NYICFF 2013 Opens This Friday!

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Now in its 16th year, New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF)is North America’s largest festival of film for children and teens and stands at the forefront of a movement to define a new, more provocative and compelling film for kids. The upcoming NYICFF 2013 unspools March 1-March 24 at theaters around Manhattan, with 100+ films plus gala premieres, retrospectives, filmmaker Q&As, production workshops, receptions, audience voting, and the NYICFF Awards Ceremony.

OPENING NIGHT FILM: ERNEST & CELESTINE – US Premiere
Benjamin Renner, France, 2012, 79 min

FROM UP ON POPPY HILL- US Premiere
Japan, Goro Miyazaki, 2012, 92 min

WOLF CHILDREN -US Continental Premiere
Japan, Mamoru Hosoda, 2012, 117 min

For the full list and schedule of all films screening at NYICFF and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm or call 212-349-0330.