Association Européenne du Cinéma pour l'Enfance et la Jeunesse
New ECFA member The Netherlands Film Fund relaunches Cinema Junior
The development, production and distribution of Dutch children’s and family films is a priority for The Netherlands Film Fund.
Over the past decades Dutch films for a young audience have developed as a strong brand and enticed large audiences to theatres. Dutch films for young people are equally well received by international audiences and often recognised for their high quality and their serious take on children’s perspectives. Adaptations from (famous) children’s books have been proven a successful recipe, but films based on original scripts often have more difficulties finding an audience. That is why The Netherlands Film Fund now relaunches the bi-annual ‘Cinema Junior’ project for youth films, based on originals scripts in co-operation with Dutch Public Broadcasters NTR, VPRO and the CoBO Fund. A list with pre-selected projects has already been published. In former years Cinema Junior was the basis for wonderful titles such as BONKERS (2005), FROGS & TOADS (2009), THE INDIAN (2009), KAUWBOY (2012) and FIDGETY BRAM (2012).