Washington Heights Kids Film Festival Opens to Sold-Out Crowds

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Sold out screenings marked the first day of Northern Manhattan's annual children's film festival Wednesday.

In its second year, the five-day KidCinemaFest – The Washington Heights Children and Young People’s Film Festival opens the world of international cinema to neighborhood children and adults with more than 50 films from lands as far away as Australia and Venezuela.

Armando Guareño, the festival’s funder and executive director, grew up in the Dominican Republic with a theater across the street. He said the 35-millimeter prints and rich sound projected inside opened up a world of possibilities for him.

Read more about the film festival and organizers at DNAinfo.com.