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:20130519T021051CEST-0695viJgZt@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130519T001051Z 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/441653024/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 at 5:00 PM\, in which eight year-old Ben and his father learn magic from an old master and become fascinated by a disappearance trick\, and Make Believe by J. Clay Tweel (USA\, 2010\, 8 5 min.)\, a coming of age film set in the quirky subculture of magic that follows six of the world's best young magicians as they compete for the ti tle of Teen World Champion. Bill Cook\, a teen magician from Chicago featu red in the film\, performs a live magic show at 4:45 PM\, as well as follo wing the screening of Make Believe where producer Steven Klein will be in attendance. Moozy's of Belmont will also provide complimentary ice cream t reats at both screenings.\nOther film programs include:\nEric Carle\, Pict ure Writer: The Art of the Picture Book: An intimate portrait of the child ren's book author and illustrator demonstrating how he makes a picture boo k&mdash\;from the inception of an idea to the final work. Shown with short s 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 Br am thinks a lot about the world around him and just cannot sit still\, whi ch becomes a problem when he starts first grade. His strict\, traditional teacher\, Mr. Fish\, tries to change Bram\, with mixed results. A substitu te teacher changes both their lives. (Nov. 10\, 12:00 PM) US Premiere\nCan adian/Quebec Shorts: Two programs\, entitled Around the World (Nov. 10\, 1 2:00 PM) and Growing Pains (Nov. 18\, 12:00 PM)\, of the best multicultura l\, animated shorts from Quebec and Canada. US premieres include A Sea Tur tle Story\, Big Mouth\, and Private Eyes. Also includes noted Quebec filmm aker Co Hoedman's Academy Award-winning The Sandcastle.\nThe Blue Tiger: A combination of live-action and clever animation that features an evil may or who plans to demolish an old botanical garden and replace it with his v ision of a modern new city. Two young friends must protect the magical blu e tiger in order to save the garden and their neighborhood. (Nov. 10\, 3:3 0 PM) New England Premiere\nScholastic/Weston Woods Animated Short Films: Two different programs featuring animated favorite children's books from t he award-winning producers. New England premieres include: Sky Color by Pe ter Reynolds\, Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct and Knu ffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems\, The Red Hen by Rebecca & Ed Emberley\, Hi! Fly Guy by Tedd Arnold\, Bink & Gollie by Kate DiCamillo\, I'm Fast by Ka te & 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 thrilled and mystified when his family moves into his elderly uncle's somber old mansio n filled with African masks\, stuffed crocodiles and a decades-old secret surrounding the death of his uncle's young daughter\, Cecilia. A Hitchcock movie for kids! (Nov. 17\, 3:00 PM) New England Premiere\nLotte and the M oonstone Secret: The inventive animated dog Lotte and her Uncle Klaus set off on a journey from Gadgetville to investigate the appearance of two rab bit-eared visitors in search of three mysterious moonstones. (Nov. 18\, 1: 30 PM) New England Premiere\nOne Life: Narrated by actor Daniel Craig\, th is visually stunning film offers an unprecedented look at life in the anim al kingdom. Created from more than 10\,000 hours of footage shot around th e globe over the course of four years\, it brings the audience closer to n ature than ever before. (Nov. 18\, 3:30 PM) US Premiere\n\nStart time: The re is a live magic show at 4:45 PM on Friday\, November 16\, prior to the screening of THE MAGICIANS DTSTART:20121109T000000 DTEND:20121118T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Belmont World Film's 10th Annual Family Film Festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR