![]() ![]() Leaf Belarus, Czech Republic Animation, Aliona Baranova, 2020, 6 min. In English Kiri and Lou are the silliest creatures around, but they’re smart enough to know a good thing when they’ve got it. No dialogue Being a neat freak is easy when you’ve got eight arms and live underwater, but try keeping up with this octopus teacher’s hilarious lesson! Kiri and Lou - Air Canada, New Zealand | US Premiere Animation, Harry Sinclair, 2020, 5 min. Ink Netherlands Animation, Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk, 2020, 2 min. No dialogue You’ve heard of King Kong, now meet this king cat, a giant feline who falls for the big city, with its skyscraper scratching posts and inhabitants who marvel at her size. ![]() No dialogue Two wacky wizard friends bump and cruise through a fantastical land, powered by green in more ways than one! A Lynx in the Town France, Switzerland Animation, Nina Bisiarina, 2019, 7 min. a film by m+m United States | East Coast Premiere Animation, Megan McShane & Matthew Yang, 2020, 2 min. In English Little Emi craves ice cream and always wants more. The Yogi Walrus United Kingdom | North American Premiere Animation, Daleya Marohn, 2019, 4 min. No dialogue Young Mido wants to be part of the band, but he just might need to tune his wild and wooly style to jam with these cool creatures. When the music starts, will a passion bloom? Mido and the Instrumals France | North American Premiere Animation, Roman Guillanton, 2020, 6 min. In English A stubborn 5-year-old reluctantly heads off to a performance with her mom. ? Kenya’s Symphony United States Animation, Carlos Douglas Jr., 2020, 5 min. Screenings at Scandinavia House will take place on ?, ? from ?:? – ?, with the screenings recurring on the hour. In this special preview event from February 24-26, “In Your Neighborhood” allows audiences to explore all the great cultural activities your neighborhood has to offer, with a special short-film program presented at locations around the city. This is your place.Preview the upcoming New York International Children's Film Festival with a special "In Your Neighborhood Event" on February 25! The annual festival returns this March 3-5 & 12-13, with screenings presented at Scandinavia House and other venues throughout NYC. The library also features programs for people of all ages, from programs catered toward adults and events specifically designed for babies and toddlers. The library also has a large selection in Chinese and Spanish, and any media can be requested in any of the dozens of languages spoken in Queens, according to Euni Chang, Hunters Point library manager. The library features a collection of 50,000 books, movies, audio books, albums, magazines and more. The ribbon cutting also included a water-shooting show by the NYC Fire Department boat right on the waterfront by the library. The library provides the intellectual capital to understand the past and plan for the future. “The library in this community ensures the right the privilege and the ability of individuals to pursue any direction of thought, study, or action. “Libraries represent a fundamental public good in our democracy,” Strong said. Gary Strong, former Queens Public Library president, was also in attendance, and spoke about the significance of the building. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was opened up by Queens Public Library President Dennis Walcott, who extolled the multitude of people who made the new library a reality. Not only will this be a presence, it will give all the people in the building amazing views to Manhattan … This building is for the future.” It would just be a splat in front of these condominiums,” Holl said. “We could’ve built this whole building on a single floor. It needed to stand tall among the residential buildings that surround it, and stand as a building worthy of jealousy from the Manhattan residents who can see it on the shoreline. Steven Holl, the library’s architect, spoke at the ribbon cutting of how one of the residential buildings across the street offered up a few floors for the library for free, but ultimately, it was decided that the project needed to make a vertical statement. Van Bramer, who was previously a Queens Public Library staffer, helped to push the library to its completion. "It's probably the single most important project of my life," Western Queens Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer told Patch during the library’s press preview last week. Long Island City’s Hunters Point Library opened to the public on Tuesday after $40 million in construction and a decade in the making, and book lovers across Queens are rejoicing.
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