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Marcel the Shell With Shoes On

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Join us for VIFF Kids Club – our monthly family matinee series with film-inspired crafts and special concession snacks before the show! Doors open at 11:00 am for activities, with the film screening at 12:00 pm.

This Month’s Film

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On is a heartwarming, funny, and imaginative film for all ages. It follows Marcel, a tiny shell with a big heart, who lives with his grandmother Connie in a big house once full of family. When a documentary filmmaker discovers Marcel, they team up to search for his long-lost relatives. Blending stop-motion charm with touching storytelling, it’s a gentle tale about hope, family, loss, and finding connection and friendship in unexpected places.

This Month’s Activities

Before the film gets started, kids will have the opportunity to create Marcel-themed crafts, inspired by the film.

 

Please note: VIFF Kids Club is designed for families to attend together. Adults can only attend if they’re bringing a child, and children can only attend if accompanied by an adult

Does your family have a film idea for Kids Club? Let our staff know after the movie, or submit your idea online!

 

What you’ll scope out in this small marvel of a mockumentary is how Marcel copes with loss of family, loneliness and sudden media fame, and how he relates, on 60 Minutes, to Lesley Stahl. I can’t wait to see it and him again.

Joe Morgenstern, Washington Post

Pack a hankie. But don’t miss this strange, special little film.

Peter Debruge, Variety

The cinematic equivalent of a hug.

Monica Castillo, The Wrap

Director

Dean Fleischer-Camp

Cast

Jenny Slate, Dean Fleischer Camp, Isabella Rossellini, Joe Gabler, Shari Finkelstein, Samuel Painter, Blake Hottle

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2021

Language

English

G

Open to youth!
$10 youth tickets available

121 min

Book Tickets

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Credits

Executive Producer

Philipp Engelhorn, William Byerley, Nion NcEvoy, George Rush, Michael Raisler

Producer

Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Terry Leonard

Screenwriter

Dean Fleischer Camp, Jenny Slate, Nick Paley

Cinematography

Bianca Cline

Animation

Kirsten Lepore

Editor

Dean Fleischer Camp, Nick Paley

Original Music

Disasterpeace

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