CALAMITY took home two awards from prominent juries in the Kristiansand Int’l Children’s Film Festival: the children’s jury and the ECFA Jury. What more could a film wish for?!
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ECFA News
EFA: what young cinephiles have to say
In the run-up to the EFA Young Audience Award (April 2021), the EFA Young Audience Summit was held, co-created by and for young cinephiles. 78 young participants from 25 European countries discussed European films in general and the idea of creating a European Film Club Network in particular.
Remake of the Danish classic BUSTER’S WORLD
BUSTER’S WORLD (1984) by Oscar-winning director Bille August was voted many times among the “all time children’s film classics”. What could be the motivation behind a 2021 remake? During the ‘Films on the Horizon’ session of the Kristiansand Int’l Children’s Film Festival, director Martin Miehe-Renard came with an answer.
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LEAF wins ECFA Award in Dortmund+Köln
LEAF, a film about a sailor’s nostalgia won the ECFA Short Award at the Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln.
BUFF unravels young audience in online seminar
The seminar Reaching the young audience, hosted by the BUFF Malmö Filmfestival (March) in collaboration with ECFA, is now available online.
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SHOWER BOYS awarded at Oberhausen Short Film Days
This year’s ECFA Short Film Award at the Oberhausen Short Film Days went to SHOWER BOYS, a Swedish film by Christian Zetterberg, with an interesting approach towards young masculinity.
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Visegrad Young Film Days
The Visegrad Young Film Days (the industry programme of the Young Film Fest) focused on opening the debate about the development of audio-visual education in the four countries of the Visegrad Group (V4): Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia.
Mo & Friese’s ECFA Short Award for THE DEPARTURE
Mo & Friese (Hamburg) celebrated its 2nd online edition with an ECFA Award for a magnificent short film. And as the festival staff stated: “We are happy twice… Once because all went well and once because it is over…”
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