ECFA proudly presents the first edition of the ECFA documentary award in collaboration with doxs! – dokumentarfilme für kinder und jugendliche, the young audience festival within the Duisburger Filmwoche, the German festival for documentary films. Continue reading “1st ECFA Documentary Award to “Dancing for You””
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Cinekid Amsterdam: Awards for „Blanka“ and „Little Grey Fergie – Country Fun“
The jury’s award for the best film for children at this year’s Cinekid Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children went to a film, that has been touring through many festivals all over the world: „Blanka“, a co-production between Italy, Japan and the Filippines, directed by Kohki Hasei (2015). Continue reading “Cinekid Amsterdam: Awards for „Blanka“ and „Little Grey Fergie – Country Fun“”
Animated Films for Children Awarded at Bratislava
The International Festival of Animated Films for Children in Bratislava is with 15.000 admissions one of the most important festivals for this genre. Continue reading “Animated Films for Children Awarded at Bratislava”
Director Sannette Naeyé announces departure from Cinekid
After a twenty-year stint, managing director Sannette Naeyé has decided to bid farewell to Cinekid the Film, Television and New Media Festival based in Amsterdam. Continue reading “Director Sannette Naeyé announces departure from Cinekid”
Schlingel Chemnitz: International Children’s Jury awards the Czech Fairytale “Crown Prince”
In Chemnitz (Germany) a jury of 16 children from eight European countries awards the best film for children. This year the prize went to Karel Janák for his film “The Crown Prince” (Czech Republic, 2015). Continue reading “Schlingel Chemnitz: International Children’s Jury awards the Czech Fairytale “Crown Prince””
Frankfurt: Lucas-Festival’s Award for “Offline”, ECFA-Award for “Rauf”
The jury at the “Lucas International Festival for Young Filmlovers” in Frankfurt (Germany) gathers both children and adult experts. This year they have chosen “Offline – Are You Ready for the Next Level?” by Florian Schnell (Germany, 2016) as best film for children in the category 8+. Continue reading “Frankfurt: Lucas-Festival’s Award for “Offline”, ECFA-Award for “Rauf””
Wild Soccer Legends awarded in Giffoni
The late follower to Joachim Massanek’s “Wild Soccer Bunch”-series received the award for the best film in the 6+-section at this years Giffoni Film Festival: “Wild Soccer Bunch – The Legend Lives” (Germany, 2016). Continue reading “Wild Soccer Legends awarded in Giffoni”
Kinderfilmfest Munich: Audience Award for “At Eye Level”
The audience award at Kinderfilmfest Munich, the children’s section of Filmfest München, went to “At Eye Level” (“Auf Augenhöhe”), directed by Evi Goldbrunner and Joachim Dollhopf (Germany, 2016), a film made within the German programme “Der besondere Kinderfilm”. Continue reading “Kinderfilmfest Munich: Audience Award for “At Eye Level””