Special Screening
In a remote village in Lapland, young Nikolas loses his family in an accident. Each family in the village decides to look after the orphaned boy for one year. At the end of each year, on Christmas Day, Nikolas shows his gratitude by making toys for the children of the families as good-bye presents. Over the years, Nikolas' adoptive families become many, and soon almost every house has presents on its doorstep on Christmas morning. When the village suffers a food shortage, the Christmas present tradition is in danger of coming to an end. This is a film for the whole family.
Recommended for ages 6 and up. Dubbed in English.
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Start: 10:00
Directed by: Daniel Oron Start: 10:00
End: 11:30
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Director: Jason DaSilva Start: 11:45
Director: Lucy Kostelanetz Start: 12:30
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End: 14:00
Curated by Gail Noonan Recommended for grades 7 and up Start: 12:30
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Director: Masoud Raouf Canada, 2003, 6 min This visual poem sees the absurd vanity of war in contrast to the harmony and perpetuity of nature. Start: 12:30
Director: Nick Hilligoss Australia, 1998, 5 min A free-spirited, artistic soul gets thrown in jail for drawing outside the lines. With the use of his imagination and a box of crayons he is able to create his own wilderness, and escapes. Start: 12:30
Director: Kevin Langdale Canada, 2001, 6 min The seemingly nonsensical is juxtaposed with the precision of science to illustrate how our belief in the order of language does not guarantee communication. Start: 12:30
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Netherlands, 2000, 9 min A father says goodbye to his young daughter and leaves. As the wide Dutch landscapes live through their seasons, so the girl lives through hers. She becomes a young woman, has a family, and in time she becomes old, yet within her there is always a deep longing for her father. Oscar Winner Start: 12:30
Director: Koji Yamamura Japan, 1993, 4 min One winter day, two birds find a big tree and decide to build their house there. Start: 12:30
Director: George Schwizgebel Canada/Switzerland, 2004, 10 min A man agrees to a pact with a magician and swaps his shadow for riches. He soon discovers that the absence of a shadow can be a humiliating handicap. Start: 12:30
Director: Michael Dudok de Wit Netherlands, 1994, 6 min A monk becomes obsessed with a fish and tries everything to catch it. | ||
