Puppets on Film returns by popular demand for another collection of films that showcases puppets as you’ve never seen them before. Come explore worlds of fantasy, myth, and magic with programs for puppet fans of all ages. This year’s program includes screenings of such classics as Babe, The NeverEnding Story, Labyrinth, The Muppets Take Manhattan, and more, plus kids’s shorts programs and special guest Q&As.
Among the screenings on Saturday and Sunday are several exciting live performances and workshops for the whole family: Father Goose’s Tales (Nov 10), a performance of a modern retelling of nursery rhymes using the ancient art of shadow puppetry; a Shadow Puppet Family Workshop (Sat, Nov 10) in which children make their own creations with the help of master puppeteer Jim “Nappy” Napolitano; and John Kennedy’s the Sweatshirt Sheep Puppetmaking Workshop, (Sun, Nov 11) featuring a screening of puppet short The Sure Sheep and a workshop in which participants create their own puppets before performing with them live on camera.
