Family Flicks: Ernest & Celestine

Sunday, June 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM

Hammer Museum, Los Angeles

Co-presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive Recommended for ages 6+ Dazzling, hand-painted watercolor animation brings Gabrielle Vincent’s Belgian children’s books to life in this Oscar-nominated gem. In a world sharply divided by fear between bears, who live above, and mice, who live below, an unlikely bond blooms between a grumpy, music-loving bear and a spirited little mouse with big dreams. Mutual need brings them together but a shared love of creativity and fun connects them in a story about how friendship can change the world. (2012, Dir. Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner. DCP, color, 80 min.)