ECFA Awards 2022 for Best European Children’s Films
On 12 February, the ECFA Awards 2022 were handed out in three categories during an award ceremony in Berlin, for a limited number of members and friends. CALAMITY (ECFA Award), RAISE THE BAR (ECFA Doc Award) and SHOWER BOYS (ECFA Short Award) took home the prizes.
ECFA’s annual award for Best European Children’s Film went to CALAMITY – A CHILDHOOD OF MARTHA JANE CANNARY by Rémi Chayé (France). A magnificently animated film about a young girl riding the prairies and plains. This wild world shapes her unique personality, and will later help her to become the mythical Calamity Jane. Florencia Di Concilio, composer of the film’s original soundtrack, travelled to Berlin to pick up the trophy.
The ECFA Doc Award for Best European Young Audience Documentary has been won by RAISE THE BAR by Gudjon Ragnarsson (Iceland). Producer Margrét Jónasdóttir (Saga Film) was on the spot to address the audience: “When we were asked about our target audience, we knew this was a film to be seen by parents, teachers, and grown-ups, but first and foremost by young audiences. They will meet a group of girls who learned to straighten their backs and speak up for themselves. With this award, we pay our respects to them.”
The ECFA Short Award for Best European Young Audience Short Film went to SHOWER BOYS (Sweden). Several crew members joined director Christian Zetterberg in Berlin for this festive occasion.
Margret Albers, President of ECFA, looked back upon another successful ECFA Award edition: “What I like so much about this year’s selection is that all films challenged us in so many ways. They challenge the audience to think about the boundaries of friendship and about what it means exactly to be a boy or a girl.”
ECFA-Award 2022 for the Best Feature film:
“Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary” by Rémi Chayé (France & Denmark, 2020)
Best short film:
“Shower Boys” by Christian Zetterberg, (Sweden, 2021)
Best documentary:
“Raise the Bar” by Gudjon Ragnarsson (Iceland, 2021)
Films nominated for the ECFA Award 2022
ECFA Award at the JEF Festival in Antwerp, Bruges & other cities in Flanders (Belgium): “When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbbit” by Caroline Link (Germany/Switzerland, 2019).
ECFA Documentary Award at the JEF Festival in Antwerp, Bruges & other cities in Flanders (Belgium): “Girlsboymix” by Lara Aerts (The Netherlands, 2020).
ECFA Short Film Award at the JEF Festival in Antwerp, Bruges & other cities in Flanders (Belgium): “Howling” by Laura van Haecke (Belgium, 2020).
ECFA Award at BUFF, the International Children and Young People’s Film Festival in Malmö (Sweden): “Sisters – The Summer We Found Our Superpowers” by Silje Salomonsen and Arild Østin Ommundsen, Norway, 2020.
ECFA Short Film Award at the Festival Ciné Jeune de l’Aisne (France): “The Departure” by Saïd Hamich (France, Morocco, 2020).
ECFA Award at the Montreal International Children’s Film Festival (FIFEM) 2021: “Sisters – The Summer We Found Our Superpowers” by Silje Salomonsen and Arild Østin Ommundsen, Norway, 2020.
ECFA Award at the International Children’s Film Festival in Kristiansand (Norway): “Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary” by Rémi Chayé (France & Denmark, 2020).
ECFA Short Film Award at Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln: “Leaf” by Aliona Saskova, Czech Republic, 2020.
ECFA Short Film Award at the Short Film Festival in Oberhausen (Germany): “Shower Boys” by Christian Zetterberg, Sweden, 2021.
ECFA Short Film Award at the Mo & Friese Festival in Hamburg (Germany): “The Departure” by Said Hamich, France, Marocco, 2020.
ECFA Doc Award at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlín (Czech Republic): “Kids Cup” by Line Hatland (Norway, 2020).
ECFA Award at the Lucas International Film Festival for Young Film Lovers in Frankfurt (Germany): “Mica” by Ismael Ferroukhi, (France, Morocco, 2019).
ECFA Award at Kids Kino Festival Poland 2021: “Dragon Girl” by Katarina Launing (Norway, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, 2020).
ECFA Award at the Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience in Chemnitz (Germany) 2021: “Night Forrest” by André Hörmann (Germany, 2021).
ECFA Award at the Riga International Film Festival 2021 (Latvia): “My Brother Chases Dinosaurs” by Stefano Cipani (Italy, 2019).
ECFA Short Film Award at the Riga International Film Festival 2021 (Latvia): “Mum is Pouring Rain” by Hugo de Faucompret (France, 2021).
ECFA Short Film Award at the Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival (Hungary): “The Fox and the Tomten” by Are Austnes and Yaprak Morali (Norway, 2019).
ECFA Award at the Filem’on International Film Festival for Young Audience in Brussels (Belgium) 2021: “A Butterfly’s Heart”, by Inesa Kurklietyte (Lithuania, 2021).
ECFA Short Film Award at the the Filem’on International Film Festival for Young Audience in Brussels (Belgium) 2021: “Kiko and the Animals” by Yawen Zheng (France, Switzerland, 2021).
ECFA Doc Film Award at the the Filem’on International Film Festival for Young Audience in Brussels (Belgium) 2021: “Raise the Bar” by Gudjon Ragnarsson (Iceland, 2021).
ECFA Award at the Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Finland): “The Ape Star” by Linda Hambäck (Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 2019).
ECFA Short Film Award at the Oulu International Children’s and Youth Film Festival (Finland): “90 %” by Jerry Hoffmann (Germany, 2019).
ECFA Award at the Just Film Children and Youth Film Festival in Tallinn (Estonia): “My Dad is a Sausage” directed by Anouk Fortunier, Belgium and Germany, 2020.
ECFA Award at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children And Young People in Pyrgos (Greece): “Spaceboy” directed by Olivier Pairoux, Belgium, 2021.
ECFA Short Film Award at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children And Young People in Pyrgos (Greece): “Me, Julia” directed by Arvin Kananian, Sweden, 2020.
ECFA Documentary Award at the Olympia International Film Festival for Children And Young People in Pyrgos (Greece): “A Youth” directed by Giorgio Bosisio, Italy, 2020.
ECFA Award at the International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino! in Poznan (Poland): “Calamity – A Childhood of Martha Jane Cannary” directed by Rémi Chayé, France, Denmark, 2020.