ECFA Journal

The first edition of LUCAS (Frankfurt) under director Cathy de Haan did justice to the festival’s new profile: more attention to the art of cinema in general (instead of national premieres) and to media education in particular. Continue reading “ECFA-Journal 4/2016” →

Unfortunately ECFA’s application for a 2nd ‘Children’s Film First’ project within the framework of Creative Europe was not granted by the commission. We are disappointed about the rejection, as ECFA believes that this follow up project could have benefited the entire film literacy community in Europe. Continue reading “ECFA-Journal 3/2016” →

The world is full of scaredy-cats. Me too, I found Generation’s opening  film SIV SLEEPS ASTRAY quite frightening for the young target audience. Swedish directors Lena Hanno and Catti  Edfeldt  proved  me  wrong  (see  interview page 10). Continue reading “ECFA-Journal 2/2016” →

Nine films have been nominated for the ECFA Award 2016 and one of them will soon be crowned as the ‘Best European Children’s Film’ of the year. All ECFA members have now cast their votes and the winner will be announced at the Berlinale on February 13th. Continue reading “ECFA-Journal 1/2016” →