The ninth annual Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, featuring films and videotapes from about a dozen countries, runs from Friday, October 9, through Sunday, October 18. Unfortunately, the selections are from fewer countries than in the past, and English-language films dominate. (Does this reflect a growing isolationism and xenophobia in this country?) In the listings below, films and videos not identified by country are from the United States. All screenings will be at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton. Single tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for children and Facets members; a pass good for four films is $15 for adults, $10 for children. For more information call 281-9075.
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Graham Ralph’s English Classroom Distractions, Les Drew’s Canadian Every Dog’s Guide to the Playground, Daniel Greaves’s English Manipulation, Mattias Gordon’s Swedish Just an Unordinary Day, Brian Duchscherer’s Canadian The Balgonie Birdman, Frantisek Jurisic’s Czech The Needle, Celia Kendrick’s Only the Cat Saw It, and John Matthews’s Uncle Elephant. (Noon)
Jean Beaudry’s Canadian comedy concerns two young men from different backgrounds who go into business together, then watch it take off when they hire a young woman as a partner and she shoots their first commercial. On the same program, Aida Sanchez’s animated short Esperanza. (2:00)
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