Winner of the CCJTDC GLOBAL GIRLS Film Festival

The International Children's Media Center was thrilled to present the "Films For Me and You" program at the Global Girls Film Festival on June 20 at the CCJTDC. The program was the culmination of the 14-week Global Girls program during which youth at the Juvenile Temporary Detention Center chose the films for the festival line-up which featured 8 films from 4 countries. After tallying audience votes from parents, staff and Residents, the Best of Fest winner

was Anti-Chiraq, The Documentary, which focuses on gang violence and crime in Chicago as it relates to the term "Chiraq" However, this filmmaker deconstructs the term and argues that if certain Chicagoans are pigeonholed as violent individuals, they are more likely to live out those roles rather than question the possible alternatives. By highlighting the Anti-Chiraq movement, director Tamiya Matlock supports a vision of progress in reducing violence in Chicago.  

Best of Fest Winner  (By audience vote) 

Anti-Chiraq, A Documentary

Director: Tamiya Matlock

USA, 2014

Winners of the New Moms Women's View Film Festival

The Women's View Film Festival opened on June 17 at New Moms, Inc. with the Wind of Change program held at the New Moms center. Curated by Residents of New Moms, the screening was titled "Wind of Change" because of the recurring theme of change in each of the 10 films from 13 different countries. The Women's View Festival Jury Prize was awarded by the New Moms Festival Jury, to the film which was the most successful at portraying women in strong, courageous and compassionate roles. The 20145 Jury Prize was awarded to Lioness of Lisabi, which follows the main character Funmi in 1940s Nigeria as she seeks balance between modernity and tradition after being sent to school in England, to help confront the patriarchal oppression still plagues her homeland. Following the screening of Finding Friends and ourselves, at the Lake Theatre in Oak Park, the Best of Fest ballots were tallied for both dates. The Best of Fest Winner by popular vote is A Cautionary Tail, voiced by Cate Blanchett, David Wenham and about a young girl who was born with a tail that expresses her emotions.  

Best of Fest Winner  (By audience vote) 

  A Cautionary Tail 

  Director: Simon Rippingale

  Australia, 2012

Women's View Festival Jury Prize

 
          Lioness of Lisabi

          Director: Vlady Valentin Oszekiel

          USA/Trinidad, 2008

Winner of the Darwin School ICFF

The International Children's FilmFest had an enchanted opening on June 12 with "Maybe It's Magic", at Darwin Elementary School in Logan Square, where students and teachers viewed 9 short films from 8 different countries. The winner of the Best of Fest award was Brazil'sColored Pencils (Lápis de Cor) about Claudio, a 9 year old boy who lives with his mother and loves to draw. His father has been gone for a few years, and Claudio believes drawing a color portrait of his father will help him come home. Finally, Claudio's family is reunited when he completes the portrait of his dreams.

 Best of Fest Winner

  Colored Pencils

  Director: Alice Gomes

  Brazil, 2010

Winner of the Third Albany Park Community Center ICFilmFest

The ICMC partnered with the Albany Park Community Center (APCC) to present a third exciting year of screenings. The ICFilmFest featured two film programs for different age groups on June 26, titled "I Wonder" and "Animation Extravaganza." The first showing of the festival included 14 films from 9 different countries for ages 2-5, while the second showing had 12 films from 9 countries for ages 7-10, all animated. The winner of the Best of Fest award, as determined by the children, was Orange Ô Despair, a charming French animated film about an orange living in the grocery store who prefers the company of pineapples to his stoic and stuffy citrus society. Director John Banana creates a comical tale about whether or not the grass really is greener on the other side.

 Best of Fest Winner

          Orange Ô Despair

          Director: John Banana

  France, 2011

Credits

The ICFilmFest is supported by the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and the MacArthur Fund for Arts and Culture at The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, by the Polk Bros. Foundation and by Howard Conant. Special thanks to the Leo S. Guthman Fund, the Albert Pick, Jr. Fund and an Anonymous Donor for their support of the Global Girls Festival program.