AIFF - Free Movies for Families Saturday at Loussac

For parents who want to go to the Anchorage film festival, Saturday is an opportunity to go to movies, with your kids, for free. Loussac Library will be the venue all day for movies for the family. I've copied the list below, but if you want it in color with pictures and links, go to the AIFF Mixed Media page.



Iron Giant

USA 86 min. • Animated Feature

Directed by Brad Bird
A giant metal robot falls to the earth, scaring the townsfolk of a small town in Maine in 1958. After befriending a boy named Hogarth, the unlikely duo ultimately saves the residents from their own fears and prejudices. Based on Ted Hughes' 1968 novel The Iron Man.

10:30 AM


Family Animation Program

An eclectic mix of animation films make up this collection, which is designed for a family audience, including young children. It is a mix of films with entertainment and educational value, most of which incorporate humor. Parents will enjoy the film programs along with their children. Some of the films have subtitles, but are still accessible to younger audiences through imagery and action.

Come Back Sweet Heart - The filmmaker Chang-Pei Wu states, “My art work is always about the search for an answer in my life. By creating this animation, I’d like to explore the meaning of give and take between the people I love and me.”

Maggie and Mildred - Maggie and Mildred have been best friends their whole lives. Well, at least one of their lives.

12:30 PM


Little Miss Dewie: A Duckumentary

USA - 29 min - Documentary

By Mira Tweti & Sarro

A funny and insightful story about life with the grandest of ducks, and the animal welfare consciousness living with her entailed, is ready for the world.

2:00 PM


Eating Alaska

Alaska/USA - 56 min

Directed by Ellen Frankenstein - Snowdance selection

Public Broadcasting
A documentary about a vegetarian, who moves to Alaska, marries a fisherman and hunter and begins to wonder what the “right” thing to eat is on “the last frontier.” What ensues are humorous and enlightening adventures in eating as the filmmaker heads to the woods and mountains with women hunters, communes with the Alaska vegetarian society, talks moose meat with a group of Alaska Native kids in a public schools in the Arctic and more, all in search of a meal that makes sense politically, socially, spiritually and tastefully. This wry look at what’s on your plate explores ideas about eating healthy sustainable food from one’s own backyard, either urban or wild, versus industrially produced food shipped thousands of miles. The 60-minute film is a collaboration of an independent filmmaker with KTOO-TV.

2:30 PM


Student Film Forum

Please join us for a mix of local short film productions from students and young adults. Student filmmakers from Mediak, and Service High School will be present to introduce the films and field questions about their films.

4:15 PM