Eye For Film >> Festivals >> Sundance >> 2017 >> Kids

Family viewing.

View other Sundance Film Festival Films by strand: Documentary Premieres , Midnight , NEXT , Premieres , Spotlight , Sundance London: Features , Sundance London: Redford Recommends , Sundance London: Shorts , US Documentary Competition , US Dramatic Competition , World Cinema Dramatic Competition , World Documentary Competition

My Life As A Courgette and The Mars Generation

The Mars Generation (Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Michael Barnett)

Aspiring teenage astronauts reveal that a journey to Mars is closer than you think.

World premiere. Salt Lake City opening night film

My Life As A Courgette (Ma Vie De Courgette) (Country: Switzerland, France; Year: 2016; Director: Claude Barras; Writer: Gilles Paris, Morgan Navarro, Céline Sciamma, Germano Zullo; Stars: Voices of: Michel Vuillermoz, Natacha Koutchoumov, Paulin Jaccoud, Brigitte Rosset, Adrien Barazzone, Véronique Montel, Monica Budde, Anne-Laure Brasey, Estelle Hennard, Jean-Claude Issenmann, Sixtine Murat, Raul Ribera, Elliot Sanchez, Gaspard Schlatter, Lou Wick)

Stop-motion story of a boy, who is sent to a group home for orphans after the death of his mum.

Full Review See: Interview with Claude Barras about My Life As A Courgette

Red Dog: True Blue (Country: Australia; Year: 2016; Director: Kriv Stenders; Writer: Daniel Taplitz; Stars: Jason Isaacs, Levi Miller, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Bryan Brown, Thomas Cocquerel, Justine Clarke, Steve Le Marquand, Winta McGrath, Zen McGrath, Kee Chan, Syd Brisbane, Kelton Pell, Calen Tassone, Igor Sas, Caitlin Berestford-Ord)

When 11-year-old Mick is shipped off to his grandfather's cattle station in Australia’s remote Pilbara, he prepares himself for a life of dull hardship but instead finds myth, adventure and a friendship with a scrappy, one-of-a-kind pup that will change his life forever.

North American premiere