This year the Juniorfest Industry Days focused on the (non)existing distribution of children’s films in a European context. Representatives of major European festivals (BUFF Malmö, Cinekid, Ale Kino!), filmmakers and sales agents representing major distribution companies (Sola Media) attended the event.
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ECFA News
ECFA Awards in Filem’on
The Filem’on Festival in Brussels each year has the gathering of two ECFA Juries: one for shorts and one for doc’s. Participating in this year’s ECFA Juries were Franzeska Ferdinand (Int. Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany), Joris Van Dael (KidsCam, Belgium), Jitendra Mishra (Smile Foundation, India), Julia Jarl (BUFF Festival, Sweden) and Felix Vanginderhuysen (ECFA, Belgium).
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Children’s & Youth programme @ the Nordic Filmdays Lübeck
The 61st Nordic Filmdays Lübeck (29th October – 3rd November) were a complete success. In six days 196 films were screened (283 screenings) and over 36,000 people came to watch northern films and drama series. Continue reading “Children’s & Youth programme @ the Nordic Filmdays Lübeck”
SPREAD YOUR WINGS receives ECFA Award in Schlingel
The ECFA Award at this year’s Schlingel Int. Film Festival for Children & Young People in Chemnitz (Germany) went to SPREAD YOUR WINGS by Nicolas Vanier (France). Continue reading “SPREAD YOUR WINGS receives ECFA Award in Schlingel”
Results of the ECFA Schlingel Seminar now online

On the 7th & 8th October almost 100 ECFA members and other industry professionals came together at the Schlingel Festival (Chemnitz, Germany), attending the ECFA Seminar as a part of the Schlingel Industry Forum.
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Weimar Declaration online
One outcome of the recent KIDS Regio Forum in Weimar was a strong demand for both networking platforms ECFA and KIDS Regio to work even closer together. This incentive, pushed forward by the more than 80 participants, was warmly welcomed by all ECFA representatives.
ECFA awards ROMY’S SALON in Warsaw
In the Kids Kino International Film Festival Warsaw (aka Kino Dzieci), the ECFA Jury awarded ROMY’S SALON by Mischa Kamp. Continue reading “ECFA awards ROMY’S SALON in Warsaw”
Film – A language without borders report is online
‘Film – A Language Without Borders’ is a cross-European project organised by the Danish and British Film Institute and Vision Kino (Germany), supported by the Creative Europe programme. The project report is now available online. Continue reading “Film – A language without borders report is online”