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Six-Week Film Festival Returns for Second Season at Millburn Library

Victoria Plummer

Monday, January 14, 2013 • 10:09pm

The next session of the Six Week Film Festival, “Around the World”, will start at the Millburn Library on Sunday, January 20.  The series, presented jointly by the Millburn-Short Hills Art Advisory Committee and the Millburn Library, features six family-friendly films from all corners of the globe.  All shows will start at 1pm and are free.  Viewers are encouraged to bring their own popcorn and enjoy the show.

 
Up first on January 20 from Japan is Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro”. In this animated film, two sisters discover a world of mysterious creatures - only seen by children - when they move to a new house.  Gorgeous animation and a reverence for nature are highlights of this film.
 
January 26 brings “Babies”, set in Namibia, Mongolia, the United States and Japan.  This stunning documentary filled with beauty and comedy follows four babies from birth to age one. The audience is given a window into both the similarities and differences in the first year of these children.
 
We head over to England on February 10 for British claymation genius Nick Park’s three shorts -  “A Grand Day Out”, “The Wrong Trousers” and “A Close Shave”. These feature a series of misadventures with a man and his dog.  The Oscar winning short films are brimming with comedy and personality.
 
In the Iranian film “Children of Heaven”, a brother loses his sister’s pair of shoes, and the siblings work together by sharing one pair of shoes until they can get hers back.  A heartwarming perspective on the bonds of family and life in this part of Iran, this film shows Saturday March 2.
 
A 12-year an old girl fights for the right to carry on Maori conventions in “Whale Rider”, a New Zealand film screening March 9.  As she clashes with her grandfather over learning the clan’s rituals, we see the pulls of tradition, nature and the modern world at play. Keisha Castle-Hughes, as the lead character Pai, is one of the youngest persons ever to be nominated for an Academy Award.
 
The final film of the series is “Kirikou and the Sorceress” on April 21. In this animated film set in West Africa, a special little boy named Kirikou saves his village from an evil witch.  This bright and humorous film is based on a classic African folk tale.
 
For more information on the series, please see the brochure posted on the Milburn-Short Hills Art Advisory’s website:
http://mshartsadvisorycommittee.wordpress.com/ or contact the Millburn Library at 973 376-1006.
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