European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
If one wants to learn more about the media use of children and young people, there are many interesting insights in a new report with qualitative research conducted by Will & Agency for The Danish Film Institute.
Continue reading “7–18-year-olds and their lives with films, series, and social media”
This chapter from the book Documentary in the Age of COVID investigates the making of the film Dengang Danmark lukkede ned (Lockdown – A Children’s Story, 2020) which was initiated by the children’s film festival Buster and The National Museum of Denmark with the intention to have Danish children document and share their experience of life during lockdown.
Continue reading “Children as documentarians of the COVID-19 pandemic”
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.
Cauliflower and cucumbers… according to the garden calendar, these are fruits to harvest in April and May. But these months are the harvest season for ECFA, with a multitude of ECFA Awards in various festivals.
On 24 May 2023, a Greek newspaper article refers to a primary school teacher’s choice to show an “erotic film” in her classroom. Τhe truth could not be more different, as the aforementioned film is SHOWER BOYS by Christian Zetterberg. The moral panic and fake news that follows, result in a magnified media panic. For around 24 hours the news is reproduced in newspapers, television and social media.
Continue reading “SHOWER BOYS scandal stirs emotions in Greece”
With over 1200 delegates, there’s no better place to better engage with kids’ content and the kids’ audience than the Children’s Media Conference, which ECFA members can attend at a special rate.
Continue reading “It’s almost time for CMC 2023 Live and Online! (4-6th July)”