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The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
and the Lone Star Film Society present The Modern Kids — Summer Flicks Series August 10–12
Programming sponsored in part by KIDS FIRST!
Films are shown in the auditorium at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
Take a break from the Texas heat and join us for The 2010 Modern Kids — Summer Flicks Series! Share the art of the screen with your children as they watch stories unfold and ideas form in delightful and innovative films. The bonus for seeing these films at the Modern is the opportunity to visit the galleries before or after and experience the wonder of the art as stories unfold and ideas form in paintings, sculptures, installations and videos found in works from the permanent collection.
Make a full day of creative activities at the Modern. Beautiful sketchbooks made of materials that inspire are available for children of all ages free at the front desk any day of the week and the perfect partner to the films showing for the Summer Flicks Series.
KIDS FIRST! is a project of the Coalition for Quality Children’s Media, a nonprofit organization whose goal is to empower children to make wise media choices and to promote quality media products that enrich their lives. www.kidsfirst.org.
Film Schedule
August
10 10:30
am (ages 3-7) Based
on the classic book, these adventures star Harold, an inventive and curious
toddler with thoughts, desires and feelings typical of any child his age. In his
Crayon World, Harold can muse on questions that all young children naturally
wonder about, and he can come up with his own answers.
Beatless Nick
is a 1950s UPA style animated short about a little beatnik with no sense of
rhythm. Nick searches for his cool so he can fit in with the other Beats. In a
basement jazz club, Nick tries to impress his friends by performing poetry,
jazz, and even interpretive dance. But, his attempts do nothing but empty the
club. Just when Nick is about to give up and move to Squaresville,
he accidentally discovers a talent for scatting. The Beats love it and Nick
finds his cool in his own beatless way. He may stick
out like a sore thumb, but that's because Nick always marches to the beat of
his own drum. Pigeon
Impossible is the tale of Walter, a rookie secret agent faced with a
problem seldom covered in basic training: what to do when a curious pigeon gets
trapped inside your multi-million dollar, government-issued nuclear briefcase. Varmints
tells the story of one small creatures struggle to preserve a world in danger
of being lost forever through recklessness and indifference. In
Life on a Limb, irreconcilable enemies, a tree and a lumberjack, are
stuck in a waiting room together. Inevitably, conflict ensues. Will they end up
burying the hatchet? Yellow
Sticky Notes After realizing that yellow sticky
note "to do" lists were consuming his life, filmmaker Jeff Chiba
Stearns decided to visually self-reflect on his filmmaking journey by animating
on the same sticky notes that caused him to ignore major world events for the
last nine years. Animation meditation is blended with image, text, and an
original musical score by Genevieve Vincent through the creation of a
classically animated experimental film that was drawn straight ahead with only
a black ink pen on over 2300 yellow sticky notes. In
Gerald’s Last Day, Gerald the dog, an unlikely candidate for adoption, has
been scheduled for termination by the pound at 5:00. Today is his last chance
to seduce a potential adopter.....can he do it before his time runs out?
Modern
and mythical worlds collide in a heroic epic adventure in Percy Jackson
& The Olympians: The Lightning Thief. Based on
the popular book series by Rick Riordan, the film follows trouble-prone Percy
Jackson who finds himself having problems in high
school but that's the least of his challenges. It's the 21st century, but the
gods of Mount Olympus have walked out of the pages of his Greek mythology texts
and into his life, and they're not happy Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen,
and Percy is the prime suspect. Learning he is the son of Poseidon, the young
teen finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, and embarks on a
cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief and unravel a mystery
more powerful than the gods themselves. August
11 10:30
am (ages 3-7) In
Lost and Found, little boy finds a penguin on his doorstep, and though
at first unsure what to do, the boy becomes determined to help the penguin find
his way back home. Even if that means rowing all the way to the South Pole! The
Happy Duckling is an animated adventure set in a
pop-up book world. Assembled and led by writer/director Gili
Dolev, and accompanied by a whimsical score from
composer Mick Cooke of Belle and Sebastian, the film follows the antics of a
young boy in his struggles against a stacking duck! In this pop-up book world,
expect the unexpected. Surprises aplenty behind every flap opened and every tab
pulled. 1:30
pm (ages 8-11) In
Reach, a tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the
length of his power cable. Snow
Day Can a helpless T-Rex dinosaur save himself from the
impending doom of the Ice Age with only one sock? Abridged
is a romantic comedy set on the Golden Gate Bridge. Again
and Again Tons of cool ways to use a Mac, set
to the song of 'Again & Again' by the Bird & the Bee. Kid
Show The playful fantasy world of little boys, where you can
have weird conversations with the sun, dance around
with wiggly arms, and, when your dad tells you to “go to sheep,” your pillow
turns into one. Alex
and the Ghosts is a story of childhood magic and
wonderment around a legendary hockey team, uniting past and present, reaching
out to the youthful hearts of sport fans of all ages. Murphy's Shorts is a childhood memory of a boy who is very impressed with himself. Lunch Vlad is an angry lonely 40-year-old man. He wants to eat his lunch in quiet but someone drops a small cat near his door and that disturbs Vlad's peace. The
Girl Who Cried Flowers is a moving narrative about the
beauty of creation and the power of desire brought to life in a painterly
watercolor style. In ancient Greece, a mysterious orphan is discovered. At
first the local villagers are wary of the strange girl who cries beautiful
blossoms instead of tears. But in time they begin to treasure her magical gift
and desire her flowers. Olivia, a kind and giving spirit resolves to spend her
days thinking sad thoughts and crying mountains of flowers for the insatiable
villagers. However, sudden love brings change when Olivia falls for a jovial
farmer named Panos. Panos
desires nothing from Olivia except her happiness and so, out of love, he
forbids her from crying. But the villagers will not simply forsake their
beloved "girl who cries flowers."
The adventures of wisecracking pre-teen Greg Heffley, who must somehow survive the scariest time of
anyone's life... middle school. Convinced it's the "dumbest
idea ever invented," Heffley considers junior
high school a place rigged with hundreds of social landmines, not the least of
which are wedgies, swirlies, bullies, lunchtime
banishment of the cafeteria floor and a festering piece of cheese with nuclear
cooties that he must overcome to become popular. His diary—or
"journal"—chronicles his thoughts, tales of family trials and
tribulations, and (would be) schoolyard triumphs. August
12 These
films from Mexico are part of the Festival de la Risa
Celebration, commemorating the Bicentennial of
the Independence and the Centennial of the Revolution of Mexico.
Trey
and Brianna visit Marisa's home which is buzzing with activity as her family
prepares for a Quinceaera celebration for her sister
Anna. 1:30
pm (ages 8-11) In
La Lune, a couple living on top of a bizarre hourglass and under a tree
discover the moon accidentally for the first time. The woman's desire to reach
and obtain the moon will lead them to experience things that they have never
gone through before. In the end, they would discover new things about
themselves and new truth about the world they thought they knew. In
Un Duelo, two
hummingbirds engage on a senseless but sometimes funny battle. El
Salon Mexico is a fantasy set in Mexico in the
1800's when a very young campesino who, along with
his burro and rooster, sneaks out of the house one night to see a fiesta for
the very first time. Folktales
from Around the World: The Bear Prince is
a Mexican tale about a spirit that turns a prince into a bear. When the bear
marries a woodcutter's daughter, he reveals his secret and exacts a promise
that she will never tell. In a fit of anger, she reveals it, setting off an
extraordinary quest. Swaying
Giants is a documentary about a huge spectacle in Catalonia—the
Human Giants. Sisters Laia, age 9, and Maria, age 7,
have been practicing climbing these human towers for as long as they can
remember, and they want more than anything to climb in the competition.
The lives of Finn, a life-loving, Frisbee-playing dog, and his shy, 13-year-old owner, Peter are changed forever when a lab experiment goes wrong and Finn is accidentally transformed into a human. Once on two legs, Finn teaches Ben to feel the wind in his fur, catch Frisbees like a dog and, ultimately, to find his own pack.
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