Located in Amsterdam, Cinekid is the world’s largest media festival for children. Every year more than 50.000 children are given the opportunity to visit over 500 media productions selected by the festival: feature films, children’s documentaries, short films, animations, television series and single productions, cross media productions, interactive installations and set-ups as well as workshops.
The MediaLab as Experimental Garden
The Cinekid MediaLab is a 1200 square metre digital playground where children and their parents can learn in an active way about the possibilities of different media alongside teachers, professionals and policymakers. More than forty different games, installations and workshops will provide an environment in which to experiment, play, learn and laugh with innovative media art and technology. In addition to enabling this close, creative interaction with unique media art works, the MediaLab is also the place where children get to contemplate how the worlds of film, television and new media meet. These converging interactions and relationships between all range of media types becomes palpable at the MediaLab, enabling visitors to see, experience and really explore the results of these latest developments for themselves.
Cinekid’s New Media Award
An important part of the MediaLab is the New Media Award, an annual competition for apps, cross-media productions, installations, and (online) video games presented in the Netherlands and Flanders between July 1 2011 and July 1 2012. Every year the jury chooses the 12 best entries, which will become part of the program of the MediaLab. During the festival the Professionals jury will choose the main winner, who will receive a prize of 1200 Euros. The audience of kids will select their own MediaLab favorite, who will be rewarded with the Audience Award. Both prizes will be awarded during the award gala at the end of the festival. Deadline for entries is July 1 2012. For the entryform, click here: http://www.cinekid.nl/professionals/entries/about.
For further information, please contact:
Head of New Media, Paulien Dresscher: p.dresscher@cinekid.nl
Cinekid’s Film programme consists of the following sections:
· International Competition – International feature films for children and young people, 4-14 years (international competition)
· Best Dutch Family Film – A selection of the best and most recent Dutch feature films for children and young people, 4-14 years
· Panorama programme – A selection of special films which matter
· Dutch Shorts – A selection of the best and most recent Dutch short films
· Special Theme Programme
Cinekid International Film Competition
The prestigious Cinekid International Film Competition consists of 15 international high-quality children's feature length films. International films for Children and Youth produced between September 2011 and October 2012 can be considered for selection, provided that the film has not yet been released in The Netherlands. Domestic Dutch films can be considered for the international competition as well, provided that the film has not been released in the Netherlands prior to Cinekid Festival 2012.
In competition, the feature length films compete for two prizes, the Jury Award and the Audience Award:
Jury Award – Cinekid Lion
A Jury of International Professionals will reward the winner of the Jury Award with a Cinekid sculpture and a cash prize of €15,000.
Audience Award - Cinekid Lion
The Cinekid Lion Audience Award is awarded by the children's audience attending the 2012 Cinekid Festival and consists of a Cinekid sculpture as well as a cash prize of €15,000.
To qualify for selection, we must receive an English subtitled DVD or Bluray for preview and a completed entry form, which can be submitted online. In order to submit an entry for inclusion in our festival programme or to enter one of our (international) competitions, kindly create an account and complete the entry form accordingly. No entry fee is required.
Additional specified information, conditions and regulations can be found here:
http://www.cinekid.nl/professionals/entries/about
For further information, please contact:
Head of Film Department, Erik Mund: e.mund@cinekid.nl
Cinekid’s TV Programme:
Every year Cinekid presents the best Dutch tv productions and leading international series. Cinekid is the location for children to meet their heroes live and have the opportunity to interact, ask questions, get acquainted and learn from them. We have numerous fiction series, documentaries and factual programmes premiering in our renowned programme. For each selection we organise something additional. A workshop given by their favourite actors or a toddler workshop with characters from top pre-school series complete with green screen recording, and many more!
Kinderkast competition:
Competition for best Dutch (or Flemish) television series (fiction and non-fiction) aired between June 1 2011 and May 31 2012. Cinekid’s mission, by means of the Cinekid Kinderkast Prizes, is to stimulate the position and quality of Dutch television programmes for children and youth.
Several awards are handed out during the Cinekid festival. Each Award receives a bronze statue created by famous Dutch artist Jan Wolkers.
Audience Award: children from all over the country can vote for their favourite programme, from a shortlist composed by the jury.
Best Audience Award Fiction / Best Audience Award Non-Fiction
Jury Award: a jury of 5 national connoisseurs of Dutch youth television select 3 awards across all entries.
Award Best Fiction / Award Best Non-Fiction
UPC Golden Kinderkast: the best overall programme receives an award valued at € 7.500.
For further information, please contact:
Head of TV Department, Fleur Winters: f.winters@cinekid.nl
