Subprograma

Media

Acción
Festivals Support

Tipo de actividad

Paises participantes

PL

 

Fechas de inicio y fin
15/06/2019 – 14/06/2020

Estado del proyecto

finalized

Subvención

Coordinador

STOWARZYSZENIE NOWE HORYZONTY

PL

 

www.nowehoryzonty.pl

 

The 6th edition of Kids Kino International Film Festival took place on 21–29.09.2019. The main festival locations were Warsaw and Wrocław, where the extended festival programme was presented. Moreover, 9 films from the Main Competition section were screened in 20 cities across Poland.The festival attracted 30,099 participants in total. There were 237 film screenings in Warsaw and Wrocław and 251 screenings in other Polish cities.FESTIVAL SECTIONS AND ACCOMPANYING EVENTSI. Main Competition – 9 feature films evaluated by the jury and by the audience of the festival. The 2019 verdicts were the following: – Audience Award: Racetime- Journalist Jury: Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs- Filmmakers Jury: My Extraordinary Summer with Tess- ECFA Jury: Romy’s Salon- SKSiL Award: Louis and Luca: Mission to the MoonII. Discoveries Competition – 7 artistically outstanding films presenting the genre diversity of children’s films. The films were evaluated by the Discoveries Jury, which awarded a special distinction to Marona’s Fantastic Tale.III. Book Adaptations – film adaptations of classic and modern children’s books.IV. Ciao Italia! – Italian cinematography. Each edition of the festival features a national cinema review. In 2019 we presented Italian children’s films.V. Short Stories – a section presenting sets of short films (animations, documentaries, music films).VI. Panorama – a review of films from previous editions of the festival and the newly released children’s films.VII. Tolek Banan and co. – a retrospective of films by Stanisław Jędryka, an outstanding Polish director of films for young audiences. He died in 2019.VIII. Children’s Film Classics – a review of the most popular films from the previous editions of the festival.The following accompanying events were organised as part of the festival:- meetings with filmmakers and actors, including: Emma Pedersen Kilane &Thomas Farestveit (who played the main parts in Operation Shadowman), Anna Mroczek (set designer for Louis and Luca: Mission to the Moon), Mischa Kamp (director of Roma’s Salon) & Vita Heijmen (who played Roma), Marie Claude-Beauchamp (producer of Racetime), Edmunds Jansons & Sabine Andersone (director & producer of Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs), Steven Wouterlood (director of My Extraordinary Summer with Tess), Sonny Coops van Utteren & Josephine Arendsen (who played Sam and Tess), Sanne Vogel (director of Summer with Rana) & Polleke van der Sman (who played Suzan), Theo Polgar (who played the title part in Daniel)- audio-described screenings (4) and screenings for children with autism spectrum (2)- workshops for children – inspired by the films, taking place in the festival cinemas in Warsaw and Wrocław at the weekends: creative workshops, dubbing workshops, filmmaking workshops, cooking workshops, screen printing workshops, botanical workshops- Film Discussion Club for children (4 meetings)- silent film screenings with live music performed by Enchanted Hunters- film screenings in Warsaw Children’s Hospital and Children’s Health Centre- a series of events for parents, educators, and teachers- a 3-day conference for cinema employees (30 participants).Other events:I. The 3-day Warsaw Kids Film Forum – an international pitching forum for children’s films and series, attended by 233 industry professionals (including 100 from outside Poland), with 34 film projects from 11 countries, 228 one-to-one meetings took place, cases studies from 4 films were presented, and 2 lectures by invited experts were given.II. The festival programme was also presented throughout the year to schools and kindergartens. Cyclical meetings took place in cinemas in 74 cities with 45,000 young viewers subscribed to the programme and 7000 teachers taking part in the screenings.III. The distribution of 9 selected films from the festival throughout the year in cinemas in over 100 cities.