Films from the third annual Asheville International Children’s Film Festival (AICFF) will be screened at the Tryon Theatre on Saturday, Nov. 12 at 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

AICFF is the largest children’s film festival in the southeast. The festival celebrates the best and brightest in international children’s cinema with more than 70 films from 25 countries, including animation, features, shorts and historical films. The festival provides families with the opportunity to screen one-of-a-kind films not available on DVD.
10 a.m.: “Tally Ho! Films That Fly High”

This selection of animated films includes “Tally Ho, Pancake!” (Kai Pannen, Germany); “A World Without Numbers” (Mitchell Rose, U.S.); “Mobile” (Verena Fels, Germany); “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (Dean Fleischer-Camp, U.S.); “Ormie” (Rob Silvestri, Canada); “Stoneflies” (Anne Walther, Germany); “Wonderful Day” (Nils Skapans, Latvia) and “Lost and Found (Philip Hunt, UK). All together, this set of films lasts 76 minutes and is suitable for all ages. One film has subtitles (German).
12:30 p.m.: “All Creatures Great and Small”

A group of short films filled with cuddly animals, sweet music and gentle stories, for ages 3 and older. The films include “Mr. Snail and Ball Bug” (Victor Blasco, Argentina); “Bigbox Singsong John” (Warren Brown, Canada); “Mr. Shape” (Motohiro Shirakawa, Japan); “Deere John” (Mitchell Rose, U.S.); “Tah-Dah” (Stacey Chomiak, Canada); “Pierre and the Spinach Dragon” (Hélène Tragesser, Germany); “Fluffy-Tiny and Vegetables” (Miyuki Echigoya, Japan); “Boo and Baa Have Company” (Anna and Staffan Erlandsson, Sweden); “Sixten: Bedtime” (Liselotte Blomberg, Sweden); “Sesame Workshop: Birds” (Julian Grey, Canada); “Mig Said Series: Friends” (Mig Jou, Taiwan); “Blue Elephant” (Sung-chi Lo, Taiwan); “The Tiger’s Gift” (Josh Addessi and Jimi Bonogofsky, U.S.); “The Children’s Tree” (Abel Ruiz-Vazquez, Germany); “Firefly” (Yu-Chuan Kao, Taiwan); “Knitted Nights” (Gil Alkabetz, Germany); “The Little Red Plane” (Charlotte Blacker, England). This set of films lasts 65 minutes. Three films have subtitles (Splanish, Mandarin and Swedish).
2:30 p.m.: “Round the World and Home Again”

These films focus on the plans, schemes and dreams of “reel-life” kids in seven different countries. Included are “I Just Wanna Play Footy” (Michael McIntyre, Australia); “What Makes Me Happy- Angelina’s Film,” South Sudan (Annie Gibbs, UK/South Sudan); “The Yellow House: Old Johanne” (Catherine Kunze and Jacob Wellendorf, Denmark); “Daddies’ Timetable” (Li-Chou Yang, Taiwan); “Terrain Razzari” (Brian Barney, France/U.S.); “Friends Friends Friends” (Barbara O’Halloran, U.S.); “My Name is Tuan” (Nguyen-Anh Nguyen, Canada). The set of films lasts 60 minutes and is suitable for children ages 8 and older. Three films have subtitles (Mandarin, Danish and French).
4:30 p.m.: “Once Upon an Adventure”

This set of films about feats of “derring-do,” invasions from outer space and other exciting escapades includes “Murphy’s Shorts” (Todd Hemker, U.S.); “Love Sport: Ski Jumping and Dominoes” (Grant Orchard, UK); “Peer Pressure” (Eric Stolze, U.S.); “One Small Step” (Graham Ross, USA); “Out of the Box” (Nick Chavez, U.S.); “Crema Suprema” (Ellenora Ventura, Canada); “Great Expectations” (Alexei Gubenco, Romania); “Color by Number” (Marshall Rimmer, U.S.); “Perdus” (Mark De Winton-Gilbert, UK); “The Fight” (Keio and Dag Astein, Norway); “Fishing with Sam” (Atle S. Blakseth, Norway); “Guri Gursjen and Gursjan Gru” (Eirik Aure and Johanne Anda, Norway); “Pure Funk” (Marc Adamson, UK). Together, the films last 64 minutes and are suitable for ages 7 and older. One film has subtitles (Norwegian).

For more information about the festival, visit www.aicff.org. Tickets are available at the door.