European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
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The Digital Futures Commission has recently completed an important programme of work dedicated to placing children’s interests at the centre of the design of the digital world. Led by Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE and linked to the work of The 5 Digital Rights Foundation, this work is a collaboration of organisations, children, parents, content creators policy-makers, regulators, academics and civil society.
Key Trends 2022/2023 is the European Audiovisual Observatory’s yearly digest of what’s hot in European media: TV, film, and VOD. This new edition outlines again the big picture of the European audiovisual sector.
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Registration for our special trade fair in which educators will actively participate and inspire each other with creative ideas is open until March 15th. To ensure the best workshop experience, places are limited – therefore: don’t hesitate and fill in the form
For the first time ECFA organizes, in cooperation with the Cineteca di Bologna in the frame of the festival Il Cinema Ritrovato, an event dedicated to film education professionals from all over Europe.
Ten workshops, developed by as many organizations, will be set up, focusing on different aspects of film language such as different animation techniques, the emotional impact on young audiences or topics like responsible citizenship.
Here is an abstract of the ten workshops from nine countries.
Participants will be welcomed on June 30 in the afternoon, kicking off the event with a
Cinemini Europe presentation. All workshop sessions will take place on 1 & 2 July.
‘Beyond the Multiplex’ was a four-year research project (conducted between 2017 and 2021), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK which sought to develop an understanding how a wider range of audiences might be enabled to participate in a more diverse film culture. Through a partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Audience Network (FAN) and regional Film Hubs the project aimed to directly impact efforts in improving regional audience figures, widening film choice, and enhancing the cultural benefits of specialised film.
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Still relevant Film audience research commissioned by the European Commission took place in 2013 including 10 European countries (Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain and United Kingdom). The research was based on an online survey of 4,608 Europeans aged 4-50 and among its findings, a pan-European profile of film viewer was defined and described in ten segmented groups.
Continue reading “The need for a new study: A profile of current and future audiovisual audience”
Escalating conflict in Ukraine poses an immediate and growing threat to the lives and well-being of the country’s 7.5 million children. Humanitarian needs are multiplying – and spreading by the hour. Children have been killed. Children have been wounded. They are being profoundly traumatized by the violence all around them. Hundreds of thousands of people are on the move, and family members are becoming separated from their loved ones.
Unicef
ECFA as an ambassador of children’s needs is dismayed and shocked by what is happening in Ukraine. We condemn the fact that the Russian government considers war to be a legitimate means to enforce its interests against Ukraine, a sovereign country. War was and is never a legitimate means – there are only losers. Especially the children.
ECFA is committed to quality children’s films. In these times they can mean comfort, relief, and hope. We ask our members and other organisations to offer film screenings to refugees from Ukraine.
New Horizons Association in Poland is right now preparing a VOD platform with films for kids with Ukrainian voice over.
Get in touch with them – be supportive – follow their example.
The Children’s
Media Foundation is a UK based non profit organization concerned with securing the best media choices for young people across all platforms. The foundation was launched in 2011, bringing together academic researchers, the children’s content industry, regulators, and politicians in numerous different ways.
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