European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
All Kiki the canary has ever known is his little cage and the old lady who feeds him. He dreams of being outside, twirling with the free birds. When finally the door of the cage remains ajar, Kiki discovers the great outdoors in which he must know how to fly. Being a free bird might be a bit scary after all.
The Cactus International Children’s & Youth Film Festival in Aosta, Italy, has handed out its first ECFA Short Award. The prize went to the French short THE RIGHT WORDS (HAUT LES COEURS, Adrian Moyse Dullin).
The 8th edition of SIFFCY – Smile Int’l Film Festival for Children & Youth – this year came with more titles, more renown jury members and an interesting ECFA Award winner: THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN (Jonathan Elbers, the Netherlands).
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In the Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne Festival the ECFA Short Award went to the French film A POINT (THE RIGHT TIME, Aurélie Marpeaux).
If size matters, you’re now looking at a winner! Probably the biggest ECFA Journal ever…
If there is one thing that the Dutch workshop Taartrovers (Cake Robbers) is known for, it is definitely the art of ‘playing’, which grants them a unique place in the European children’s film landscape. Through “Playing with film” they now present a study on how film education for preschoolers can be of added value to the existing school curriculum.
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The Children’s Media Conference (CMC) comes with an Early Bird rate that is available for everyone to buy. With an extra profitable arrangement for ECFA members!
It will be Europe’s largest supermarket! Not for shopping films or groceries, but for shopping workshops. It’s new, it’s DIY, it’s something else… Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Workshop Warehouse!
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