 PM
- Hungry Bear Tales: Available Saturday, January 16 at 10:00 AM to Tuesday, January 19 @ 10:00 AM
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- The only other timed events are the workshops and filmmaker Q&As:
- Junior Film Critics Workshop (two parts): Saturday, January 16, from 1-4 PM & Sunday, January 17, from 1-3 PM
- Learn to Model Gromit or Shaun the Sheep with Aardman Animation Workshops (choose from three options): Saturday, January 23
- 10:30-11:30 AM Gromit
- 12:00-1:00 PM Shaun the Sheep
- 1:30-2:30 PM Gromit
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