Sat, Mar 13 at 11 am $10 Adults, $9 Members

 SHORTS IN COMPETITION: SHORTS FOR TOTS - A kaleidoscopic showcase of the best short film and animation from around the world, for ages 3-6. All audience members receive voting ballots to select the NYICFF 2010 winning films! Various, Various, 2010, 65 Min. Recommended Ages: 3 to 6

Sat, Mar 13 at 12 pm $12 Adults, $9 Members

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION: GIRLS' POINT OF VIEW - The best new film from around the world for ages 10 to adult. All audience members receive voting ballots to select the NYICFF 2010 winning films! Various, Various, 2010, 80 Min. Recommended Ages: 10 to Adult.

Sat, Mar 13 at 1:30 pm $12 Adults, $10 Members

A NY PREMIERE! This awe-inspiring nature film follows the personal story of a single loggerhead turtle, one of hundreds of adorable, vulnerable babies born in the sands of the Florida coast, as she grows into a strong-willed adult braving the six-thousand mile journey that has been the species' perilous ritual for millions of years. Critically acclaimed for visually resplendent nature footage on par with Planet Earth or March of the Penguins, Turtle features sweeping aerial shots and vast, majestic underwater seascapes that help underscore the epic scope of the journey with a survival adventure as tense as any Hollywood thriller. United Kingdom, Nick Stringer, 2009, 79 min. Recommended Ages: All Ages

Sat, Mar 13 at 2 pm $12 Adults, $9 Members

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION: FLICKER LOUNGE - A selection of the best short film and animation from around the world, for ages 12 to adult. All audience members receive voting ballots to select the NYICFF 2010 winning films! Various, Various, 2010, 80 Min. Recommended Ages: 12 to Adult.

Please note some films contain strong language and subject matter that may not be appropriate for audiences under 12.

Sat, Mar 13 at 4:30 pm $12 Adults, $9 Members

THE ANIMAUTEURS - This psychedelic landmark in feature animation by René Laloux has become a cult classic, influencing decades of pop culture with its trippy sci-fi tale of humans enslaved by an alien race of super-intelligent blue giants and treated as dumb pets. France, Rene LaLaoux, 1973, 72 Min. Recommended Ages: 11 to Adult.

Please note this film features animated nudity (including non-explicit alien "nuptial rituals",) though it comes across more "art museum" than titillating. There is also some violence.

Sat, Mar 13 at 7 pm $12 Adults, $9 Members

SHORT FILMS IN COMPETITION: HEEBIE JEEBIES - A selection of strange and scary short films from around the world for ages 10 to adult. All audience members receive voting ballots to select the NYICFF 2010 winning films! Various, Various, 2010, 80 Min. Recommended Ages: 10 to Adult

Sat, Mar 13 at 8:45 pm $12 Adults, $9 Members

In this wonderfully tender, autobiographical coming-of-age story, a precocious young girl made wise beyond her years from a bohemian upbringing is forced to adjust when she enters a wealthy private school. France, Sylvie Verheyde, 2008, 102 Min. Recommended Ages: 14 to Adult.

Please note, this film includes strong language, some sexual suggestiveness, violence, and adults frequently drinking and smoking.

Sun, Mar 14 at 3 pm Sat, Mar 20 at 11 am and 2 pm $30 / $25 / $15

The Paper Bag Players Great Mummy Adventure will have you laughing, singing, dancing - and sitting on the edge of your seat! This show is packed with stories, songs, freewheeling dances, painting, audience participation, paper bag costumes and scenery - and lots of adventure! It's a funny, friendly, and thrilling hour of theater.

Sat, Mar 27 at 11 am Adults $25, Day of Show $27, Members $20; Children $15, Day of Show $17, Members $10 Get the deepest discounts when you subscribe! Click the blue button to the right.

With a magical party atmosphere, San Fransisco's The Sippy Cups blend comic stunts, puppets, giant balloons and confetti with their imaginative original tunes and cult rock covers from bands as diverse as The Beatles, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, The Who and even The Ramones.

"Every parent's favorite kid rock band and quite possibly the illegitimate offspring of The Cat in the Hat and Joey Ramone."
- San Francisco Chronicle

"The Sippy Cups harness the childlike euphoria of psychedelia and the energy of power pop to deliver music that passes a crucial test: Repeated listenings won't drive the parents mad."
- Wired Magazine

Sat, Apr 10 at 11 am and 2 pm Adults $25, Day of Show $27, Members $20; Children $15, Day of Show $17, Members $10 Get the deepest discounts when you subscribe! Click the blue button to the right.

Hailed by the New York Times as "a rising star in the world of children's music," and the Chicago Tribune as "among the kid-rock royalty," Justin Roberts' vocal style has been compared to James Taylor, Elvis Costello, Loudon Wainwright III , and even Green Day! With clever, funny songs dealing with important issues a young child might face (the horrors of school picture day, making friends with the monster under the bed) Roberts' lyrics are rich with sharp, comedic insight that make his shows a Symphony Space favorite year after year.

"Comic and soulful songs with creative, unique twists and turns that parents will enjoy as much as children." -LA Times

Sun, Apr 11 at 1 pm Adults $18, Day of Show $20, Members $12; Children/Students (16 and under) $12, Day of Show $14, Members $8

Green (An Abundance of Katherines) and Levithan (Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Executive Editorial Director at Scholastic) discuss their collaborative novel--in which they alternate chapters, each lending his own unique voice to two teens named Will Grayson, one of them gay and one of them straight--with teens ages 14 and up. The event includes a discussion with the audience, a creative writing project, and a book signing.

Sat, Apr 17 at 11 am Adults $25, Day of Show $27, Members $20; Children $15, Day of Show $17, Members $10 Get the deepest discounts when you subscribe! Click the blue button to the right.

Created by singer/songwriter Morgan Taylor, minimally animated illustrations of Gustafer Yellowgold and his friends are accompanied by Taylor's catchy original story-songs for a truly remarkable and memorable multimedia experience.

"...a cross between ‘Yellow Submarine' and Dr. Seuss, filtered through the lens of the Lower East Side." -Time Out New York Kids

Sun, Apr 18 at 1 pm Adults $18, Day of Show $20, Members $12; Children/Students (16 and under) $12, Day of Show $14, Members $8

The award-winning author of Esperanza Rising talks about her stunning new book, a fictional biography of Pablo Neruda's younger years that combines elements of magical realism with poetry, history and literary fiction.   This inspirational book beautifully depicts how the awkward, shy, imaginative Chilean schoolboy Neftali Reyes, mesmerized by the natural world, became the world-renowned poet Pablo Neruda.

Sat, May 8 at 12 pm and 2 pm $30 / $25 / $10; Members $26 / $22 / $9

Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet returns to New York Symphony Space to present Fancy Nancy, with choreography by Francis Patrelle, Artistic Director of Dances Patrelle, and an original score by composer Patrick Soluri. Based on the Fancy Nancy book series by Jane O'Connor, this family favorite will take you along on a fanciful adventure with a precocious little girl.