Modern Kids Summer Flicks features the Children’s Film Festival Seattle Best of the Fest, a curated selection of award-winning and audience-favorite films for young audiences.

ANIMATION SHOWCASE FILMS

• The Sound Collector - Float Your Boat: When the Sound Collector travels in his boat on the stream, he meets a chorus of furry friends along the way, and things get a little out of hand – and so does his ukulele playing. (Chris Tichborne, United Kingdom, 2023, 5 min, in English)
• Battery Mommy:Battery Mommy helps to power the lives of a family. One day, she must rush to save the sleeping children from a nursery fire. (Seungbae Jeon, Republic of Korea, 2023, 9 min, in Korean with English subtitles)
• Kids In Winter (冬天的孩子们):A group of rabbits weather an unexpected snowstorm with goodwill and generosity, turning their home in the trunk of a tree into a cozy safe haven for all of the forest’s inhabitants. (Maing Caochong, China, 2022, 3 min, nonverbal)
• LUKi and the Lights:LUKi, a charming and upbeat robot known for living life to the fullest, confronts a life-altering ALS diagnosis. With every smile he shares and every memory he cherishes, LUKi shows us what it means to truly live, in this testament to the resilience of the human (and robotic) spirit. CW: Illness, death. (Toby Cochran, US & Netherlands, 2022, 9 min, nonverbal)
• Moon Mole: A curious mole explores the world around it. (Alunos do 12º ano da Escola Secundária José Régio, Laura Gonçalves (Orientação), Alexandra Ramires (Orientação), Leonor Pacheco (Orientação) & Dimitri Mihajlovic (Orientação), Portugal, 2022, 2 min, nonverbal)
• I Hear You Singing:This joyful and bright music video follows two young children as they explore the various sounds the world around them has to offer. (Charlotte Sophie Blacker, United Kingdom, 2023, 2 min, in English)
• Town Hall Square:Bernard works behind the windows of a ticket booth at the Town Hall Square subway station. One day, an escaped tiger shows up and turns Bernard’s orderly life upside down. (Christian Kaufmann, Germany, 2023, 9 min, in English)
• Cowboy Kevin:Cowboy Kevin and his trusty horse have almost reached the destination of his secret admirer, and Kevin is eager to finally meet her. He’ll discover that love is not always what you expect. (Anna Lund Konnerup, Denmark, 2022, 7 min, in English)
• Pufferfish (Kugelfisch):In an ocean full of big, bad fish, the pufferfish attempts to appear as big and strong as possible. (Julia Ocker, Germany, 2022, 4 min, nonverbal)
• Colorful:Will, a boy who wants to become an inventor, loves to invent various toys for his old dog, Norman. One day, while introducing his new toys to Norman, he discovers that dogs are color blind and decides to invent special glasses to present colors to his dog. (Jae-hyeon Cha & Byeong-hyeon Hwang, Republic of Korea, 2021, 9 min, in English)