Belmont World Film's Family Festival will present three Czech films: Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light, created by the renowned director, illustrator and art designer Filip Pošivač, and two short films Suzie in the Garden and Cats Are Liquid.
Belmont World Film's Family Festival
January 13-21, 2024
Visit www.belmontworldfilm.org/family-festival for more info and the complete schedule
Sunday, January 14, at 11:45 AM
West Newton Cinema, 1296 Washington Street, Newton, MA
Tony, Shelly and the Magic Light
Directed by Filip Posivac
US premiere | 80 min | In Czech with English subtitles | Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia | 2023 | Age 5-12
A film about being different, about friendship, and first loves…but above all, about light and darkness. Eleven-year-old Tony was born with a unique feature: he glows! His worried parents keep him tethered to the house, where he spends time in his blanket bunker dreaming about having a friend. When a girl named Shelly moves into his house, however, she turns his world upside down. Together they embark on an adventurous search for why the sunshine is being sucked out of their apartment building house. It’s no wonder this miraculous stop-motion animated film won the Contretemps Award at the prestigious Annecy International Animation Festival in 2023!
Sunday, January 21 at 2:15 PM
Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA
International Films for Young Hearts (shorts)
Two of the six animated films in this program are from the Czech Republic
Suzie in the Garden
Animated, Czechia, 2022,13 min
Directed by Lucie Šimková-Sunková.
Suzie in the Garden by Lucie Sunková, about a little girl who meets a black dog that helps her discover a mysterious garden and the woman who owns it.
Cats Are Liquid
Animated, Czechia, 2023, 1 min
Directed by Natálie Durchánková
Cats Are Liquid by Natálie Durchánková, are full of funny scenes that prove that cats (contrary to general belief) are actually not solid, but liquid.
