BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130520T063517CEST-715354bamM@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130520T043517Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Belmont World Film's 10th Annual Family Film Festiv al\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441653023/Belmont_Wo rld_Films_10th_Annual_Family_Film_Festival\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-11-09\n Event Date End: 2012-11-18\n\nBelmont World Film\, which has presented the best in international films from around the globe for children and adults since 2001\, celebrates the 10th anniversary of its Family Film Festival with Magic and Movies\, five days of live action and animated films from t he Netherlands\, Czech Republic\, Poland\, the UK\, Germany\, Estonia/Latv ia\, Canada\, China\, the US\, and elsewhere&mdash\;many of them US or New England premieres. The festival takes place November 9-10 at the Museum o f Fine Arts\, Boston and November 16-18\, at the Studio Cinema\, Belmont. \nBoston's first multi-day children's film festival since the early 1990's features 15 extraordinary programs with over 60 films from around the wor ld. Each weekend begins with Magic Fridays\, magical programs of animated shorts\, live action films\, and performances. Opening night at the MFA on Nov. 9\, at 7 PM features the New England premiere of The Magic Piano an astonishing stop-motion short film made by a group of artists and animator s from around the globe\, and The Chopin Shorts\, a group of dazzling\, wo rdless animated short films\, both from Academy Award-winning Breakthru Fi lms (Peter and the Wolf). The films are also connected by a soundtrack fea turing Chopin's magical Etudes performed by celebrated Chinese pianist Lan g Lang. A live performance by Leonard Solomon and his Bellowphone&mdash\;a one-of-a-kind instrument that the classically trained Solomon designed an d built from an assortment of horns\, pipes and whistles&mdash\;follows. T he film portion repeats on Sat.\, Nov. 17\, at 1:30 PM at the Studio Cinem a.\nMagic Friday at the Studio Cinema in Belmont on Nov. 16 features the N ew England premiere of The Magicians by Joram Lü\;rsen at 5:00 PM\, in which eight year-old Ben and his father learn magic from an old master an d become fascinated by a disappearance trick\, and Make Believe by J. Clay Tweel (USA\, 2010\, 85 min.)\, a coming of age film set in the quirky sub culture of magic that follows six of the world's best young magicians as t hey compete for the title of Teen World Champion. Bill Cook\, a teen magic ian from Chicago featured in the film\, performs a live magic show at 4:45 PM\, as well as following the screening of Make Believe where producer St even Klein will be in attendance. Moozy's of Belmont will also provide com plimentary ice cream treats at both screenings.\nOther film programs inclu de:\nEric Carle\, Picture Writer: The Art of the Picture Book: An intimate portrait of the children's book author and illustrator demonstrating how he makes a picture book&mdash\;from the inception of an idea to the final work. Shown with shorts from The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Stories. (Nov. 10\, 10:30 AM & Nov. 17\, 12:00 PM with director Kate Geis)\nFidgety Bram: Six year-old Bram thinks a lot about the world around him and just cannot sit still\, which becomes a problem when he starts first grade. His strict\, traditional teacher\, Mr. Fish\, tries to change Bram\, with mix ed results. A substitute teacher changes both their lives. US Premiere\nCa nadian/Quebec Shorts: Two programs\, entitled Around the World (Nov. 10\, 12:00 PM) and Growing Pains (Nov. 18\, 12:00 PM)\, of the best multicultur al\, animated shorts from Quebec and Canada. US premieres include A Sea Tu rtle Story\, Big Mouth\, and Private Eyes. Also includes noted Quebec film maker Co Hoedman's Academy Award-winning The Sandcastle (1977).\nThe Blue Tiger: A combination of live-action and clever animation that features an evil mayor who plans to demolish an old botanical garden and replace it wi th his vision of a modern new city. Two young friends must protect the mag ical blue tiger in order to save the garden and their neighborhood. (Nov. 10\, 3:30 PM) New England Premiere\nScholastic/Weston Woods Animated Short Films: Two different programs featuring animated favorite children's book s from the award-winning producers. New England premieres include: Sky Col or by Peter Reynolds\, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct and Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems\, The Red Hen by Rebecca & Ed Emberl ey\, Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold\, Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo\, I'm Fa st by Kate & Jim McMullan\, and Goodnight\, Goodnight Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenfeld. (Nov. 17 & 18\, 10:30 AM)\nVictor and the Secret of Crocodile Mansion: Eleven-year-old Victor is both thril led and mystified when his family moves into his elderly uncle's somber ol d mansion filled with African masks\, stuffed crocodiles and a decades-old secret surrounding the death of his uncle's young daughter\, Cecilia. A H itchcock movie for kids! (Nov. 17\, 3:00 PM) New England Premiere\nLotte a nd the Moonstone Secret by Heiki Ernits and Janno Poldma (Estonia/Latvia 2 011\, 75 min.): The inventive animated dog Lotte and her Uncle Klaus set o ff on a journey from Gadgetville to investigate the appearance of two rabb it-eared visitors in search of three mysterious moonstones. (Nov. 18\, 1:3 0 PM\, New England Premiere)\nOne Life: Narrated by actor Daniel Craig\, t his visually stunning film offers an unprecedented look at life in the ani mal kingdom. Created from more than 10\,000 hours of footage shot around t he globe over the course of four years\, it brings the audience closer to nature than ever before. (Nov. 18\, 3:30 PM\, US Premiere)\n\nStart time: On Friday\, November 16\, there is a live magic show beginning at 4:45 PM prior to the screening of THE MAGICIANS at 5:00 PM. DTSTART:20121109T000000 DTEND:20121118T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Belmont World Film's 10th Annual Family Film Festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR