8 genre-spanning short films for kids, kids at heart, and movie lovers of all ages.
The Senate Theater is teaming up with the Ann Arbor Film Festival to bring their Almost All Ages touring festival to Detroit. Almost All Ages is a diverse selection of colorful and engaging films that makes experimental, one-of-a-kind films accessible and exciting for everyone who watches. Each of the eight short films, ranging from animated to documentary features a distinctive perspective. As a group, the films inspire audiences to think, look, and experience the world around them in new and creative ways. The works are intended for audiences ranging from elementary school children to adults well-versed in the cinematic arts and everyone in between. The content is appropriate for ages 6+.
Doors - 3:00 PM
Organ Overture - 3:30 PM
Films starting at - 4:00 PM
Tickets - $5 / Kids 12 and under FREE | For ages 6+
Clean Slate - David Opdyke | Ridgewood, NY | 2018 | 3 min
A peaceful sky is under threat from new arrivals who will stop at nothing and want everything. When all seems lost, a band of survivors changes the rules and attempts—a daring escape. Are they willing to do what is necessary to win their freedom?
The Art of Living While Being Left Behind - Claudia Franzen | Yangon Myanmar | 2018 | 6 min
In the heart of Myanmar, three generations of trash entrepreneurs take us into the seemingly bleak world of waste management, with people and places many would rather not look at; yet, it is in this unsightly place that true beauty is revealed.
Water Cycle - Tom Hansell | Creston, NC | 2018 | 2 min
This short experimental film explores human interaction with freshwater ecosystems. The filmmaker collected plastic, sand, and moss from the New River and taped them to clear 16mm film leader in homage to Stan Brakhage’s work. The soundtrack is a mix of ambient noises ranging in place of origin from the river's headwaters on Snake Mountain in North Carolina to its mouth in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia.
Orbit - Tess Martin | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 2019 | 7 min
The sun’s energy circulates through the Earth, feeding the cycle of life. Everything is connected in a natural loop, which repeats, like the circular discs of magical optical toys. This perfectly balanced rhythm is disrupted by human excess, throwing the cycle out of orbit and temporarily stopping the circulation of energy in nature
Silo - Gina Kamenstky | Somerville, MA | 2017 | 2 min
This film takes a journey around an abandoned grain silo outside the animator’s studio.
Circus Movements - Lukas Berger and Mário Gajo de Carvalho | Portugal/Germany/Austria/Ethiopia | 2019
The young girls Liya and Beza, doing the hula hoop; Habtamnesh, doing the aerial hoop; and the boy Beniyam, who is only 5 years old, performing acrobatics – these are some of the kids who are great circus artists in the magnificent landscapes of Ethiopia. This film about them is punctuated with everyday scenes of rural and city life.
Jane La Onda - “Fly” - TRLLM (K8 Howl, Jak Ritger) | Allston, MA | 2018 | 3 min
In this music video for an unreleased song, Guerilla Toss front-woman Kassie Carlson embarks on a journey of the mind. Cosmic colors rush through the world of a tiny housefly. The fly croons in meditative vibrations that we only begin to grasp. The directors, TRLLM, worked closely with Carlson to create a unique blend of homemade costumes and 3D animation.
RGBebop / Anthropology - Luigi Allemano | Montréal, Canada | 2018 | 4 min
RGBebop / Anthropology is an animated visual music improvisation in color and sound, made by hand with laser-cut stencils, pen, brush, ink, and paper.
Code Ruth - Caroline Voagen Nelson | Astoria, NY | 2018 | 4 min
A true love story about a Morse code instructor finding her path during WWII, Code Ruth blends stop-motion techniques with archival materials to share a family’s history of connecting through technology.
DREAMLAND - Mirai Mizue | France / Japan | 2018 | 5 min
Dreamland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.