Children’s Film Festival Debuts Online, Discounts for City Dads Families

If you miss going to the movies as a family, then grab some snacks and gather everyone on the couch: The 2021 New York International Children’s Film Festival is completely online.

The film festival for children and teens, formerly held in the New York City boroughs, will make its groundbreaking programming available to families nationwide. As a City Dads member/friend, you can receive a discount on admission.

New York International Children’s Film Festival, or NYICFF for short, is one of the largest and most influential family movie events in North America. Now in its third decades, the festival is a qualifying event for movies to be selected for Oscar nominations. Each year, it offers thoughtful, intelligent programming from all over the globe for children ages 3 to 18.

This year’s lineup of animated and live action movies runs online from March 5 to 14. It includes 14 feature films, seven short film programs, and live filmmaker Q&As. You can find the full program at https://nyicff.org/festival/.

Check out this brief trailer for this year’s festival:

The 2021 lineup reflects the festival’s mission to present films that celebrate the intricacies and importance of representation and cultural identity, spanning topics and continents. This year’s selection places a particular focus on young people who connect with the past to shape their futures. They include a magical realist family drama in the Curaçao countryside (Buladó), a land battle in the Mohawk Nation of Quebec (Beans), time-traveling preteens 70 years apart (The Fantastic Journey of Margot and Marguerite), an ecowarrior cat spirit (The Legend of Hei) and much more.

Children’s film festival discount code

Tickets for the children’s film festival go on sale Friday, Feb. 26, at nyicff.org. NYICFF is offering our City Dads members and their friends a chance to see these movies at a discount. When you checkout, enter the code NYCDAD21 for receive $3 off individual film tickets (full price is $18) or $5 off All Access passes (full price, $40).