European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
Let’s celebrate the Zlín Film Festival (May 29th – June 6th 2020) for the 60th time! Visitors can expect a spectacular celebration with a number of extraordinary surprises. This 60th edition will be celebrated in the spirit of the theme ‘2020: BACK TO THE FUTURE’.
The international Young Film Fest in Prague is offering young audiences opportunities to take a look into the world of cinema, to get creative and to express their own views. Each participant is a juror, selecting his favourite European title that didn’t get a Czech cinema release.
On 6th March Christel Strobel received the Bundesverdienstkreuz (Federal Cross of Honour) for her “outstanding commitment for quality films for children in Germany”.
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Were you there on Saturday February 22nd? Here’s some pictures of the ECFA AGM and the ECFA Award Celebration evening.
The ECFA Award for Best European Children’s Film 2020 has been won by BINTI by director Frederike Migom (Belgium). This film tells the story of a young girl who claims her right to live a normal life and dream her own dreams, even if she doesn’t have the legal documents to prove that she really exists. Other ECFA Awards went to BLOEISTRAAT 11 (Best Short) and HOW BIG IS THE GALAXY? (Best Documentary). Continue reading “ECFA Awards 2020 handed out”
BUFF Malmö Film Festival kindly invites you to the BUFF Industry Days on 25th-26th March 2020 and to the “Reaching the young Audience” conference, organised in collaboration with ECFA.
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Kids Kino Lab, previously named Kids Film.Pro, is an international development programme for young audience film projects and TV series. It is dedicated to script writers and producers who are interested in developing their project from a concept to a highly advanced script stage with initial production assumptions. This is Kids Kino Lab’s 4th edition and the first one that goes international.
Continue reading “Kids Kino Lab 2019/20 Took Off”
Dutch filmmaker and 360° inspiring documentary personality Mirjam Marks found a new project to get to grips with. Inspired by the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of the Child’s 30th anniversary, she focuses her work on an issue affecting children worldwide: climate change.
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