Southampton Film Week are delighted to confirm the Into Film Festival in this year’s programme, screening 2 exciting films on Tuesday 12th November 2024.
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON
Cert PG | 2022 | Dir. Dean Fleischer-Camp| Family Film | USA | 90 mins
Upon temporarily moving into an Airbnb, Dean, a documentary filmmaker, is surprised to discover Marcel amongst all the clutter. Marcel is a 1-inch tall shell who lives alone with his elderly grandma (also a shell) after being separated from the rest of his family years previously during an unknown event. Upon learning about this, Dean begins to film a documentary in the hopes that Marcel, with his sweet nature and offbeat philosophies on life, can go viral and be reunited with his family. Surprisingly poignant, persistently adorable and built around themes of family, friendship and identity, this is an eccentric comedy, part live-action and part animation, that will appeal to a wide variety of ages.
Booking through Into Film Festival: https://www.intofilm.org/events/festival/2447.
MIGRATION
Cert U | 2022 | Dir. Benjamin Renner, Guylo Homsy| Animation | USA | 79 mins
Ducks are known to migrate to warmer climates when their habitat grows cooler, but so far, this has not been the case for the Mallard family. While dad Mack is content to keep his family safe paddling around their New England pond forever, mum Pam is eager to shake things up and show their kids – teen son Dax and duckling daughter Gwen – the whole wide world. They convince Mack to take to the skies and venture South for the winter, but their well-laid plans quickly go awry. Rather than the lush relaxing sands of the Caribbean, they find themselves in the hustle and bustle of a major metropolis and must team up with a streetwise pigeon, Chump, if they want to survive the concrete jungle. From the makers of the Despicable Me and The Secret Life of Pets franchises, this whirlwind animation celebrates adventure, family, and wellbeing.
Booking through Into Film Festival: https://www.intofilm.org/events/festival/2447.
