Film | Kids
Best of BAMkids Film Festival: Joyful Adventures
- 11AM
Virtual & BAM Rose Cinemas
On Demand: Nov 12—20;
In Person: Sat, Nov 12 at 11am
In partnership with Northwest Film Forum and Melbourne International Animation Festival
Turn up the joy! Join us at BAM Rose Cinemas or virtually for a selection of the most popular films for kids ages 3 to 5 from this year’s BAMkids Film Festival. These playful tales from around the globe come alive with vibrant animation, adventurous animals, and toe-tapping tunes.
Come early or stay after the screening to design your own unique paper sculptures with the creators of Sockz Theatre, Christian Perry and Eric Tsuchiyama. Families will learn to crumple, fold, and mold recycled paper into imaginative works of art to take home. Plus, Christian and Eric’s short film Orbie is part of the screening!
Sockz Theatre workshop runs from 10—10:45am and 12—12:30pm in the lobby of the Peter Jay Sharp Building
For virtual tickets: After this content becomes available November 12 at 12am EST, you'll have seven days to start watching. Once you begin, you'll have 48 hours to finish watching.
Leadership support for off-site programs provided by:
Leadership support for BAM Access Programs provided by the Jerome L. Greene Foundation
Leadership support for BAM Film provided by the Ford Foundation
Dir. Jihyeon Bae, 6min
US
Nonverbal
It’s a great big universe, so there has to be a friend out there somewhere.
Dir. Koji Yamamura, 7min
Japan
In English and Japanese
New York Premiere
From bored bears to other otters, delightful wordplay—in both English and Japanese—guides this story through the deep blue sea.
Dirs. Nicolas Bianco-Levrin & Julie Rembauville, 6min
France
Nonverbal
Bored with his little cage, Kiki La Plume makes a break for it one day when the door is left open. There’s only one small problem…
Dir. Alexander Glawion, 3min
Germany
Nonverbal
New York Premiere
For most raindrops, there’s no greater purpose than jumping from clouds.
Dirs. Melodie Leger-Rimbert, Kevin Hamimi, Yu Liu, Anjun Zou, 6min
France
Nonverbal
If you’re a tiny drop of water in the middle of a hot, dry desert, you need to be fairly clever about how you spend your day.
Dirs. Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez & Anna Waszczuk, 5min
Germany
In English
East Coast Premiere
The charming emotion “fear,” who lives inside your head, wants to give an interview. Maybe you can become friends! Or is there a reason to be afraid of being afraid?
Dirs. Jaehyeon Cha, Byeong Hyeoh Hwang, 9min
South Korea
Nonverbal
Will is a super smart kid who comes up with an amazing invention to help cure Norman the dog’s color-blindness.
Dirs. Christian Perry & Eric Tsuchiyama, 5min
US
In English
World Premiere
Just beneath the ocean's surface lives a clever little creature, an octopus named Orbie. Using found-object puppetry, Sockz Theatre brings Orbie to life in three whimsical vignettes.
Dir. Philip Watts, 8min
Australia
Nonverbal
World Premiere
A tiny dinosaur dreams that she is a big scary dinosaur. When danger strikes, she learns it’s what’s on the inside that counts—literally.
Dir. Carlos Douglas Jr., 5min
USA
Nonverbal
Kenya, a bold five-year old girl, is reluctantly dragged to a symphony by her mother. Through the power of the orchestra, the young girl’s passion for music blossoms before her own eyes.
Start your trick-or-treating off right at this free Halloween party. Family-friendly music and mischief kicks off at 4pm! Join us for candy giveaways, carnival games, arts and crafts, movies and more!
The music and social justice artist draws on hip-hop, soul, R&B, pop, and reggae in a high-energy, dynamic concert that aims to uplift!
No dream is too big for the characters in these international stories of friendship and adventure, selected as the most popular films for kids ages 6 to 8 from this year’s BAMkids Film Festival.
