KATAK, ASHA & COCO: Quebec cinema rules at FIFEM

The Audience Award, the ultimate test case for a film’s popularity, was shared in this year’s FIFEM (Montreal Int’l Children’s Film Festival) by two Quebec films. A boost of confidence for domestic production! The winners were KATAK, THE BRAVE BELUGA (by Christine Dallaire-Dupont & Nicola Lemay) and COCO FERME (by Sébastien Gagné).

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2nd Rock Demers Award

The Rock Demers Award, a prestigious children’s film award on the North-American continent, was launched last year with the purpose to encourage and inspire, by recognising individuals and institutions that have distinguished themselves through their contribution to children’s cinema. At the Montreal Int’l Children’s Film Festival (FIFEM), the award was handed out to Canadian distributor Chantale Pagé.

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Smile Int’l Film Fest ‘SIFFCY’ in New Delhi

“SIFFCY supports good cinema for the benefit of children and youth and provides healthy entertainment. We at Smile Foundation are glad to have nurtured such a platform to bring quality films from across the globe. Good cinema can help us build an empathetic society and a better planet,” says founder of the Foundation and Chairman of the festival Santanu Mishra.

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Curate-It

Aya Films’ recently developed training tool Curate-It makes information about film curation accessible in a digital space. Curate-It provides participants with all they need to know for implementing their own screening event. It is structured as an eight-step programme to teach participants about film theory, film curation and the practical and logistical elements needed to create film events. 

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