International Family Film Coming to Images Cinema
WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — Images Cinema is presenting a nine-month International Family Film series, beginning on Saturday, Sept. 18 with an Aardman Animations Retrospective, featuring the new Wallace & Gromit episode "A Matter Of Loaf And Death."The series will continue every third Saturday through May 2011. Tickets are $5. Family Subscriptions, which are available for $100, gains a family free admittance for all screenings in the series. Subscriptions can be purchased here or at the box office. Images Cinema is located at 50 Spring St.
This project has been supported by a grant from the Fund for Williamstown, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation.
The schedule is as follows:
Series Kick-off!: Aardman Animations Retrospective
Saturday, Sept. 18, 10 a.m.
Thursday, Sept. 23, 3:30 p.m.
(For ages 6 to adult;, 1 hour 14 minutes; UK) This collection includes the Academy Award-winning "Creature Comforts," "Wallace and Gromit in A Matter of Loaf and Death" (nominated for an Academy Award!), plus other masterpieces encompassing 25 years of creative output from the claymation geniuses at Aardman Animations.
A Town Called Panic
Saturday, Oct. 16, 10 a.m.
Thursday, Oct. 21, 3:30 p.m.
(For ages 7 to adult; 72 minutes; Belgium) Cowboy, Indian and Horse share a rambling house that never fails to attract the weirdest events. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to gift Horse with a homemade barbecue backfires when they accidentally buy 50 million bricks. This sets off a perilously wacky chain of events.
2010 Nycff Kids Flix Mix
Saturday, Nov. 20, 10 a.m.
(For ages 3 to 6) A collection of international shorts from the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
Azur And Asmar
Saturday, Dec. 18, 10 a.m.
(Ages 6 to adult; 1 hour 39 minutes; France) "Azur & Asmar" is the story of two boys raised as brothers. Blonde, blue-eyed, white-skinned Azur and black-haired, brown-eyed, dark-skinned Asmar are lovingly cared for by Asmar's gentle mother, who tells them magical stories of her faraway homeland and of the beautiful, imprisoned Djinn Fairy waiting to be set free. Time passes, and circumstances make the boys adversaries on a quest to find and free the Djinn Fairy.
Nyicff Party Mix
Saturday, Jan. 15
(For ages 5 to 12) A collection of international shorts from the New York International Children’s Film Festival!
Mia And The Migoo
Saturday, Feb. 19
(For ages 7 to adult; 1 hour 32 minutes; France/Italy) One night, Mia has a premonition. With lucky trinkets in her hand, she sets out on a cross-continent journey through cities, mountains and jungles to find her father, and encounters shape-shifting forest spirits called Migoo. With Mia, they fight to save Mia's father and the Tree of Life from destruction.
Nyicff Girls' Pov
Saturday, March 19
(For ages 9 and up) In celebration of Women's History Month: A collection of shorts focusing on tween issues such as body image and friendships, from the New York International Children’s Film Festival.
April & May: TBD
The only one of its kind in Berkshire County, Images Cinema is a year-round non-profit, member-supported community film house that presents a wide range of films that impact filmmaking and our culture. Images continuously seeks to entertain, educate and engage the community with quality programming, while maintaining its dedication to independent film and media. Images Cinema serves organic popcorn, real butter, locally-made baked goods, and naturally sweetened sodas, as well as traditional concessions fare. Images Cinema is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. Check for up-to-date happenings at www.imagescinema.org.
