European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
In order to bring interesting and inspiring data and research on children’s film and media to the attention of our website users on a regular basis, we have established an Academic Committee that meets twice a year to review and curate material for this section of our site.
Most links provided lead to english versions. In some cases only the original language is available. But thanks to translation tools, you can easily access the knowledge in English or even your native language.
Members of the Academic Committee are Irene Andriopoulou, EKKOMED – Creative Greece, Athens; Edita Bilaver, Kids Meet Art, Sedmi kontinent, Zagreb, Croatia; Dr. Noel Brown, Liverpool Hope University, UK; Elisa Giovannelli, Cineteca di Bologna, Italy; Mikk Granström, PhD, Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia; ECFA board member Marjo Kovanen, PhD, National Audiovisual Institute, Finland; Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen, Denmark; Anne Schultka, KIDS Regio, Erfurt, Germany and Margret Albers, AC Coordinator.
This article by Petar Mitric from the journal Studies in European Cinema investigates how film education can make European arthouse cinema more sustainable in both cultural and industrial terms.
Continue reading “The relationship between film education and European arthouse cinema”
Continue reading “What we can learn from Europe: A Children’s Film Strategy for Switzerland”
The Digital Futures Commission has recently completed an important programme of work dedicated to placing children’s interests at the centre of the design of the digital world. Led by Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE and linked to the work of The 5 Digital Rights Foundation, this work is a collaboration of organisations, children, parents, content creators policy-makers, regulators, academics and civil society.
‘Beyond the Multiplex’ was a four-year research project (conducted between 2017 and 2021), funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK which sought to develop an understanding how a wider range of audiences might be enabled to participate in a more diverse film culture. Through a partnership with the British Film Institute (BFI)’s Film Audience Network (FAN) and regional Film Hubs the project aimed to directly impact efforts in improving regional audience figures, widening film choice, and enhancing the cultural benefits of specialised film.
Continue reading “Beyond the Multiplex: Audiences for Specialised Film in English Regions”
Still relevant Film audience research commissioned by the European Commission took place in 2013 including 10 European countries (Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Spain and United Kingdom). The research was based on an online survey of 4,608 Europeans aged 4-50 and among its findings, a pan-European profile of film viewer was defined and described in ten segmented groups.
Continue reading “The need for a new study: A profile of current and future audiovisual audience”
The Children’s
Media Foundation is a UK based non profit organization concerned with securing the best media choices for young people across all platforms. The foundation was launched in 2011, bringing together academic researchers, the children’s content industry, regulators, and politicians in numerous different ways.
Continue reading “Securing the best Media choices for young people across all platforms”
Cinema, television and VOD industries play a crucial role in increasing diversity and promoting inclusion, but we’ve got still a long way to go. The IRIS Plus report Diversity and inclusion in the European audiovisual sector (2021) is a valuable and up-to-date source for getting a sense of the current situation in these fields in Europe.
The research project Reaching Young Audiences: Serial Fiction and Cross-Media Storyworlds for Children and Young Audiences (RYA) combines production and audience analysis when studying the current production and reception of film, TV and online fiction for children and young audiences. The project is based at the University of Copenhagen (with Associate Professor Eva Novrup Redvall as Project Leader) and runs from 2019–2024 (supported by Independent Research Fund Denmark).