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17th Los Angeles International
Children's Film Festival
March-May 2023
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Schedule subject to change!
March 24-26, 2023
WonderCon at Anaheim Convention Center
Room 303AB
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Friday, March 24, 2023
2 pm to 4 pm
Program #1
Gunslinger (Tristan Hunter Owen) (USA)
Newbie (James Robert Skinner) (UK)
The Footprints of Ants (Umit Guc) (Turkey)
Mysterious Places (Andrew Leopard) (USA)
Targets (Anthony Fazio) (USA)
Children of Wild Orchid (Farshad Mohammadi) (Iran)
Santa Doesn't Need Your Help (Kevin Maher/Joe Dator) (USA)
Dribble (Ali Lavarimonfared/Nazafarin Hassanpour) (Iran)
Zhabiz (Mehdi Bagheri) (Iran)
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Friday, March 24, 2023
4 pm to 5 pm
Program #2
The Winner (Ali Keyvan) (Iran)
The Little Girls (Mohamad Reza Misaghi) (Iran)
A Ballad for a Broken Heart (Aiko Alonso) (Mexico)
Hollywood (Tia Kouvo) (Finland)
19 (Jack Zheng) (China)
Mulberryhood (Pedro Augusto Almeida) (Portugal)
Little League Chew (Hollis Rosenkranz) (USA)
Kris the Cat (Aimee Todoroff) (USA)
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Friday, March 24, 2023
5 pm to 7 pm
Program #3
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Eden's Empire (Joshua J.R. Trachtman) (Israel)
As Simple As This (Raha Razavi) (Iran)
Return to the Childhood Home before the Last Farewell
(Andre Almeida Rodrigues) (Portugal)
The Legend of Qualicum Bay (Jim Robert Garrison) (Canada)
The More We Get Together (Daniel Roberts) (USA)
Zooming through History (Rian Ferragamo)
(USA)
Two Americas (Asher Elias Anatham) (USA)
Rustling (Tom Furniss) (New Zealand)
Paracosm (Natalia Coiro) (USA)
Blush, An Extraordinary Voyage (Iiti Yi-Harja) (Finland)
Adjustment (Mehrdad Hasani) (Iran)
The Penguin's Flight (Stella Serefogiou) (Greece)
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Friday, March 24, 2023
7 pm to 9 pm
Program #4
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 1 (Global)
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
10:00 am to 11:30 am
Program #5
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The Magic Book Story
(Andre Vaz/Isa Vaal/Armando Calussi) (Brazil)
A Lesson from a Rainy Day (Andre Vaz/Isa Va
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Armando Calussi) (Brazil)
The Right One (Anthony Deptula) (USA)
Sidekick (Deven Ahire) (UK)
El Taller De Arturo (Diasbel Perdormo) (Spain)
Shhh! (Virginie Kahn) (France)
The Animal Court (JLee MacKenzie) (USA)
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Program #6
Blue Teddy Bear (Marina Andree Skop) (Croatia)
No Time to Explain (Oscar Myles) (USA)
Green Screen (Andrej Kolencik) (Slovakia)
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
1 pm to 4 pm
Program #7
Cyber Cadets (Gabriella Salemi/Tatiana Nina Youpa)
Eid Mubarak (Mahnoor Euceph) (USA)
Butterfly Playground/Mosquito Fish (Bryn Wright) (USA)
The Misadventures of Bear (Jonah Lee Walker) (USA)
Pollution Solution (The Bum Family) (Canada)
Rag Dolls (Justin & Kristin Schaack) (USA)
My Dear Aunt Sally (Tom Procida/Heather Kennedy) (USA)
Sam & Duke's Incredible Adventure in the Sky (Tom Taylor) (USA)
Superheroes (Rafael de Andrade) (Brazil)
Niece Day (Jordan Wilson) (USA)
Dog-Gone It (Hunter James Cox) (USA)
Bedwoman (Rojan Emrani) (Germany)
The Silent Echo (Suman Sen) (France)
Handwritten (Jaime Sunwoo) (USA)
Kids on the Job (Michael Stasko) (Canada)
Fish Tale (Mark Kiefer) (USA)
Out of Water (Madi Stine) (USA)
Jilly Goats Gruff (Sophia Havlak) (USA)
Lusea (Carly Dessain) (USA)
Gumball Machine (Eli Staub) (USA)
What's Going On with Us? (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
Me. My Eleven Years. War. (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
4 pm to 7 pm
Program #8
Summer (Ivy Tucker) (Australia)
Luce and the Rock (Britt Raes) (Belgium)
Shirampari: Legacies of the River (Lucia Florez) (USA)
The Artist Formerly Known as Varona (Slava Ushakov) (Cyrpus)
Skilled: Paige's Story (Julio Palacio) (USA)
Mel Fell (Galen Fott) (USA)
Fraiha (Amal Al-Shammari/Hossein Heydar) (Qatar)
Terra Somnus - Dreamland (Daniel Orthon M. Gallardo) (Spain)
Skydome (Adolfo Alioga/Anna Guess Garcia) (Spain)
Life & Butterflies (Pablo Reigado Ocana) (Spain)
Franceska (Alberto Cano) (Spain)
Kafka's Doll (Bruno Simoes) (Spain)
The Thrilling Tales of Dreadful Draco - Dr. Akula (Balint Kelen) (Hungary)
Wei-Lei (Robin Wang) (USA)
Our Last Time Together (Sage Drake) (USA)
Mortimer & the Vanishings (Sebastian Simon) (Germany)
Number 7 (Mohammadreza Dootsi) (Iran)
Grace & Beauty (Clara Denise West/Frederick Hamilton) (USA)
Angel in Trouble (Clara Denise West) (USA)
My Gift (Michael Rasso) (Australia)
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Saturday, March 25, 2023
7 pm to 9 pm
Program #9
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 2 (Global)
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
10:00 am to 12:30 pm
Program #10
Splash! The Duckling Who Was Afraid of Water (Nongolo Muteto) (USA)
The Great Lesson from Nonna! (Andre Vaz/Isa Vaal/Armando Calussi) (Brazil)
Jose Comelon's Bedtime Stories (Andre Vaz/Isa Vaal/Armando Calussi) (Brazil)
Jose Comelon in the Great Carrot Race (Andre Vaz/Isa Vaal/Armando Calussi) (Brazil)
The Owl and the Two Rabbits (Nadia Sammertok) (Canada)
Level One (Christopher Bennett) (USA)
I'm Gonna Get You (Jeremy Weinstein) (USA)
Classmates - Everyone Together (Trond Jacobsen/Marianne Muller) (Norway)
Darb'ohra (Another Time) (Sarah Zammit) (Malta)
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
12:30 pm to 3 pm
Program #11
Moon Trace (M. Yousef Rafizadeh) (Iran)
Edmond & Lucy - The Incredible Featherstag (Francois Narboux) (France)
Robo99 (Sung Cheol Kim) (Republic of Korea)
The Mermaid's Tale (Aidan McArdle) (UK)
The Menace from Above (Mariam Khayat) (Saudi Arabia)
Dream Again (Gaden Sousa) (Australia)
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
3 pm to 5 pm
Program #12
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 3 (Global)
April 2023:
Special Events TBA
May 2023:
Times/Screening Venues TBA
Schedule subject to change!
Saturday, May 6, 2023
Program #13
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Snivelsnout (William Soule) (USA)
Be Yourself Always (Hailey Wimmer Johnston) (USA)
Soul Mate (Irma Beatriz/Peniche Silva) (Cuba)
Corvine (Sean McCarron) (Canada)
The Race (Young Son) (USA)
An Alligator Ghich Ghich (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
Happy Banana (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
The Boot #5 (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
Program #14
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Badminton Journey - Make Your Way to Victory (Sean Kang) (USA)
Buon Ferragosto (Claudia Miatello) (Canada)
Chick-A-Duck (Rebekka Herron) (Canada)
Robots Don't Tell Jokes (Kelli Caldwell) (USA)
Life of a Mayfly (David Du) (USA)
Anchors Away (Nicole Finochio) (USA)
Snowflakes (Sabrina Stoll/Tiziana Giammarino) (USA)
Le Balloon Bleu (Katherine Griffin) (USA)
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
Program #15 (5)
Grizzly and the Lemmings World Tour: Legend of the Lemmings (Cedric Lachenud) (France)
Giulia e Il Composto (Antonio Maria Castaldo) (USA)
Sewing Machine (Najmeh Hashemolhosseini) (Iran)
Truth Be Told (Louise Ann Riviere/Camile Parenthoine/Nelly Henrion) (USA)
Gut Feelings (Vanessa S. Valliere/John Gregorio) (USA)
Star Orphanage (Boli Nolasco) (Mexico)
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Saturday, May 6, 2023
Program #16 (5)
My Name is Fear (Eliza Plocieniak) (Germany)
Angels (Jasmine Bissete) (France)
Can We Play? (Emerson Juliet Basco) (USA)
Jasmine's Two Homes (Inka Acthe/Hanna Karpinen) (Finland)
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
Program #17
Hello to Me in 100 Years (Wu-Ching Chang) (Taiwan)
Who Is It: Who is Singing? (Hsing-Fang Lin) (Taiwan)
Stan and Sven: A Plan to Help Stan (Amber Stacey) (Australia)
Liam Butler and His Friends: New Kid on the Block (Rainey Chervaka/Liam Edward Butler) (USA)
I'm Not Afraid (Reyhane Kanash) (Iran)
I Didn't See as Well (Reyhane Kanash) (Iran)
Something Black (Reyhane Kanash) (Iran)
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
Program #18
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The Power of Play (Samantha Pickett) (USA)
Fitting In (Mark Lechinsky) (USA)
A Fleeting Moment (Allyanna Demafeliz) (USA)
Wishmaker (Christina Litvatis) (USA)
It's a Worm's World (Kaleigh Brown/Jason Lee) (USA)
Home for the Future (Kana Rosemarie Hutchens) (USA)
The Fox & the Pigeon: Narrative Neighbors (Chelsea van Tol/Tyler Pacana/Matt Walton/Morgan Thompson/Sharon Gabriella/Viktor Ivanovski/Sang Lee) (Canada/Germany)
Sunday, May 7, 2023
Program #19
Winter in a Day (Liddy Salter) (USA)
Brave Girl (Mark Pedri) (USA)
Vaccine of Bravery (Zachary Marmosetti) (USA)
Deso Tinum (Daud Nugraha) (Indonesia)
Aurora (Jo Meuris) (USA)
Underpaint (Anna Hopkins) (Canada)
When Mama & Me Lived Outside (Peter Menchini) (USA)
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Sunday, May 7, 2023
Program #20
Balloom (Carlos F. Kayla Borecky) (Canada)
It's Time for Bed (Ceporah Mearns/Jeremy Debicki) (Canada)
Understanding (Alexandra Voutsinas) (USA)
Online School (Ricky Soraya) (UK)
Rachel (Toko Shiki) (USA)
Oddland (An Vrombaut) (Belgium)
Umbrella Ocean (Mabel Ryu) (USA)
Blueberry (Stephanie Glover) (USA)
The Burro (Maureen Miller) (USA)
Mom in the Moon (Maureen Miller) (USA)
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Saturday, May 13, 2023
Program #21
Super-Eva (Pavlo Suslyakov, Christina Demenshina) (Ukraine)
What's Going On with Us? (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
Me. My Eleven Years. War. (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
Program #22
Bertie the Brilliant (Gabriela Garcia Medina) (USA)
Saturday Morning Live: Republic of Georgia (Dr. Lisa Spencer) (Republic of Georgia)
Lost & Found (Hazel Croney, Gertie Barkan, Ari Neff, Ava Pawlik-Kelly, Birdie Decall, Claire Burleigh, Ella Ferrone, Ezra Bloom, Harlow Rothstein, Ian Potetz, Isaac Lochran, Jonas Ketai, Kio Shanks, Quinn Galich, Sienna Evans) (USA)
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
Program #23 (5)
Word of Honor (Lolita Noranovich) (Russia)
At 7 (Tatum Sailors) (USA)
The Wind & the Trees (Todd Allen Stewart) (Canada)
Dodam Dodam (Chan Mi Ro) (USA)
Divine Intervention (Neha Dhabale) (USA)
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Saturday, May 20, 2023
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Program #24 (7)
Life after Death (Yinnon Weill) (Israel)
Tomboy (Meagan Noel Fulps) (USA)
Suzzanne (Pierce Ryan) (USA)
Brown/White (Ruchana Erenhart) (USA)
Code of Family (Kayla Sun) (USA)
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Program #25
In Time (Naomi Wantwadi) (USA)
The Ouboliette (Max Hendrickson)
The Manor (Maria Perez) (USA)
Heart Candies Taste Like Chalk (Aiko Lozar) (USA)
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Program #26
Licorice (Hillel Klein) (Israel)
Irit Bardugo's Bar Mitzvah (Aviya Kalifo) (Israel)
Mine (EsaBella Anna Karena Strickland)
Arm Wrestle (Elyasif Barad)
#NanaRocks (Leticia Adugo) (Ireland)
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Program #27
What I Want (Chris Armienti) (USA)
Lift (Dana Koops) (USA)
Attila (Fredrik Holmen Lilegraven/Mads Eriksen)
The One-Armed Champion (Anthony Pasqualone) (USA)
5 Stars (Jack Zheng/Henry Xu) (China)
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Sunday, May 21, 2023
Program #28
Hardcore (Madeleine Case) (USA)
Sole Searching (Colette Avril Samek) (USA)
Fox Eyes (Ella Jay Basco) (USA)
N'xaxaitkw (Asia Youngman) (Canada)
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