The Seattle Children’s Film Festival was designed by Northwest Film Forum to provide quality film programming for young people and families, offering full-length features, animation, and short films of all types as well as workshops to allow festival goers the chance to get some deeper understanding of film. Although the films in the festival are specifically designed for the appreciation of this target audience, much of the programming is as appealing to adults as to kids. A well-crafted film is a well-crafted film, after all.

The festival kicks off this Friday, January 25, with an opening night celebration featuring the 1926 animated film The Adventures of Prince Achmed with a brand new score by Miles and Karina. Other special events include the Saturday Morning Pancake Breakfast and Short Film Smorgasbord, Saturday, January 26 at 9:30 am, and the Closing Ceremony on Sunday, February 3.

In between open and close there are many wonderful films. I suggest you see the live action Hansel and Gretel on Sunday, January 27 (playing with Chasing Game and Dimension) but keep the wee ones at home because some scenes might be too dark and scary for the under 9 set. Also on the 27th (and on the 28th, 31st, and 3rd, too), check out Out of This World, a collection of animated and live action shorts telling stories that are, well, out of the world. There are a ton of other films, and they all have something to offer. Check out the complete schedule at the SCFF site. [#]

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