Zoom Family Film and Book Festival at Wexner Center

Wexner Center for the Arts on the campus of The Ohio State University has fun events and activities for all ages throughout the year. One of the most popular events is the Zoom Family Film Festival!

photo: Katie Spengler

Zoom Family Film Festival

There’s a new focus on children’s books, and this year’s festival includes such Zoom favorites as a hands-on art-making studio, international films focusing on kids’ perspectives, and epic fantasy classics.

It’ll be a full weekend of fun for the family!

Zoom Family Program schedule

Friday, December 8, 2023

Fri, Dec 8 | 7 PM. Neverending Story (Wolfgang Petersen, 1984)
$3 for all audiences with ticket

Saturday, December 9, 2023

Free for all audiences with ticket

Sat, Dec 9 | 8:30 AM. Studio with Pint Sized Protesters, Tala Kanani, and Friends
Heirloom Café. Get creative with sign making. A limited number of Pint Size Protester’ Play Books will be available to take home.

Sat, Dec 9 | 9 AM & 11 AM. Kids Flix Mix
Mershon Auditorium. Enjoy a short series of stretches and yoga with our YogArts partners from Replenish followed by a screening of short films from the 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival (NYICFF) Kids Flicks program.

Sat, Dec 9 | 10 AM. Family-Friendly Gallery Experiences
Galleries. Check out some current exhibitions: Sahar Khoury: Umm; Jumana Manna: Break, Take, Erase, Tally; and Harold Mendez: one way to transform and two and three, plus interact with Color Block No. 2 by Outpost Office.

Sat, Dec 9 | 10 AM. Read with Innosanto Nagara

Children’s author, graphic artist and activist, Innosanto Nagara, will share his book “My Night at the Planetarium”. Kids will be able to chat with the author. Receive a free book written by Nagara and get it signed by the author. Additional book titles will be available for purchase.

Columbus Metropolitan Library will be offering library card sign-ups from 10 AM to 2 PM on Saturday, December 10, in the Lower Lobby.