

Jump-start your little one’s love of cinema with a program of cartoons from around the world.
Join us for a screening of animated shorts from the 2024 New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYCIFF). Each short is selected to charm all audiences and to introduce our youngest viewers to their very first movie theater experience. (Approx. 67 mins., DCP)
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Clockwise from top left: Coquille, My name is Edgar and I have a cow, Tabby McTat, Pufferfish, courtesy of NYICFF.
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Program lineup
Pufferfish (Kugelfisch, Julia Ocker, 2022, 4 mins., Germany)
In an ocean full of big, bad fish, the pufferfish must act as tough as possible—but looks can be deceiving. No dialogue.
Forever Seven (Für immer Sieben, Antje Heyn and Alexander Isert, 2024, 9 mins., Germany)
The greatest treasure of the wooden crate Mouse finds may just be the possibilities it holds. In English.
Coquille (Multiple directors, 2023, 6 mins., France)
After losing his shell, hermit crab Bernard must face the dangers of the beach to find a new home. No dialogue.
My name is Edgar and I have a cow (Jmenuju se Edgar a mam kravu, Filip Diviak, 2023, 8 mins., Czech Republic, Slovakia)
When Edgar rescues a newborn calf from a food factory, he learns that raising a cow isn’t as easy as it seems. In Czech and Slovak with English subtitles.
Hoofs on Skates (Kanopos ir pačiūžos, Ignas Meilūnas, 2024, 12 mins., Lithuania)
Two friends discover the joys of the ice—both above and below. No dialogue.
Tabby McTat (Jac Hamman and Sarah Scrimgeour, 2022, 25 mins., United Kingdom)
The Oscar-nominated (and NYICFF Award-winning)
Magic Light Pictures returns to share the adventure of a tabby street cat and his busking friend. In English.
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Program Support
Presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival
FILM/VIDEO PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
National Endowment for the Arts
Ohio Humanities
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Rohauer Collection Foundation
WEXNER CENTER PROGRAMS MADE POSSIBLE BY
Greater Columbus Arts Council
The Wexner Family
Institute of Museum and Library Services
Mellon Foundation
Every Page Foundation
Ohio Arts Council, with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
CampusParc
Nationwide Foundation
Lois S. and H. Roy Chope Fund of The Columbus Foundation
Ohio State’s Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme
The Columbus Foundation
Axium Packaging
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY
Ohio State Energy Partners
Ohio History Fund/Ohio History Connection
David Crane and Elizabeth Dang
Melissa Gilliam and William Grobman
Rebecca Perry Damsen and Ben Towle
Little Kid Flicks 2024