Festival Data:

• Established: 1997
• Genre: Children (click to see)
• Attendance: 20000
• Media Attendance: 30
• Total Number of Films Screened: 70
• Total Screenings: 35
• # of Shorts Screened: 50
• # of Features Screened: 20

• Competitive

Festival Website:

Festival Description:

The New York International Children's Film Festival was founded in 1997 to promote intelligent, passionate, provocative cinematic works for ages 3-18 and to help define a more compelling film for kids. Since its launch, the event has grown to become the largest festival for children and teens in North America, with a paid audience of over 20,000 attending the most recent event. Since 2000, all screenings have sold out in advance.

Each year the New York International Children's Film Festival presents a highly selective slate of the best animation, live action, documentary and experimental film from around the world.  The next annual, city-wide festival will take place February 2009.  The three week festival will present 100 new films in competition plus gala premieres, retrospectives, filmmaker workshops, receptions, and the NYICFF Awards Ceremony.  NYICFF also presents screenings and premieres throughout the year at the IFC Center and other locations.

The New York International Children's Film Festival seeks creative, original, non-formulaic works that will help to define a new, more compelling film for kids. We are not shy about showing films with mature themes, subject matter, language or sensibilities--especially for our teen and pre-teen audiences. If you are in doubt about the suitability of your film, we urge you to submit the work and let the NYICFF selection committee make the determination.

Categories include: Features, Shorts, Animation, Narrative, Documentary,
Experimental, 35mm, and Video.

The 2009 NYICFF JURY will include: Susan Sarandon, Gus Van Sant, Matthew Modine, James Schamus, Christine Vachon,  Adam Gopnik, Lynne McVeigh and Rob Minkoff

Film Submissions:

• Accepts direct submissions
• Submission formats: Beta-SP, Digi-Beta, 16mm, 35mm, DVD
• Call for Entry: http:/ / gkids.com/ entry2008.html

Curent Film Previews:

• The Children's Tree