MVFF Education + Family Films

MVFF EDUCATION

CAFILM Education has offered free education programs to Bay Area schools for more than 30 years, welcoming thousands of students to participate in the Festival each year by viewing new films and meeting filmmakers from around the world. We continue this tradition with two free programs available exclusively to K-12 schools in the Bay Area and across the country.

SCHOOL SCREENINGS

A selection of narrative features, documentaries, and shorts programs is carefully curated from the general Festival program and offered for free to all participating schools as weekday matinees in the theater and throughout the Festival online. Screenings are followed by Q&As with filmmakers and subject experts, and supplemented by free curriculum resources including film-analysis toolkits, lesson plans, and discussion guides to help teachers incorporate the films into their class curriculum.

FILMMAKERS GO TO SCHOOL

For those schools and students unable to travel to the theater, we offer an additional interactive experience through our Filmmakers Go to School program. Throughout the Festival (and often beyond), CAFILM Education staff brings filmmaker guests into the community to meet with students in their classrooms and school auditoriums, or at nearby venues, for in-depth discussions about the art and craft of filmmaking.

For more information about CAFILM Education programs or how to get your school involved, visit cfieducation.org.

Photo: Tommy Lau

Support provided by Pixar | Nancy P. and Richard K. Robbins Family Foundation | Project No. 9 Fenwick Foundation | Miranda Lux Foundation | Marin Charitable

FAMILY FILMS

What do Uruguayan teens competing in robotics, a flatulent Dutch piglet, and a queer Canadian tween comic book enthusiast all have in common? They’re just some of the inspiring characters (yes, even that pig!) whose stories we’ll be sharing with you during MVFF45, both in-theater and online. Along with dozens of short films and the latest work by youth filmmakers from many corners of the world, this year’s joyful and eclectic mix of cinematic experiences is a unique opportunity for exploration for audiences of every age. Join us for films, parties, workshops, and much more!

FILM PROGRAMS

ERIN’S GUIDE TO KISSING GIRLS OINK (in-theater only) WE DREAM OF ROBOTS SHORTS: ANIMATION FOR ALL SHORTS: FREE TO BE ME SHORTS: TRUTHS (AND SPOOFS) FROM THE YOUTHS

Age Recommendations: In our film descriptions, we provide age recommendations for Family Film programs to assist parents in making appropriate selections. These recommendations cannot adequately reflect the standards of every parent or the needs of every child, but we hope they’re helpful; please plan your movie-going experience accordingly. SPECIAL EVENTS

OINK AFTER PARTY Saturday, October 8 | 12:30-2:00pm | Outdoor Art Club Free with film ticket Following the West Coast premiere of Oink, stroll across the street for fun festivities featuring food, drink, games, arts & crafts—and hot dogs (and veggie dogs) for all!

WORKSHOP | IN OUR OWN WORDS: POETRY ON FILM Sunday, October 9 | 4:00-5:30pm Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco Ages 11-18 | FREE Inspired by the documentary Home Is Somewhere Else (page 121), participants will learn to write and perform poetry that exhibits their identity, experiences, and dreams.

VIRTUAL SCREENING + CONVERSATION BLACK GIRLS FILM CAMP An online virtual screening of short films created in this summer’s Black Girls Film Camp will be followed by a pre-recorded conversation with camp founder Jimmeka Anderson.

Family Films sponsored by: Bellam Self Storage & Boxes