The Chicago 2021 90-Second Newbery Film Festival: Online Screening!
Hello, Chicago fans of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival! Usually, we do our screenings live at libraries and theaters around the country, including at the Chicago Public Library. We obviously can’t do any live screenings this year . . .
So instead, we are doing online screenings! In video above, join film festival founder James Kennedy (author of the YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish and the upcoming adult speculative thriller Dare To Know—go ahead, pre-order it!) and Keir Graff (author of The Tiny Mansion and many other great kids’ books) as we watch the best kid-made 90-Second Newbery videos . . . all of them from in and around CHICAGO!
We even open up the show with a brief skit that investigates the MYSTERIOUS FATES of previous participants in the 90-Second Newbery over the past ten years. And there’s singing! (Special thanks to guest star Freya Trefonides.)
Want to learn more about the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival? Check out our official website at www.90secondnewbery.com. The deadline for submitting movies for next year is January 14, 2022.
Thank you to all the young filmmakers for their fantastic movies, and the families, teachers, and librarians who assisted them! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the video above.
Here’s the program order:
1. My Father’s Dragon (Ruth S. Gannett, 1949 Honor Book) By Lily Manning from Chicago, IL
2. Abel’s Island (William Steig, 1977 Honor Book) by Mack Falco and Family from Elk Grove, IL
3. Because of Winn-Dixie (Kate DiCamillo, 2001 Honor Book) by the Heath Family from Chicago, IL
4. Louisiana’s Way Home (Kate DiCamillo, never won a Newbery) by Celeste Alexander from Chicago, IL
5. A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L’Engle, 1963 Medal Winner) by Riley Levine from Highland Park, IL
6. New Kid (Jerry Craft, 2020 Medal Winner) by Cedric and Ethan, Lincoln Hall Middle School from Lincolnwood, IL
7. New Kid (Jerry Craft, 2020 Medal Winner) by Harry, Lincoln Hall Middle School from Lincolnwood, IL
8. The Giver (Lois Lowry, 1994 Medal Winner) by Daniela and Myra, Lincoln Hall Middle School from Lincolnwood, IL
9. Holes (Louis Sachar, 1999 Medal winner) by Salwa and Mila, Lincoln Hall Middle School from Lincolnwood, IL
10. El Deafo (Cece Bell, 2015 Honor Book) by Sia, Ana, Allison, Chitoge, and Emi, Lincoln Hall Middle School from Lincolnwood, IL
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James Kennedy is the author of the YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish and the upcoming adult speculative thriller Dare To Know. He is the founder and curator of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. He lives in Chicago with his wife and two daughters. You can find him on the web at http://www.jameskennedy.com and on Twitter at @iamjameskennedy. |
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Keir Graff is the author of funny and fantastical middle-grade adventure novels including The Tiny Mansion, The Phantom Tower (named a Best Children’s Book by the Chicago Tribune), and The Matchstick Castle (an official Illinois Reads selection). He also writes books for grown-ups—some of them under fake names! A longtime resident of Chicago, he lives near the shore of Lake Michigan with his wife Marya, sons Felix and Cosmo, and cats Toothless and Totoro. Follow him on Twitter at @KeirGraff and find out more at www.keirgraff.com. |
Do you want to support the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, so we can keep this crazy show going every year, coast to coast? Please make a tax-deductible donation to the 90-Second Newbery here so we can keep bringing this program to everyone across the country for yet another ten years! The 90-Second Newbery is under the nonprofit fiscal sponsorship of Fractured Atlas.