Film Screening
Children’s Film Festival Seattle: Wilde Welt
A German-language short film program.
Goethe Pop Up Seattle is again partnering with the Children’s Film Festival Seattle to present this year’s selection of German-language films for kids.
** Filmmaker Sebastian Jansen (Little Achilles) in attendance! **
This short-film program is filled with stories of a wild world — an epic playground battle, messages fished from bottles floating in the sea, miracles performed by a learned man, and the story of a girl who cannot recognize her own face, until she draws it.
Short Films in this Program:
Isabel’s Treasure
(Lydia Bruna, Germany, live-action, 2018, 15 min) West Coast premiere!
Isabel runs away from home to find a treasure to help her parents finance the renovation of their house. On the way, she meets all sorts of storybook characters.
Boje
(Andreas Cordes & Robert Köhler, Germany, live-action, 2019, 10 min) WA premiere!
A little boy who lives on the coast with his father has a lot of questions. But when his father can’t find the right words to answer his son, he turns to the sea for help.
Carlotta’s Face
(Valentin Riedl & Frédéric Schuld, Germany, 2018, 5 min) Seattle premiere!
For Carlotta, a girl with a rare condition of not being able to recognize any face, even her own, it is art that finally offers her a way to see herself.
Shaul and Ivan
(Rebecca Akoun, Austria, animation, 2019, 10 min) U.S. premiere!
In a small village, Shaul sings while Ivan dances happily around a table with other villagers — it’s a moment of happiness neither will forget soon.
Little Achilles
(Sebastian Jansen, Germany, live-action, 2019, 28 min) U.S. premiere!
When 10-year-old Alex gets his bike stolen by the well-known bully, George, his father tries to give him perspective by telling him about the siege of Troy and the Greek hero Achilles. This all sparks a playground war that comes complete with flaming marshmallows and jello catapults.
Children’s Film Festival Seattle is cinematic extravaganza that celebrates the best and brightest in international films for children, including animation, feature length films, short films, and hands-on workshops. In its 15th year, the festival prioritizes stories that have been underrepresented in the mainstream media, which inspire empathy, understanding, and a nuanced view of the world.
Details
Northwest Film Forum
1515 12th Ave
Seattle WA 98122
Language: German with English subtitles
Ages 8+
Price: $13 General Admission
$ 10 Student/Child/Senior
$7 NWFF Member