Kid Flicks features a selection of unique films presented by the New York International Children’s Film Festival. Featuring a range of stories that include live-action, animation, and documentary films displaying different styles of filmmaking from around the world, this lively collection of films reflects NYICFF’s commitment to storytelling and diversity and is sure to spark meaningful conversations.

Kid Flicks One Program

• Battery Daddy (South Korea, Animation, Jeon Seung-bae, 2021, 6 min, in Korean with English subtitles) - Everyone relies on attentive Battery Dad to keep things well-powered and smoothly-run, but when a field trip’s downpour hits, will he still have the power to keep his cool and save the day?
• The Cat in the Art Park (South Korea, Animation, Kim herian, 2020, 5 min., In Korean with English subtitles) - Even small cats are known for causing chaos, so imagine the hijinks that ensue when this art- park-dwelling cat suddenly grows to the size of a house.
• Cupids (United States, Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min., English) - This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
• Mama Has a Mustache (United States, Documentary, Sally Rubin, 2021, 10 min., English) - In this fully-animated, wildly collaged documentary, kids ages 5 to 10 share their thoughts about how they experience loving, inclusive worlds that aren’t bound by traditional gender binaries.
• Meta (Germany, Animation, Antje Heyn, 2022, 1 min., English) - Interconnection, form, function, flow: all these big ideas about change and growth sprout in playful ways when creatures shape shift and dance to the rhythm of discovery.
• Poum Poum! (France, Animation, Damien Tran, 2021, 6 min., No dialogue) - Poum Poum! is a musical film that celebrates the simple joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper, splashing paint, or making cymbals screech.
• Star Bound (United States, Animation, Richard O’Connor, 2021, 3 min., English) - When 6-year-old Jerry gets together with his uncle Joey, a Mission Operations Engineer at NASA, they have so much - a galaxy’s amount - to talk about.