The Olympia Film Festival is one of the festivals that has the courage to host no less than three ECFA competitions. We’re happy to welcome three new winners: WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT (Best Feature), MATILDA AND THE SPARE HEAD (Best Short) and LITTLE BALLERINAS (Best Doc).
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Industry talk “Beyond Stereotypes” on 15th February
Kids Kino Industry Talks joins forces with JEF and Wanda, a Belgian collective of female film creatives to bring you a special talk about the importance of diversity and creating diverse stories for a young audience: “Beyond stereotypes – Creating diverse stories for a young audience” on 15th February!
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Ale Kino! votes for THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN
In the Ale Kino! Festival, the Dutch children’s film THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN (Jonathan Elbers) collected its second ECFA Award nomination of the year. Not bad for a dystopian futuristic story, though probably not as futuristic as it might seem.
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Don’t you dream about an Inflatable Cinema?
The Inflatable Cinema, launched in 2018, is a successful Portuguese project that reached out to more than 18,000 young spectators. It was at the basis of many wonderful partnerships, including one with ECFA. Now it’s for sale …
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Johanne Helgeland (THE CROSSING) thanks Oulu Festival
THE CROSSING (Johanne Helgeland, Norway), collecting plenty festival awards, now received its second ECFA Award nomination at the Oulu Int’l Children’s & Youth Film Festival.
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Just Film: award for GLASSBOY and a Work in Progress
GLASSBOY, a brand new film by Samuele Rossi (Italy), not only celebrated its premiere at the Just Film Festival in Tallinn, but also took home the ECFA Award. Not a bad start!
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Art-kino reached out to more than 100,000 children
Art-kino (Rijeka, Croatia) has reasons to be proud. Their “School at the Cinema” programme was recently adapted to the needs of pupils watching online, and after 12 years rounded the cape of 100,000 participating children, young people, educators and teachers.
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WELLEN AUS LICHT wins at doxs festival
In the doxs festival, the German film WELLEN AUS LICHT (Samuel N. Schwarz) took home the ECFA Award. The film tells about Frida, who finds peace in the forest where a steady stream of sounds and smells brings balance to her senses. The city, on the other hand, is hectic and loud. “Sometimes my eyes hurt because I see too much.” Frida, 12 years old, is almost completely blind.