Filmmakers can now apply to a newly launched European training focused on the creation of children’s documentaries. In the framework of the D4K-Docs For Kids Alliance, IDFA (Amsterdam) and DOXS RUHR – documentary festival for young audiences (DE), in cooperation with Forum für Kultur und Bildung Leipzig (DE), have developed a pilot edition of a training initiative. Taking place in Amsterdam from 17-21 November, the programme is aimed at directors and producers who are passionate about creative documentaries for children.
The training is open to 12 participants from Flanders, Germany, and Poland, plus 3 Dutch filmmakers. They will receive specialised training in creating children’s documentaries through screenings, workshops, and personal tutoring at the Goethe-Institut Amsterdam. The programme also includes free accommodation, travel costs, and free entry to IDFA’s industry events.
Focusing on networking, inspiration, and project development, the collaborating partners aim to encourage international co-productions and mutual exchange, to strengthen collaborative working ties, and to boost the children’s creative documentary sector as a whole. Directors and producers can apply from 3 July – 15 August. For more information on the application, please check www.doxs-ruhr.de/projekte/d4k-training/.
D4K is a working group launched by Associazione Italiana Amici Cinema d’Essai (IT), Documentary Association Europe (DE), DOXS RUHR (DE), ECFA – European Children’s Film Association, Förderverein Deutscher Kinderfilm (DE), IDFA (NL), Kids Regio/Golden Sparrow Festival (DE), Let‘s Doc/Andrzej Wajda Center for Film Culture (PL), and Young Horizons (PL).
Forum für Kultur und Bildung is a non-profit organisation based in Leipzig, Germany, with longstanding expertise in education projects for young audiences that foster creativity, critical thinking, and intercultural dialogue.
Contact: Gudrun Sommer; kontakt@doxs-ruhr.de; +49 234 966 42423; www.doxs-ruhr.de