European Children's
Film Association
Association Européenne du Cinéma
pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
Every year, the Schlingel Film Festival for Children & Young Audiences brings hundreds of international films to Chemnitz. Conversely, however, Schlingel also takes German films out into the world and accompanies them on their journeys to other international festivals.
After three years alternating between virtual and in-person activities, the Ojo de Pescado Int’l Film Festival for Children & Youth in Chile has a strong ambition for its 12th edition: to strengthen its ties with the communities of Valparaíso.
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While still waiting for this year’s funding, Danish Children & Youth Film Club Foundation DaBUF is preparing another edition of the Filmcamp for young participants (aged 12-14) from Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark. And you’re invited too!
“She took a sip from her coco and started talking…”Gabi is only 8 years old and wrestles with society’s stereotypes about boys and girls. When her family moves from Stockholm to a rural town, and as puberty kicks in, Gabi must decide whether she wants to fit in with the crowd or chart her own path. Director Engeli Bromberg follows this remarkable personality over the course of five years, creating a moving portrait of a child, averse to gender norms, who’s seeking her place in the world.
“They turned their anger and aggression against themselves”In his documentary feature A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, Danish director Simon Lereng Wilmont leads us into everyday life in a Ukrainian children’s home in the city of Lysychansk, about 15 kilometres from the front line, into the separatist regions. Here, a small group of strong-willed social workers work tirelessly in a special orphanage, to create an almost magical safe space for kids to live.
“Difficult with adults but easy with children”It’s hard to say what is the biggest barrier in Oliver’s life, his overvivid imagination or his good-for-nothing father. How will the boy escape the curse that seems to hang over all the men in his family, turning them into spineless beings? Will the solution be in kissing the sweet gypsy girl Irene, or will it be in Haley’s comet that is approaching? In OLIVER’S WORLD, we embark on a journey that starts in Andalucia but ends somewhere among the stars.
“I’d rather walk out of the fog by myself”Soon Waldek will have other things to focus on than e-sport tournaments. The coming of his eccentric Auntie makes him shiver with fear, as she is ready to cut a few ropes that tie him to his overprotective mother and help him to become a man who can face the world. Overwhelmed by her demandingness, there is yet another secret about his mum ready to be revealed.
“Sweet combined with spicy”In her coming-of-age film RASPBERRIES WITH MUSTARD German director Ruth Olshan tells a fantastically exaggerated story about first love and the importance of family. With bizarre situation comedy, she describes the trials and tribulations of falling in love for the first time, but also deals sensitively with the taboo of death. What do love and flying have in common? That sooner or later there might be a crash.