
90-Second Newbery
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All-ages film festival by @iamjameskennedy; filmmakers make movies (90 seconds or less) of the entire story of a Newbery award-winning book. Mod. by @etiberland
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Celebrate 10 years of Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson at Symphony Space on 9/21 at 7pm ET! In-person and livestream tickets are available! x.com/SymphonySpace/…

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Get your FREE tix to my 90-Second Newbery film Festival! Kids make short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books. We're coming to Brooklyn, Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis, San Antonio, Ogden UT, Rochester NY, + Tacoma WA. Details: jameskennedy.com/2025/01/12/scr…


Next Saturday 2/22, Rita Williams-Garcia and I will host the 14th annual 90-Second Newbery film festival at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza). Kids make short funny movies that tell the stories of Newbery-winning books! Always lots of fun! Get your FREE tix: ticketleap.events/tickets/90seco…


Holy Frog and Toad! Saturday with James Kennedy and the 90-Second Newbery crew was a cinematic blast!

The latest movie for the 90-Second Newbery film festival I made with my kids and their friends: Wanda Gag's 1929 Honor Book MILLIONS OF CATS, adapted in the style of a shot-by-shot remake of Quint's U.S.S. Indianapolis speech in JAWS! Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1jb6…


Don't miss your chance to join the Chicago screening of The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival Sunday, March 9 at 2 pm at the Harold Washington Library Center, hosted by James Kennedy and Keir Graff has left the building! Get your FREE tickets today! ticketleap.events/tickets/90seco…

A big, happy crowd of kid filmmakers (and lovers of weird cinema) at our Chicago screening of the 90-Second Newbery film festival today!


Hey Rochester, New York! Join the 430+ folks who have made their FREE reservations for this Saturday's screening of the 90-Second Newbery film festival at the EastmanMuseum at 2pm! Hosted by me and legendary author Bruce Coville. Tix: ticketleap.events/tickets/90seco…


Rochester! I'm speaking tonight the The Harley School at 6:30 about THE ORDER OF ODD-FISH, 90-Second Newbery, and more! I was interviewed about it on local TV this morning: 13wham.com/news/good-day-…

Huge crowd at the EastmanMuseum for the Rochester screening of the 90-Second Newbery, hosted by me and Bruce Coville! Kids made great movies: a stop-motion TALE OF DESPEREAUX, a claymation LINCOLN: A PHOTOBIOGRAPHY, and more! Recap: jameskennedy.com/2025/04/07/the…


BOSTON! We are doing a FREE screening of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival tomorrow (Saturday 4/12) at the Boston Public Library. Kids make short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books! I'm co-hosting it with author Rebecca Wells. Tix: ticketleap.events/tickets/90seco…


Congratulations to the Film Club for being nominated—Best Special Effects for their film “The Magic Bus,” in the 90 Second Newbery competition. 💚💚🚌💚💚90-Second Newbery NISDLibraryServices Meadow Village ES NISD MVE Library BexarBiblioTech


A decade ago, 9-yr-old Eian-Gabriel Sinclair made his 1st movie for my 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. He's made a movie for us every year since, & just *graduated* college at age 18! Here's an interview with Eian, plus all his stop-motion movies here: jameskennedy.com/2025/04/18/eia…

After a 6-year hiatus, the 90-Second Newbery film festival returned to Minneapolis on Saturday! Thanks to Jacqueline West (isn't really here anymore) for being a tremendous co-host, and to all the fantastic young filmmakers! Here's to next year!


Saturday we did the San Antonio show of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival at Tobin CenterSA! An audience of 100s of young filmmakers & friends & family WHOOPED IT UP! Our biggest show every year, thanks to BexarBiblioTech & H-E-B Read 3. And thx to my cohost Claudia Villarreal!

Congratulations Rita Williams-Garcia on a terrific graphic novel adaptation of your Newbery Honor winner ONE CRAZY SUMMER. One of my favorite Newbery books! Rita is a generous gem of a friend and an amazing co-host for 90-Second Newbery film festival. Get this new graphic novel now!


Eian-Gabriel Sinclair recently graduated from our illustration program — at 18 years old! He first submitted to the 90-Second Newbery festival at 9 years old and continued on a creative path. James Kennedy tells his unique story! ➡️ brnw.ch/21wT3fq
