European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
While festivals in 2021 were on shaky ground, 19 of them were willing to select titles for the ECFA Awards shortlists. ECFA members can currently vote for the Best Feature, Best Short and Best Documentary. All(!) shortlisted films are available on the Sooner streaming platform. Members, please cast your votes!
Right after the 2022 edition of the Kids Kino Lab’s successful start, the organising New Horizons Association, in co-operation with the South Norwegian Film Centre, launched a new programme: Kids Kino Docs. The call for projects for the first edition is open!
LUCAS is looking for young people who already have some experience with film and are interested in cooperating with the LUCAS Int’l Festival for Young Film Lovers in Frankfurt (6-13 October, 2022).
Bulgarian director and producer Andrey Hadjivasilev is not only passionate about producing films for children, he also has the ambition to improve the conditions for young audience film funding in his home country. With THE TESLA CASE he currently has a new title in production.
The last ECFA Award nomination of the year came from Poznan, Poland, where the jury awarded the French animation CALAMITY – A CHILDHOOD OF MARTHA JANE CANNARY by Rémi Chayé.
Continue reading “AleKino! nominates 2021’s last ECFA Award”
The Smile Festival in Dehli not only shifted dates, but also shifted its ambition.
One World in Schools is an educational festival programme that helps young people to make a difference through documentaries about human rights.
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