European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
“We still don’t talk about it”When Diana Cam Van Nguyen rediscovered the letters her dad wrote her from prison, she was surprised about the loving tone. That tone seemed to have disappeared now – where has it gone? She decides to write him back, in the form of a short film, that is not only stunningly honest, but also astonishing on a graphic level.
“I still know all the steps by heart”Milou Gevers, who received an ECFA Doc Award for WHY DIDN’T YOU STAY FOR ME? now presents her next film. SUMMER WITHOUT YOU is part of a series of short documentaries for Dutch television on the theme of ‘divorce’ and tells about children who meet each other at a camping site for single-parent families. Between Quinn and Julie, two visitors to the campsite, conversations about their parents’ divorce get going smoothly.
The European Film in Hospital project, run by 6 ECFA members, presents the inspiring results of research carried out by Il Nuovo Fantarca and the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, through its two research centres OssCom and Cremit. The most striking result of this research was something we all long to hear from time to time: “What you do is useful, meaningful and contributes to the wellbeing of your audience”.
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ECFA Awards in countless festivals are part of the end-of-year tradition. This year they came in large numbers, from more than 10 festivals. There are newly nominated features, shorts and docs and one film was awarded twice… Due to the abundance of films, we keep the information short. (Photo: NINA AND THE HEDGEHOG SECRET)
A cooperation among three ECFA members is currently translating into a successful result for CINEKID (Amsterdam) and JEF (Antwerp). An inflatable result!
Recruitment has started to find the next producer for Discovery Film Festival – Scotland’s Int’l Film Festival For Young Audiences – following Mike Tait’s decision to step back from the role.
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More than a year ago, Signe Zeilich-Jensen was commissioned by IDFA to investigate the situation of Dutch youth documentaries. Although the Netherlands are known as a leading nation in this field, according to Zeilich-Jensen’s report measures are needed to continue to guarantee the quality and visibility of the genre. (Photo: AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR)
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We search for all kinds of qualities in children’s films: representation, messages and morality, cinematographic standards… but what about plain humour? A quality so much underestimated that André F. Nebe felt the urge to publish a book about it. (Photo: SCRAPPER)