The Visegrad Animation Forum (VAF) has been the largest platform for the animation industry in Central and Eastern Europe. Now there is an ambition to broaden the platform by including other countries, and umbrella all activities under the new CEE Animation brand. Continue reading “Open call for CEE Animation Forum 2019”
ECFA News
Young filmmakers winter camp in Spain
KinoOstrov (St. Petersburg, Russia) has a prestigious plan for the winter season: a film camp in Tarragona, Spain, where they will organise the International Kids & Youth Film Festival ‘Gifts of the Magi’.
CLOUDBOY enables new methods for film education
In CLOUDBOY 12-year-old Niilas has a special passion: with his audio device he tracks and captures sounds in his surroundings, that he can manipulate, distort, mix and compile into a soundtrack that perfectly fits with his state of mind. The wonderful world of sound offers him peace and a sense of control. Continue reading “CLOUDBOY enables new methods for film education”
Film Education: from Framework to Impact
The project ‘Film Education: from Framework to Impact’, funded by Creative Europe, is a consortium of the BFI, DFI, Vision Kino (Germany), and the Cinémathèque Française, supported by EFADs and their Film Education Working Group.
Over the next two years this project will be building resources, training materials, and infrastructure networks to support film education in a range of European territories, developing out of the Framework for Film Education. Its first action is to gather intelligence from key national and trans-national bodies about existing practice and structures, to see what is valued, why people do the film education work they do, and what extra support is needed. The perspective of the children’s film sector is very valuable here. Therefore we are asking as many ECFA members as possible to fill in this short survey (which should take 20 à 30 minutes). The final deadline is already November 9th. Thank you for your consideration!
On behalf of the BFI,
Mark Reid
ECFA not satisfied with new Creative Europe Programme
The new Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027 is in the making. Unfortunately, in the new Regulation, proposed by the European Commission, children’s media are regarded in an unsatisfactory way, not like they deserve.
That’s why the State Chancellery of Thuringia asked KIDS Regio and ECFA for advice. Together, both platforms carefully studied the text and prepared amendments, taking into consideration children’s and young people’s media in general, and specifically feature films and documentaries for this target group, as well as media literacy.
These amendments are already supported by the State Chancellery of Thuringia and by CineRegio, the pan-European association of 44 regional Film Funds. Furthermore they have been spread throughout the ECFA and KIDS Regio networks.
Now we hope that many stakeholders (aren’t you all?) will take action to shape the Creative Europe Programme 2021-2027. Therefore you should get in touch with “your” members of the CULT (Culture & Education) Committee of the European Parliament, as well as with other people / institutions who could support our cause.
Film Literacy Seminar: Exploring Visual Culture programme published
On October 23rd, Cinekid, ECFA, Eye and FLICK invite you to the Film Literacy Seminar: Exploring Visual Culture at the Eye Filmmuseum in Amsterdam. Continue reading “Film Literacy Seminar: Exploring Visual Culture programme published”
Submit your film for the EFA Young Audience Award 2019!
As an official category of the European Film Awards, the EFA Young Audience Award is presented to the director of a European(*) film that addresses an audience between 12 and 14 years of age. Continue reading “Submit your film for the EFA Young Audience Award 2019!”
Polish ECFA Awards for THE BREADWINNER and THE WITCH HUNTERS
ECFA Awards were recently handed out in two Polish festivals. Continue reading “Polish ECFA Awards for THE BREADWINNER and THE WITCH HUNTERS”