There’s no better place to better engage with kids’ content and the kids’ audience than the Children’s Media Conference, which ECFA members can attend at a special rate.
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Cinemovel on tour in Senegal
From 15-27 April, the Cinemovel travelling cinema caravan will be taking Matteo Garrone’s film IO CAPITANO (photo) to the cities, suburbs, villages and schools of Senegal. A journey through stories of migration and hope, screened in places where the stories themselves are born. Along with Cinemovel will travel director Matteo Garrone, some of the actors and a cultural mediator.
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Special interest in film students at My First Festival
My First Festival in Barcelona & Madrid (9-24 November) offers young audiences (aged 2-12) a unique chance to discover new films in a programme of shorts and features. Now the festival has taken up a special interest in the works of young film students.
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Another ECFA Award season
An ECFA Award was presented at the BUFF Festival Malmö to the Norwegian feature LARS IS LOL, celebrating its international festival premiere. In the PLAY festival in Lisbon, the ECFA Short Award went to a short Dutch documentary…
Zlin Festival embraces teenagers with animation and web series
When mentioning animated production for young adults, many would automatically fill in: Cartoon Network, whose brand has dominated the market for over two decades. But there’s more to it than just series produced by mammoth American studios. That is why the Zlin Film Festival organises a talk show called “Young Adult Animation or is it time for a European adventure?”
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MAUR Films well represented in Annecy
MAUR film has reasons to be proud. No less than four of their recent productions have been selected for the Annecy Festival 2024, among them is HELLO SUMMER, rightfully selected for the Young Audience section.
Oberhausen Festival discusses active participation
Involving young people in film festival programming is the first and crucial step in active participation of the target audience. Therefore, this year the Short Film Festival Oberhausen is organising a panel discussion under the title “Creating Programmes Together”.
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