Modern Kids Summer Flicks 2025

Share the art of the screen with your children this summer! Join us for Modern Kids Summer Flicks featuring the New York International Children’s Film Festival,  a lively collection of short animation, live action, and documentary films for young audiences. Experience joyful, thoughtful stories that are sure to spark meaningful conversations.

Spend an art-filled day at the museum by visiting the galleries before or after the films to experience a variety of paintings, sculptures, and photographs, including our special exhibitions, Alex Da Corte: The Whale and Feeling Color: Aubrey Williams and Frank Bowling.

Admission is free and open to the public. Screenings begin at 11 am. Films are shown in the Modern’s auditorium, and seating is limited to the first 250 guests. Admission to the galleries is free for film festival guests. All ages are welcome!

Make plans to enjoy some delightful eats at Café Modern before or after the films, and shop for art-inspired merchandise and snacks at the Modern Shop.

SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 16 at 11 am – Little Kid Flicks (67 minutes)

Inventive first films for ages 5+

In English or with English subtitles

Pufferfish/Kugelfisch
Germany | North American Premiere
Animation, Julia Ocker, 2022, 4 min
No dialogue

Forever Seven/Für immer Sieben
Germany | International Premiere
Animation, Antje Heyn & Alexander Isert, 2024, 9 min
In English

Coquille
Animation, Multiple directors, 2023, 6 min
No dialogue

My Name is Edgar and I Have a Cow/Jmenuju se Edgar a mam kravu
Czech Republic, Slovakia | New York Premiere
Animation, Filip Diviak, 2023, 8 min
in Czech; in Slovak; with English subtitles

Hoofs on Skates/Kanopos ir pačiūžos
Lithuania | World Premiere
Animation, Ignas Meilūnas, 2024, 12 min
No dialogue

Tabby McTat
United Kingdom | US Premiere
Animation, Jac Hamman & Sarah Scrimgeour, 2022, 25 min
In English

View all Little Kids Flicks short film listings online here.

Thursday, July 17 at 11 am – Big Kid Flicks (62 minutes)

Deep and daring films for ages 8+

In English or with English subtitles

Head in the Clouds/Tête en l’air
Belgium, France
Animation, Rémi Durin, 2023, 11 min
In French; with English subtitles

Goodbye Mamajee
France
Animation, Multiple directors, 2023, 7 min
In Tamil; with English subtitles

Lotus
United Kingdom | World Premiere
Live Action, Ollie Wolf, 2023, 9 min
In English

The Queen’s Flowers
United States | World Premiere
Animation, Ciara Leinaala Lacy, 2024, 11 min
In English

Karol, the Vampire Queen
Colombia | World Premiere
Live Action, Alfonso Acosta, 2023, 12 min
In Spanish; with English subtitles

Mum’s Spaghetti
United Kingdom | New York Premiere
Animation, Lisa Kenney, 2023, 11 min
In English

View all Big Kids Flicks short film listings online here.