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ONCE UPON A TIME
Central, Pohlad Hall, January 19, 10:30 a.m.
Listen to storytelling by Wendy Knox from The Children’s Theatre Company and watch a double-feature of centuries-old fairytales adapted for the screen.
• The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin © National Film Board of Canada, 1981.  In this version of Cinderella, everyone is a penguin--even the mice--and the slipper is a flipper. 9 min.
• The Princess and the Goatboy. Dir. Bruno Bottge, Germany. In this beautiful tale, done in silhouette animation, the king disapproves of his daughter's romance with a goat boy. The princess becomes ill and only the goat boy can save her. 12 min.

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DOTS AND LINES
Central, Pohlad Hall, February 16, 10:30 a.m.
Make art with the Walker Art Center staff and watch a collection of shorts that celebrate expressive dots, lines, and squiggles.
• The Dot and the Line © MGM, 1965. Based on the book by Norman Juster and directed by Chuck Jones, this visually amusing tale is about a line trying to impress a dot, who is crazy about a squiggle. 10 min. ·
• Harold and the Purple Crayon © Weston Woods, 1971. Based on the book by Crockett Johnson and directed by David Piel. Harold uses his purple crayon to draw and explore whatever he imagines. 7 min. ·
• The Dot © Weston Woods, 2004. Based on book by Peter Reynolds, animated by FableVision. Vashti is a frustrated grade school artist. Lines don’t work for her, but then she discovers The Dot. 7 min.
• Fetch! © Director Nina Paley, 2001. A pup is lost in an abstract world of 2-D illusions. 4 min.

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FLY ME TO THE MOON: ANIMATION: FOR ALL AGES
Central, Pohlad Hall, March 15, 10:30 a.m.
Explore award-winning animated shorts from recent international children's film festivals, introduced byBen Bury, MCAD Animator.
• Lolly’s Box © Dir. Valerie LaPointe. Lolly and her bespectacled snuggle fly to planet Zakor (in a cardboard box). 3 min.
• The Fan and the Flower © Plymptoons/Dir. Bill Plympton. An ill-fated romance between a fan and a flower magically works out. 7 min.
• Petalocity © Dir. Paul Beard. A little girl goes to the extremes of bravery in order to keep her potted plant safe. 6 min. 
• Mantis Parable © Jubilee Studios/ Dir. Joshua Staub. A liberating story about a caterpillar, a praying mantis, fireflies, a bug collector’s jar, and an open window. 8 min.
• First Flight © Dreamworks. A business man waiting for the bus meets a fledgling baby bird in need of flying lessons. 8 min.
• Moongirl © Laika Entertainment. A new lunar fable from the director Henry Selick of The Nightmare before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. 6 min.

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FIRST FEATURE FOR TOTS
Central, Pohlad Hall, April 19, 10:00 a.m.
(NOTE EARLIER START TIME. ACTIVITY 10 AM/FILM 10:40 AM)
Make books with staff from Minnesota Center for Book Arts and enjoy our first feature-length movie of the series.
• Adventures of Milo and Otis © Columbia Pictures, 1989. A live-action feature about the adventures of a little orange kitten, Milo, and a pug puppy named Otis. In this wonderful fable about friendship and loyalty, Milo and Otis are raised together on the same farm. When they are separated, they embark on a thrill-filled quest to find each other again. 76 min.