In the Warsaw Kids Film Forum 58 projects from over 20 countries were submitted. The final selection of 28 projects in development and works-in-progress will soon be announced. Continue reading “28 projects pitching at Warsaw Kids Film Forum”
Author: Gert Hermans
Documentary triumphs at Ciné-Jeune’s ECFA Award
A new and original name was added to the list of ECFA Award nominations 2019. JE N’AIME PLUS LA MER (aka I USED TO LIKE THE SEA), a Belgian documentary by Idriss Gabel, won the ECFA Award at the Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne festival. Continue reading “Documentary triumphs at Ciné-Jeune’s ECFA Award”
BUFF’s Big Animation Boxes
This year the BUFF Festival in Malmö held a series of workshops with the biggest animation box you have ever seen. Continue reading “BUFF’s Big Animation Boxes”
MY LABEL wins first Budapest ECFA Award
For the first time an ECFA Short Award was presented at the International Children’s Film Festival Cinemira in Budapest, Hungary. Continue reading “MY LABEL wins first Budapest ECFA Award”
doxs!: New beginnings, same mission
A double festival leadership for Duisburger Filmwoche and doxs!
3rd European KIDS Regio Forum
Later this week (27-28th June) more than 80 experts from all over Europe will meet in Weimar, Germany for the 3rd KIDS Regio Forum, a conference entitled “Connecting the Dots – Towards a vital European children’s film culture”. Continue reading “3rd European KIDS Regio Forum”
Frederike Migom about BINTI
“A sheet of paper that says you don’t exist”
“There is no place to call home,” says Binti, the main character in Frederike Migom’s feature film debut. Certainly not in the squat, from which they have to flee for the police, and not in Belgium, where they have been living for years without a residence permit. Even though on her YouTube vlog Binti has plenty of followers, officially – on paper – she doesn’t even exist.
Youth documentary producers Tangerine Tree
“A substantial part of the production budget was spent on fines”
Nienke Korthof and Willem Baptist are the driving force behind Dutch production company Tangerine Tree, experts in the field of youth documentaries. On the occasion of receiving the ECFA Doc Award 2019 in Berlin for LENNO & THE ANGELFISH, Baptist, on stage, described their company as “hardcore children’s documentary producer”.