CANADA | 40 min | Ages 4-12
Co-presented by Downtown Guelph Business Association
Tickets: $5 Adults / Kids Free
Event: Meet our local kid filmmakers.
A series of micro-docs made by local kid filmmakers, paired with thoughtful and fun short animated films for the whole family.
TINY DOCS BY TINY PEOPLE
Details coming soon!
MORNING CARTOONS
Christopher & the Bug
Vanessa Esteves & Kevin Micallef | CANADA | 12 min
A grouchy old owl learns a big lesson about friendship when a small bug moves into his house.
DIRECTOR BIO:
Vanessa Esteves
Vanessa Esteves is an accomplished writer, director, executive producer, and content creator and has creatively overseen a wide range of projects across all genres. Recently, she co-created and acted as showrunner for the animated series Super Wish. Her leadership and creative vision have helped shape numerous successful children’s programs in the world of animation and family entertainment.
Kevin Micallef
Kevin Micallef has directed a variety of award-winning projects across different genres, from preschool to teen series. He has also held the position of Creative Director and contributed to major animated films as an animator for studios like Disney, Sony, and Warner Bros.
Tin Tune
Carolyn Gair | CANADA/USA | 11 min
When you’re three inches tall, a cluttered attic can offer a world of mystery and wonder. Zip and his friend Wheel explore the shadowy corners, full of long forgotten toys. But watch out for the mice!
DIRECTOR BIO:
Carolyn Gair
Carolyn Gair is an award winning Canadian filmmaker with a Sheridan College degree in Classical Animation. She resides in Los Angeles as a writer, director & story artist winning both an Emmy Award and an Annie nomination. She is a quirky curator heeding the sirens of imagination, inspired by found objects, in particular old rusty things that she finds buried in the sand on desert hikes. In 2023 she completed her first Canadian animated feature Return to Kellogg (a fictitious town on Ontario's northern Highway 11).
