The Int’l Young Audience Film Festival AleKino! awarded a Platinum Goat to Felix Vanginderhuysen, in recognition of his long-standing contribution to the children’s film industry.
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ECFA News
BAB’s ECFA Award goes to SUZIE IN THE GARDEN
With the Czech animation SUZIE IN THE GARDEN by Lucie Sunkova, the 16th edition of the Biennial of Animation Bratislava (BAB) puts up another nomination for the ECFA Short Awards.
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NINE LIVES LEFT wins Greek ‘Cinekid Script LAB’ Contest
Zacharias Mavroeidis’ project NINE LIVES LEFT has won the Script Development Contest, organised by the Athens Int’l Children’s Film Festival and Cinekid. This initiative offers an opportunity for Greek filmmakers to participate in one of the largest international script development workshops, the Cinekid Script LAB.
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Wrapping up Kids Kino Industry 2022
Four days of pitching and conference presentations, multiple possibilities for networking, accompanying programmes such as Kids Kino Lab, Producers LINK, and Young Talents,… were a lot to cover within a short amount of time. But new connections, ideas and inspirations are worth a few sleepless nights. The Kids Kino Industry international co-production forum took place on 27-30 September in Warsaw and online. Time to line up some results…
ECFA interviews online
Did you know that all interviews published in the ECFA Journal are permanently available on ECFA’s website in a special interview section? A new batch was posted there recently.
DaBUF’s Nordic Filmcamp
How do you set up an international film workshop in Denmark and invite young people from Scandinavia for a week? Lise-Lotte Bjørkholt and Kirsten Østergaard Nielsen from the board and International Group of DaBUF (organisation for Danish Children & Youth Filmclubs) had the intention, but not the experience. With the help of Judith Breuning (Filmfabrikken Møn filmschool), which had set up a similar camp in 2014, they made it happen… and wrote a report.
Pitching at CEE Animation Forum
The 10th edition of the CEE Animation Forum will take place in a hybrid format from 2-4th November and will showcase 48 animated projects in four categories: feature films, shorts, series/TV specials and student films.
2nd Kids Kino Docs trajectory
The aim of the Kids Kino Docs programme is to support the development of documentary works for young audiences, thus contributing to the growing popularity of the genre.