Selected Short Films of the
2001 Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Low Down Underground - USA - 7 minutes
Directed by: Elanna Nicole Allen
Chicago Premiere

Low Down Underground Review and Comments
"Rhyming animation and soulful sounds of 
subway adventures.  A world with hope and
direction in times of trouble, nicely done.
There's humor, compassion, and a flash of 
creative energy done with style." 
Ed Vincent Oak Park Journal
 

Quentin is a rambunctious nine year old who bursts
into the car of the New York subway and almost
runs into an elderly lady! Quentin also meets two 
other passengers, a blues musician and a punk, and 
the four become a sort of family on the subway.
This unusual story of friendship is told in rap, 
featuring artsits such as Treach, and Pepa 
(formerly of Salt n' Pepa).

Thursday, October 25, Opening Night Gala-General 
Cinema's City North
Sunday, October 28, 3: OOpm-Facets Cinema
Monday, October 29, 4:OOpm-Facets Cinema
Tuesday, October 30, 9. 4Sam-Facets Cinema
Sunday, November 4, 1:OOpm-Facets Cinema

Mummy Look - France - 5 minutes
Directed by: Paul Boujenah
U.S. Premiere
 

Mummy Look Review and Comments
"A short film showing again that beauty 
has but one face, though many expressions. 
Exotic sounds highlight the market of
worldly delights"
Ed Vincent Oak Park Journal

A little boy entertains himself in the supermarket
while his flustered mother tries to get all the
shopping done. Suddenly the boy sees a woman who 
holds him spellbound. He must tell his mother right away!
Thursday, October 25, Opening Night Gala-General
Cinema's City North

Thursday, November 1,  11:45am-Facets Cinema
Friday, November 2,        9:45am-Facets Cinema
Friday, November 2,      11:45 am-Facets Cinema

I Want to Be... (Quero Ser  ) Review and Comments
"Strong poignant film with all the emotive 
forces of  life's struggle from the gutter to the
roof.  More balloons in this saga than the
fabled single red balloon of my youth.  This 
film has a strong moral message and 
existentialism is fine, but a stoic smile from 
time to time is also nice with or without helium." 
Ed Vincent Oak Park Journal
 

This Academy Award-winning short demonstrates 
the difference between empty words and true 
integrity. Two orphan brothers, aged 16 and 9,
barely scrape by in the streets of Mexico City. 
Broken promises and shattered trust prompts the
younger one to take off for good. 25 years 
later, they will meet again...

Friday, October 26, 9:45am- 
General Cinemas City North

Monday, October 29, 10:15am-
General Cinemas City North

Tuesday, October 30, 9: 45am-
Facets Video Theater

Friday, November 2, 9:45am-
Facets Cinema

Bully Dance - Canada - 10 minutes
Directed by: Janet Perlman
Chicago Premiere

Bully Dance Review and Comments
"Wonderfully imagined graphics brought to
life filled with flowing sounds of symphonic
purpose.  Each episode of dramatic visual 
movement is married to a sound and beat
of delight-plus a nice story."  
Ed Vincent Oak Park Journal

Even bullies have bullied! When a bully 
victimizes a small member of the group, 
everyone in the community gets involved 
to help out, even if it means putting 
themselves in danger.

Friday, October 26, 11 :45am-
Facets Cinema

Sunday, November 4, 1 :OOpm-
Facets Cinema

Delivery Day - Australia - 26 minutes
Directed by: Jane Manning
U.S. Premiere

Delivery Day Review and Comments
"Sweet smiling story filled with goodwill
between brother and sister. Youth will
find a way on well trodden paths set in the
clay of our histories. Many are forced to
blaze forward into the unknown when their
homes are removed by some fates of unkind
nature."  Ed Vincent Oak Park Journal

For eleven-year-old Trang it's just one of 
those days. She needs her Vietnamese mother
to attend her school's parent-teacher 
interview, but it is delivery day for the 
garments in her mother's sweatshop, and Mum 
is way too busy. What's a girl to do?

Friday, October 26, 9:45am-
General Cinemas City North

Saturday, October 27, 1 :OOpm-
Facets Cinema

Monday, October 29, 10:l5am-
General Cinemas City North

Wednesday, October 31, 11 :45am-
Facets Cinema

Friday, November 2, 4:OOpm-
Facets Cinema