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Posted at 3:20 a.m., Sunday, June 17, 2007

Free film festival for kids offered at UH today

Advertiser Staff

The Kids First! Film Festival featuring films on "Cool Schools" will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. today at Krauss Hall Room 012 on the Manoa campus.

For the first time ever, the KIDS FIRST! Film Festival comes to Hawai'i! A project of the Coalition for Quality Children`s Media, KIDS FIRST! films are free of gratuitous violence; race, gender, or religious bias; and condescension towards kids. Age-appropriate groupings of classic, independent, short and sneak preview films entertain through a balance of animation and live action, plus varied themes from different cultures.

Cool Schools, ages 5-10, Total Running Time: 72 minutes.

i Special Sneak Peek! Eloise Goes to School, 45 minutes,

From book to screen to animated TV series, Eloise is full of fun. Now her tutor has quit and she`s going to the prestigious Hawthorne Academy. Eloise soon learns that there is a lot more to school than she had planned - mean girls, strict teachers and lots of rules, rules, rules!

i Going to School in India, Part 1, 27 minutes.

Winner of multiple awards, a celebration of what school can be, told through the eyes of children who go to school under different circumstances. Highlights India`s extreme landscape and the indomitable spirits of children. Three episodes: Going to School in a Mud Desert; Going to School in the Lake; Going to School on a Mountaintop.

A University of Hawaii at Manoa Centennial Celebration event. Programming provided by KIDS FIRST!