This year the Juniorfest Industry Days focused on the (non)existing distribution of children’s films in a European context. Representatives of major European festivals (BUFF Malmö, Cinekid, Ale Kino!), filmmakers and sales agents representing major distribution companies (Sola Media) attended the event.
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Author: Gert Hermans
ECFA Awards in Filem’on
The Filem’on Festival in Brussels each year has the gathering of two ECFA Juries: one for shorts and one for doc’s. Participating in this year’s ECFA Juries were Franzeska Ferdinand (Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany), Joris Van Dael (KidsCam, Belgium), Jitendra Mishra (Smile Foundation, India), Julia Jarl (BUFF Festival, Sweden) and Felix Vanginderhuysen (ECFA, Belgium).
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Children’s & Youth programme @ the Nordic Filmdays Lübeck
The 61st Nordic Filmdays Lübeck (29th October – 3rd November) were a complete success. In six days 196 films were screened (283 screenings) and over 36,000 people came to watch northern films and drama series. Continue reading “Children’s & Youth programme @ the Nordic Filmdays Lübeck”
SPREAD YOUR WINGS receives ECFA Award in Schlingel
The ECFA Award at this year’s Schlingel Int. Film Festival for Children & Young People in Chemnitz (Germany) went to SPREAD YOUR WINGS by Nicolas Vanier (France). Continue reading “SPREAD YOUR WINGS receives ECFA Award in Schlingel”
ECFA Journal 4/2019
Here is exactly what you need to get through your long, cold winter evenings: your new ECFA Journal.
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Mischa Kamp & Tamara Bos about ROMY’S SALON
“Bakers and butchers are disappearing, but hair salons are still there”
Every day after school, 10 year old Romy reluctantly stays with her grandma, who works as a hairdresser and has her own salon. Grandma Stine, stiff and strict, has no time for her granddaughter. Until Romy realises that grandma often is messing things up. Gradually they grow closer while Romy is helping her with the new cash register. ROMY’S SALON is a heart-felt story about a grandchild standing strong when grandma is showing symptoms of dementia.
Judy Naidoo about KINGS OF MULBERRY STREET
“We only had one car to blow up”
Welcome to Mulberry Street in Durban, South-Africa. When Babu and his father are moving in, meeting Ticky – the boy next door – is unavoidable. Ticky is wild and cheeky, his role models are all Bollywood movie heroes, while Babu is introverted and well-educated. An odd duo, sharing a passion for crazy adventures. But the biggest adventure is yet to come, when the boys take on the fight against nasty neighbourhood gangster Raja. KINGS OF MULBERRY STREET, directed by Judy Naidoo, serves a cocktail of vibrant South-African street life, combined with the grand spectacle of Bollywood cinema.
Results of the ECFA Schlingel Seminar now online
On the 7th & 8th October almost 100 ECFA members and other industry professionals came together at the Schlingel Festival (Chemnitz, Germany), attending the ECFA Seminar as a part of the Schlingel Industry Forum.
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