International Children's Film Festival coming to Lake Forest
The year's best children's films in the world will come to Gorton Community Center on Sunday, Oct. 25.
In partnership with Facets Multimedia's Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Gorton's John & Nancy Hughes Theater will serve as the only festival location outside of Chicago.
"Meaningful film programming for children is hard to come by," said Facets' founder and WBEZ radio celebrity, Milos Stehlik. "We are thrilled to be working with Gorton to bring the best in children's animation and live-action films by extraordinarily talented filmmakers to families on the North Shore."
Tickets to the Chicago International Children's Film Festival in Lake Forest are $10 and can be purchased at gortoncenter.org. A complete listing of the films to be screened at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival is available at facets.org. Gorton is at 400 E. Illinois Road in Lake Forest.
Sunday's screenings are open to the public and are divided into show times with age recommendations.
At 1 p.m., families with children 8 and under will see 10 magical shorts entitled "Ready, Steady, Go!" Running time is just over an hour, and children are required to attend with an adult.
At 2:15 p.m., "Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism" tells the tale of the plucky Molly who enjoys her family and friends in a small-town English orphanage - until she finds a book that gives her the power of hypnosis. This film is best suited for children ages 8 and older. Running time is 94 minutes.
In "Windstorm 2" at 4 p.m., Mika cancels her plans for a trip to Paris when she gets a bad feeling that something is amiss both at the family's stable and with her beloved horse Windstorm. Suitable for young adults, the running time is 94 minutes.
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival is the largest children's film festival in North America, and the world's first Oscar-qualifying children's film festival. For more than 32 years, Facets has provided Chicago area residents years the opportunity to see award-winning children's film. Now through partnership with Gorton and Facets the festival is available to the North Shore communities.
"This festival brings exceptional film to our doorstep," said Gorton Executive Director Brenda Dick.
Facets is a leading national nonprofit media arts organization founded in 1975. The Chicago International Children's Film Festival, which Facets produces each October, is the nation's oldest and largest festival of films for children and the first children's film festival in the world to be accredited as an Academy-qualifying festival.
Films from the Festival have received 26 Academy Award nominations and 7 Oscar wins.