KidsBestFest 2025 is a week-long movie festival for kids and their adults with free admission held during the winter school break at the Academy of Music Theatre. We show one movie a day and kick off the festival doors open at 10:30 AM.  

11:00 AM:  The Wizard of Oz

A young farm girl and her little dog are magically transported into the enchanted land of Oz via a Kansas tornado. As they travel down Oz's Yellow Brick Road to find the Wizard and ask him to send them home, they encounter a wonderful, funny, terrifying, and, ultimately, enlightening group of characters, human and otherwise. This 1939 award-winning film classic (Best Score and Best Song Academy Awards) is a perennial favorite that has recently been meticulously restored.

Director: Victor Fleming. Production year: 1939. Rating: G. Studio: Warner Bros. Runtime: 101 minutes. Cast: Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Margaret Hamilton.