The 11th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival runs from Friday, October 7 through Sunday, October 16. Apart from the opening-night screening, which is at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington, all screenings will be at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton. Tickets are $3 for children and Facets members, $5 for adults; discount booklets of four tickets are $10 for children, $15 for adults. For further information call 281-9075.
Saturday, October 8
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Short films, mostly animated, about animals, from the U.S., England, Norway, Japan, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. (10:00 )
Short Videos 1
A live-action video feature from England, directed by Gerry Poulson, to be shown with an animated U.S. short, Strangeness in the Night. (2:00)
Socially conscious videos from Canada (about a teenage activist in Thailand) and the U.S. (one about inner-city youth, the other about three families in Bagdad after the gulf war). (4:00)
Animated and live-action shorts from Canada and the U.S. (10:00)