Films and videotapes from more than 25 countries will be screened at Facets Multimedia Center, 1517 W. Fullerton, Friday, October 11, through Sunday, October 20. 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.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12
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ANIMATION CELEBRATION A selection of 13 animated shorts from Canada, England, the U.S., Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, India, and Germany, with appearances by two of the American filmmakers. (Noon)
GIRL OF THE LIMBERLOST A U.S. feature by Burt Brinckerhoff, adapted from a book by Gene Stratton-Porter, about a little girl who escapes a troubled relationship with her mother by befriending a naturalist and photographer. To be shown on video. (2:00)
VIDEO ANIMATION CELEBRATION See listing under Saturday, October 12. (10:00 am)
THE CHALLENGERS Eric Till’s Canadian feature about a girl who disguises herself as a boy in order to join a rock band. On the same program, Rose Bond’s animated U.S. short Macha’s Curse. (4:00)
SPRING CAP TIME PIECE A German feature based on a true story, about a border escape from the Nazis made by two young siblings; directed by Gunter Friedrich. To be shown with Johan Hagelback’s animated Swedish short The Last Mammoth. (5:00)
