European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
“When your child decides that he wants to work in a circus…”In 2020, 12 Hungarian circus students are given the opportunity to continue their studies abroad. They prepare to leave their families and friends to start a new life. First stop: the Kyiv Academy of Circus Arts, with director Glória Halász and DoP Balázs Hatvani following in their footsteps.
“I didn’t exactly go unnoticed”The pictures that Juliette Klinke shot in Myanmar were not supposed to end up in a documentary. They were meant as a report about her trip (with surreal images from her lockdown shelter), or a testimony of her friendship with 17-year-old girl Zu Zu, whose roadside food stall becomes Juliette’s second home from where she observes daily life. But that life takes a drastic turn when, on 1 February 2021, a coup d’état takes place, and Juliette Klinke decides to continue capturing the events around her in images. Always shining in focus remains Zu Zu, a girl bursting with a zest for life who has as many as 1,000 different faces to express her emotions.
“Throwing all these rocks into the engine”When grandmother passes away, eleven-year-old Simone and her favourite pet, a skunk, move in with her somewhat cranky uncle Philippe, a composer experiencing a severe creative crisis. Philippe struggles with social phobia and anxiety disorders, and the arrival of Simone, challenging him with her dominant demeanour and her big heart for animals – is turning his life upside down.
“I’m too big to ride a horse”On the Tibetan Plateau, young Dorje lives with his mother and dreams about a horse of his own. He starts making plans to earn money to buy that beautiful white horse. But when his mother needs to be taken to the hospital, Dorje finds fate taking a run at him, forcing him to mature more quickly than he could have expected.
Hey, Ho, Here you go – information value is high and costs are low. Here’s your ECFA Journal’s spring edition.
Following the Annual General Meeting held in Berlin (photos) this February, the ECFA Board has remained actively engaged in fulfilling the plans and priorities presented there – moving forward with a purpose! Find out more about the board’s current major strands of activity…
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Cinema Centre Romuva, located in the heart of the city of Kaunas, is a cultural beacon and the oldest operating cinema in Lithuania. Since its opening in 1940, Romuva has remained a symbol of European cinema and a place where films are not only watched but deeply experienced. Beyond its beautiful art deco architecture and curated programmes, Romuva offers a rich range of educational activities for children and youth. That’s a perfect reason to team up with ECFA!
Here is your update on new films receiving ECFA Awards at the festivals, securing their place on the longlist for the yearly Award, edition 2026. Awards were given by ECFA juries in India, Sweden and France.
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