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Author: Gert Hermans
Date for Fest of Fests Forum approaching fast!
After last year’s launching forum, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is now preparing to host the 2nd International “Fest of Fests” Forum on 10-12th June in Athens. Continue reading “Date for Fest of Fests Forum approaching fast!”
BUFF ECFA Award goes to FIGHT GIRL
2019 takes a start as a memorable children’s film year. The first ECFA Award nominations already show traces of razor-sharp competition. Continue reading “BUFF ECFA Award goes to FIGHT GIRL”
Dancing at the movies: Cine-Dance!
Cine-Dance links the art of dancing with animated cinema. How do you sensitise children about cinema while simultaneously working on their physical awareness? The result is an original, participatory project that introduces (the youngest) audience to motion, physical exercise and animated image. Continue reading “Dancing at the movies: Cine-Dance!”
BINTI premieres with ECFA Award in JEF festival
What more could you wish for? Celebrating your national premiere in the JEF festival (Antwerp, Bruges and several more cities in Belgium) and taking home the ECFA Award straight away?! This happened to BINTI, the feature debut of Belgian director Frederike Migom and her young main actors Bebel Tshiani Baloji and Mo Bakker. Continue reading “BINTI premieres with ECFA Award in JEF festival”
MATTI AND SAMI AND THE THREE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN THE UNIVERSE
Stefan Westerwelle: “Being special is the luxury every child has”
MATTI AND SAMI AND THE THREE BIGGEST MISTAKES IN THE UNIVERSE starts with a flashback: a bunch of people stuck at a lakeside. We have no clue how they ended up here in the middle of nowhere… until we’re introduced to a family with two sons – Matti & Sami – and plenty of problems. Mum can’t hold things together anymore, while dad is longing for his native country Finland. Matti decided it’s about time to give luck a little push: how about a winning lottery ticket that grants you a house in Finland? But the dream ends where the lie begins…
Claus Räfle about THE INVISIBLES
“He said: Now make something good out of it”
Claus Räfle’s docu-drama tells about four young Jews going underground in Berlin, after the Nazis officially declared the city to be “free of Jews” in February 1943. Of those 7000 “invisibles” 1700, mainly young people, managed to survive in a climate of fear, insecurity and ill-founded hope. With fake identity papers, without food rations or safe accommodations, relying on their brave aides.
Jens Pedersen about KIDS ON THE SILK ROAD: HORSE FEVER
“People showered in success are usually quite boring”
Daniar (12) lives on a farm in the mountains of Kyrgyzstan, in an endless, open landscape. One day his father gives him a wild, young stallion to tame. Overjoyed and proud, Daniar takes on the challenge but his beloved horse has a bad temper and has to be put down after a dramatic incident. Daniar loses what he loves the most… Jens Pedersen met the boy while travelling the Silk Road.