2017 Providence Children's Film Festival

The 2017 Providence Children’s Film Festival is taking place February 17th-26th, and there is an incredible line up of independent and international children’s films! To get a taste of what this year’s festival will feature, please view the 2017 Preview Trailer.

 

This year, in conjunction with Media Smart Libraries, PCFF is featuring 14 free events at Rhode Island Libraries. Both the free library events and the main festival screenings great opportunities to view independent and international children’s film, gather ideas for library programming and lessons, and use the growing PCFF Film Hub.


Media Smart Libraries is sponsoring a special screening of Golden Globe nominee for best animation, My Life as a Zucchini on February 25th, please RSVP to alyssa_taft@my.uri.edu(link sends e-mail) by February 20th if you would like to attend. The PCFF website lists a ticket fee associated with this event, however it is free to librarians who are attending through Media Smart Libraries. Just let us know and we will put you on the list!

 


The full schedule for the event can be found here. Free library events are noted in red and all other tickets may be purchased at the PCFF website. Information about venues, parking, and the films themselves are also available on the PCFF website.


We hope you see you at the Providence Children’s Film Festival! To read more about it, visit the Media Smart Libraries event listing and if you have any questions, feel free to contact us at Media Smart Libraries.

Additionally, there are nine film guides (and one general guide to short films) featuring a selected group of 2017 films. These film guides are free to download and print from the PCFF website. The following films have accompanying film guides and may be of special interest to those librarians looking to use independent and international children’s films in their libraries:

  • Blanka

  • Kayayo

  • Gus Outdoors

  • Brothers of the Wind

  • Fanny’s Journey

  • My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de Courgette)

  • Sonita

  • Rainbow Day Camp

  • Two Worlds

You can browse all of the PCFF films on their Film Hub; once you select one of the below films you then click on “Film Guide” to view/print a PDF of the guide.