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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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25th edition
2008 | 23 October - 2 November

Awards

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Selected short films

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Edition details

2nd Prize - Live Action Short Film

C'est Dimanche!

It's Sunday!
France | Feb 2008 | 30:00
Director: Samir Guesmi
 
5

Certificate of Excellence - Animated Short Film

Isabelle au bois dormant

Sleeping Betty
Canada | 2007
Director: Claude Cloutier
 Rating
6

Best Adult-produced Short Film - MediaBridge Award

A Day in a Life

Belgium | Oct 2007 | 21:15
Director: Nicolas Daenens
Image from A Day in a Life
 Rating
9

Burley!

Australia | Oct 2007 | 8:45
Directors: Gareth Cowen, Dave Edwardz
A young tetra fish, one of a million in her school, just wants some attention. Feeling lonely and bored, she is attracted by the manic antics of a gan...
Image from Burley!
 Rating

C'est Dimanche!

It's Sunday!
France | Feb 2008 | 30:00
Director: Samir Guesmi
While he's expelled from school, 13 years old Ibrahim lets his father believe that he has got a diploma...
 
5

A Day in a Life

Belgium | Oct 2007 | 21:15
Director: Nicolas Daenens
Mario and Tom are two street punks who want to rob a bank. They ask the young Turkish Emin to be their driver that day. Emin can use the money and acc...
Image from A Day in a Life
 Rating
9

Isabelle au bois dormant

Sleeping Betty
Canada | 2007
Director: Claude Cloutier
Princess Betty sleeps in a narcoleptic stupor. The king appeals to his subjects to wake her, and several respond: Uncle Henry VIII, Aunt Victoria, an ...
 Rating
6

Post!

Germany | Jan 2008 | 13:20
Directors: Christian Asmussen, Matthias Bruhn
A postman burns the received letters and distributes letters, written by himself. Therefore he becomes the centre-point for the villagers.
Image from Post!
 Rating
13
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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A Day in a Life has received a new award at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. | more...
3 November 2008
Isabelle au bois dormant has received a new award at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. | more...
3 November 2008
C'est Dimanche! has received a new award at Chicago International Children's Film Festival. | more...
3 November 2008
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