Cinematheque returns with our 8th Annual series of free films for children every Sunday afternoon from January 13 – March 3.
Also! Don’t miss Freeze Frame and EDGE Gallery’s hands-on animation workshops for kids of all ages (drop in from 12:30-2:00 PM). With a different theme each week, FF and EDGE will teach you the basics of animation and give you the chance to make your own animated short film. Then watch some awesome movies to keep that inspiration going!
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YELLOW SUBMARINE | DIR. GEORGE DUNNING | 1968 | UK | 90 MIN
JAN 13 – 2:00 PM Once upon a time there was an unearthly paradise called Pepperland where happiness and music reigned supreme. But all that was threatened when the Blue Meanies declared war. Enter John, Paul, George and Ringo to save the day! |
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20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA | DIR. RICHARD FLEISCHER | 1954 | USA | 127 MIN
JAN 20 – 2:00 PM In 1868 a group of sailors are sent out to find a monster which is devouring ships. They encounter the mythical beast only to discover it is actually a submarine, the Nautilus, headed up by the visionary scientist Captain Nemo. |
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THE IRON GIANT | DIR. BRAD BIRD | 1999 | USA | 80 MIN
JAN 27 – 2:00 PM An adventure story which focuses on a 9-year-old kid in small-town Rockwell, Maine, who befriends a 100-foot-tall robotic man. |
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THE NEVERENDING STORY |DIR. WOLFGANG PETERSON | 1984 | GERMANY | 92 MIN
FEB 3 – 2:00 PM Bastian borrows a strange looking book and is transported into a fantasy world known as Fantasia. To save Fantasia, an ailing empress sends for a young warrior from among the plains people, Atreyu to go on a quest to find a cure for her illness. |
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ART CITY | DIRS. SCOTT COLLINS & ANITA LEBEAU | 2012 | CANADA | 45 MIN
FEB 10 – 2:00 PM The film documents Art City’s Body Movin’ Parade, as well as the history of the cutting edge community arts center located in the heart of Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood. |
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MONKEY BUSINESS |DIR. NORMAN MCLEOD | 1931 | USA | 77 MIN
FEB 17 – 2:00 PM Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo spend four days living inside four barrels as they stow away on an ocean liner headed to America. |
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IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS | DIR. ROBERT STEVENSON | 1962 | USA | 98 MIN
FEB 24 – 2:00 PM A French man discovers a message in a bottle that a captain who has been presumed dead is still alive. He searches out the captain’s two children and embarks on a global search to find his whereabouts encountering jaguars and natural disasters along the way. |
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A CAT IN PARIS | DIRS. JEAN FELICIOLI & ALAIN GAGNOL | 2010 | FRANCE | 70 MIN (French w/ English subtitles)
MAR 3 – 2:00 PM A cat leads a secret double life: he spends his days with the daughter of a police commissioner, but at night he accompanies a thief on the rooftops of Paris. Please note this film is not suitable for younger children. |
The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the generous support of the Assiniboine Credit Union for our Cabin Fever series