UH KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
WATCH THE FREE FILMS – Chat with the Creatives
The UH KIDS FIRST! Film Festival, presented by Outreach College, celebrates the 30th anniversary of the national KIDS FIRST! with over 100 free virtual screenings and live stream interviews/Q&A sessions with filmmakers and crew.
Join us online with the filmmaking creatives! Details and free tickets here.
For free tickets to all virtual screenings, visit kidsfirsthawaii.eventive.org.
On-demand viewing: Feb 12, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Follow the adventures of the small but mighty gang. Episode features a “sign over” performance by deaf actress Shaylee Mansfield.
Live stream interview/Q&A: Feb 12, 12:00pm-12:30pm
Johanna Stein, Executive Producer and Showrunner
TJ Sullivan, Supervising Director
Justin Maurer, ASL Consultant
Delbert Whetter, ASL Consultant
Jevon Whetter, ASL Consultant
On-demand viewing: Feb 12, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Three hand-painted animated shorts: Blue Cooler, Hepa, & Rolling Down Like Pele
Live stream conversation with Laura Margulies: Feb 12, 1:00pm-1:30pm HST
Laura Margulies combines motion, color, texture, live action, rhythm and sound to create award-winning, expressive films. She often animates with paint in a stop motion style. Her films have screened worldwide; her commissioned work has aired on CBS, MTV, VH1, and the Sundance Channel. She is an Assistant Professor of animation at the Academy of Creative Media at UH Mānoa.
On-demand viewing: Feb 19, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Four animated shorts: Lilly Goes to the Dogs, Lilly Goes Fishing, Lilly and the Baby, & Pollution Solution
Live stream chat with members of the Bum Family: Feb 19, 11:30am-12:00pm HST
The Bum Family are a group of Calgarian cousins – Maezy, Medina, and Zaiyah Dennie and Berlin, Ocean, and Sol Demuth – who create anarchy, hilarity and art. They write the concepts, create the artwork, direct, animate. and edit their award-winning films together, and recently made a short film for preschoolers for Sesame Street. Representing will be Maezy Dennie (age 19), Medina Dennie (age 17), and Zaiyah Dennie (age 15).
On-demand viewing: Feb 20, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Eleven-year-old Bobo Gallagher is the youngest person to cross the ʻAlenuihāhā Channel via wing foil. His sister Deveraux directed and edited the documentary of his journey.
Live stream interview/Q&A with Bobo Gallagher and Deveraux Gallagher: Feb 20, 11:30am-12:00pm HST
Get the back-story on the Channel crossing, and whatʻs next for water athlete Bobo and his sister Devereaux.
On-demand viewing: Feb 20, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Two episodes: The Adventure Begins is the origin story of the series. In Noise Pollution, the MeteoHeroes rescue a pod of dolphins in the Pacific Ocean who are disoriented by a shipʻs powerful sonar.
On-demand viewing: Feb 20, 12:00am – Feb 21, 11:45pm HST
Pre-recorded: Interview with Luigi Latini, Creator/Executive Producer of MeteoHeroes, which airs in over 140 countries and is dubbed in 20 languages. He is CEO and Partner of the famous private Weather Center in Italy, MOPI (Meteo Operations Italia). Latini stated, “MeteoHeroes was born precisely from our need to put kids first in education towards the need to recycle, consume better, fight pollution and tackle climate change….”
Live stream Q&A with Kenn Viselman, Showrunner/Executive Producer: Feb 20, 1:00pm-1:30pm
Kenn Viselman has created, produced, marketed and consulted on dozens of family entertainment projects and is the producing partner behind the Teletubbies in the Western Hemisphere. He is currently the showrunner for Moonzy, which has garnered over 10 billion views on YouTube, as well as MeteoHeroes, the definitive family series about climate change.
