European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
Short films are the true expertise of the Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne festival. No less than seven short film competitions were presented in the festival’s spring event. Later this year an autumn edition will be celebrated, but the ECFA Award winner has already been decided.
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The Children’s & Youth Cinema at the 67th Int’l Short Film Festival Oberhausen goes online again. Crowded screenings, the opportunity for kids to watch shorts from across the globe together and talk to filmmakers are essential to the festival. The second online edition confronts the festival not only with limitations, but also with opportunities.
Continue reading “Short Film Festival Oberhausen: Chances & Barriers”
Dimitra Kouzi, Greek ambassador for “all things documentary” decided to re-edit her film GOOD MORNING MR FOTIS. The new version, PASSAGE TO EUROPE, comes with new perspectives on a burning topic.
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The Schlingel team is optimistic about organising the festival’s 2021 edition (9–16 October). “I don’t think things can get worse than it was in 2020, and still we reached out to 13,000 viewers. Since we managed to do it once, we can do it again,” says festival director Michael Harbauer.
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Keep an eye on the Kids Kino Industry website for your update on the monthly KKI Talks. An interesting programme is coming up on 26 April, tackling new CEE productions for young audiences, with exclusive previews of two upcoming live action film productions.
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This year, the Cinema in Sneakers festival in Warsaw will run in two sections: a short (19 April – 30 May) and a feature film (from 24 May – 24 June) festival. But there’s a bigger plan too … a selection of films exploring the urban jungle. “With these films we want to inspire you to stimulate your imagination and to think critically about your surroundings.”
The JEF festival in Antwerp (and other Belgian cities) in general is the place to open the new ECFA Award season. During the festival’s closing ceremony it turned out that all winners had an interesting element in common… With a grand prize for WHEN HITLER STOLE PINK RABBIT, the first ECFA nomination of the year.
Continue reading “First 2021 ECFA Awards go to all female directors”
The European Film Academy and EFA Productions proudly announce the three nominees for the EFA Young Audience Award 2021, and invite you to the EFA Young Audience Summit on 17 April.