What begins as a young girl’s frustration over being forbidden from celebrating Halloween quickly becomes a magical discovery about her family, her identity, and an entire world she never knew existed.
Tag Archives: Family
The Family Picture Show Shorts Program [SIFF2026] [ANI-MAY 2026]
Twelve family-friendly animated shorts are presented as The Family Picture Show, presented through the Seattle International Film Festival 2026.
The Songbirds’ Secret [2026] [SIFF2026][ANI-MAY 2026]
Gorgeous and stunning cut-out animation drives the moving story of a young girl finding secrets, familial and historical, in the French countryside in Antoine Lanciaux’s The Songbirds’ Secret, presented as part of the Seattle International Film Festival 2026.
Dust Bunny [2025]
A young girl hires a hitman to kill the monster under her bed in Bryan Fuller’s wildly inventive, beautifully designed, and just plain fun Dust Bunny.
The Wiz (1978) [Most Influential Black Films]
A simple act of retrieving a dog running out into a storm becomes a radiant journey through self-discovery, courage, and community.
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) [Fantasia 2025]
When Jack Skellington, King of Halloween Town, discovers the existence of Christmas he embraces it as a breath of fresh air and attempts to make it his own. This spells uncertainty for the monstrous citizens who idolize Jack, and for Santa Claus… Who’s holiday is about to look very different than usual.
THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE [2025]
In The Day The Earth Blew Up, the first 100% animated Looney Tunes theatrical movie in our lifetimes, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, and Petunia Pig fend off an alien invasion. The full-length film is a hand-drawn, 2-D throwback of pure enjoyment and hilarious insanity, holding with the best of the generations-long series; an utter delight from start to finish.