My second day of the Chicago International Children’s Film Festival has concluded, and I squeezed in 42 films. It was a mix of live-action and animation from Germany, Iran, Finland, Japan, France, Australia, India, Croatia, Vietnam, Brazil, Estonia, Taiwan, Mexico, Israel, Poland, England, and elsewhere. The international representation is one the reasons programmers from around the US, Canda, Singapore, and Australia come to this festival.
Love is in the air when it came to animation. Stories of lovers over coming obstacle and distances to be together…to varying degrees of success…
While the live action entered into the complexity of family life…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpUsrMcQ2uU
And I can’t resist giving a shout-out to the rather darker set of films I have found…
Time is moving quickly and there is still so much to see!
Earlier: Day 1 at CICFF.