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Interviews with filmmakers in the ECFA Journal often stress the importance of script labs and training modules organised by several European industry organisations. As Klemen Dvornik (BLOCK 5) said in an ECFA interview: “The Cinekid Script and Producers’ lab has greatly helped us to take steps forward. Such opportunities have boosted our confidence.” For all filmmakers whose confidence needs an extra boost, the call for entries for Cinekid’s industry initiatives is now open.

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Life doesn’t stand still! Just a few days after the ECFA Award 2025 was presented in Berlin, the first titles were written on the shortlist for the next edition, at the PLAY festival in Lisbon. A short time later, nominations also arrived from the Youth Film Festival Antwerp. On to another rock-solid edition!

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The new Audiovisual Act that went into effect in the Czech Republic on January 1^st is, above all, the merit of one person. Michal Šašek is widely recognised as the architect of a piece of legislation that ensures bigger budgets, more independence and a separate status for animation film.

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During ECFA’s Annual General Meeting three new board members were elected by the attending members, from the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Denmark.

 

 

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What would it take to sensitize both established media and more modern platforms like podcasts, blogs, and fan forums to children’s and young people’s films? Is it the films themselves that need to change, or is it our attitude towards them? A panel discussion will be held at the invitation of ECFA, the German Film Critics Association (VdFk), and Berlin Critics’ Week. Film critics and writers from diverse media formats will discuss critical perspectives on the varied production of children’s & youth films.

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Thanks to the willingness of the Cinema Ritrovato Festival/Cineteca di Bologna, and the generous solidarity of a number of major European festivals, ECFA will have the opportunity to organise a second edition of the Workshop Warehouse, at the end of June in Bologna. This marché for educational film workshops, conducted in a hands-on format, will again become one of the ECFA flagships in 2025.

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The animated feature TALES FROM THE MAGIC GARDEN will have its world premiere at the Berlinale 2025 in the Generation Kplus competition. The long-awaited stop-motion film, inspired by the fairy-tale book OF UNWANTED THINGS AND PEOPLE by Czech author Arnošt Goldflam, celebrates the art of storytelling. With a unique blend of fantasy, humour and a sensitive exploration of loss, it shows how imagination can help families stay close and find joy even in tough times.

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