After a twenty-year stint, managing director Sannette Naeyé has decided to bid farewell to Cinekid the Film, Television and New Media Festival based in Amsterdam. Continue reading “Director Sannette Naeyé announces departure from Cinekid”
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Schlingel Chemnitz: International Children’s Jury awards the Czech Fairytale “Crown Prince”
In Chemnitz (Germany) a jury of 16 children from eight European countries awards the best film for children. This year the prize went to Karel Janák for his film “The Crown Prince” (Czech Republic, 2015). Continue reading “Schlingel Chemnitz: International Children’s Jury awards the Czech Fairytale “Crown Prince””
Frankfurt: Lucas-Festival’s Award for “Offline”, ECFA-Award for “Rauf”
The jury at the “Lucas International Festival for Young Filmlovers” in Frankfurt (Germany) gathers both children and adult experts. This year they have chosen “Offline – Are You Ready for the Next Level?” by Florian Schnell (Germany, 2016) as best film for children in the category 8+. Continue reading “Frankfurt: Lucas-Festival’s Award for “Offline”, ECFA-Award for “Rauf””
Wild Soccer Legends awarded in Giffoni
The late follower to Joachim Massanek’s “Wild Soccer Bunch”-series received the award for the best film in the 6+-section at this years Giffoni Film Festival: “Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives” (Germany, 2016). Continue reading “Wild Soccer Legends awarded in Giffoni”
Kinderfilmfest Munich: Audience Award for “At Eye Level”
The audience award at Kinderfilmfest Munich, the children’s section of Filmfest München, went to “At Eye Level” (“Auf Augenhöhe”), directed by Evi Goldbrunner and Joachim Dollhopf (Germany, 2016), a film made within the German programme “Der besondere Kinderfilm”. Continue reading “Kinderfilmfest Munich: Audience Award for “At Eye Level””
Kinolub 2016: Russian Films Win in Krakow
With “The Celestial Camel” by Juri Feting (Russia, 2015) as winner of the main prize and “Land of the Good Kids” by Olga Kaptur (Russia, 2013) awarded by the children’s jury two Russian films received the prizes for long films at the Kinlolub Filmfestival for Children and Young People which was held at Krakow and several other cities in the South of Poland. Continue reading “Kinolub 2016: Russian Films Win in Krakow”
Warsaw: Audience Award for „Little Gangster“
Arne Toonen’s crowd pleaser „Little Gangster“ also convinced the audience to vote for this film at the „Cinema in Sneakers“ Film Festival for Children in Warsaw. Continue reading “Warsaw: Audience Award for „Little Gangster“”
Golden Sparrow’s Children’s jury voted for fairy tale “King Laurin”
The children’s jury at the Golden Sparrow German Children’s Media Festival has selected the fairy tale movie „King Laurin“ (Germany, 2016) as best film for children. Continue reading “Golden Sparrow’s Children’s jury voted for fairy tale “King Laurin””