Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m.
On Saturday, April 25 at 2 p.m., the George Eastman Museum will once again host the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, a program of short films by children and teens.
Founded by James Kennedy, author of the award-winning YA fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish, the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival aims to encourage reading and media literacy among youth through the making of films that tell the entire story of a Newbery Award-winning book in ninety seconds.
The best movies received are screened at special-event screenings in New York City, Chicago, San Antonio, Boston, Tacoma, and other cities, co-hosted by Kennedy and other award-winning children’s authors. Past movies have demonstrated creativity, humor, and ingenuity—from musicals to stop-motion Claymation, and from puppet shows to animation.
The Rochester, NY screening of the 15th annual festival will be hosted by Kennedy and Bruce Coville (author of The Unicorn Chronicles, Aliens Ate My Homework, and more).
Movies made by kids from the Rochester area and some of the best from around the country will be shown during the program, free of charge to all. Advanced registration is encouraged.
For those interested in making their own 90-Second Newbery movie in 2027, details, video resources, and more can be found at the 90-Second Newbery website.
Sponsored by the Friends and Foundation of the Rochester Public Library, Genesee Valley BOCES, Irondequoit Public Library, Animatus Studio, and RIT MAGIC, RIT College of Art & Design and RIT K-12 University Center.
About the George Eastman Museum
Founded in 1947, the George Eastman Museum is the world’s oldest photography museum and one of the largest film archives in the United States. Its holdings comprise more than 450,000 photographs, 31,000 motion picture films, the world’s preeminent collection of photographic and cinematographic technology, one of the leading libraries of books and archival materials related to photography and cinema, and extensive holdings of documents and other objects related to George Eastman. The museum is located on the historic Rochester estate of entrepreneur and philanthropist George Eastman, the pioneer of popular photography. As a research and teaching institution, the Eastman Museum has an active publishing program, and its L. Jeffrey Selznick School of Film Preservation’s graduate program (a collaboration with the University of Rochester) makes critical contributions to film preservation. The George Eastman Museum is supported with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. For more information, visit eastman.org.