KIDS FIRST! Film and Video Festival 2000

March 23, 24, 25

Sanbusco Center and the Jean Cocteau Theater

Major sponsors: Borders Books, Hollywood Video, Trans Lux Corp

A three day weekend showcasing The Best Children's Videos from 1999 and a fund-raising event to benefit the Coalition for Quality Children's Media which includes the KIDS FIRST!® online auction!

When the Academy Awards are announced next month, how much attention will be given to children's film?
Unfortunately, children's films are often the step-child of the motion picture industry. For some, this weekend will be filled with stories on who's wearing what at the Oscars this year, but for Santa Fe-based Coalition for Quality Children's Media, the hot topic is quality children's media. The Coalition's KIDS FIRST!® initiative is dedicated to identifying quality children's films and videos. (A volunteer jury of 3300 adults and children do the KIDS FIRST!® ratings.)

Children's Film and Vvideo Festival at the Jean Cocteau Theater

Saturday, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., March 25th

Featuring KIDS FIRST! top Five Videos of 1999

Bear in the Big Blue House, 9 a.m. - 9:50
Mama Do You Love Me, 9:55 - 10:25
Degas and the Dancer, 10:35 - 11:35
Our Friend Martin, 11:45 - 12:35
The Iron Giant, 12:45 - 2:11

Tickets- $3 single screening
Festival Pass - $8 festival pass
Children 5 and under - Free

Tickets are available at all Trans Lux Theaters, the MarketPlace and KIDS FIRST! (989-8076).

Family Party at Borders
between 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., March 25
Featuring: Cerrillos Family Circus at Borders, the Iron Giant Costumed Character,
KIDS FIRST! Kid Critics

VIP Reception
between 6 p.m. - 9 p.m., March 25 at Borders
(suggested donation $12)
Featuring: Music by Jono Manson, silent auction, media panel. Speakers include David Devine, Michael Mierendorf, Ann Pedersen, Brian Rembrandt and Christopher DeVore.

Borders will donate 15% of all sales during the March 24th weekend to CQCM. Look for the coupon in The New Mexican and the Santa Fe Reporter

Mayor Delgado has declared the weekend KIDS FIRST! weekend in Santa Fe.

OTHER CITIES:

The Festival will be hosted in Fort Wayne, Indiana during the same time period. The festival plans to trave; to 20 other cities during the next six months.

KIDS FIRST! Film Festival