Besides a leading European festival in its genre, setting standards for all other festivals in the short film field, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen was also one of the first to give shorts for children a rightful place in its programme. Continue reading “New ECFA Member International Short Film Festival Oberhausen Celebrates 40 Years of Children’s Programming”
Author: Gert Hermans
China International Children’s Film Festival Finds Lodging
After a 3 years search for a safe haven, the China International Children’s Film Festival (CICFF) finally found shelter. Continue reading “China International Children’s Film Festival Finds Lodging”
Hungarian Children’s Film Academy is new ECFA member
The Children’s Film Academy (childrenfilmacademy.hu) is a Budapest based institution dealing with production, education and distribution of children’s film. ‘Gyufa’ was founded by Hungarian film director Nóra Lakos in 2013, gathering a team of young filmmakers working in the framework of the Academy on various tasks:
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Julia Fleißig: new director at LUCAS
Julia Fleißig is taking over the festival management at the LUCAS International Festival for Young Film Lovers, that will celebrate its 40th edition from 1 – 7 October 2017. Continue reading “Julia Fleißig: new director at LUCAS”
ECFA & KIDS REGIO Post Statement
In April 2017, ECFA and the KIDS Regio lobby initiative have sent a joined statement to Creative Europe, on the occasion of the programme’s midterm evaluation. This ‘Statement for a special attention to children’s films within the Creative Europe MEDIA Sub-Programme’ aims to emphasize the importance of cinema for a young audience and makes a call on European policy makers, political functionaries, local Media Desks and various voices in the ‘children & media’ debate.
Read the statement here.
Zlin Sheds Spotlight on Czech Films in Production
‘Taartrovers’ find a place of their own
Organising creative, artistic activities in regards to children’s films is the main mission of Dutch ECFA member De Taartrovers. Recently, they got allocated a permanent place of their own. Continue reading “‘Taartrovers’ find a place of their own”
GOODBYE BERLIN wins EFA Young Audience Award
In a truly European vote, 12-14-year-olds in 31 European countries have elected GOODBYE BERLIN (Fatih Akin, Germany) as the winner of the European Film Academy Young Audience Award 2017. Continue reading “GOODBYE BERLIN wins EFA Young Audience Award”