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Chicago International Children's Film Festival

The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is the largest festival of films for children in North America featuring over 200 animated and live action films from 40 countries, programming the best children’s media & producing film workshops for over 30 years. The Festival welcomes 150 filmmakers and audiences of 25,000 annually and is the ONLY Academy qualifying children's film festival in the world.
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22nd edition
2005 | 27 October - 6 November

Awards

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Selected short films

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Edition details

Best Live Action Short Film or Video - Adult Jury

Special People

United Kingdom | 2005 | 12:20
Director: Justin Edgar
 
2

Best Animated Short Film or Video - Adult Jury

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Through My Thick Glasses
Norway | Mar 2004 | 13:00
Director: Pjotr Sapegin
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 Rating
14

Best Documentary Film or Video - Adult Jury

Zycle Przed Toba

A Life to Live
Poland | 2003 | 20:00
Director: Maciej Adamek
Image from Zycle Przed Toba
 
6

2nd Prize - Animated Short Film or Video - Children's Jury

The Mantis Parable

United States | Feb 2005 | 8:00
Director: Josh Staub
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15

Gjennom mine tykke briller

Through My Thick Glasses
Norway | Mar 2004 | 13:00
Director: Pjotr Sapegin
It's Norway, and it's winter. To convince a short-sighted little girl to put on her cap before going out to play, her grandfather tells her a story: h...
Image from Gjennom mine tykke briller
 Rating
14

Hibernation

United Kingdom | 2005 | 15:00
Director: John Williams
1985. A secret treehouse. Two children disguised in animal costumes experiment to revive a bee. But they are searching to bring back something much bi...
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11

The Mantis Parable

United States | Feb 2005 | 8:00
Director: Josh Staub
The charming tale of a humble caterpillar trapped in a bug collector's jar and in need of a helping hand.
Image from The Mantis Parable
 
15

Special People

United Kingdom | 2005 | 12:20
Director: Justin Edgar
Special People is an improvised comedy following a neurotic filmmakers latest project - a pretentious film featuring disabled kids climbing a mountain...
 
2

Zycle Przed Toba

A Life to Live
Poland | 2003 | 20:00
Director: Maciej Adamek
This film is about blind children being prepared for an independent life by teachers in a Centre for Blind People. Everyday things are often very comp...
Image from Zycle Przed Toba
 
6
Short film types screened
Fiction / Live action
Animation
Documentary
Experimental
Music video
Competition and rewards
International competition
No cash awards
No screening fees
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11 August 2007
Best of category awards went to "Special People", "Through my Thick Glasses" ("Gjennom mine tykke briller") and "A Life to Live"... | more...
9 November 2005
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