ECFA Seminar @ the Schlingel Festival on 7 & 8 October. Save the date!! Continue reading “ECFA Seminar @ Schlingel Festival”
ECFA News
Date for Fest of Fests Forum approaching fast!
After last year’s launching forum, the Michael Cacoyannis Foundation is now preparing to host the 2nd International “Fest of Fests” Forum on 10-12th June in Athens. Continue reading “Date for Fest of Fests Forum approaching fast!”
BUFF ECFA Award goes to FIGHT GIRL
2019 takes a start as a memorable children’s film year. The first ECFA Award nominations already show traces of razor-sharp competition. Continue reading “BUFF ECFA Award goes to FIGHT GIRL”
Dancing at the movies: Cine-Dance!
Cine-Dance links the art of dancing with animated cinema. How do you sensitise children about cinema while simultaneously working on their physical awareness? The result is an original, participatory project that introduces (the youngest) audience to motion, physical exercise and animated image. Continue reading “Dancing at the movies: Cine-Dance!”
BINTI premieres with ECFA Award in JEF festival
What more could you wish for? Celebrating your national premiere in the JEF festival (Antwerp, Bruges and several more cities in Belgium) and taking home the ECFA Award straight away?! This happened to BINTI, the feature debut of Belgian director Frederike Migom and her young main actors Bebel Tshiani Baloji and Mo Bakker. Continue reading “BINTI premieres with ECFA Award in JEF festival”
LUCAS dokt! class documents their festival
The LUCAS dokt! project invited young people to document the 41st edition of the LUCAS – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers in Frankfurt, Germany. Mentored by photography artist and film educator Urs Tilmann Daun, students got to know the production process of a film and implemented it in various steps into their own work. Continue reading “LUCAS dokt! class documents their festival”
CEE Animation Forum in Třeboň (6-8th May)
Formerly known as VAF Třeboň, this pitching competition is open for animated projects in development in three categories: Short films, series/TV specials and feature films. ECFA member CEE (for Central & Eastern European animation) welcomes you from 6-8th May in the charming Czech city of Třeboň. Continue reading “CEE Animation Forum in Třeboň (6-8th May)”
First Russian ECFA Award goes to IT’S NOT FOREVER
The first ECFA Award given in 2019 was also the first ECFA Award ever given out in Russia. In the Spirit Of Fire Festival in Khanty-Mansiysk the award went to the Russian film IT’S NOT FOREVER (original title: ETO NE NAVSEGDA) by Evgenia Jatskina and Alena Rubinstein. Continue reading “First Russian ECFA Award goes to IT’S NOT FOREVER”