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Want to find the best international, classic or unusual movies for kids? We've carefully assembled a list of films on DVD that have played the New York Int'l Children's Film Festival, as well as some of our own favorites! Even better: Every DVD you buy through this site helps make us rich. Not Bill Gates rich. Just “not-in-spiraling-amounts-of-debt” rich. Ka-ching! |
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Tales of the Night
Age Recommendation: 8+
Director: Michel Ocelot
From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot ( Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur & Asmar) comes a magical and visually stunning new film, delighting kids, families and animation fans of all ages. Silhouetted characters are set off against exquisitely detailed... From the imagination of internationally renowned animator Michel Ocelot ( Kirikou and the Sorceress, Azur & Asmar) comes a magical and visually stunning new film, delighting kids, families and animation fans of all ages. Silhouetted characters are set off against exquisitely detailed Day-Glo backgrounds bursting with color and kaleidoscopic patterns, as the film weaves together six exotic fables each unfolding in a unique locale, from Tibet, to medieval Europe, and even the Land of the Dead. In Ocelot's celebrated storytelling, history blends with fairytale as viewers are whisked off to visit enchanted lands full of dragons, shape-shifting werewolves, captive princesses, and enormous talking bees - and each fable ends with its own ironic twist.
"Michel Ocelot's ravishing animation and magical storytelling are a delight from start to finish!" - Empire
NOTE: Blu-ray includes both Blu-ray and DVD editions. A DVD-only edition is also available!
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Released: 2011
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The Color of Paradise
Age Recommendation: 11+
Director: Majid Majidi
From Iranian director Majid Majidi ( Children of Heaven) comes a powerful drama about life in modern Tehran for Mohammad, a blind eight-year-old boy. Kind-hearted and full of spirit, Mohammad is loved by everyone who meets him--except his father, who is ashamed of the boy and worried... From Iranian director Majid Majidi ( Children of Heaven) comes a powerful drama about life in modern Tehran for Mohammad, a blind eight-year-old boy. Kind-hearted and full of spirit, Mohammad is loved by everyone who meets him--except his father, who is ashamed of the boy and worried that his son's handicap will ruin his chance to remarry. In an effort to get rid of him, he sends Mohammad to apprentice with a carpenter far away, who gladly takes him in and treats him like a son. But Mohammad begins to wonder if there is anything that will bring his father around.
Like Children of Heaven, Majidi shows his great skill working with young actors, drawing believable performances and creating a sympathetic character without overly dwelling on his handicap. Beautiful cinematography and sound design (bringing out the subtleties of Mohammad's advanced hearing) make this an engaging example of Iran's growing place in world cinema.
What Others Say...
"Stunningly beautiful and nothing less than extraordinary... yet another gem to spring from one of the world's most vital national cinemas!" - A.O. Scott, New York Times
"Made with delicacy and beauty... Because they do not condescend to young audiences, Majidi's films of course are absorbing for adults as well, and there is a lesson here: Any family film not good enough for grownups is certainly not good enough for children" - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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Released: 1999
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The Children of Heaven
Age Recommendation: 11+
Director: Majid Majidi
This Oscar-nominated drama from Iran illustrates the resilience and resourcefulness of young children in a sweet, heart-wrenching story that is part fairy tale, part family drama. When Ali loses his sister Zahra's only pair of shoes, they know their family is too poor... This Oscar-nominated drama from Iran illustrates the resilience and resourcefulness of young children in a sweet, heart-wrenching story that is part fairy tale, part family drama. When Ali loses his sister Zahra's only pair of shoes, they know their family is too poor to afford another pair, and they don't want to let them know about the loss. So instead, they take turns with Ali's pair of shoes, trading back and forth as they rush to school and play around the city. But when Ali learns about the school foot race, where the prize is a new pair of shoes, he knows it is a contest he simply has to win...
Although it sounds overly sentimental, this simple set up is an ideal frame on which to hang great child performances, beautiful cinematography and delicate family scenes that eschew melodrama and sentimentality for sweetly-tinged realism.
What Others Say...
"Very nearly a perfect movie for children, and of course that means adults will like it, too" - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
"Majidi captures the immediacy and essence of kids: proud, emotional, spirited, and disarmingly sincere" - Sean Axmaker, Seattle Weekly
Released: 1999
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