Family Saturday Screenings

Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale “The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep,” The King and the Mockingbird follows two young protagonists as they flee the clutches of a tyrannical king, aided by an insolent mockingbird. As France’s first drawn animated feature in color, the film has won the admiration of generations of viewers, filmmakers, artists, and illustrators.

When a mysterious criminal threatens New York City, an injured police detective finds an unlikely ally in Leo, a hospitalized boy with a remarkable secret: he can leave his body and drift unseen through the city as a phantom. Phantom Boy’s hand-drawn animation gives an otherworldly quality to this noir-inspired story, transforming the city into a luminous set of glowing lights and shifting perspectives.

Mary Anning recounts the remarkable true story of a 12-year-old fossil hunter who discovered the first complete ichthyosaur skeleton. Anning would go on to become a pioneering figure in English paleontology, overcoming the limited opportunities afforded to women in the 19th century.

In a remote, excessively strict boarding school in postwar France, musician Clément Mathieu starts a choir and attempts to change the school’s outdated policies. Faced with resistance from both faculty and students, Mathieu’s quiet encouragement eventually wins the hearts of his pupils.