The Childish Film Festival

Great children’s movies attract not just families, but a sizable contingent of sheepish adults with no children, which may help to explain all the rap stars who line up with Ellen DeGeneres to voice-over cartoons. But this new offshoot of M-SPIFF brings a highly intelligent selection of international children’s film to the Twin Cities, demonstrating that the genre can indeed thrive without celebrity voices, garish animation, or fast-food toy tie-ins. Highlights include a spotlight on French animation, centered around a screening of Princes and Princesses at the Children’s Theatre Company, in which CTC actors will create a live soundtrack to the film. www.mnfilmarts.org/m-spiff/2005