Newport Beach Film Festival

’The Family Film Series'

Saturday, April 27 - Monday, April 29

Schedule and Tickets: www.newportbeachfilmfest.com

Family Film Series:

Tarzan
Tarzan was a small orphan who was raised by an ape named Kala since he was a child. He believed that this was his family, but on an expedition Jane Porter is rescued by Tarzan. He then finds out that he’s human. Now Tarzan must make the decision as to which family he should belong to.

Shorts For Shorties
Anything is possible in the wonderful world of childhood imagination.

Teens and Short Tweens
Finding "you" can be a challenging process... follow these stories that show how choices can lead to self-discoveries.

Emmett
Emmett is a popular junior at Heart High School. He also happens to be a highly imaginative twelve year-old child prodigy. After his brother Luke is accused of being involved in a series of thefts at the school, Emmett must find a way to solve the mystery and prove his innocence before their mom ships Luke off to boarding school. With the assistance of his oddball friends and a benevolent science teacher, Emmett, sets out to find the real culprit.

Captain Morten and the Spider Queen 

With his father away at sea, ten-year-old Morten is left to the care of his bossy Aunt Anna. He spends his days retreating into his fantasy of becoming a sea captain like his father. After a strange illusionist appears in the neighborhood, Morten finds himself the size of an insect on board his very own toy ship, a miniature world with strong parallels to his real life. Morten must navigate his way home using his own skills to avoid disaster and face the Spider Queen who controls the ship.

Ocean Quest Xprize Competition Documentary
Ocean Quest shares the experience of an unlikely team of junior high and high school students who advance to the semifinals of the international Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE competition to map the ocean floor. This is youngest group of students to advance to the semi-finals of any XPRIZE competition and shows the determination that caused these students to overcome historic odds to achieve the impossible.

Dates, Tickets and Info: https://newportbeachfilmfest.com/festival-programs/family-films/

Co-presented by the Claire Trevor School of the Arts and Newport Beach Film Festival

(Pictured, still from "Shorts for Shorties" premiering Saturday, April 27)