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For ages 5-10 — Filmmakers from over 30 countries sent us their short films. We’ve selected the best, most original, most profound, silliest, spookiest, and most beautiful. But don’t just take our word for it—fill out a ballot at every screening, and your votes will determine the Festival award winners. This compilation of short films includes three from France-- the full lineup can be viewed here 

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NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE — The sequel to Festival 2015 Grand Prize winning feature Belle and Sebastian places us back in the sweeping panorama of the French Alps. Sebastian and his best friend, Belle, are on a mission to find Angelina, whose plane crash-landed on her return from the battlefields of WWII. Their bravery is in full force as they partner with a mysterious pilot and a gutsy new kid to take on the countless dangers, obstacles, and secrets they encounter in the expansive terrain. With a wink and a nod to classic family adventure films, Belle and Sebastian: The Adventure Continues is true to its title — bound to satisfy returning fans and win over new ones. The film will be shown in French with English subtitles and is suitable for ages 7 to adult. This is sure to be an adventure you won't soon forget!

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Roman harpsichordist Giuseppe Schinaia performs keyboard masterworks from Bernini's time in France, selected from the manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris.

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Born in Rome, Giuseppe Schinaia had his first piano and music theory lessons with Umberto De Margheriti and Italian conductor Roberto Cagiano. Later he attended the classes of piano and composition at the Rome Conservatory of Music “Santa Cecilia” with Lya De Barberiis and Nazario C. Bellandi and composition seminars of Lewis Spratlan at Amherst College (Mass, USA). At the same time he actively began to pursue his interests in early music, studying organ and harpsichord, and exploring the often neglected patrimony of historic organs in Rome and central Italy. In the ‘80s, he led a small group specializing in late Renaissance and early Baroque compositions. More recently, he attended international master classes and courses both as a soloist and a continuo player (harpsichord, organ and clavichord) with

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