Description
With a range of programs on offer, Little Big Shots is Australia’s major annual and travelling children’s film festival. Inspiring, meaningful and fun-filled, it features the best in local and international children’s shorts, animation, documentaries and – amazingly – child-produced films.
These films inspire discussions around cultural diversity, language, emotional intelligence and human values. Better still, they make kids laugh, whoop, think and create. Each year, Little Big Shots returns with a whole new crop of juicy screen adventures to both amaze and delight.
In 2013, Little Big Shots presents the Academy Award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and produced by Moonbot Studios. The film tells the story of a man, visually modelled on the actor Buster Keaton, who devotes himself to looking after a magical library of flying books.
With a range of programs on offer, Little Big Shots is Australia’s major annual and travelling children’s film festival. Inspiring, meaningful and fun-filled, it features the best in local and international children’s shorts, animation, documentaries and – amazingly – child-produced films.
These films inspire discussions around cultural diversity, language, emotional intelligence and human values. Better still, they make kids laugh, whoop, think and create. Each year, Little Big Shots returns with a whole new crop of juicy screen adventures to both amaze and delight.
In 2013, Little Big Shots presents the Academy Award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore, directed by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg, and produced by Moonbot Studios. The film tells the story of a man, visually modelled on the actor Buster Keaton, who devotes himself to looking after a magical library of flying books.
Curriculum Links Primary
Stages 2 & 3
English
Literary Texts: Spoken Narrative, Literary Recount; Factual Texts: Description and Recount; Multicultural Stories; Short Stories; Visual Literacy; Documentaries
HSIE
People and Their Beliefs; Global Connections
Creative Arts
Multimedia: Film; Animation; Video Drama
Curriculum Links Secondary
Stages 4 & 5
Photographic & Digital Media
The Conceptual Framework - Artwork, Audience, World; Film-making; Animation
Drama
Film-making; Cultural Representation in Theatre and Film; Acting for the Screen
English
Visual Communication
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Artist Information
Festival Director: Ben Laden
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Performance Dates
Running Time: 70 Minutes including Q&A
Primary Screenings
Thu 1 August
9.45 am, 11.15am, 12.45pm
Secondary Screenings
Fri 2 August
9.45 am, 11.15am, 12.45pm