Congrats to Grand Prize winner "Foosball" and Jury Award winner "Crocodiles without Saddles"

Founded in 1997, New York Int'l Children's Film Festival presents intelligent, passionate, provocative and entertaining film programs that cultivate an appreciation for the arts, stimulate critical thought, and promote media literacy. Pulling from thousands of submissions from all over the world, the Festival is North America's largest festival of film for children and teens age 3-18. The 2014 edition unspools Mar 7-Mar 30 at theaters around Manhattan, with 100+ films plus gala premieres, retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, production workshops, receptions, audience voting, and the annual NYICFF Awards Ceremony.

The closing Event included:

• Kid-friendly awards presentation
• Best of the Fest screening of the winning films
• Free NYICFF tote bag stuffed with goodies for all attendees!

The NYICFF fantastic 2014 Jury:

John Canemaker - Academy Award-winning animator (The Moon and the Son)
Geena Davis - Academy Award-winning Actor (The Accidental Tourist, Thelma and Louise) 
Lynne McVeigh - Associate Professor of Children's Media at NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Matthew Modine - Award-winning actor (Full Metal Jacket,The Dark Knight Rises) 
Richard Peña - Director Emeritus New York Film Festival, Columbia University Professor of Film Studies 
Bill Plympton - Academy Award nomindated filmmaer (Guard Dog, Idiots and Angels)
Dana Points - Editor-in-Chief of Parents Magazine
Susan Sarandon - Academy Award winning actor (Dead Man Walking, Jeff who Lives at Home)
Henry Selick - Academy Award nominated director (Coraline, The Nightmare Before Christmas)
James Schamus - Award winning writer/producer (Brokeback Mountain, The Ice Storm)
Evan Shapiro - President of Participant Television
Christine Vachon - Award-winning producer (Boys Don't Cry, Mildred Pierce)
Uma Thurman - Academy Award nominated actor (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2)
Gus Van Sant - Academy Award nominated director (Milk, Good Will Hunting)
Taika Waititi - Academy Award nominated writer/director (Two Cars One Night, Boy)
Jeffrey Wright - Award-winning actor (Basquiat, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire)

Sunday, March 30, 5:00PM DGA Theater, 110 West 57th Street