Big or little, small or tall, join us as we take a fresh look at the world, and discover how size is just a matter of your point of view! Between the films, talk about what you saw and try suggested follow-up activities in the Museum’s galleries.
This program was developed in collaboration with Maria-Christina Villaseñor, guest curator and New York International Children’s Film Festival director of programming.
Flipped. 2018. UK. Directed by Hend Esmat, Lamiaa Diab. Visit a world where the roles of kids and adults are switched. 5 min.
My Big Brother. 2014. USA. Directed by Jason Rayner. Meet a boy who shares a room with his gigantic brother. While he cannot compete with the giant physically, and the hand-me-downs are not ideal, he can’t deny how his brother’s unique stature has changed his world. 3 min.
The Red Heels. 2011. France. Directed by Olesya Shchukina. A little girl gets lost and has a series of adventures while searching for her mother. 1 min.
The Elephant and the Bicycle. 2014. France/Belgium. Directed by Olesya Shchukina. An elephant living and working among people as a street cleaner sees a billboard advertising a bicycle, and decides he has to get this bicycle whatever it costs. 9 min.
The Return. 2012. France. Directed by Natalia Chernysheva. As we grow up we discover that the places and objects we once knew are much smaller than we remember. 2 min.
Tulip. 2020. USA. Directed by Andrea Love, Phoebe Wahl. This stop-motion animated short film is a fresh and woolly take on the classic Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “Thumbelina.” Follow the adventures of Tulip, a tiny child who was born from a flower, as she explores the garden outside her home in search of where she belongs. 9 min.
Online registration is required. The program is free for children and adults and includes free admission to the Museum.
Questions? Contact [email protected] or call 212-708-9805.
Accessibility
The Cullman Education and Research Building entrance has a power-assist door. Seating options include chairs with backs and armrests. Gallery stools, wheelchairs, and rollators are available by request at all Museum entrances, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Accessible family and all-gender restrooms are located in the mezzanine.
Guide dogs and other trained service animals are always welcome.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and live captioning (CART) are available for public programs upon request with two weeks’ advance notice. MoMA will make every effort to provide accommodation for requests made with less than two weeks’ notice. Please contact [email protected] to make a request for these services.
In order to serve visitors with hearing loss, Bartos Theater has induction hearing loops for sound amplification. During scheduled programs, visitors can turn their hearing aid or cochlear implant to T-coil mode to hear enhanced sound effortlessly. The loop system does not work with hearing aids without telecoil technology.
For more information on accessibility at MoMA, please visit moma.org/visit/accessibility. For accessibility questions or accommodation requests, please email [email protected] or call 212-708-9805.
The Adobe Foundation is proud to support equity, learning, and creativity at MoMA.
Family Programs are made possible by the Samuel and Ronnie Heyman Family Endowment Fund.
Major support is provided by the William Randolph Hearst Endowment Fund, the Emily Fisher Landau Educator Fund, the Charles A. Cuomo Education Endowment Fund, and by the Annual Education Fund.