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Song of the Sea and The Breadwinner are a part of our Award-Winning Animation series curated by the experts at FACETS Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF). Films in the series are also available for virtual Field Trips. Check out our Field Trips page for more info. Animated films are longstanding staples in family-friendly entertainment, and with recent additions to the canon like Isle of Dogs, My Life as a Zucchini and the recent Pixar hit, Soul, animated films have become more mature and have begun to tackle content that is not only beneficial to kids, but teens and adults alike. In addition to the recent surge

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CICFF37 will be presented virtually November 13-22, 2020. To save 10% on your festival tickets and passes,  pre-order  them within our Early Bird discount window, ending October 30.  Do your earliest memories include watching classic children’s films with your parents and siblings? Perhaps it was going out to the movies as a family, or huddling around the TV in your living room that first led you to your love of film. For many of us, cinema has been a social tool throughout our lives.   Film reinforces social bonds and affirms mutual interests. Whether it’s a film’s genre, awards buzz, or star-studded cast that starts

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The fourth and final installment in our 45th anniversary spotlight focuses on one of our great success stories: Kristóf Deák’s journey from a first prize win at Facets’ Chicago International Children’s Film Festival in 2016 to an Academy Award win for his short film Sing. As the oldest children’s film festival in the Western Hemisphere and one of two Oscar-qualifying kid’s fest in the world, Facets’ Chicago International Children’s Film Festival has been bringing exciting new cinema to Chicago and beyond since 1983. Emerging and established directors have had films screen at the festival and go on to receive all kinds

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Check out a special list of films to watch over spring break from Facets’ Education Director, Kathleen Beckman.  Spring break is here, despite the COVID-19 pandemic keeping most of us sheltered in place.  To help families stay connected, creative, and engaged with thoughtful films and television, our Education Director, Kathleen Beckman, has put together a special list of films to watch and discuss with your kids.  Each selection includes Kathleen’s unique take on the film along with questions and activities designed to dig deeper into learning themes that address the personal, cultural, and production aspects of a film.  (1)  Sherlock Jr.  AGES 7+  Directed by Buster