European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
On 7 October, Cinemira Int’l Children’s & Youth Film Festival hosted the 3rd Children & Youth Film Pitch Forum, where Hungarian screenwriters, writers and creatives came to present their ideas for young audience films and series, and find directors, producers and other professional partners for their projects.
ECFA’s most extensive project for 2023 is the Workshop Warehouse, a trade fair in which educators will actively participate and inspire each other with creative ideas. The Workshop Warehouse will take place from 30 June – 2 July in Bologna and the contours of the programme are gradually becoming clear.
The audience of the 9th edition of Kino Dzieci (Kids Kino Int’l Film Festival) nowadays are spread over 20 Polish cities! In Warsaw and Wroclaw, the entire programme is available, while the main competition is presented in 18 more locations nationwide. Thus viewers from around the country decide the winning films… and then there’s juries, like the ECFA Jury!
The Int’l Young Audience Film Festival AleKino! awarded a Platinum Goat to Felix Vanginderhuysen, in recognition of his long-standing contribution to the children’s film industry.
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With the Czech animation SUZIE IN THE GARDEN by Lucie Sunkova, the 16th edition of the Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB) puts up another nomination for the ECFA Short Awards.
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Zacharias Mavroeidis’ project NINE LIVES LEFT has won the Script Development Contest, organised by the Athens Int’l Children’s Film Festival and Cinekid. This initiative offers an opportunity for Greek filmmakers to participate in one of the largest international script development workshops, the Cinekid Script LAB.
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Four days of pitching and conference presentations, multiple possibilities for networking, accompanying programmes such as Kids Kino Lab, Producers LINK, and Young Talents,… were a lot to cover within a short amount of time. But new connections, ideas and inspirations are worth a few sleepless nights. The Kids Kino Industry international co-production forum took place on 27-30 September in Warsaw and online. Time to line up some results…
Did you know that all interviews published in the ECFA Journal are permanently available on ECFA’s website in a special interview section? A new batch was posted there recently.