16th Los Angeles International
Children's Film Festival
April-June 2022
April 1-3, 2022
WonderCon at Anaheim Convention Center
Room 303AB
Friday, April 1, 2022
2 pm to 4 pm
Program #1
Cold Shoulder (Kate Correa) (USA)
The Cat, the Mouse and the Sausage (Joel Simon)
(UK)
Once Upon a Drag Storytime - Going for Gold
(Stephan Nicolazzo) (Australia)
Dolium Peplum (Theo Nodet) (France)
Happy Anniversary Dear Dante/Let's Talk about
It/Ode to the Climate/Chemical Industries
(Vittorio Caratozzolo/Scuola di Giacomo
Bresadola/Isitutotrento) (Italy)
The Flying Shoelace (Pedro Carmo/Pedro Marnoto)
(USA)
The Do’s and Dont’s of Getting Married
(ARC Disability Services/Karen Jackson) (Australia)
The Real Picture! (Shaunak Surlu) (Singapore)
Tikkun Olam (Bob Ahmed) (USA)
The Nestling (Christiane Hitzemann) (Germany)
Zara and the Others, Miss miss (Nila Johan Lund,
Bjorn Sortland) (Norway)
A Long Walk to the Moon (Connie Tais) (USA)
Rockland Relay (Maura Smith) (USA)
Friday, April 1, 2022
4 pm to 6 pm
Program #2
Lucas and the Witch (Judith Coppinger) (Ireland)
The Chase (Jonathan Aidan Cockrell, Bailey Corley)
(USA)
The Way to a Man’s Heart
(Jule Korperich, Karin Demuth) (Germany)
A Gossip (Filip Daidzic, Vito Kekin, Gregor Lukic,
Ivan Sporer, Martin Mika Zagorac, Mila Kranjcevic)
(Croatia)
Where Is My Turtle? (Kyung Jung Kim) (South Korea)
Slow Dance (Christian Zetterberg) (Sweden)
My Life with Rainbows (Mars Pendleton) (Canada)
Touch (Georgia Carls) (USA)
The Dalang’s Tale (Irwan Junaidy, Maizura Abas,
Atiqah Mohd Aby Bakar) (Malaysia)
Go Fish (Ilia Wayans) (USA)
Ruth & Nick: A Confectionery Tale (Carter Rostron)
(USA)
Wendigo (Max Hendrickson) (Ireland)
Friday, April 1, 2022
6 pm to 9 pm
Program #3
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 1 (Global)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Program #4
Sister Song (Olivia Penniston-Bird) (Australia)
Taffy the Pink Hippopotumus (Artie E. Romero) (USA)
Treescape Room (Heidi Scott) (USA)
So Here We Are (Cornell Hubert Calhoun III) (USA)
Juggling Autism (Aodhan Lane) (USA)
Winter Bloom (Myriam Baillargeon) (USA)
Winter Magic! (George Taylor) (USA)
The Infectious Imagination of Henry Bramble
(Derek Boyes) (UK)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Program #5
The Rashomon Effect (Jeremiah Dickey) (USA)
Aparat (Hasan Najmabadi) (Iran)
The Mask (Saba Ghasemi) (Iran)
The Double Life of Hugh (Ben Tobin) (USA)
Sky Sun, Tile Sun (Ziba Arzhang) (Iran)
The Wolf Pack (Lydia Bruna) (Germany)
The Cosmopenguin in the Opera (Luca Potskhishvili)
(Austria)
Agricola 7101 (Ivy Tucker) (Australia)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
1:00 pm to 3:30 pm
Program #6
Moonlight the Monster and the Fashion Show (April Yu)
The New Light (J Ferguson) (USA)
A Brief Adventure in the Woods (Tavin McAllister) (USA)
Generation Impact: The Coder (Samantha Knowles)
(USA)
Bucket Hat (Demetrios Tzamaras) (USA)
First Love (Beatrice Woo) (Canada)
Garden Spells (Jordan Wilson) (USA)
The Dress (Nicole Emeliana Mendez) (USA)
Stolen Kisses (Lidi Toepoel) (Netherlands)
The Ostrich Paradox (Vasilika Vanya Marinkovic) (USA)
Chris Mania Cartoons (Chris Mejia/Richard Mejia) (USA)
Straw Man (Alexander Casimir) (USA)
The Flyman (Roopal Kewalya) (India)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
3:30 pm to 5:00 pm
Program #7
Star Wars: The Toys Awaken (Raymond Montemayor) (USA)
Grey (Vasilina Mikhaylova) (USA)
Justin and the Werloobe (Ken Yoffe/Ellen Weisberg/John Vo)
Sol (Andy Alvarez) (Canada)
Little Grey Wolfie: Fall Travelers
(Natalia Malykhina Bratli) (Norway)
Ursa - The Song of the Northern Lights
(Natalia Malykhina Bratli) (Norway)
Saving Amelia (Matthew Fridg) (USA)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
5 pm to 7 pm
Program #8
Animation Showcase!
Lots and lots of short animation from around the world!
(Global)
Saturday, April 2, 2022
7 pm to 9 pm
Program #9
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 2 (Global)
Sunday, April 3, 2022
10:30 am to 12:30 pm
Program #10
Here Comes the Firetruck/Are You Sleeping
Baby Bear/Everything is Going to Be All Right
(Brett Jubinville) (Canada)
Goodnight Spa (Jesus and Emilio Gallego) (Spain)
Sockz Theatre's Orbie/Sockz Theatre's Down by
the Bay
Christian Perry/Eric Tsuchiyama (L) (USA)
Sunday, April 3, 2022
12:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Program #11
The Sea Dragon (James Morgan) (UK)
Snow Maze (Sam Cadman) (UK)
Polar Bears Bear Boredom (Koji Yamamura) (Japan)
Kiri & Lou: Who Am I? (Harry Sinclair) (New Zealand)
Oyasumi~Lullaby of Flame (Arisa Wakami) (Japan)
Making Sense (Filmmaking Collective) (UK)
Monkey Domino (Ulf Grenzer) (Germany)
Sunday, April 3, 2022
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Program #12
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 2 (Global)
Sunday, May 1, 2022
Sunday, May 1
1 pm to 5 pm
Stephanie Feury Studio Theatre
5636 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles 90038
Free admission
Program #13
1:00-2:00 PM
Short films for all ages
Cracked (Mahmut Tas) (Turkey)
Representation Matters (Olivia Baylor) (USA)
Cosmo & Friends (Sommer Lee Redding) (Australia)
Milk (Celia Jaspers) (New Zealand)
Marmalade (Radostina Neykova) (Bulgaria)
Cave Ablaze (Daniel Williams) (USA)
The Hot Air Balloon (Justin Meckes) (USA)
The Amazing Adventures of Awesome
(Allison Brownmoore) (UK)
Dear Mrs. President (Wyatt Hall, Luke Snedecor,
Ana Maria Medici) (USA)
Monsters of Mine (Lâna Nguyễn) (USA)
Program #14
2:00-3:00 PM
Short films for all ages
Weekday Night (Rachel Samson) (Canada)
Mimi’s Good Night (Jackie Ross) (USA)
Maggie May (Donna W. Guthrie) (USA)
Stand Tall (Jessica Bouyer) (USA)
Listening Tree (Darren Johnson) (USA)
Ollie (Jordan Falk) (USA)
Mountain Bear (Jeremy Northcote) (Australia)
Jump (Stanley Hector) (India)
Cool for You (Sherene Strausberg) (USA)
Experiment 120:
Korridor (Walter Duncan & Marie-Pierre Bonniol) (Germany, 2020, 1’16)
Wuup Wolgawahn (Nicole Wegner) (Germany, 2008, 4’25)
Cryptomom (Johanna Thompson) (Germany, 2020-2021, 5’20)
Comme le canard (Damien Tran) (France, 2021, 2’35)
Persona (Gloria Vilches) (Spain, 2019, 2’44)
Program #15
3:00-4:00 PM
Short films for ages 5 and older
The Dukha (Carmen Morrow/Zach Wolf) (USA)
Gotcha Day (Keith Bress) (USA)
Deep Fears (Ryan Chu) (USA)
My Grandma Matilde (Miguel Anaya Borja)
(Mexico)
Grounded (Kelly Pancho) (USA)
Legend of the Claw (Shailyn Farmer) (USA)
Lone Pine (Jeremy Lee Camp) (USA)
Program #16
4:00-5:00 PM
Short films for ages 7 and older
Star Thief (Julia Stella) (Australia)
My Son Has a Dinosaur (Alfredo Salomon) (Mexico)
Iron Farmer (Wei-Jhih Chen) (Taiwan)
Lost & Found (Vivian Papageorgiou) (Greece)
Not the Science Type: Gitanjali (Julio Palacio) (USA)
Shipwreck (Lisa Cole) (USA)
Sunday, May 15, 2022
Sunday, May 15
3:15 pm to 5:30 pm
The Yard Theatre
4319 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles 90029
Free admission
Program #17 (Teen Program)
Sea Souls (Angelina Chang) (USA)
Brave Little Army (Michelle D’Alessandro Hatt) (Canada)
Riley (Jennifer Michele) (USA)
Naomi (Ella Deutsch) (Israel)
Out of the Dark: Raven (Sarah Klein, Tom Mason) (USA)
Blue (Kyle Lawrence) (Canada)
Red Earth (Michael Kenny) (Australia)
A Conversation with E (EsaBella Anna Karena Strickland,
Taylor Mitchell, Skylar A)
Down Seafaring Way (Roxy Morris, Sophia Lee,
Shiva Kansasgara, Meia Voss)
Painting by Numbers (Radheya Jegatheva) (Australia)
Letters from Briana (Ian Phillips) (USA)
Eldest Daughter (Kimberly Mendiola Leon)
Coffee (Luis Martinez)
Employee of the Month (Daniela Alarcon, Alexander Figueroa,
Luis Martinez, Lillian Ramirez)
Tildypops (Tiggy Bayley) (UK)
Sunday, May 29, 2022
The Yard Theatre
4319 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles 90029
Free admission.
10:15 am to 11:00 am
Program #18
The Hot Air Balloon (Justin Meckes) (USA)
The Amazing Adventures of Awesome
(Allison Brownmoore) (UK)
Chasing a Dream (Christina Demenshina) (Germany)
Chico (Blake Johnstone) (USA)
Finally, I Found You! (Young Son) (USA)
Good Again/Hey Cooper (Kellie Suzanne Newton/Zoe Elan) (USA)
I Matter Because (Hailey Wimmer Johnston) (USA)
Major Marlo Meets the Monster from Mars
(Bob Harper) (USA)
11:00 am to 12:00 pm
Program #19
Morris Morose/Saaa-winggg! (Maureen Miller) (USA)
Underwater (Beatriz Rosa) (UK)
Colorful Feathers (Maribel Suarez) (Mexico)
Interface (Alex Gordillo) (USA)
Cool for You (Sherene Strausberg) (USA)
Treasures Beneath My Tree (Alexandra Cerna) (USA)
Frank & Emmet (Carlos F. Puertolas) (USA)
12:00 pm to 1:00 pm
Program #20
Ellie (Ela Reese/Mortada Gzar) (USA)
The Jungle Tale - An Ordinary Life Until... (Henry Zhinin)
(USA)
A Snowy Surprise (Hannah Lane) (UK)
Still with You (Ryan Livesay) (USA)
Bad Bugs (Bryn Wright) (USA)
The Duet (Yadid Licht) (USA)
The Birch Forest (Katrina Westin) (Canada)
Blue Cooler (Laura Margulies) (USA)
Kiwi & Strit - Things Have Legs (Esben Toft Jacobsen)
(Denmark)
Milk (Celia Jaspers) (New Zealand)
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Program #21
Weekday Night (Rachel Samson) (Canada)
Mimi’s Good Night (Jackie Ross) (USA)
Maggie May (Donna W. Guthrie) (USA)
Stand Tall (Jessica Bouyer) (USA)
Listening Tree (Darren Johnson) (USA)
Dear Mrs. President (Wyatt Hall, Luke Snedecor,
Ana Maria Medici) (USA)
Mountain Bear (Jeremy Northcote) (Australia)
Ollie (Jordan Falk) (USA)
Jump (Stanley Hector) (India)
Quantum Superimposition (Paul Ratner/Felix Ratner)
(USA)
Bane of the Beasts/Lucky (Alexis Wong)
2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Program #22
Marmalade (Radostina Neykova) (USA)
Not the Science Type: Gitanjali (Julio Palacio) (USA)
Monsters of Mine (Lana Nguyen) (USA)
No Monsters Allowed (David Burgis) (USA)
The Dukha (Carmen Morrow/Zach Wolf) (USA)
Representation Matters (Olivia Bailey) (USA)
Grounded (Kelly Pancho) (USA)
Shipwreck (Lisa Cole) (USA)
3:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Program #23
Lone Pine (Jeremy Lee Camp) (USA)
Cracked (Mahmut Tas) (Turkey)
Cosmo & Friends (Sommer Leigh Redding) (Australia)
La Pinata (Veronica Ramirez) (Mexico)
Gotcha Day (Keith Bress) (USA)
Deep Fears (Ryan Chu) (USA)
Cave Ablaze (Daniel Williams) (USA)
Legend of the Claw (Shailyn Farmer) (USA)
Star Thief (Julia Stella) (Australia)
My Grandma Matilde (Miguel Anaya Borja)
(Mexico)
