{"id":187996,"date":"2021-12-14T19:09:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/?p=735186"},"modified":"2021-12-14T19:09:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:09:36","slug":"six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/12\/14\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Year Old Girl\u2019s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-735185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Scheked-story-1-169x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Scheked-story-1-169x300.jpeg 169w, https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Scheked-story-1-576x1024.jpeg 576w, https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Scheked-story-1.jpeg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><br \/>\nWashington DC \/ 360PRWire \/ December 13, 2021\u2013Six year old Ellie\u2019s hand sketched story and animation won selection in three international film festivals. The pandemic lockdown inspired a Maryland kindergartner to write a story about friendship, playing in nature and imagination. The hand-illustrated story called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaf-Gurl-playing-friendship-imagination\/dp\/B094TCDLZB\/\">\u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d was published as a book<\/a> as well as an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qVV5w68gfXE&#038;t\">animation<\/a>, narrated and directed by Ellie. <a href=\"https:\/\/child-author.medium.com\/three-books-by-child-girl-authors-age-less-than-10-b57894194bbd\">In history, there have been only a few child female authors who have written and published books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.international-shorts.com\/official-selections\/congratulations-to-the-leaf-gurl-for-selection-in-3-film-festivals\">\u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d was selected in 3 film festivals<\/a>:<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-735184 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Leaf-Gurl-1-300x212.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Leaf-Gurl-1-300x212.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Leaf-Gurl-1-1024x723.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Leaf-Gurl-1-768x543.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/The-Leaf-Gurl-1.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The jury for Chicago based Alder International Film Festival (AISFF) that was held in October 21-27, selected and screened Ellie\u2019s animation, \u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2021, the Phare International Film Festival announced the selection and screening of \u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Kalakari International Film Festival also selected \u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d and will screen the film in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About Ellie<\/p>\n<p>Ellie is six years old and is a student at the Carderock Springs Elementary School in Potomac, Maryland, USA. Ellie\u2019s first professional book was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Leaf-Gurl-playing-friendship-imagination\/dp\/B094TCDLZB\/\">\u201cThe Leaf Gurl\u201d,<\/a> which received rave critical reviews by publishing experts and editors. She loves playing with her friends and enjoys creating new stories. She has fond memories of her Redbird friends at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suburbannurseryschool.org\/\">Suburban Nursery School<\/a>. She lives in the River Falls community in the suburbs of Washington DC. One of the things she wants to do when she grows up is to save the planet by planting more trees! Ellie is also a member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mensa.org\/\">Mensa Society<\/a>. Ellie can be contacted through her website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elliesmagicalworld.com\/\">www.elliesmagicalworld.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>PR Contact:<\/p>\n<p>Dom Jonas<br \/>\ndom@360prwire.com<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/\">Six Year Old Girl\u2019s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/\">360PRWire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington DC \/ 360PRWire \/ December 13, 2021&ndash;Six year old Ellie&rsquo;s hand sketched story and animation won selection in three international film festivals. The pandemic lockdown inspired a Maryland kindergartner to write a story about friendship, playing in nature and imagination. The hand-illustrated story called &ldquo;The Leaf Gurl&rdquo; was published as a book as well &hellip;<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/\"> <span>Six Year Old Girl&rsquo;s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/\">Six Year Old Girl&rsquo;s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.360prwire.com\/\">360PRWire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/12\/14\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":331,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[147,374,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","category-ipsnews","category-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Six Year Old Girl\u2019s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2021\/12\/14\/six-year-old-girls-covid-inspired-hand-sketched-story-and-animation-selected-in-three-international-film-festivals\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Six Year Old Girl\u2019s COVID Inspired Hand Sketched Story and Animation Selected in Three International Film Festivals - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington DC \/ 360PRWire \/ December 13, 2021&ndash;Six year old Ellie&rsquo;s hand sketched story and animation won selection in three international film festivals. 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