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17th Los Angeles International
Children's Film Festival
March-May 2023
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March 24-26, 2023
WonderCon at Anaheim Convention Center
Room 303AB
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Friday, March 24, 2023
12 pm to 2 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
2 pm to 4 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 (Rojam Emrani) (Germany)
19 (Jack Zheng) (China)
Jilly Goats Gruff (Sophia Havlak) (USA)
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
4 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
10:30 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)
Sam & Duke's Incredible Adventure in the Sky (Tom Taylor) (USA)
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 Mubarek (Manhoor 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)
Superheroes (Rafael de Andrade) (Brazil)
Niece Day (Jordan Wilson) (USA)
Dog-Gone It (Hunter James Cox) (USA)
Bedwoman (Rojam 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)
Lusea (Carly Dessain) (USA)
Luce and the Rock (Britt Raes) (Belgium)
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)
Shirampari: Legacies of the River (Lucia Florez) (USA)
The Artist Formerly Known as Varana (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
10:30 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 King) (Republic of Korea)
The Mermaid's Tale (Aidan McArdle) (UK)
The Menace from Above (Mariam Khayat) (Saudi Arabia)
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Sunday, March 26, 2023
3 pm to 5 pm
Program #12
Best of Fest: All-Time Favorites, Vol. 3 (Global)
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April-May 2023
Dates/Times/Venues Announced Soon
Program #13
An Alligator Ghich Ghich (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
Happy Banana (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
The Boot #5 (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
Snivelsnout (William Soule) (USA)
Be Yourself Always (Hailey Wimmer Johnston) (USA)
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)
Corvine (Sean McCarron) (Canada)
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Program #14
The Race (Young Son) (USA)
Badminton Journey - Make Your Way to Victory (Sean Kang) (USA)
Buon Ferragosto (Claudia Miatello) (Canada)
Snowflakes (Sabrina Stoll/Tiziana Giammarino) (USA)
Chick-A-Duck (Rebekka Herron) (Canada)
Robots Don't Tell Jokes (Kelli Caldwell) (USA)
Life of a Mayfly (David Du) (USA)
Le Balloon Bleu (Katherine Griffin) (USA)
Anchors Away (Nicole Finochio) (USA)
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Program #15
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Word of Honor (Lolita Noranovich) (Russia)
Grizzly and the Lemmings World Tour: Legend of the Lemmings (Cedric Lachenud) (France)
At 7 (Tatum Sailors) (USA)
The Wind & the Trees (Todd Allen Stewart) (Canada)
Dodam Dodam (Chan Mi Ro) (USA)
Divine Intervention (Neha Dhabale) (USA)
Giulia e Il Composto (Antonio Maria Castaldo) (USA)
My Name is Fear (Eliza Plocieniak) (Germany)
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Program #16
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Life after Death (Yinnon Weill) (Israel)
Tomboy (Meagan Noel Fulps) (USA)
Suzzanne (Pierce Ryan) (USA)
Super-Eva (Pavlo Suslyakov, Christina Demenshina) (Ukraine)
What's Going On with Us? (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
Me. My Eleven Years. War. (Marusya Shuvalova) (Ukraine)
Brown/White (Ruchana Erenhart) (USA)
Code of Family (Kayla Sun) (USA)
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Program #17
I'm Not Afraid (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
I Didn't See As Well (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
Something Black (Reyhane Kavosh/Ali Raeisi) (Iran)
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)
Winter in a Day (Liddy Salter) (USA)
Soul Mate (Irma Beatriz/Peniche Silva) (Cuba)
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Program #18
In Time (Naomi Wantwadi) (USA)
Lift (Dana Koops) (USA)
The Manor (Maria Perez) (USA)
When Mama & Me Lived Outside (Peter Menchini) (USA)
Heart Candies Taste Like Chalk (Aiko Lozar) (USA)
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)
What I Want (Chris Armienti) (USA)
The Ouboliette (Max Hendrickson)
Attila (Fredrik Holmen Lilegraven/Mads Eriksen)
The One-Armed Champion (Anthony Pasqualone) (USA)
5 Stars (Jack Zheng/Henry Xu) (China)
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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Program #19
Brave Girl (Mark Pedri) (USA)
Vaccine of Bravery (Zachary Marmosetti) (USA)
Deso Tinum (Daud Nugraha) (Indonesia)
Aurora (Jo Meuris) (USA)
Underpaint (Anna Hopkins) (Canada)
The Fox & the Pigeon: Narrative Neighbors (Chelsea van Tol/Tyler Pacana/Matt Walton/Morgan Thompson/Sharon Gabriella/Viktor Ivanovski/Sang Lee) (Canada/Germany)
Balloom (Carlos F. Kayla Borecky) (Canada)
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Program #20
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)
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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Program #21
Bertie the Brilliant (Gabriela Garcia Medina) (USA)
Saturday Morning Live: Republic of Georgia (Dr. Lisa Spencer) (Republic of Georgia)
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Program #22
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)
(Young Son) (USA)
Angels (Jasmine Bissete) (France)
Can We Play? (Emerson Juliet Bosco) (USA)
Jasmine's Two Homes (Inka Acthe/Hanna Karpinen) (Finland)
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