Heads Together

FAMILY MATINEE
NYICFF Dutch Animation Celebration

Part of Kid Flicks: New York International Children's Film Festival 2019 & World of Animation
Sunday, October 20, 2019, 12:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image - Bartos Screening Room

Catch the best short films from the Netherlands! (Recommended for ages 8+) 


NYICFF crossed the Atlantic to join forces with Cinekid, The Netherlands’s premiere film festival for children, to share a program of the very best of Dutch animation—featuring diverse stories, hilarious romps, inventive animation, and more! With trusted scissors in hand, Mr. Paper makes choice cuts to craft his ideal world. Blooming with artful animation and wistful storytelling, Emily was spotlighted as the Netherlands’s entry for Oscar consideration. Then three very different kids, all friends, find out what it truly means to walk a day in each other’s shoes...and legs, and torsos in this hilarious International Emmy–award winner. 

See below for the full list of films. The total program runs 74mins. Films are in Dutch with English subtitles, in English, or have no dialogue. 

Passing By
Dirs. Job, Joris, Marieke. 2018, 1 mins. Animation. One hundred years of Amsterdam go by in street-style flash and dash in this memorably animated view of history.

Jonas & the Sea
Dir. Marlies van der Wel. 2015, 12 mins. Animation. At the seaside, Jonas dreams of a life among the fish and constructs bizarre aquatic contraptions to realize the impossible.

Emily
Dir. Marlies van der Wel. 2018, 8 mins. Animation. Blooming with artful animation and wistful storytelling, Emily was spotlighted as the Netherlands’s entry for Oscar consideration.

Heads Together
Dirs. Job, Joris, Marieke. 2016, 20 mins. Animation. Three very different kids, all friends, find out what it truly means to walk a day in each other’s shoes,...and legs, and torsos in this hilarious International Emmy and 2017 NYICFF Grand Prize–winning film.

Polska Warrior
Dir. Camiel Schouwenaar. 2017, 25 mins. Animation. Eric Kaminsky feels a little like a fish out of water. Will the pool finally be the place where he can feel just right?

Mr. Paper Goes Out for Walk
Dirs. Steven De Beul, Ben Tesseur. Netherlands/Belgium, 2018, 8 mins. Animation. With trusted scissors in hand, Mr. Paper makes choice cuts to craft his ideal world.

Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online(Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.) 
 
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