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CHILDREN’S INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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1 - 7 january
2021
welcome contents
It is with great excitement that we present the best of Melbourne and Sydney’s FILMS
Children’s International Film Festival held this November-December with a
Coconut the Little Dragon: Into the Jungle........................................................... 4
series of fun and vibrant films for kids, families and the young at heart.
Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal..................................................................6
As many parents and carers now know after a very unusual year, with kids at Dino Dana: The Movie...............................................................................................7
home for an extended length of time, there is an abundance of moving-image The Elfkins - Baking a Difference.............................................................................8
content available for children online, which makes it more important than ever
Ella Bella Bingo.........................................................................................................10
to make sure that their young eyes and ears experience the very best of what
cinema has to offer. Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale......................................................................................11
.The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Great Jail-Breaker......................... 12
In partnership with CHIFF, we are helping to pursue their mission to deliver a Lassie Come Home.................................................................................................. 13
programme of high-quality children’s films that go far beyond what Australian
The Princess Bride....................................................................................................14
kids typically have access. Our spectacular programme of West Australian
premieres contains the newest of new films, many of which have been sourced
from the most prestigious children’s film festivals around the world. ACTIVITY PAGES
Maze............................................................................................................................5
These are films that are otherwise not available in Australia, so do not miss this Can You Spy?..............................................................................................................9
unique opportunity for your family to see them on the big screen and enjoy the
cinema experience once more in our parkland picnic venues.
FESTIVAL INFO
This year’s programme features new re-imaginings of classic characters such as Screening Schedule.................................................................................................. 15
Lassie and Sherlock Holmes; plus Dino Dana making her feature film debut and Tickets and Venues................................................................................................... 16
a special free screening of the classic The Princess Bride. You will also get the
opportunity to meet beloved film and literary characters from other parts of the
world such as Coconut the Little Dragon and 5 year-old Ella Bella Bingo. And if
that’s not enough we herald the rise of our own famous quokka, Daisy, who sets
Your safety is of the utmost importance to us: all of our cinemas will
out to prove that the world’s most lovable animal is in fact the most scary.
be implementing measures to ensure that you’re safe and comfortable
during your visit. See communitycinemas.com.au for details.
So join us as we present the best of CHIFF as we have a film for you!
Please maintain social distancing between your party and others.
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Coconut the Little Dragon: Into the Jungle
Director: Tony Power | Germany | Language: English
2018 | 80 mins | Recommended for ages 4+
Coconut is the little orange dragon who
proves that sometimes the smallest can be Very mild sense of threat in some scenes.
the biggest.
Coconut is a Fire Dragon who usually hangs
Western Australian Premiere.
out on Dragon Island with Oscar, a Gourmet
2019 Giffoni Film Festival.
Dragon, and Matilda, a porcupine. The trio
of best friends love having adventures, but
get more than they bargained for when their ECU Joondalup Pines
ships sink while they are on their way to school Tuesday 5 January, 7:45pm
camp and they find themselves in a strange
jungle inhabited by the mysterious Water
Dragons. Friendships are tested and new
allegiances are formed so all species of dragons
can work together to fend off the jungle’s
deadly carnivorous vines.
This feature animation about friendship
and bridging cultural divides is a terrific
introduction to the world of Coconut the Little
Dragon: a beloved series of best-selling books
that has been translated into more than
20 languages.
Can you find your way
4 through the maze? 5
Daisy Quokka: World's Scariest Animal Dino Dana: The Movie
Director: Ricard Cussó | Australia | Language: English Director: JJ Johnson | Canada | Language: English
2020 | 85 mins | Recommended for ages 8+ 2020 | 76 mins | Recommended for ages 5+
Champions come in all sizes! Where are all the kid dinosaurs?
When an unbearably adorable, eternally Some scenes may scare younger children, very Dana, the 10-year-old who has the power to Very mild themes concerning an older child
optimistic Quokka named Daisy wants to mild fantasy violence, some mild bad language. imagine dinosaurs into the real world, makes choosing what parent to live with after a divorce,
achieve the impossible – to win the annual a triumphant leap to the big screen with this mild sense of threat in some scenes, some
‘World’s Scariest Animal’ championship, she feature-length film based on the hit Canadian scenes may scare or upset younger children.
Western Australian Premiere.
enlists the guidance of a washed-up, former TV series that celebrates science, a thirst for
champion, a grouchy Saltwater Crocodile, to knowledge and the power of imagination.
Western Australian Premiere.
help her achieve her dreams and prove that Burswood
champions can come in all sizes. Dana is ready to commence dino experiment
Wednesday 6 January, 7:45pm
901 to find out just why there aren’t any kid
Featuring an all-star voice cast including dinosaur fossils. However, this time Dana has Burswood
Bassendean Saturday 2 January, 7:45pm
Angourie Rice and Sam Neill, this new Friday 1 January, 7:45pm the help of her new neighbour Mateo who
animated feature film brings to life a spirited can also see the dinosaurs she conjures. The Bassendean
set of Australian animal characters for a fun Murdoch problem is that the T-Rex and Spinosaurus Thursday 7 January, 7:45pm
and inspiring adventure. Saturday 2 January, 7:45pm that the young palaeontologist-in-training has
brought into the world are out of control and Murdoch
ECU Joondalup Pines Friday 1 January, 7:45pm
it’s up to Dana, Mateo and their older siblings
Thursday 7 January, 7:45pm
to save the day. Along the way they learn
ECU Joondalup Pines
some valuable life lessons as they solve the
Friday 1 January, 7:45pm
mystery of the missing kid dinos.
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Can you spy:
A cat, a panda, a pirate, some popcorn,
glasses, a witches hat?
The Elfkins - Baking a Difference
Director: Ute von Münchow-Pohl | Germany | Language: English
2020 | 78 mins | Recommended for ages 5+
Good things come in small packages.
The tiny gnome-like Elfkins have lived in Very mild slapstick violence, mild sense of
hiding, under the German city of Cologne, for threat in some scenes.
more than 200 years. One day, after being
dismissed by her fellow Elfkins one time too
Western Australian Premiere.
many for her inventions, the young Elfkin girl
Helvi decides it’s time to try and return to
the human world on the surface. Along with Burswood
two slightly reluctant Elkfin boys, Helvi gets Tuesday 5 January, 7:45pm
tangled up in the affairs of disgruntled pastry
chef Theo, who is about to lose his cake shop Bassendean
to his scheming brother. Remembering that Wednesday 6 January, 7:45pm
once upon a time Elkins used to help humans,
Helvi and her friends decide to learn how to Murdoch
Sunday 3 January, 7:45pm
bake so they can save Theo’s business.
ECU Joondalup Pines
Inspired by tales from German folklore,
Saturday 2 January, 7:45pm
this is a fun and high-spirited story about
reconciliation, looking beyond old prejudices
and being the best person (or Elfkin!) you
can be.
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Ella Bella Bingo Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale
Director: Atle Blakseth, Frank Mosvold | Norway | Language: English Director: Ralf Kukula, Matthias Bruhn | Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Luxembourg
2020 | 75 mins | Recommended for ages 4+ Language: English | 2019 | 82 mins | Recommended for ages 8+
Friendship is forever… except when “It is rare for an animation to be
everything changes. Some scenes with a very mild sense of threat. simultaneously entertainment, information Mild impact violence, mild impact themes
and education as much as Fritzi is.” concerning political oppression and
Ella Bella Bingo is an imaginative 5-year- —Cineuropa
old who loves spending time with family, persecution.
Western Australian Premiere.
friends and neighbours, and coming up It is 1989 and 12-year-old Fritzi lives in East
with imaginative ideas for things to do. Ella Germany. When Fritzi’s best friend Sophie
Western Australian Premiere.
especially loves hanging out with her best Burswood
goes on holiday Fritzi happily agrees to take
2019 Cinekid Amsterdam, 2019 Chicago
friend Henry. Her latest scheme – to put on a Thursday 7 January, 7:45pm care of Sophie’s dog, Sputnik. But then Sophie
Children’s Film Festival.
circus – is going to be her best yet! However, doesn’t come back: she and her mum have fled
things change when cool kid Johnny moves Bassendean across the border seeking refuge in Hungary.
into the neighbourhood and Ella becomes Monday 4 January, 7:45pm Fritzi becomes determined to reunite Sophie Burswood
jealous and possessive of Henry. Then the and Sputnik so starts planning to cross the Friday 1 January, 7:45pm
worst possible thing happens: Henry and Ella Murdoch border herself. Through encounters with
Tuesday 5 January, 7:45pm
have a big argument and Henry no longer hostile townsfolk, sympathetic friends, Bassendean
wants to be part of the circus. ECU Joondalup Pines members of the local resistance movement Sunday 3 January, 7:45pm
Sunday 3 January, 7:45pm and Stasi officers Fritzi discovers that life in
Based on the hit 2011 pre-school series, this a communist state is far more hostile and Murdoch
charming new feature film relaunches the Thursday 7 January, 7:45pm
restrictive than she had ever realised. But
world of Ella Bella Bingo as she discovers the change is in the air, and Fritzi is about to ECU Joondalup Pines
true value of friendship. become part of something Wednesday 6 January, 7:45pm
extraordinary.
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The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: The Great Jail-Breaker Lassie Come Home
Director: Toe Yuena, Matthew Chow | Hong Kong | Language: English Director: Hanno Olderdissen | Germany | Language: English | Rated PG
2019 | 84 mins | Recommended for ages 8+ 2020 | 96 mins | Recommended for ages 7+
“The Holmes that kids and dog lovers have Cinema’s most famous dog returns in a modern
been waiting for.” —The Hollywood Reporter re-telling of a classic story.
Mild impact violence. Western Australian Premiere.
On the streets of Victorian era London, Lassie and 12-year-old Florien are inseparable
nothing gets by Sherlock Holmes the dog best friends, so it breaks both their hearts when
Western Australian Premiere. Burswood
and his trusted companion Dr Watson the Lassie is sent away after Florien’s father loses
Sunday 27 December, 7:45pm
cat. Nothing, that is, except for the notorious his job. While Lassie’s temporary minders, which
Monday 4 January, 7:45pm
includes 12-year-old Priscilla, mean well; Lassie
burglar White Storm, who may well be a Burswood is mistreated by an opportunist caretaker and Bassendean
Robin Hood type who only steals from the Sunday 3 January, 7:45pm escapes the first chance she gets. It is the start Saturday 2 January, 7:45pm
rich to give to the poor, but the law is the law. of an epic adventure across southern Germany
However, things aren’t what they seem. Bassendean as Lassie makes her way back home while Florien Murdoch
Tuesday 5 January, 7:45pm and Priscilla set out to find her. Saturday 26 December, 7:45pm
As well as trying to catch White Storm,
Holmes and Watson must also protect him Murdoch Eighty years after Lassie first captured hearts in ECU Joondalup Pines
from Scarface, a vengeful bear. Teaming up Wednesday 6 January, 7:45pm English novelist Eric Mowbray Knight’s classic Saturday 26 December, 7:45pm
with two Scotland Yard investigators – a gorilla Lassie Come-Home, the iconic long-haired collie
ECU Joondalup Pines
and a fox – the world’s greatest detective is on is ready to be discovered once more by a whole
Monday 4 January, 7:45pm
the case! new generation.
From the popular Hong Kong book series,
this animal variation of the Sherlock Holmes Mild sense of threat, very mild themes
stories is both a morality tale and a rollicking concerning references to grief and loss, very mild
adventure with terrific action set-pieces. violence, coarse language.
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screening schedule
Burswood Murdoch University
FRIDAY 1 JANUARY FRIDAY 1 JANUARY
7.45PM Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale.........................................11 7.45PM Dino Dana: The Movie..................................................7
SATURDAY 2 JANUARY SATURDAY 2 JANUARY
7.45PM Dino Dana: The Movie .................................................7 7.45PM Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal.....................6
SUNDAY 3 JANUARY SUNDAY 3 JANUARY
7.45PM The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: 7.45PM The Elfkins – Baking a Difference...............................8
The Great Jail-Breaker............................................... 12
MONDAY 4 JANUARY
MONDAY 4 JANUARY 7.45PM The Princess Bride....................................................... 15
THE PRINCESS BRIDE 7.45PM Lassie Come Home..................................................... 13
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY
7.45PM Ella Bella Bingo............................................................10
Director: Rob Reiner | USA | Language: English 7.45PM The Elfkins – Baking a Difference...............................8
1987 | 98 mins | Recommended for ages 12+ | Rated PG WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY
WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY 7.45PM The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes:
7.45PM Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal.....................6 The Great Jail-Breaker............................................... 12
As you wish…
THURSDAY 7 JANUARY THURSDAY 7 JANUARY
An elderly man reads the book The Princess Mild violence, infrequent mild coarse language.
7.45PM Ella Bella Bingo............................................................10 7.45PM Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale.........................................11
Bride to his sick and thus currently bedridden The content is mild in impact.
adolescent grandson, the reading of the book Bassendean ECU Joondalup Pines
which has been passed down within the family
Murdoch FRIDAY 1 JANUARY FRIDAY 1 JANUARY
for generations. The grandson is sure he won’t
Monday 4 January, 7:45pm 7.45PM Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal.....................6 7.45PM Dino Dana: The Movie..................................................7
like the story, with a romance at its core, he
Free screening presented by:
preferring something with lots of action and SATURDAY 2 JANUARY SATURDAY 2 JANUARY
“no kissing”. But the grandson is powerless to
7.45PM Lassie Come Home..................................................... 13 7.45PM The Elfkins – Baking a Difference...............................8
stop his grandfather, whose feelings he doesn’t
want to hurt. The story centres on Buttercup, SUNDAY 3 JANUARY SUNDAY 3 JANUARY
a former farm girl who has been chosen as the 7.45PM Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale.........................................11 7.45PM Ella Bella Bingo............................................................10
princess bride to Prince Humperdinck of Florian.
Buttercup does not love him, she who still MONDAY 4 JANUARY MONDAY 4 JANUARY
laments the death of her one true love, Westley, 7.45PM Ella Bella Bingo............................................................10 7.45PM The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes:
five years ago. The Great Jail-Breaker............................................... 12
TUESDAY 5 JANUARY
This has become a modern day cinema classic 7.45PM The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes: TUESDAY 5 JANUARY
beloved by all ages. The Great Jail-Breaker............................................... 12 7.45PM Coconut the Little Dragon: Into The Jungle..............5
WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY WEDNESDAY 6 JANUARY
7.45PM The Elfkins – Baking a Difference...............................8 7.45PM Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale.........................................11
THURSDAY 7 JANUARY THURSDAY 7 JANUARY
7.45PM Dino Dana: The Movie..................................................7 7.45PM Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal.....................6
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Ticketing and Venues
Tickets are available online at communitycinemas.com.au and at
the cinemas’ box offices from 6:30pm on the night.
TICKET PRICES
Adults $14
Family Pass $35
Two adults and two children
Students / Seniors / Concession Cards $10
Make an enquiry by emailing info@communitycinemas.com.au
Children $7
5-15 year olds inclusive
Children Under 5 & Companion Cards FREE
VENUE DETAILS
Telethon Community Cinemas Burswood
Charles Paterson Park, Burswood Parklands off Great Eastern Highway, Burswood
Telethon Community Cinemas Bassendean
BIC Reserve, Cnr Guildford Road & Wilson Street, Bassendean
Telethon Community Cinemas Murdoch
Forecourt Bldg 122, Murdoch University, South Street, Murdoch
Telethon Community Cinemas ECU Joondalup Pines
Edith Cowan University, Joondalup Drive, Joondalup
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TERMS AND CONDITIONS
Telethon Community Cinemas supports Companion Cards. CHIFF has received a classification exemption from the
Australian Classification Board. Age recommendations are provided by the Children’s International Film Festival as
guidelines, and specific information about themes are provided in the detailed description of each film. All assessments by
CHIFF and Telethon Community Cinemas are subjective, and consideration by a parent or guardian is advised to assess
whether a film is a good fit for your family.
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