For Group Tickets <a href="https://facets.formstack.com/forms/cicff40_group_screening_request" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> The young people in this shorts program are creative and express themselves through music, dance and art. They are sometimes challenged to be themselves but they persevere. For Ages 8-10 | 75 minutes | Presented in English, nonverbal and original languages with English subtitles Themes: Arts (music/dance/drama), Dare To Dream, Other IDENTITIES and Experiences (Diversity and Inclusion), Death/Grief, Be Unstoppable/Persistence&nbsp;&nbsp;

The Journey Set Free From his living room, a little boy goes on an incredible journey, guided by a seagull. When there’s no wall left, imagination soars.

The Journey Set Free

Witchfairy Rosemary, a young fairy, leads a boring life at the fairytale castle. She’d rather be a witch so she can scream and get really messy. Her mother doesn’t like the sound of that, so Rosemary takes her stuff and sets off to the witch forest.

Witchfairy

Welcome Sesame (Ukraine): Invisible Shield Ten-year-old Denys from Kyiv loves to dance and attends group lessons several times a week, where he practices with his teacher and other children. In the winter of 2022, Denys started to learn the Ukrainian dance - Hopak, which has become a way of expressing his pride in Ukrainian heritage. As Denys practices different elements of the dance, he also learns about its history and the story of the Cossacks. Hopak is a dance that shows their strength and courage, which Denys compares to having an invisible shield, some kind of a 'super defense'. After classes, Denys likes to go to the park by the Dnipro River, where he collects his thoughts and rehearses his dance alone in nature, preparing for his performance on the big stage some day. This film is part of the 5-film series produced by Sesame Workshop, as part of the Welcome Sesame initiative, designed for children and families affected by the war in Ukraine to develop coping skills, encourage emotional wellbeing, and provide opportunities for early education. Videos and print resources are being distributed on an ongoing basis to families and to Sesame Workshop's partners responding to the crisis.

Welcome Sesame (Ukraine): Invisible Shield

Musical Socks An extremely untalented bunny Darko takes singing lessons from Zvonko the cricket. Their lessons are a total failure. Both the teacher and the pupil are devastated. Željko the hedgehog brings a new perspective to the problem, turning Darko's flaws into advantages.

Musical Socks

Chirsty Bella's Little Tweed Chirsty Bella lives in Scalpay, a little village in the Isle of Harris. She loves her island and keeps herself by doing little jobs like selling eggs and doing traditional Scottish Highland dance. She also loves the very famous and traditional fabric: Harris tweed. This year she wants to produce her very own Harris tweed...easier said than done. The original Harris Tweed loom is like a time machine that takes her back over a hundred years to the age of cogs, wheels, and shuttles. But will she manage to weave her cloth in time?

Chirsty Bella's Little Tweed

A Boy’s Ballet Story Excerpt from LIFE of a DANCER ballet by Elizabeth Flores. A short ballet film based on a true story. A film to inspire us to be kind to those who are different and see the beauty in our diversity.

A Boy’s Ballet Story

Namaste Yoga When Shiv, a 10-year-old boy who is ashamed of being Indian, gets into a fight at school, the only way to avoid suspension is by doing mandatory lunchtime yoga classes.

Namaste Yoga

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