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Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival 2023

Collage of animated film stills and an image of a man reading a book to children outdoors.
Join us for our all-ages weekend of family films, books, and activities, featuring a talk with illustrator and author Innosanto Nagara.

This year’s weekend festival includes screenings of a classic epic fantasy and short international films focusing on kids’ perspectives. In addition, there are several hands-on and participatory activities on Saturday. Make signs, stretch with yoga teachers, talk to an author, and take home one of his books for free.
 
You can also join us in the galleries for family-friendly experiences with educators while exploring our most recent exhibitions: Sahar Khoury: Umm; Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally; and Harold Mendez: one way to transform and two and three and interact with the installation Color Block No. 2 by Outpost Office. Check out the full program below. 
 
Parents, if you have any questions about Zoom activities and films or their content, please email Wexner Center Community, Youth, and Family Programs Manager Jean Pitman at jpitman@wexarts.org.

For your safety and enjoyment, please allow extra time for arrival to the Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival at Mershon Auditorium, located at 1871 North High Street. Doors open at 8 AM so come early to ensure you don’t miss any of the activities starting at 9 AM. Please note that re-entry is not permitted and all bags are subject to inspection.

IMAGE CAPTION
Clockwise from top left: The Goose (Jan Mika, 2023); Luce and the Rock (Britt Raes, 2022); Innosanto Nagara, photo: Garna Raditya; A Whisper in the Island of the Heart (Xiaowen Wang, 2022); To Be Sisters (Anne-Sophie Gousset and Clément Céard, 2022); The Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen, 1984), image courtesy of Warner BrosImages courtesy of New York International Children’s Film Festival unless noted otherwise. 

Zoom: Family Film and Book Festival is presented in partnership with Columbus City Schools Pathway Express.

FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation

LEARNING & PUBLIC PRACTICE PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
American Electric Power Foundation
Huntington 
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
Big Lots Foundation

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ingram-White Castle Foundation
The Ohio State University Office of Outreach & Engagement
Ohio Arts Council 
Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation

WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Ohio Department of Development
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Ohio Arts Council
CampusParc
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Nationwide Foundation
Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Mike and Paige Crane
Axium Packaging
Nancy Kramer
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection 
Larry and Donna James
Bruce and Joy Soll
Jones Day
Alex and Renée Shumate