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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 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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Salaam Bombay!
Age Recommendation: 11+
Director: Mira Nair
Hard-hitting economic realities collide with the happily escapist illusions created by the movie industry in Salaam Bombay!, a festival favorite that launched the career of director Mira Nair ( Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake). Eleven-year-old Krishna has lived on the streets since... Hard-hitting economic realities collide with the happily escapist illusions created by the movie industry in Salaam Bombay!, a festival favorite that launched the career of director Mira Nair ( Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake). Eleven-year-old Krishna has lived on the streets most of her life, mingling with the homeless, drug addicts, thieves and prostitutes, but he keeps his hopes up, inspired by the Bollywood movie posters and music all around him. He's been trying to earn enough money to return home, but when his best friend steals his savings, Krishna is pushed into a life of petty crime. Like the Italian neorealists, Salaam Bombay has an almost entirely non-professional cast, using real street kids to act out their lives, and shooting on location. These techniques paid off in an incredibly moving look at life on the streets and won Nair the prestigious Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Released: 1988
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