Kids & Teens Events
Give your family the red carpet treatment and take them to kid-friendly screenings at a world-class film festival. Look for the duck in the schedule flyer! For teens, explore our site for programs that will appeal to more mature tastes

Great programs for Teens: Teens Workshop, Animation School Fair and Presentations, Christopher Mills: 101 Uses for a Sparkler, Jonas Odell: Revolver BANG! BANG!, The New Wave of Japanese Animation, Ubisoft: Animating for Games, TELETOON Scholarship Finalists, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

Great programs for Kids: Kids Workshop, Manga Craftshop, Animation Celebration, Kids Competition: Short Films, Kids Competition: Television, Aardman Animation, Michael Sporn Retrospective, There's a Party In My Tummy: Yo Gabba Gabba!

PLUS: Click here to learn about the FREE Adobe® Toon Apprentice Pass on Saturday, September 20!




Animation Celebration

Animation Celebration offers Ottawa-area elementary school children (ages 6-12) an introduction to the art of animation. This year, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-award-winning artist Michael Sporn will present a number of his favourite films.

La Célébration de l’animation offre aux élèves des écoles primaires de la région d’Ottawa (âgés de 6 à 12 ans) une initiation à l’art de l’animation. Cette année, Michael Sporn, lauréat d’un Emmy et mis en candidature pour un Oscar, présentera quelques-uns de ses films préférés.


Speakers:
Michael Sporn, Michael Sporn Animation, Inc.




Manga Craftshop

Families are invited to drop-in to this interactive craft outside the Museum of Civilization auditorium. Using templates, you can recreate yourself, friends or family members, and use your new Manga drawings for display, or to work on a comic book when you get home!


PRESENTED BY:

National Film Board of CanadaNational Gallery of Canada
Kids Workshop

Free! Family Hands-on Workshops
Presented by the National Film Board of Canada and the National Gallery of Canada

9:30 am - 12:30 pm Workshop: "Waste No More"
A green workshop where participants will animate all sorts of used materials

"Atelier Vert" Animation de matières récupérées

1:30 pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: "Create Magic!"
Using sand and paper cutouts you will invent an animated story on light tables

"La magie de l'animation!" Création d'histoires animées sur tables lumineuses. Technique mixte (sable/papier découpé)



PRESENTED BY:

National Film Board of CanadaNational Gallery of Canada
Teen Workshop

Free! Teen Hands-on Workshops
Presented by the National Film Board of Canada and the National Gallery of Canada

9:30 am - 12:30 pm Workshop: "Create Magic!"
Using sand and paper cutouts, invent an animated story on light tables

"La magie de l'animation!" Création d'histoires animées sur tables lumineuses. Technique mixte (sable/papier découpé)

1:30pm - 4:30 pm Workshop: 'Post Synch 101"
Make your clay puppet speak up

"Post synchro 101" Faites parler votre marionnette
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