Young adult filmmakers all hope to show their
works in international festivals like Sundance and Toronto. But what about
really young filmmakers who aren’t in film school yet and aren’t, strictly
speaking, even adults?
They are at the heart of Wingspan
Arts Kids Film Festival, tomorrow, in a setting any director might envy: Lincoln Center. Complete with “red carpet” interviews and various awards, the festival has
much in common with events for more experienced moviemakers, except for the age
of the participants: about 8 to 18.
“What’s really exciting is that
it’s film for kids by kids,” said Cori Gardner, managing director of Wingspan
Arts, a nonprofit organization offering youth arts programs in the New York area. This year the festival will include films not only from Wingspan but also
from other city organizations and one from a middle school in Arlington, Virginia. “We want to make this a national event,” Ms. Gardner added.
The nine shorts to be
shown range from a Claymation biography of B. B. King to a science fiction
adventure set in the year 3005. “A lot of the material is really mature,” Ms.
Gardner said, talking about films by the New York City branch of Global Action
Project, a media arts and leadership-training group. “The Choice is about the
history of a family and Master Anti-Smoker is about the dangers of secondhand
smoke. Dream of the Invisibles describes young immigrants’(移民) feelings of both belonging and not
belonging in their adopted country.”
The festival will end with an
open reception at which other films will be shown. These include a music video
and a full-length film whose title is Pressures.
1. Wingspan Arts Kids Film Festival ______.
A. is organized by a middle
school
B. is as famous as the Toronto
Festival
C. shows films made by children
D. offers awards to film school
students
2.Which of the following is true of Wingspan
Arts?
A. It helps young
filmmakers to make money.
B. It provides arts
projects for young people.
C. It’s a media arts and
leadership-training group.
D. It’s a national
organization for young people.
3. The underlined word “shorts” in Paragraph
4 refers to ______.
A. short trousers B.
short kids C. short
films D. short stories
4. Movies to be shown in the festival ______.
A. cover different
subjects B.
focus on kids’ life
C. are produced by Global
Action Project D. are directed by Ms. Gardner
5.At the end of this film festival, there
will be ______.
A. various awards B.
“red carpet” interviews
C. an open reception
D. a concert at
Lincoln Center